Wednesday, December 10, 2008

GREY SKY FILMS HOLIDAY VIDEO RELEASED

SEASONS GEEETINGS EVERYONE!!! Grey Sky Films put togther a little holiday video as our way of saying thank you to all of our clients, friends family who have supported us over the last 7 years. We hope you enjoy it and have a very HAPPY HOLIDAY AND VERY HAPPY NEW NEW YEAR!!! SEE YOU IN '09


Friday, November 21, 2008

EMMI CHEESE: BEFORE AND AFTER

Everyone has been asking us what the EMMI cheese commercial looked like before all the effects where added in. So we decided to post both versions for your viewing pleasure. Take a look and let us know what you think.


BEFORE




FINAL

Thursday, October 30, 2008

GREY SKY PRODUCES NEW "ROCK THIS!" COMMERCIALS FOR WALMART

Grey Sky Films recently filmed 4 new commercials for WalMart's "Rock This!" retail music program. The commercials will each run 60 seconds each and are hosted by the Irish rock band, The Answer. The Answer are embarking on a worldwide tour wide tour opening for rock legends, AC/DC. The commercials were filmed at RED Distribution's office in Manhattan and were shot against green screen. The spots feature The Answer introducing videos for musical acts that are currently being sold in WalMart stores nationwide and on their website. The commercials will be airing nationally on Fuse and MTV2.



GREY SKY FILMS PRODUCES POLITICAL ADS FOR EDDIE OSBORNE

Grey Films had the opportunity to work with our friends over at Whitehorse Strategies, whitehorsestrategies.com, to create to 60 second political commercials for Newark, NJ congressional nominee, Eddie Osborne.
The ads were filmed at Magi Filmworks in Belleville, NJ and feature Newark Mayor Cory Booker. They were both filmed in one day using three different cameras and took one day to edit. The commercials are airing around the clock on select Cablevision stations and also on Osborne08.com.



Thursday, October 16, 2008

GREY SKY FILMS PRODUCES EMMI CHEESE COMMERCIAL

Grey Sky Films has just wrapped on producing a commercial for the international company, Emmi. Emmi is a maker and distributor of fine dairy products and this commercial was for their Cave Aged Kaltbach Gruyere cheese. We teamed up with our colleagues at Magi Filmworks to recreate a commercial that was originally filmed in Switzerland. There were 5 shots to be filmed and we got it all done in one day. We filmed on location in Warren County, NJ and then Rollercoaster Studios in East Hanover. The final commercial will air on ABC networks in early November.




Original Swiss Spot

GREY SKY FILMS THE NEXT NORTH JERSEY CUSTOMS ONLINE VIDEO

Grey Sky Films recently wrapped production on the next installment in North Jersey Customs ongoing Online Video Series. This month's video features a great how to tip presnted by NJC owner, Scott Avery. The video will be posted on their website, northjerseycustoms.com by the end of the month.


Monday, September 29, 2008

GREY SKY FILMS AT PARISI SPEED SCHOOL FOR NEW DVD

Grey Sky Films began filming for the next Parisi Speed School DVD. The filming is scheduled to take place for several days all through September and October. The new DVD will feature many of the well know exercises and drills that has made the Parisi Speed School a top facility for training athletes. It will also feature owner Bill Parisi and training guru Martin Rooney speaking about their specific knowledge, science, and training philosophy.


Monday, September 22, 2008

GREY SKY FILMS PRODUCES NEXT ONLINE VIDEO FOR PERMANENT BUZZ TATTOO

Grey Sky Films shot the next video for Permanent Buzz Tattoo's Online Video Series on Saturday September 20th. The video spotlights the art auction they held as a benefit event for the Alzheimer's Foundation. The finished video will feature some artist interviews and client testimonials, as well as candid footage from the day.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

STAGE LEFT FASHIONS RELEASES FALL FASHION VIDEO ONLINE



Stage Left Fashions has released their fall fashion video on their website at stageleftusa.com. This a six minute video that was created by Grey Sky Films. It features the various children's fall fashions that are available at their store. Grey Sky Films was contracted by Stage Left to produced four seasonal videos altogether. The next video is scheduled to be filmed in January.


