Johnson Studios

@johnsonstudios.co

We are a boutique, multidisciplinary team that provides digital media production services. Also creator of @outsideandseek 🚴‍♂️💨
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The direction was sparked from spending time in the basement of Gary’s home in Wisconsin. It felt like a Gary Edinger archive, full of baseball caps from decades in the past, old newspaper clippings littered throughout and a healthy layer of sawdust that covered everything. Foss Media (@fossman8 , @mtbound ) and Johnson Studios felt that this could be a breeding ground for a title sequence. When we got back to the studio, it quickly evolved from an idea to us gathering dust out of a shop vac, collecting different sizes of wood chips and filling our studio floor with Gary artifacts. In the final stages we combined these analog elements with a few tools in After Effects to create the final piece. - Special nod to @barrysduncan who helped us craft the type for the film, including the title sequence. - Together with Foss Media (@fossman8 , @mtbound ), @dannerboots and @filson1897 , we present the remarkable story of one man’s quest to live a full life. Will to Live: the Gary Edinger Story - Full film link in our bio. - #willtolivefilm #belikegary #filsonlife #danner #film #video #cinematography #shotonred #r3d #documentary #filmmaking
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6 years ago
Title sequence created for Will to Live: the Gary Edinger Story - Together with Foss Media (@fossman8 , @mtbound ), @dannerboots and @filson1897 , we present the remarkable story of one man’s quest to live a full life. Will to Live: the Gary Edinger Story - Full film link in our bio. - #willtolivefilm #belikegary #filsonlife #danner #film #video #cinematography #shotonred #r3d #documentary #filmmaking
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6 years ago
Johnson Studios was honoured to craft the title sequence for Will to Live. We believe it was a nod to our design background, where we often needed to distill an idea down to its core. In this case we wanted to communicate parts of who Gary is, what he has accomplished in his life and what happened to him. This process also helped inform all other archival elements allowing us to have a consistent, non-intrusive, method to show Gary’s past at any point in the film. - Together with Foss Media (@fossman8 , @mtbound ), @dannerboots and @filson1897 , we present the remarkable story of one man’s quest to live a full life. Will to Live: the Gary Edinger Story - Full film link in our bio. - #willtolivefilm #belikegary #filsonlife #danner #film #video #cinematography #shotonred #r3d #documentary #filmmaking
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Together with Foss Media, @dannerboots and @filson1897 , we present the remarkable story of one man’s quest to live a full life. Will to Live: the Gary Edinger Story - Full film link in our bio. - Photo by the professional photographer and sportsman @samaverett - Credits Production Company: Foss Media Director: Adam Foss @fossman8 Producer: Frankie Foss @mtbound Cinematographer: Ben Johnson @outsideandseek & Adam Foss @fossman8 Editor: Ben Johnson @outsideandseek Still Photographer: Sam Averett @samaverett Creative Direction and Story: Al James @al__James
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6 years ago
Every once in a while a story comes across your desk that you simply can’t ignore. Will to Live is one of these stories. We are incredibly grateful that we got to play a part in this and it feels surreal to see it out in the wild. - Together with Foss Media, @dannerboots and @filson1897 , we present the remarkable story of one man’s quest to live a full life. Will to Live: the Gary Edinger Story - No doubt you are reading this as you crack in to your second Peach Pear La Croix on the couch so hit the link in our bio and give it a watch! - There are many many to thank but first and foremost one cannot forget dozens of vampire sessions in the editing hole with great friends @fossman8 and @mtbound aka Foss Media. Cheers guys! Mango is on ice. This is a special one. Looking forward to celebrating in Seattle at the premiere! - Credits Production Company: Foss Media Director: Adam Foss @fossman8 Producer: Frankie Foss @mtbound Cinematographer: Ben Johnson @outsideandseek & Adam Foss @fossman8 Editor: Ben Johnson @outsideandseek Still Photographer: Sam Averett @samaverett Creative Direction and Story: Al James @al__James
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6 years ago
