MOBY - WAIT FOR ME

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  • Cascade Film Collective Nice work. You should be pleased with your piece.
    2 years ago - comment
  • thereareroses Beautiful imagery and film work but does not shed a unique light on the lyrics...far too cliche.
    2 years ago - comment
  • mfish Excellent work to all. Jason, it was nice to see you in the video as well. All my best and great work...
    2 years ago - comment
  • baudrillardo Extraordinary piece of work. If you win you certainly should get more than 5'000$, no really!
    I'm really loving your video, even if I'm competing with yours.
    Kudos, incredibly ambitious! yours is like the Avatar of this competition! Brilliant work! Too bad the screen capture they show in the list of videos is so lame, as it doesn't represent the intensity of the video.

    Good Luck Zavafilm people!
    I hope you like mine as well, it's the story of a little elephant searching for his missing chicken friend on the streets of Barcelona and Madrid: http://genero.tv/watch-video/6242/

    PS:You got my vote!
    2 years ago - comment
  • Sergey Zeinalov Cool video, check my http://genero.tv/watch-video/6162/
    2 years ago - comment
  • indiereel Hey Jason, even though we are in the same competition, wanted to stop by and give you props on your production value. Can see where you made deliberate choices. All the best, man!

    e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
    2 years ago - comment
  • scotty991 Hey Jason, looks like the Russians have thrown a fix in to generate over 1100 votes within 24 hours. I thought the cold war was over??? lol
    2 years ago - comment
    • Zavafilms Scott,

      The Cold War was over, but it seems we have The Empire Strikes Back on our hands. It's time to bring out the Jedi! ha ha
      2 years ago
  • oceanchild Good job Jason, best work i've seen of yours. cinematography was fantastic. but i dont understand how/why you had such a large crew working on it
    2 years ago - comment
    • Zavafilms Do we know each other oceanchild?


      I got a lot of my fellow filmmakers and other artists together and made it work!
      2 years ago
    • oceanchild yeah its julia mccartney
      2 years ago
    • Zavafilms Julia!

      Ha ha, well thanks. Yeah, people I have met from San Francisco and Los Angeles have been spectacular people and really fun to work with. They all got on board the project and really put in 110%.

      Glad you liked it! Hope all is well!
      2 years ago
  • Jim Legion Not bad, well shot.... definitely a candidate for the top spot!!
    2 years ago - comment
  • windfast i really like the shoot! it was beautiful
    But that male actor was a bad choice, and he has to much makeup on and kinda looks like a weasel..... sorry
    2 years ago - comment
    • Zavafilms windfast,
      Thanks for the compliment.
      As for the actor, he's quite talented, no matter how he looks. The make-up was a slight oversight...Bottom line, from a director's standpoint. He's good.
      2 years ago
  • scotty991 Jason, I got your message and I appreciate your thoughts you shared. You have put together a very nice video this this comp. This was my first go at something like this and I have learned so much from artist like yourself during this comp. I do hope to take and build on this experience in the future. Again, thank you for your help and suggestions. Good luck!
    2 years ago - comment
  • cjentertainment That guy looks like young Quentin Tarantino with a lot of make-up on. Kill Peter Pan III?
    2 years ago - comment
    • sanjiv second that
      2 years ago
  • analette Great Video!Love the location & lighting effects.
    2 years ago - comment
  • Kilo2010 This video was visually stunning and wonderfully executed. The story it told was a great touch as well. Congratualtions
    2 years ago - comment
  • llhayes I have to be honest with you. I don't think your video is that good to have received all those votes in the past 24 hours. You obviously have lots of friends or something. I'm sure it means something to you and a few others which is fine, but not enough to have come out of nowhere with the vote count.
    2 years ago - comment
    • Zavafilms llhayes,


      I hate to disappoint you, but in this business, part of marketing is spreading the word.


      We have spread the word, but people don't just vote to vote, people vote because they like our work, so I'm sorry you don't agree.


      Clearly people do enjoy it, I hope you come to as well.
      2 years ago
    • sanjiv hate to break it to you dude (zavafilms) yes people do mindlessly vote just because they know you, if they had seen other videos on the site, im sure you wouldn't have recieved as much votes, there seem to be amazing videos outthere.
      im not tring to slander your video, the cinematography is lush, very music video- esque broad camera sweeps... it flows smoothly (camera work). the colouring is nice. you have an excellent/ clever cinematographer and editor. but saying that i felt that the plot seemed to be lacking in the video, we get whats its about but it didn't feel very effective. i think its edgar allen poe who said that the saddest stories are about the loss of a loved one, this was not sadenning, i felt nothing from it. really wished the plot was more affecting because i realy liked the theory. still looks lush and impressive budget. good luck holmes.
      2 years ago
  • CWent You know, I'll echo everything about cinematography and lighting and how pretty it is. I'm going to disagree with comments about the story and go ahead and say that I got what it was. "Wait for me". He was chasing memories of this girl, so it was a montage of the joys of love at the wonderfully picked locations (Dylan) and his revisiting them. I think a clearer way to define this early on would be to make stronger choices in costuming. I would have said just one costume for all the "present time" shots and varying costumes in a different color scheme for the "past".


