Mark DePasquale

Proudly presenting the official Moondays trailer! But wait there’s, more! I’m also wildly excited to announce that we’ll be publicly dropping Moondays online on August 2nd!! Can’t wait for you to see the amazing work the whole team put together. Stay tuned for loads of bts in the coming weeks! Starring @rbakereu @isabel.roden @michellemp11 @saleemahsharpe @macaroni_blake @darrinhickok Director: 🤓 Producers: @redhotjilipepperz @joeflo95 Production Company: @atlanticpictures Executive Producers: @shellysabel @darrengoldberg Chris Marsh, Alden McLellan VP Stage: @fusetechnicalgroup DP: @j3lan1 AC’s: @directrue_ @el_jefe_414 @leewolf22 Sam Li Production Design: @dave_lieber Gaffers: Ted Goodwin and Christian Deweever Key Grip: @katiecolwelll BBE: Tim Sergio G/E Swing: Eric Martin Script Supervisor: @thesparklestopwatch Production Coordinator: @rormccarg Sound Mixers: @natmcord @sedonasworld HMU: @maikosmetic Max Leary Costume Designer: @lumitnick Costume PA: @jo.n.chuang Art PA’s: Eleanor Scott, Molly Kramer, Hannah Taylor Key PA: @sophpenn PA’s: @emilyjasani @zoe.glasgow @chitran_53 Vuong Huang, Valeria Gonzalez, Ohmer Khan, Jean Pham BTS Shooters: @sonyazd @bettinaavila @nickdeveau.studio VP Systems Director: @m_kohler_ Studio Director: @cymbals23 Volume Operators: @renzrenderz @captainpause Editor and VFX Supe: 🤓 VFX PA: @gregjoblove Monster Design / Modeler: @roiekarni Sound Design / Mix: David Leaver Music by: Pierre-Philippe Côté Score Coordinator: Ryan Strauss #SciFiShort #SciFiComedy #ShortFilm #ComedyShort #GenreFilm #WatchTillTheEnd #IndieFilm #SupportIndieFilm #Filmmaker #FilmFestival #FilmmakersOfInstagram #ReelFilm #OnSet #BehindTheScenes #DirectorLife #VFXBreakdown #VFXArtist #PremierePro #EditorLife #CGI #PostProduction #VirtualProduction #LEDVolume #UnrealEngine #InCameraVFX #FilmCommunity #CreativeProcess #WatchThis #MovieReel #cinematicvibes

New work!! Proud to have directed this super fun campaign for the town of Sevierville, Tennessee with the amazing folks at @visitsevierville A massive thank you to our absolutely killer crew, who all wore about 10 different hats to make this idea come to life! Getting to film on roller coasters, ziplines, waterslides, and helicopters for a living is making 10 year old me over the moon. I hope you enjoy watching these as much as our whole team had making it! Director: 🙋‍♂️ DP: @j3lan1 Production Company: @atlanticpictures Producers: Noah Haeussner, @maryann_tulip Executive Producer: Chris Marsh Production Coordinator + Art Director: @kt_whitmire AC: @ryanfuqua G/E: @dfp865video Drone Op: @rydersalley HMU: Kayla Metzker, Tatyana Wilcox PA: @patrickselzer13 , Mars Fletcher, Victoria Sterling, Arthur DeHart Editor: @dumpster.enthusiast Voice Talent: @ashante_timoll @kirstensalpinicreative @rbakereu Post Supervisor: @halielaviano 3D Character Design and Animation: @picturewizards @seven_bison VFX Compositing: 🙋‍♂️ Sound Design and Mix: @swellmusicsound @emarish Colorist: @emilybailey.colorist @company_3 #commercial #ad #tourism #director #writer #filmmaker #editor #premierepro #motiontracking #compositing #digital #vfxartist #cgi #arnold #render #editing #animation #maya #houdini #indiefilm #filmmaking #supportindiefilm #crowdfunding #filmcurious #filmmakersofinstagram #filmmakerboost #cinematographerlife #cinematography #artist #freelance