Together with Foss Media, @dannerboots and @filson1897 , we present the remarkable story of one man’s quest to live a full life. Will to Live: the Gary Edinger Story - Full film link in our bio. - Photo by the professional photographer and sportsman @samaverett - Credits Production Company: Foss Media Director: Adam Foss @fossman8 Producer: Frankie Foss @mtbound Cinematographer: Ben Johnson @outsideandseek & Adam Foss @fossman8 Editor: Ben Johnson @outsideandseek Still Photographer: Sam Averett @samaverett Creative Direction and Story: Al James @al__James
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6 years ago
Piece by @hulsedurrell for @olympics #olympicday Color grade: @johnsonstudios.co - #film #video #colorgrading #color
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6 years ago
“We work. We play. We dream. Of a better self. A better world. And today, we give that journey a name.” - Very thankful for the opportunity to contribute to the colouring process for this piece by @hulsedurrell . Turned out great all! @olympics #olympicday - 🎵@mzesko 🎤 @marlananna 🌈 @johnsonstudios.co - #film #video #colorgrading
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6 years ago
Piece by @hulsedurrell for @olympics #olympicday Color grade: @johnsonstudios.co - #film #video #colorgrading #color
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6 years ago
Our good friend and regular collaborator @kurtis_so (also the composer for this film!) reminded us recently to try at least one new thing every project. We believe our tripod rack mount (results above) is a good example of our efforts to make something unique for this film. Like all things of this nature it took more work, and a couple of late nights to make it happen, but we can’t recall a time when our attempts to capture something unique didn’t pay off. In reflection, we believe we created a better film because of it. It was a unique solution to the tricky task of filming oneself. It also simplified the editing process as it provided opportunities to jump cut to any environment/time at the exact same angle. We were honoured to talk about this hack, and much more from the film, in a Q&A with @bikepackingcom . @foundinthemountains also talked about this in detail on @theradavist . For a last-minute idea, we believe it worked pretty darn well! - Our film, ‘Admissions of an Amateur Bikepacker’, a solo self-filmed journey in the Andes of Peru is now live, hit the link in our bio to dive in deeper! - #filmhacks #cinematography #dop #film #selffilmed #filmmaking #documentary #bikepacking #biketour #bikewander #gravel #adventurecycling #peru #experienceperu
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7 years ago
Last week we released ‘Admissions of an Amateur Bikepacker’, a solo self-filmed journey in the Andes of Peru. We have been floored by the reaction. Nothing makes us happier than to inspire people and hopefully get people outside. - To watch, and learn a bunch more about the project, hit our link in our profile! - For more you can also check out our in-depth Q&A with @bikepackingcom and @foundinthemountains write up on @theradavist that discusses the bike build and a few of the hacks that allowed us to travel further and film more. - #cinematography #dop #film #selffilmed #filmmaking #documentary #bikepacking #biketour #bikewander #gravel #adventurecycling #peru #experienceperu
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7 years ago
Maybe it’s our design backgrounds to blame, but we love making and animating titles. Right after Ben captured this shot he knew it presented some interesting opportunities; the transition from dark to light, and the hovering fog felt like the perfect environment for an opening title. When thinking about a name for this film, we thought the word ‘Solo’ would work well, but @alexhonnold and @jimmychin beat us to it 😂. Working with our good friend - and master designer - @barrysduncan , we finalized the look of the main title and subtitle. We then used the fog to our advantage to help make the words feel more integrated into the image. This required some nitty gritty work in After Effects in order to achieve the right effect of the fog rolling over the letters. We think it turned out pretty well! - Our film, ‘Admissions of an Amateur Bikepacker’, a solo self-filmed journey in the Andes of Peru is now live, hit the link in our bio to dive in deeper. - #titlesequence #design #graphicdesign #motiongraphics #cinematography #dop #film #selffilmed #filmmaking #documentary #bikepacking #biketour #bikewander #gravel #adventurecycling #peru #experienceperu
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