Jason Maris Film & Photography Blog

Superjail! Season 2 DVD Promo Spots for Adult Swim

Jason — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:56:22 +0000

Another spot with Lear Bunda and Nick Ingkatanuwat for Adult Swim – Thanks to all involved!

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Written/Directed by Lear Bunda & Nick Ingkatanuwat

Starring: Mary Kraft and Trey Duke

DP – Jason Maris
AC – Victoria Warren
Audio – Cyrus Shahmir
DMM -Zach White
Gaffer – Ian Cone
Grip- David Matysiak
Costumes/Hair&Makeup- Morgan Lee Kestner
PA’s- Taylor Church, Krista Carothers
Sweeten- Shawn Coleman
Editor- Nick I. & Lear Bunda
Producer- Lear Bunda

Filmed on Location in East Atlanta, GA. 02.14.12

Thank you
Avenue Reality
Phil Cooper & Shane Little
Grant Central Pizza
Everybody’s Pizza
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“Unorthodox” for Atlanta Magazine

Jason — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:53:48 +0000

I recently did a series of portraits for Atlanta Magazine to accompany their article “Unorthodox” about local religious leaders approaching their faith in unique and, at times, controversial ways. On my own volition, I decided, along with fellow cameraman Keith Roberts, to film one of the stories three subjects, Pastor Dennis Meridith, during a service at Atlanta’s Tabernacle Baptist Church. Pastor Dennis, as it turns out, is openly gay – a true anomaly for most Christian denominations and a brave move in the Baptist church. Click to experience.

I also photographed Pastor 7, a former biker thug converted while in solitary confinement. Now the leader of 7 Bridges To Recovery Church, Pastor 7 runs an outreach program for the homeless, housing many in a building on the premises and taking aid, and the Word, to Atlanta’s underpasses – home to an entire subset of destitute peoples.

Finally, I spent some time and photographed Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, Professor of Religion at Piedmont College, Episcopal priest, Christian feminist and celebrated author. Rev. Taylor made waves when she lost faith – not in religion, but in the business of religion and left her ministry. This is the subject of her book Leaving Church (HarperSanFrancisco (aka HarperOne), 2006). She had a great sense of humor, laughed a lot, was very personable and, for one who admits to not liking having her photo taken – did great.

I’d like to give a big shout out to Gretchen Hilmers for the retouching!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_J6oXyRogw

Travis Manion Promotional Piece Wins Bronze At Atlanta Addy Awards

Jason — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:42:53 +0000

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My thanks to everyone at JWT: Rick Hill – Art Director, Matt Berger – Copywriter, Khia Banks and Brad Steinwede – Agency Producers and Tessa Rogers – Account Exec,

Also to Jeff Tober of the Bandito Brothers for editing and Craig McCraw our location scout.

The crew: Keith Roberts was Camera. Brad Kaye was AC. Producer – Danielle Bernstein, Morgan Lee Kestner did Styling, Wardrobe and Make Up. Danelle Bernstein was the Producer and I (Jason Maris) was Director, DP Camera and Producer!

And, of course, the talent who made it happen: Mickie Pollock, Raina Ferguson, V.C. Fuqua, Orlando Vargas, Stephanie Ray and Rosanna Chan.

I’d also like to thank the Marietta Police Officers who appeared – Michael Goins, Chris Bain, Grant Foster, Gretchen Ingram, Justin P. Rutland, Brian Keith Smith, Michael Gardner, Stephen Miller, Donald Bertolo, Don Smith, Steve Kish, Eric Henderson, Anthony Rashad, Chris Cannon, Kenneth Martin, Brian Honea, David Auld and Brian Marshall.

And last, but definitely not least, a thanks to the Dekalb County Firemen of Station 12 – Michael Williams, Owen Jones, Raymond Hampton and Jarret Davis.

Thank you all and CONGRATULATIONS!

HERE’S THE SITE

But, essentially, this is what you’ll see:

Be warned: Circus Music!

adult swim Squidbillies Music Download Promo TV Spot

Jason — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:26:07 +0000

I was the Director of Photography on this. Shot at the Earl in East Atlanta, featuring Rick Richards of the the Georgia Satellites. Currently airing nationally. Well, needless to say this was a fun shoot! See more credits on the vimeo page. Thanks to everyone that helped make it happen! Click to experience.

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USMC Production Photos

Jason — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:28:29 +0000

Here’s a battery of images from the massive USMC “Toward The Sound Of Chaos” campaign. Click to experience!

Maris Family Thanksgiving 2011 Time Lapsed @ 24fps

Jason — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:00:43 +0000

The gathering for a Thanksgiving meal is one of the few times a year that multiple generations of a family will all meet in one place. To catch up, laugh, drink, and most importantly – eat. Generally a lot. This year we headed up to my parents home in Arkansas, as did my brother and his children (though, just like my own, they won’t be ‘children’ for much longer) and ate like kings on a classic Thanksgiving spread. I’ve been experimenting with time lapse photography as of late and the opportunity was perfect. So enjoy the entirety of the Maris Family Thanksgiving meal (including desert) in under two minutes!

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NASCAR / COKE 2011 Assignment

Jason — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:30:49 +0000

Shake N’ Bake, round two!

Here are eight ridiculous, verging on strange, candid shots of me with some of the NASCAR drivers taken during a recent Coke assignment. We were capturing the drivers for standees, in store life size cardboard cutouts, using the 60 megapixel Phase One camera. If you could not tell by the images, these guys are very fun, I look forward to working with them again! Thanks to everyone at Momentum and IMG for a great shoot! Click To Experience!

Adron: Psychedelic Tropicália Folk Chanteuse Extraordinaire

Jason — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:37:49 +0000

It’s a mouthful, but I honestly don’t know how else to describe this young lady! Taking cues from the sun drenched sounds of the Brazilian pop form known as Tropicália, 70′s psychedelic folk and the recent revival of all such sounds (Akron/Family, Juana Molina, Arto Lindsay, Tom Zé, Os Mutantes, Fleet Foxes, Coco Rosie), Adron puts it all into a seamless blender and hits puree. Her songs float along with strong acoustic melodies and those infectious tropical rhythms that just make you want to do nothing but relax. It’s all in service to a beautiful voice that effortlessly captures the feel of fading sunlight and awakening forests deep in the summer. Wonderful. Visit her Facebook HERE.

A few weeks back, Adron and her band came in with a head full of concepts for her new album Organismo‘s imagery and I was happy to help her see it through! We’ll also be embarking on a music video soon, so look for that! If you’re in town, come by the record release party this Friday @ Smith’s Olde Bar! Retouched by the velvet hand of Brad Kaye! Click to Experience!

Travis Manion Foundation Portraits

Jason — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:56:56 +0000

Here are some portraits I shot earlier this fall for the Travis Manion Foundation‘s ’9/11 Heroes Run’. Everyone involved was fantastic and I look forward to working with them again! I’d like to give a shout out to Matt Berger, Rick Hill, Khia Banks, Tessa Rogers and Brad Steinwede from JWT; thank you so much for the opportunity to do this campaign, not to mention making it so easy! Photographs retouched by Brad Kaye, Click to experience.

At Home and the Battle of Healing pt. II

Jason — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:07:40 +0000

Here is another from the series of images I took for ReMIND.org / The Bob Woodruff Foundation; at the Center For The Intrepid / Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. Click to experience!

See previous entry HERE.