What if Weyland Yutani were played for laughs 👽️?⁠ ⁠ "Moondays" by @markd_films is a lunar drug trial that spirals into deadly chaos 💊💀 - all the bones of a sharp sci-fi thriller, with the soul of an absurdist dark comedy. @80spodcastchannel spotted the evil corporation at its heart immediately. We'll let you discover the rest.⁠ ⁠ Watch it now on #DUST. Link in bio! 🚀⁠ ⁠ #scifi #scifiart #scifiseries #scifivideo #dust #dustyoutube #dustfilm #clip #shortstories #scifistories #bestshorts #shortfilm #filmfestival #worldbuilding #bingewatch #binge #doublefeature #movierecommendation #indie #indiefilmmaking #indiefilm #moondays #moondaysshortfilm #space #spacemovie #newscifi #thriller #scifithriller #mystery

"Moondays" is like a dark episode of Futurama. Don't miss this spaced out absurdist comedy now on #DUST. ⁠ ⁠ Watch "Moondays" by @markd_films . Link in bio 🚀!⁠ ⁠ More About "Moondays":⁠ A group of lunar colonists participate in a high-tech drug trial that quickly spirals into deadly chaos 🌕️💀.⁠ ⁠ #scifi #scifiart #scifiseries #scifivideo #dust #dustyoutube #dustfilm #clip #shortstories #scifistories #bestshorts #shortfilm #filmfestival #worldbuilding #bingewatch #binge #doublefeature #movierecommendation #indie #indiefilmmaking #indiefilm #moondays #moondaysshortfilm #space #spacemovie #newscifi #thriller #scifithriller #mystery

A group of lunar colonists participate in a high-tech drug trial that quickly spirals into deadly chaos 🌕️💀.⁠ ⁠ Watch "Moondays" by @markd_films on #DUST. Link in bio 🚀!⁠ ⁠ 🎬️ Statement from the Filmmaker:⁠ My team and I crafted Moondays as a testament to how virtual production can empower indie filmmakers to tell visually ambitious stories that typically require blockbuster budgets. More than that, I wanted to use the sandbox of the tech to create something that I hadn’t really seen it be used for: an absurdist comedy. The result is what I describe as a very dark episode of Futurama. Something that’s dripping with all the aesthetic swag of a sharp sci-fi thriller, but bursting at the seams with classic slapstick gags and cartoonish characters. It’s such an unlikely pairing that the contrast itself becomes part of the joke. A sort of meta satire on the state of virtual production filmmaking today. Most modern sci-fi films take themselves really seriously, so I wanted to make sure that ours didn’t.⁠ ⁠ #scifi #scifiart #scifiseries #scifivideo #dust #dustyoutube #dustfilm #clip #shortstories #scifistories #bestshorts #shortfilm #filmfestival #worldbuilding #bingewatch #binge #doublefeature #movierecommendation #indie #indiefilmmaking #indiefilm #moondays #moondaysshortfilm #space #spacemovie #newscifi #thriller #scifithriller #mystery

We got distribution! Insanely thrilled to say Moondays will be released by @watchdust April 20th! Stay tuned for some fun posts as we get closer to our Dust premiere. Can’t wait for our little sc-fi romp to reach a larger global audience with our new friends at Dust 🌙 @rbakereu @michellemp11 @isabel.roden @saleemahsharpe @macaroni_blake @darrinhickok @redhotjilipepperz @joeflo95 @atlanticpictures @birdhouse.publishing @pilouetlepresent @tryanstrauss @studio_lenid @beam_creatif #SciFiShort #SciFiComedy #ShortFilm #indiefilm #filmmaker

