Filming Emily Gresh & the Liv/giant Avail Inspire
In February, Miceli Productions got a call from international bike company Giant Bicycle Inc. to film and produce a mini-documentary on Emily Gresh, designer of the new Liv/giant Avail Inspire, West Hartford CT resident and breast cancer survivor.
Back in October 2011, the Young Survival Coalition (YSC) and Liv/giant held a contest that challenged young breast cancer survivors to design graphics for a special-edition Liv/giant Avail road bike. The winner’s design would be applied to a bike, the sales of which would benefit the YSC. Emily won that contest. Here, we’d like to share with you the inspiring piece that came out of filming and photographing her story. We simply had the privilege of capturing it.
For more on the YSC and their fundraising rides, the Tour de Pink, CLICK HERE.
For Emily’s blog of her cancer experience and designing the Avail Inspire, CLICK HERE.
Miceli Productions Happy to Support the Southington YMCA LIVESTRONG Program
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Through our lens, Miceli Productions is sometimes lucky enough to capture moments of community spirit. We always try to take the opportunity to share these moments with others and showcase the programs that we think make a difference in people’s lives. Recently, we had the privilege to be asked to photograph the graduation of the first Southington YMCA LIVESTRONG class.
The Southington YMCA was one of 16 YMCAs in the nation to receive a grant to implement the program as a result of the 2011 LIVESTRONG Community Impact Project, an online community voting campaign. LIVESTRONG at the YMCA is part of a multiyear collaboration between YMCA of the USA, the national resource office for the Y, and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, the organization created in 1997 by the cancer survivor and champion cyclist to serve people living with cancer and empower communities to take action.
LIVESTRONG at the Southington YMCA is a FREE twelve-week, small group program designed for adult cancer survivors under the guidance of specially trained health and wellness staff. The program is designed to help those affected by cancer gain strength, endurance and function lost through treatment and to gain emotional support and self esteem.
Over the years we’ve been in business, we’ve donated our time to many great projects – but the most moving have been the Survivor stories that we have captured. It’s a special thing to bare witness to the strength these Survivors demonstrate and for them to share that struggle on camera with the world. In our community, many cancer survivors are fighters. And those that aren’t fighters can become fighters because they have the strength and support of our community, of their caregivers and, most importantly, of fellow Survivors. The LIVESTRONG program at the Southington YMCA “focus[es] on the whole person not just the disease. LIVESTRONG at the YMCA helps cancer survivors move beyond illness to wellness in spirit mind and body.” And that’s something we definitely get behind and support.
The YMCA is able to make this program free of charge because of the generous contributions of donors.
To support LIVESTRONG at the Southington YMCA
contact Linda Prus at (860) 426-9531 or at livestrong1@sccymca.org
To watch an excerpt of Miceli Productions 2009 Relay For Life film on The Power of Community CLICK HERE or to find out more ways you can support cancer survivors go to 2012 Southington Relay For Life or find a LIVESTRONG event near you.
Miceli Team Launches TripShow at Startup Weekend Stamford
Startup Weekend is an intense 54-hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business. The weekend brings together people with different skill sets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.
This weekend March 30 – April 1, 2012, Mike Miceli and his brother Jason Miceli are attending Startup Weekend Stamford at the Stamford Innovation Center to develop their new app TripShow. TripShow automatically pulls all your photos and videos together and then segments them according to location and time frame. It can add dynamic music based on the type of trip and creates title slides showing each day and location of the action, all automatically. TripShow will even add “motion maps” showing where you went and mix them with your media. Just choose your trip’s date range and presto – a story-driven video masterpiece! Turn your mobile device into a virtual videographer.
Want to know more? SIGN UP NOW and help us spread the word!
Short Film Music Video: Country Songwriter Shane Michael Taylor Honors America’s Wounded Soldiers
7 Locations, 4 days of filming, and 1 inspiring song. Miceli Productions is proud to announce the debut of Shane Michael Taylor‘s first single “Warrior Cowboy” from his debut album I WILL STAND.
We first met Shane in September to talk about the preliminary script he had written with Heather MacDonald, a mutual friend. Right from that first draft, we wanted to work with him to make his vision for this song come to life. We spent a few months in pre-production – scouting locations, hiring designers and crew and contacting several experts to give us the details we needed to make this come together. This production had a lot of moving parts – multiple locations, props, costumes, several actors and extras, green screen shoots, voice over recording, After Effects editing, sound track editing and a cameo by Director of Photography Mike Miceli’s ’89 Mustang Convertible (which Mike and Shane promptly took out for a spin after the shoot, top-down in January. Brrrr.)
Ultimately, we filmed in 7 locations over 4 days, including Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Waterbury Train Station, Waterbury Hospital and Mary Our Queen Church in Southington. Some of the footage is actual footage taken by soldiers in Afghanistan, a true reminder to us that the battles our service men and women fight overseas are indeed real.