Thursday, September 4, 2008

Grey Sky Films Meet Motley Crue and Sixx AM


Grey Sky Films had the opportunity to film Motley Crue and Sixx AM as part of Wal Mart's Rock This! commercial campaign. We were hired by our longtime client RED Distribution to travel to Scranton, PA and film the band backstage at the Toyota Pavilion Center. Co-owner Mark Serao was especially excited for the shoot as he has been a HUGE fan since his days in the 5th grade.


Thursday, August 28, 2008

PERMANENT BUZZ TATTOO ONLINE VIDEO HAS BEEN POSTED

PERMANENT BUZZ TATTOO has posted their online video to their website today, permanentbuzz.net. This video is the first of six to be produced by Grey Sky Films. This month's video features the tattoo of the month.

Permanent Buzz Tattoo is located in Denville, NJ and is owned and operated by artist Randy Prause. Randy is an internationally published artist whose works have spanned the past 16 years. With an extensive airbrush background, he completed his apprenticeship at Shotsie's Tattoo where he spent the next 6 years honing his diverse techniques.


Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Grey Sky Films release video about Grey Sky Films

We just shot and edited this short piece recently to add to our website and reel. The purpose was the introduce people to the owners of the business and let them get to know us and get a feel what Grey Sky Films is and what we do.


Tuesday, August 26, 2008

NORTH JERSEY CUSTOMS ONLINE VIDEO

Here is the final version of the North Jersey Customs online video that we produced for them a couple of weeks ago. It is live on their site now at northjerseycustoms.com. Please visit them.


Grey Sky Films at Stage Left Fashions

On Sunday August, 24th Grey Sky had the unique opportunity to create and film a children's runway fashion show for Stage Left Fashions in Franklin Lakes, NJ. Stage Left hired Grey Sky to produce 4 seasonal videos to be played in their store and also on the their website. Each video will feature children wearing the clothes from that season. The video we filmed on Sunday was for their fall collection.

Stage Left Fashions is a unique clothing store featuring children’s wear for boys and girls as well as accessories including eye wear and handbags. They have created a one of kind experience by adding runway style dressing rooms and an exciting mix of multi-media, music and lighting. Visit their website at stageleftusa.com


Wednesday, August 20, 2008

GREY SKY FILMS ANNOUNCES ALLIANCE WITH HARMS SOFTWARE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Harms Software & Grey Sky Films
Announce Marketing Alliance


ROCKAWAY, NJ & BOONTON, NJ – August 20, 2008 – Harms Software, the leading management software provider for the spa and beauty industry and Grey Sky Films have announced an alliance that will provide a powerful, value-added marketing service to Harms Software’s clients. The unique alliance focuses on providing video-based marketing solutions for companies leveraging the growing market for online video content.

“Our tremendous growth throughout the past few years reflects the enormous amount of human capital and resources we have invested in developing products that stimulate the growth and success of our clients,” said John Harms, president and CEO of Harms Software. “Our alliance with Grey Sky Films will provide our clients with a new option for creating powerful, video based marketing content that will differentiate them from the competition in the growing spa and beauty marketplace.”

According to the "Global Spa Economy Report 2007" report, the spa industry generated $46.8 billion in worldwide spa facility business in 2007, including services and product sales. The report collected data from 210 countries and 21,000 industry contacts and confirmed 1.2 million employees in more than 71,600 spas worldwide. The revenue estimates included income from spa facilities, related investments and education spa-related hospitality, tourism and real estate. Factoring in related industries such as beauty, nutrition and fitness, 2007 global health and wellness market revenue exceeded $1 trillion, based on the report.

The alliance between Harms and Grey Sky Films addresses a market that is also projected to grow on its own. A recent Kelsey Group report released last week predicts that revenue from localized video marketing on the Web will grow to $1.5 billion in 2012 from a mere $10.9 million in 2007. Small and medium-sized businesses will spend 11.6% of their online budgets on video by 2012, the firm predicts.