What the hell is gloop lung?! 🚀🌚 Welcome to ✨MOONDAYS ✨ • • A group of lunar colonists participate in a high-tech drug trial that quickly spirals out of control into deadly chaos. Link in bio to watch! • • Starring: @rbakereu @isabel.roden @michellemp11 @saleemahsharpe @macaroni_blake @darrin_hickok • Director: @markd_films Producers: @redhotjilipepperz @joeflo95 Production Company: @atlanticpictures Executive Producers: @shellysabel @darrengoldberg Chris Marsh, Alden McLellan VP Stage: @fusetechnicalgroup DP: @j3lan1 AC’s: @directrue_ el_jefe_414 leewolf22 Sam Li Production Design: @dave_lieber Gaffers: Ted Goodwin and Christian Deweever Key Grip: @katiecolwelll BBE: Tim Sergio G/E Swing: Eric Martin Script Supervisor: @thesparklestopwatch Production Coordinator: @rormccarg Sound Mixers: @natmcord @sedonasworld HMU: @maikosmetic Max Leary Costume Designer: @lumitnick Costume PA: @jo.n.chuang Art PA’s: Eleanor Scott, Molly Kramer, Hannah Taylor Key PA: @sophpenn PA’s: @emilyjasani @zoe.glasgow @chitran_53 Vuong Huang, Valeria Gonzalez, Ohmer Khan, Jean Pham BTS Shooters: @sonyazd bettinaavila @nickdeveau.studio VP Systems Director: @m_kohler_ Studio Director: @cymbals23 Volume Operators: @renzrenderz @captainpause • Editor and VFX Supe: @markd_films VFX PA: @gregjoblove Monster Design / Modeler: @roiekarni Sound Design / Mix: David Leaver Music by: Pierre-Philippe Côté Score Coordinator: Ryan Strauss • #SciFiShort #SciFiComedy #ShortFilm #ComedyShort #GenreFilm #IndieFilm #SupportIndieFilm #ReelFilm #OnSet #BehindTheScenes #VFXBreakdown #VFXArtist #PremierePro #EditorLife #CGI #PostProduction #VirtualProduction #LEDVolume #UnrealEngine #InCameraVFX #FilmCommunity #CreativeProcess #WatchThis #MovieReel #cinematicvibes #blackcomedy #blackmirror

By far the most impressive display of technical skills to date! Directed by #vfxsupervisor @markd_films Same technology used by #themandalorian! #LEDvolume #bts #movie #moviemagic

Finally getting around to posting some official behind the scenes of our @visitsevierville commercials from earlier this year! We had the incredible time of shooting a number of amazing locations in Sevierville, TN. Can’t recommend visiting here enough — I can’t wait to go back asap! Once again, massive shoutout to our entire production crew and all the support at @atlanticpictures for making this exceptionally imaginative piece come together. Featuring the amazing attractions of Sevierville: @soakymountain @foxfiremtn @scenichelicoptertours @sanctuarytreehouseresort @skyland.ranch @101skylounge Director: 🙋‍♂️ DP: @j3lan1 Production Company: @atlanticpictures Producers: Noah Haeussner, @maryann_tulip Executive Producer: Chris Marsh Production Coordinator + Art Director: @kt_whitmire AC: @ryanfuqua G/E: @dfp865video Drone Op: @rydersalley HMU: Kayla Metzker, Tatyana Wilcox PA: @patrickselzer13  , Mars Fletcher, Victoria Sterling, Arthur DeHart #commercial #ad #tourism #director #writer #filmmaker #editor #premierepro #motiontracking #compositing #digital #vfxartist #cgi #arnold #render #editing #behindthescenes #bts #houdini #indiefilm #filmmaking #supportindiefilm #crowdfunding #filmcurious #filmmakersofinstagram #filmmakerboost #cinematographerlife #cinematography #artist

Excited to share this VFX breakdown from our Sevierville, TN Campaign! Featuring the amazing custom animals modeled, textured, and animated by the talented folks at @picturewizards and @seven_bison , and then composited in house at @atlanticpictures by me! Loved directing these spots and getting to watch our animals come to life has been magical. #commercial #ad #tourism #director #writer #filmmaker #editor #premierepro #motiontracking #compositing #digital #vfxartist #cgi #vfx #render #editing #animation #maya #houdini #indiefilm #filmmaking #supportindiefilm #crowdfunding #filmcurious #filmmakersofinstagram #filmmakerboost #cinematographerlife #cinematography #artist #freelance

So blown away by the love and community at @filmquest this week. Made amazing friends from around the globe who share a passion (and talent!) for making absolutely awesome and unique genre films. Hands down my favorite festival out there!! #filmmaking #director #writer #filmmaker #editor #aftereffects #adobe #mochapro #freelance #premierepro #compositing #digital #vfxartist #cgi #vray #render #editing #animation #maya #indiefilm #filmmaking #supportindiefilm #crowdfunding #filmcurious #filmmakersofinstagram #filmmakerboost #cinematographerlife #cinematography #artist