Through overcoming his own life struggles with cerebral palsy, Shane felt inspired to raise awareness for America’s wounded soldiers that come home struggling to move forward, past their own injuries, just as he has had to do. We hope you take away his message that “[W]e all have challenges and it’s easy to get discouraged sometimes. In spite of that, we all must find what we’re meant to do and walk through our own fires in order to fulfill our purpose. This song echoes that message that no matter how rough life gets, and no matter how much pain and sorrow we have, our spirit—who we are inside—cannot be destroyed.”
Thank you to our Cast, Crew and Consultants. We appreciate you getting behind this project and making it a reality. Special Thanks to all of the following:
Shane Michael Taylor
Peter Schutz, playing the role of John
Logan Miceli, playing the role of young Shane
Justin Soccodato, playing the role of young John
David Stickney, Commander, Bravo Company
Nick, Fox Company, Connecticut Army National Guard, Southington Readiness Center
Rev. A. Waine Kargul, Pastor, Mary Our Queen Church, Southington, CT
Matthew Burgard, PR Specialist, Waterbury Hospital
Jessica D’Addario, Make-up & Hair
Matthew Smart, Costume Designer
Brian Chawner, After Effects Artist
Brian Byrne, Camera Assistant & Post-Production Editor
Alicia Millane, Set Photographer & Production Assistant
Jason Facey, Miceli Productions Intern
For more about Shane Michael Taylor visit www.WarriorCowboy.com
CLICK HERE for Behind the Scenes: Filming Shane Michael Taylor’s Music Video “Warrior Cowboy”
Tune in as Shane Michael Taylor and John Cadillac Saville unveil Shane’s new video “Warrior Cowboy” – Produced by Miceli Productions HD
Shane Michael Taylor
Photo by Miceli Productions HD
Quadriplegic Country Artist Storms Onto Music Scene
Debut Single Inspired By America’s Wounded Soldiers
Nashville, TN—To raise awareness of the plight of America’s wounded soldiers, country music artist-songwriter Shane Michael Taylor has announced “Warrior Cowboy” as the first single from his debut album I Will Stand. The song, penned by Taylor and two other Nashville songwriters, was inspired by him seeing a news segment showing the struggles, courage, and sacrifice of U.S. soldiers and the battles that they still face when they return home.
Born with cerebral palsy and sentenced to life as a quadriplegic, Taylor has a special appreciation for those who overcome great obstacles in life. He has worked hard to shatter physical and emotional roadblocks that he encountered on is journey to fulfilling his ultimate dream of becoming a country artist by utilizing a team of Nashville’s finest vocalists. He is living proof that challenges and despair can be conquered by utilizing our minds to their greatest potential.
Video Airs on Better Connecticut March 27 at 3 PM
The television premiere of the music video for “Warrior Cowboy” is set to coincide with the digital release of the single on March 27, 2012, when Taylor will make a live appearance on the WFSB-CBS talk show Better Connecticut where he will discuss overcoming challenges and unveil the music video. Taylor chose this song to be the first single because of its message. “We all have challenges and it’s easy to get discouraged sometimes,” he emphasizes. “In spite of that, we all must find what we’re meant to do and walk through our own fires in order to fulfill our purpose. This song echoes that message that no matter how rough life gets, and no matter how much pain and sorrow we have, our spirit—who we are inside—cannot be destroyed.”
Taylor explains, “The video takes it a level deeper and tells a specific story about a soldier and his brother and shows how they both fight their own internal and external battles, but their spirits stay strong throughout. Because I could relate to the challenges of wounded soldiers and their families, I felt that it was my duty to help raise awareness for these guys and gals.”
To listen to the song, please visit: www.WarriorCowboy.com
To view the video on Miceli Productions’ Channel, CLICK HERE.
Up-and-Comer Singer/Songwriter AARON FRY’s Debut Music Video: “Just What I’m Missing”
So tell me, I really need to learn from you…. and know that I’m listening….
Check out the new sound of singer/songwriter Aaron Fry, a local Connecticut musician. Miceli Productions HD got together with Aaron to film and produce the debut music video for his single “Just What I’m Missing”. We filmed at the historic town green in Lebanon, Connecticut on one of those wonderful, bright, sunny fluffy-cloud days. Special thanks to our make-up artist Jessica for doubling as a model during the shoot. And additional special thanks to the the Governor Jonathan Trumbull House and Wadsworth Stable Museum, owned and operated by the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution, who graciously allowed permission to film on the property.
To listen to more Aaron Fry, go to aaronfrymusic.com
… I saw you and you never looked that mad before, and now I know just what I’m missing….yeah, now I know just what I’m missing….
To see more of our music videos,
go to Miceli Productions’ Music Video YouTube Playlist HERE.
Time Lapse Footage from our GoPro HD Hero2
A few time lapse video tests with our GoPro HD Hero2. Enjoy!
Clip 1: Southington Sky
Clip 2: Leaf frozen in pool ice
Clip 3: New Haven Harbor