“We are excited about the combination of Harms Software’s leadership position in the Spa and Beauty industry, our creative talent and the growing online video market,” said Chris Vaglio, co-founder of Grey Sky Films. “We intend to work with Harms’ clients to take their marketing efforts to new levels.”

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About Harms Software
Founded in 1987 to provide the beauty industry with advanced and powerful technology business solutions and tools, Harms Software Inc. is built on the commitment of being a valuable and trustworthy partner to all clientele. Harms Software’s world-renowned brand, Millennium™, is utilized in thousands of salons/spas in over 14 countries. Headquartered in Boonton , New Jersey , Harms Software has approximately 50+ employees worldwide and currently operates in the U.S. , New Zealand , Canada and the U.K. . Harms Software Inc. is Microsoft Gold Certified and nominated New Jersey ’s top 5 businesses by NJBIZ in 2007. For more information, visit www.harms-software.com

About Grey Sky Films
Grey Sky Films is a full-service production company delivering exceptional, world-class film and video content along with integrated marketing solutions for a wide array variety of business and commercial projects. The full service company was founded in 2001 by two college friends and filmmakers, Mark Serao and Chris Vaglio and is located in the New Jersey suburb of Rockaway Borough. Its impressive roster of clients includes Harms Software, Wal Mart, Linens N’ Things, Iceberg Vodka, Best Buy, Sony/BMG Music, Columbia Records, Universal Records, Pearson Education and The Equity Group. Visit us at www.greyskyfilms.com.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Steven Haase
GrowthAgents, Inc.
609/532-9356- cell
steven@growthagentsinc.com

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Parisi Speed School Shoot

On Friday August 15th, we filmed at the Parisi Speed School in their Fair Lawn, NJ location. The Parisi Speed School has over 40 franchise locations nationwide and has produced many videos with Grey Sky Films. Most notably, their 10 Disc DVD instructional video set, "The Secrets of Game Speed".


Mark at the Parisi Speed School.



Watch the trailer for the "Ultimate Speed" DVD we produced for the Parisi Speed School


Friday, August 15, 2008

Cortiva Institute Shoot

On Thursday August 14, we took a road trip to the Boston area to film for the Cortiva Institute. The production consisted of filming testimonials of former students and faculty members for a marketing video to be produced later by Grey Sky Films. These testimonials will also be used on the Cortiva website.


Cortiva Institute is a national massage school with locations in several states across the country. They focus on educating people who would like to become massage therapists. For more info on them what they do visit http://www.cortiva.com.


Mark at the Cortiva Institute in Boston.

Friday, August 8, 2008

Permanent Buzz Shoot

We haved just finished filming at Permanent Buzz Tattoo in Denville, NJ. This video will be the first in their online video series that Grey Sky will be producing for them. This months video is "The Tattoo of the Month." Future videos will include additional tattoo's of the month, aftercare tips, testimonials, and much more.

You can view the final video on the Permanent Buzz site as well as greyskyfilms.com

Grey Sky Films co-owner Chris Vaglio at Permanent Buzz Tattoo.


Grey Sky Films also produced a :30 second commercial for Permanent Buzz. Take a look.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

North Jersey Customs Shoot

We just filmed the first installment in a six part video series for North Jersey Customs. The video is part of the new online video series service that Grey Sky Films is now offering to our clients. Future videos in the series will inlcude tips, client testimonials, and featured motorcycles.


Grey Sky Films co-owner Mark Serao at North Jersey Customs.

First Official Grey Sky Films Blog Post

Hello everyone, this is the official start of the new Grey Sky Films blog. Here we will be posting updates on our company as well as news, behind the scenes footage, tips, tricks, and much more. Please be sure to check back often to see what's new and exciting in the world of Grey Sky Films. Also please visit us at http://www.greyskyfilms.com/ to see samples of our work as well as our YouTube.com channel at www.youtube.com/greyskyfilms .