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Israeli Filmmaker Eran Riklis Joins Project along with Nashville's Own Yeah Yeah Creative, Joshua Black Wilkins and Jason Smythe

We are excited to announce the last batch of filmmakers working on videos and shorts for THE SHAPE THE COLOR THE FEEL.

ERAN RIKLIS - Tel Aviv Eran Riklis has been making films since the 1980’s with his debut feature On a Clear Day You Can See Damascus. His most recent film Zaytoun, featuring Stephen Dorff, hits U.S. theaters on September 20. Huffington Post covered the world premiere ofZaytoun at the Toronto Film Festival and you can read that here. See also the beautiful Huff Post piece: Respecting the Audience: Filmmaker Eran Riklis on Zaytoun, Stephen Dorff, and Life’s Codes. Riklis will be contributing visuals for The State I’m In.

JOSHUA BLACK WILKINS - Nashville

Acclaimed photographer, videographer, and singer-songwriter Joshua Black Wilkins will be shooting a non-narrative music video for the song Let Me Go. JBW brings an exciting presence to the project as both artist and musician, with a distinct aesthetic you may recognize in photos you've seen of The Black Keys, Wanda Jackson, and Willie Nelson to name a few.

YEAH YEAH CREATIVE: TYLER EVANS AND DAVID LAVENDAR - Nashville

Yeah Yeah Creative is the name for dynamic duo Tyler Evans and David Lavender’s collaborative film and video ventures. Based in Nashville, they have taken home numerous 48 Hour Film Festival awards, all the while creating music videos for some of Music City’s finest, including Ten out of Tenn artist Amy Stroup, Humming House, Jenny and Tyler, and Goodbye June. We are very happy to have Yeah Yeah Creativecreating a music video for the song Blue Hotel.

SILVER POINT STUDIOS: JASON SMYTHE - Nashville 

It cannot be overstated how elemental Jason Smythe is to this project. A great deal of footage is is being shot at his space in East Nashville and he’s been involved in every shoot thus far, covering various aspects of production from lighting to second camera to BTS and more. Much of the footage from the Kickstarter video was shot by Smythe and he contributed to the Hangover Behind the Scenes teaser, along with the project trailer. Smythe also filmed the Ryman Loft Sessions we've been posting on youtube.com/katetuckersongs. We are excited to announce that Jason Smythe will be directing a short film and music video for Looking Around. Filming has already commenced in New York and Paris, and next weekend we will continue here in Nashville. Stay up on what we’re doing atfacebook.com/sonsofsweden twitter.com/sonsofsweden andinstagram.com/sonsofsweden

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Annalise Emerick - This Love Won't Break Your Heart

Another great video from Yeah Yeah Creative... even if my fourth wall sabotaging backfired when the guys chose to keep us in at the 4:06 mark anyway.

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Help us make Sam Means proud

Last winter, when Yeah Yeah Creative was transitioning from a mere twinkle in our eyes to an actual creative firm, our good friend and collaborator, Mark Locke, turned us on to a tune we really liked. It's a catchy ditty, and it has the words "Yeah Yeah" in the song over and over again. Instant YYC classic.

Being the indie music gomer that I am, I thought, "I don't know who this Sam Means guy is, but I'm going to shoot him an email. Maybe he'll let us use the song for a YYC promo."

I dug up an email address and fired it his way. I was pretty surprised when, a couple of days later, we got an email back. This Sam guy had said we could use it, no strings attached.

Then Tyler told me Sam Means had been one the two main dudes from The Format, and that "Yeah Yeah" was in several commercials. Sam has probably made quite a bit of money licensing that song, and here he is, giving us permission to use it for free.

What a swell guy. He sure creates catchy tunes.

Hang tight. We're almost to the part where we need your help.

So here we are, nearly a year later, and we still haven't had time to create that promo. We want to produce an atypical demo reel. We've watched plenty of demo reels, and no matter how great the content is, they always lose our attention. I think it has something to do with story: Great videos tell a story. No matter how compact or camouflaged, there's a narrative and pacing that makes you want to keep watching to the end.

Most demo reels have no arc, no pacing. They're like Transformers 3. We're going to throw a ton of cool shots on the screen. Hold onto your butts and enjoy the ride.

Ugh. We want to treat Sam's song well. We've got a few ideas brewing, but none of them have excited into action over the last 9 months. So we need you. Start throwing ideas against our various walls: Facebook, Twitter, our website form, or at ideas(at)yeahyeahcreative.com.

Give us your helicopter shots. Give us your dancing gorillas. Send us your underwater flash mobs. If you think it fits the song and fits us, we're going to love it. 

We're serious.

You never know what's going to jar that fantastic idea loose, so let 'em fly. Don't hold back. We might even use it.

Let's make Sam Means proud. He seems like a swell guy.

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Check out this great video recapping our Finals by the guys at Yeah Yeah Creative!