Ryan Hamelin

We’d like to wish everybody a happy Star Wars Day with a peek at a little something we’ve had in the oven showcasing some @drsquatch products from a galaxy far far away… stay tuned! Director: @ryanhamelin Cinematography/Set Design: @erin.trout Robot Arm: @bestofbothtech #StarWarsDay #MayThe4th #MayThe4thBeWithYou #RobotArm #DrSquatch

Had a blast remote operating our @freeflysystems MōVi Pro for DP @robby_sabi on several awesome grip rigs courtesy of @ragtag.grip including a Mitchell adapted ice skating speedrail dolly and an overhead cable cam pipe rig for the ‘NHL - Puck Rush’ for @nhl & @nexplayground . Some of the edits go by quick so let me know if you want a better look at any of the rigs and we can try and hunt down some longer dailies and do some full length splitscreens! (Also shoutout to our @backpack_rig #StayPuffed kit for keeping us powered up without a battery swap) Director/Edit: @charlesbarratt44 Prod Co: @cairene.ny Producer: @ingieenan Production Coordinator: @jacobatthemovies 1st AD: @monypalmieri DP: @robby_sabi MoVi Operator/Tech: @ryanhamelin 1st AC: @coltonhyunh 2nd AC: Gianfranco Bello Gaffer: @harrison.rusk Best Electric: @samidahman_ Best Electric: @elansherman Key Grip: @ragtag.grip Best Grip: @c_angarone1985 Grip: @chuckydiz Grip: @mattfoundou Grip: @czarproductions1 Casting Director: @fuqr Casting Assistant: designersurrogate Hockey Player, Boy: Wyatt Carr Hockey Player, Girl: Kalvyn Lowe PD: @hassel.house Set Decorator: @lissette_emma Art PA: Brian Park Art PA: Marco Hernandez Art Driver / Dresser: Kabir Kumar Hardy VFX: @b_tang Additional VFX: Kalleheikki Kannisto Colour: @cameronmarygold @fairchild.color Grade producer: Brayden Deskins Sound/Music: the legendary @ethanmyers HMU Artist: @rayxcintron Set Medic: @911safesets 1st Team PA: @domingo_lemon Set PA: Quan Robinson Set PA: @mirlienn Set PA: uhlanna Set PA: Nick Kozel Truck PA: Eston Baumer #BTS #Setlife #Splitscreen #NHL

Got to break out our @kesslercrane CineDrive Next kit for the Mike (@mikelikesrap ) & Surf Gang (@surfgang1 ) music video for ‘Back Home’ Director: Matvey Fiks @fiksey Executive Producer: Rebecca Niles @rebniles Executive Producer: Harrison Corwin @durtyharry Producer: Sean Gordon-Loebl @seanglobal Director Of Photography: Doug Durant @dougdurant Production Manager: Lev Khayznikov @whoahyeahplle Production Coordinator: Ruben Grafe Set Pa: Matvey Dolin 1st Ac: Bailey Sweitzer Motion Control Operator: Ryan Hamelin @ryanhamelin Gaffer: Peter Steininger @petesteininger Vfx Supervisor: Denis Reva @denis.reva_ Compositing: Dmytro Danylov Dmytro Lozinsky Bogdan Murin Maxim Soroka Credits: Misha Gurovich @m9u Sound Design & Mix: Nikolay Antonov @nikolayantonov_ Colorist: Joseph Bicknell @josephbicknell Color Producer: Casey Koster Production Operations Manager: Shoko Mizuguchi Special Thanks: Naavin Karimbux @naavink Eli Propper, Binscoring, Niontay, Steven Mastorelli, HandHeld Films & Sea Side Car Service. @BestofBothTech provided the MoCo equipment. #MotionControl #Kessler #Setlife #BTS #BehindTheScenes

Behind the scenes where tech meets creativity. 🌿🎥 Robot arms are honestly amazing for getting cameras into really detailed sets like this. We needed a shot that travels up this river of light and lands on the spirits at the head of the table. The Colossus made it so much easier than we thought it would be. #behindthescenes #filmmaking #creativity #robotics #studio

There are few things crazier than finding out about an awards ceremony because your work won awards at said ceremony. Named for @campaignsandelections founder Stanley Foster Reed, The Reed Awards embody excellence in political campaigning and grassroots & advocacy. Every year the Reeds recognize the most exceptional work in campaigning from the preceding year. Middle Seat took home the awards for “Best TV Ad - :60 - Democratic” and “Best TV Ad - IE Campaign - Mayoral” for the projects we collaborated on this past year for @womensmarch and Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor respectively along with 4 more honors in other categories. Thanks to @hgsigala and @bill.neidhardt for letting us take big swings on both of these shoots and my talented producers @zfleming and @thisismattcampbell for all their hard work getting us over the finish line. Shout out to our incredible cast and crew on both spots, and hope to get the chance to do it all again soon! #AwardWinning #Setlife #Filmmaking #PoliticalCampaign #MakingADifference