    I dug it overall. A triumph.
    2 years ago - comment
    • alex whyte I am interested in this video because of the number of votes it is accumulating, and I have had another look to see if it is something I am missing but I still think the shots are incoherent? they don't tie together nicely, perhaps it is even a matter of grading or maybe as you say the costumes?
      2 years ago
  • glenarbiter I must agree with alex whyte below me on cinematography- Craig Hung you are very talented.
    However the storyline was completely absent, the direction was poorly executed; one should always remember a listless plot leads to a dull movie (also director please learn that continuity needs to be a prioity- what time frame is it? modern day or when men wore foppish blouses and women lace gowns? I am not bagging costuming because the outfits were well put together, this was a direction mistake again. Its up to the director to make deliberate choices.) Just a word of advice, don't try to sell an audience a themeless montage as a story, it will be disappointing.
    On a positive note:
    lighting was fabulous- great job Zac Towner
    locations were stunning- Dylan Drovdal well done
    Brennan Cook as Boy: solid facial expressions- wonderful and intriguing look you have there
    I look forward to future works by this group.
    2 years ago - comment
  • Blinky Really enjoyed this and definitely agree with the others that it's beautifully shot. Great work!
    2 years ago - comment
  • alex whyte for production values and composure of a lot of the shots I would agree that it is quite good, however in terms of conveying the story or some kind of emotion I would have to say that this is a little lacking
    2 years ago - comment
  • 1308 films Great production value. What did you shoot this on?
    2 years ago - comment
    • Zavafilms Thanks!

      We shot it on 2 cameras:
      -Canon EOS 5D Mark II
      -Panasonic HVX
      2 years ago
  • Mindy Rosenberg Absolutely beautiful work - it really flowed - the cinematography was fabulous.
    2 years ago - comment
  • GStreicher Great work! Wonderful production value, and the cinematography is outstanding. I just voted!
    2 years ago - comment
  • GStreicher Great work! Wonderful production value, and the cinematography is outstanding. I just voted!
    2 years ago - comment
  • timfranz Beautifully shot.
    2 years ago - comment
Artist: Moby
Song: Wait For Me
27 Mar 2010 2877 0 34

Description:

We've all gone through a situation where something, or someone, special to us was lost.

This story is a glance into the memory of a young man reminiscing of his lost love.

As he travels through his memories and scenery, he recalls different feelings, and aspects of his lost love, and himself.

Where does our love end? Do we let go and fall? Or do we glance back and keep looking, or do we move forward?

Thanks for watching. Enjoy.



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Credits:

Producer and Director: Jason Zavaleta
Director of Photography: Craig Hung
Editor: Josh Jalil

Cast:
Boy: Brennan Cook
Girl: Yenny Martin
Drummer: Connor Irias

Crew:
Lighting-Zac Towner
Grip-Amanda Hudson
Locations-Dylan Drovdal
Still Photography-Marissa Sonkin
Hair/Make-up-Jaclyn Kershek
Costumes-Winona Hendrick
Storyboards-Lewis Woods
Production Manager-Lorenzo Ferrer
Transportation-Brittany Sterrett
Assistant to Mr. Zavaleta-Taylor Woodley
Second Assistant to Mr. Zavaleta-Jordan Rader

Special thanks to:
Stephen Ujlaki
Maxilinda Zavaleta
John Zavaleta Jr.
Eric Davis
Joe Schafer

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United States By: Zavafilms
27 Mar 2010

Country: United States

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Bio:

Jason Zavaleta is an independent filmmaker from the San Francisco Bay Area, since the age of 8, Jason has been making movies. At 15 his short film "Recycle for the World" was shown to the United Nations. Since then, he was the first student nationally to film a educational video on the consequences of drinking and driving for the Every 15 Minutes Program. A Regional Director and Media Director with Students for Barack Obama and Project Yes We Can, Jason utilizes his film passion for activism as well as art and entertainment.

Jason recently finished a promotional video for Grammy Award-Winning Violinist, Mads Tolling, and a documentary on Lafora Disease. He currently attends San Francisco State as a Cinema major and is working on The New Jewish Filmmaking Project, produced by Steven Spielberg and the San Francisco Jewish International Film Festival.

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