You’ve seen the stills, now take a look at the teaser trailer from a once in a lifetime performance of “Amazing Grace” by the incredible @yoyoma for a truly unique audience, the buffalo herds of Blackfeet Nation. The two finished films, from @indigenous_led and @turquoisehorseranch , had their premiere at the Santa Fe Film Festival and were screened at the final Sundance in Park City, Utah. “IINNIIWA: The Blackfeet Buffalo Story” Directed by Hunter Robert Baker @hunterrbaker and Elias Gallegos @airshmoo Executive Producer: Chris Eyre @chris.eyre Producers: Matt Ackerman @thehackedaccountofackd , Hunter Robert Baker, Elias Gallegos, Cristina Mormorunni @steenamomo UPM: Jeri Rafter jerrrrrrrbear 1st AD: Aaron Murtagh @jazzyreturns Cinematographer: Hunter Robert Baker 2nd Unit Director: Stephan Wever @stephanwever 2nd Unit DPs: Zach Lowry @zach.lowry and Alice Boucherie @alicebushwick MoVi Gimbal Operator: Ryan Hamelin @ryanhamelin MoVi Remote Operator: Erin Trout @erin.trout 1st AC Main Unit: Matt Vasquez @kimwasi.mov 2nd AC Main Unit: Hallie Swain @strayyycatt �Drone: @dronedudes @wyatt.humphreys @finleyfpv DIT: Jim Menkol Gaffer: David Brown Key Grip: Michael Jezak @mrjezak @rockymtngande Swing: Parker Temple @_permastoked Sound Mixer: Christopher Moretti @thechristophermoretti Editors: Brett Banks @thebrettbanks , Stephan Wever Color: Parker Jarvis @parkerjarvie at @company_3 Color Producer: Wesley Lewis @wesxlewis �Music: Kevin Kiner, Sean Kiner, Deana Kiner Buffalo Wrangler: Chase Racine @chazzracine

Another look at some frame grabs from a once in a lifetime performance of “Amazing Grace” by the incredible @yoyoma for a truly unique audience, the buffalo herds of Blackfeet Nation. The two finished films, from @indigenous_led and @turquoisehorseranch , had their premiere at the Santa Fe Film Festival and were screened at the final Sundance in Park City, Utah. “IINNIIWA: The Blackfeet Buffalo Story” Directed by Hunter Robert Baker @hunterrbaker and Elias Gallegos @airshmoo Executive Producer: Chris Eyre @chris.eyre Producers: Matt Ackerman @thehackedaccountofackd , Hunter Robert Baker, Elias Gallegos, Cristina Mormorunni @steenamomo UPM: Jeri Rafter jerrrrrrrbear 1st AD: Aaron Murtagh @jazzyreturns Cinematographer: Hunter Robert Baker 2nd Unit Director: Stephan Wever @stephanwever 2nd Unit DPs: Zach Lowry @zach.lowry and Alice Boucherie @alicebushwick MoVi Gimbal Operator: Ryan Hamelin @ryanhamelin MoVi Remote Operator: Erin Trout @erin.trout 1st AC Main Unit: Matt Vasquez @kimwasi.mov 2nd AC Main Unit: Hallie Swain @strayyycatt 
Drone: @dronedudes @wyatt.humphreys @finleyfpv DIT: Jim Menkol Gaffer: David Brown Key Grip: Michael Jezak @mrjezak @rockymtngande Swing: Parker Temple @_permastoked Sound Mixer: Christopher Moretti @thechristophermoretti Editors: Brett Banks @thebrettbanks , Stephan Wever Color: Parker Jarvis @parkerjarvie at @company_3 Color Producer: Wesley Lewis @wesxlewis 
Music: Kevin Kiner, Sean Kiner, Deana Kiner Buffalo Wrangler: Chase Racine @chazzracine

Last year we had the privilege of filming the incredible @yoyoma as he gave a once in a lifetime performance of “Amazing Grace” for a truly unique audience, the buffalo herds of Blackfeet Nation. The two finished films, from @indigenous_led and @turquoisehorseranch , had their premiere at the Santa Fe Film Festival and were screened just last weekend at the final Sundance in Park City, Utah. “IINNIIWA: The Blackfeet Buffalo Story” Directed by Hunter Robert Baker @hunterrbaker and Elias Gallegos @airshmoo Executive Producer: Chris Eyre @chris.eyre Producers: Matt Ackerman @thehackedaccountofackd , Hunter Robert Baker, Elias Gallegos, Cristina Mormorunni @steenamomo UPM: Jeri Rafter jerrrrrrrbear 1st AD: Aaron Murtagh @jazzyreturns Cinematographer: Hunter Robert Baker 2nd Unit Director: Stephan Wever @stephanwever 2nd Unit DPs: Zach Lowry @zach.lowry and Alice Boucherie @alicebushwick MoVi Gimbal Operator: Ryan Hamelin @ryanhamelin MoVi Remote Operator: Erin Trout @erin.trout 1st AC Main Unit: Matt Vasquez @kimwasi.mov 2nd AC Main Unit: Hallie Swain @strayyycatt 
Drone: @dronedudes @wyatt.humphreys @finleyfpv DIT: Jim Menkol Gaffer: David Brown Key Grip: Michael Jezak @mrjezak @rockymtngande Swing: Parker Temple @_permastoked Sound Mixer: Christopher Moretti @thechristophermoretti Editors: Brett Banks @thebrettbanks , Stephan Wever Color: Parker Jarvis @parkerjarvie at @company_3 Color Producer: Wesley Lewis @wesxlewis 
Music: Kevin Kiner, Sean Kiner, Deana Kiner Buffalo Wrangler: Chase Racine @chazzracine

Don’t forget to shut your blinds! When you mount a light to the robot arm instead of the camera, that’s when the real craziness begins. Some fun BTS of a shot from our @strangerthingstv miniature shoot. All of Season 5 is out on Netflix now! Director: @ryanhamelin Cinematographer: @erin.trout Miniature Design/Construction: @abandonedminiatures Robot Arm: @bestofbothtech #Robot #RobotArm #StrangerThings #StrangerThings5 #Miniature

12 years ago… we took a chance on a small drone company out of Washington State and threw $15k we didn’t have at pre-ordering the promise of a demo of a rollerskating camera operator holding onto a taxi cab window. The @freeflysystems MōVi M10 (the 10 denoting it’s dubious 10lb advertised payload capacity) was the first time the video world reckoned with a handheld gimbal device that could maintain its horizon and remotely reposition its perspective while held by an operator (the tech had been originally pioneered as a way of stabilizing and operating the camera when mounted to a drone). Our little kit (including a @paralinx arrow+ transmitter/receiver, @smallhd DP4 and AC7 monitors, and @redrockmicro follow focus which are all discontinued at this point) was assembled from reading hundreds of pages of camera forums and discussing gear with everyone and anyone willing to listen. It also marked a major career pivot for me personally, as I formally hung up my AD hat (something that I’ve been known to wax poetic about now and again while watching tensions rise and the schedule deteriorate) as I moved to camera department full time as a specialty operator and DP before snaking my way back into the director’s chair once again. A huge shoutout to my forever remote/wheels operator @erin.trout for saving my ass time and time again and doing so in spite of client often trying to steal her monitor from her cart while she’s actively trying to operate off of it. The same goes to all the incredible DPs and ACs we’ve gotten the chance to work with over the last dozen laps around the sun, and hope to see you all on set again soon. #freeflymovi #gimballife #setlife #cameraoperator #cinematic

Had a great time pulling out all the toys for @rahil_ashruff to shoot the latest episode of @jam_series : @johngallagherjunior performing “All the Rest” live at the @irondaleensemble in Fort Greene.

Check out the full episode on YouTube!

Director / Editor - Rahil Ashruff @rahil_ashruff 
Producers - Craig Almquist + Rachel Parks - @craigalms + @rparx 
DP - Ryan Hamelin @ryanhamelin 
1st AC / Colorist - Erin Trout @erin.trout 
2nd AC - Willa Pisarski @willapisarski 
Gaffer - John Guillen @john_guillen45 
Key Grip - Robert Douthat @robertdouthat 
Grip - Nick Rooney @gripwithoutajetski 
Grip - Keino Brown 
Audio - Tyson Dai @recordconnect 
Additional Editing - Alex New @alexnewpix 
Social Media / BTS - Bella van Wyk @isabelvanwykyy 
Special Thanks - Irondale Theater @irondaleensemble 
Theo Stockman @theo_stockman 
Stacy Musselman @spirar3 
Mia Vicino @miavicino

The final adventure continues! This @lego x @strangerthingstv collab brings both the Byers family home and its upside down counterpart together in one set. Additional lighting courtesy of @lightmybricks . Volume 2 is out on Christmas Day!

Director: @ryanhamelin 
Cinematographer: @erin.trout 
Robot Arm: @bestofbothtech 

#Robot #RobotArm #StrangerThings #StrangerThings5 #LEGO