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You wanna talk about Madonna and Charli?
Madonna • Sabrina Carpenter • Charli xcx • opening the 2026 VMAs

Team M:
@gribiche
@ryanhealeylx
@benjimarx
@riclip5
@arthurdeborman
@tulldanny
@damienjalet
@sergiovsreis

Team VMAs:
LX: @dx7design - Tom Sutherland, James Coldicott, Jay Koch, Aidan Callanan, Erik Alkire, Chris Fernandez, Brian Jenkins, Alen Sisul
Director: Micah Bickham
DP: Chase Smith
Executive Producers: Barry Barclay, Floris Bauer, Barb Bialkowski, Bruce Gillmer, Jesse Ignjatovic, Snoop Dogg, Van Toffler, Jennifer Proctor
Co-Executive Producers: Melanie Block
Creative Producers: R.J. Durell, Nick Florez
Production Designer: Matt Steinbrenner
Art Directors: Ellen Jaworski, Kristen Merlino, John Zuiker, Lex Gernon

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Lens test

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Kane Brown Concert Live on Amazon. Come walk through the cinematic broadcast truck side with us!

From Color, to Enginnering/Records/Robotics, to Production Suite, and finally Audio!

#KaneBrown #AmazonMusic #PrimeVideo #contrastfilms #cinelive

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[ _COACHELLA/LIVESTREAM.2026 ] actually, pretty unreal.
live-color co-pilot for wide+close.

DIRECTOR - Kenny Stoff
KEY 1ST AC - Robert Royds @robroyds
TRINITY OP - Sean Flannery @spflanne
CAMERA OP - Todd Bell @bellportable
CAMERA OP - Martin Moody @martinmoody
CAMERA OP - Joseph Labisi (joelabisi_asc)
CAMERA OP - Jaron Berman
CAMERA OP - Brennan Maxwell @readysteadi
CAMERA OP - Jason Robbins @rcknrobbins
CAMERA OP - Dave Markun
CAMERA OP - Mary Napoli
CAMERA OP - Allen Ho @alleneho
CAMERA OP - Julian Van Bussel
CAMERA OP - Charlie Bulch
CAMERA OP - Rocker Meadows @rockermeadows
DRONE OP - Taylor Harris @taylorjharris
DRONE PILOT WK 1 - Michael Jennings (michaeljfilms)
DRONE PILOT WK 2 - Sam Windell @samwindell
AGITO PILOT - Ryan Campbell @ryancampbellfinally
BLACKCAM PILOT - Colt Hester @the_imaginary_colt_hester
BLACKCAM PILOT - Justin Carroll @jtcarrolll
SPIDER OP - Christopher Ferguson @christopherfergusondp
SPIDER PILOT - Eric Sorensen @ericsorenson
SPIDER HEAD TECH - Peter Childs
SPIDER TECH - Wes Powell
SPIDER TECH / RAIL PRODUCER - Rick Compeau @railcam
1ST AC - Jeremy Wellhausen @jeremywellhausenpro
1ST AC - Sean Kisch @kischm
1ST AC - Seth Peschansky @cuznseth
1ST AC - Jeremiah Thorne @jeremiahthorne
1ST AC - Jared Wennberg @jaredwennberg
1ST AC - Emily Goodwin @caffeinatedsunshine2
2ND AC - Alex Gadberry @alexgadberry
2ND AC - Codi Roberts @codivanroberts
HEAD TECH - Tyler Rocheleau @tyleroverthere
HEAD TECH - Garrett Hanson @garreson
TOWER CAM - Anthony Poulos @anthonypoulos
WIRELESS TECH - Dan Skinner
RF UTILITY - Aiden Delear @watsfurlunch
RF UTILITY - Benton Ward @bentonward
CINE EIC - Ivan Gonzalez @istreamu
LEAD LIVE COLORIST — Jordan Harriman @jtharriman
LIVE COLORIST — Ryan B Nguyen @rbn_dit
PA — Elle Cousineau @iamswampmonster

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Think it’s been about too much time in California

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Behind the scenes of @sabrinacarpenter headline act at @coachella .

This one was tricky the wind was crazy, timing was key and I only got to look at this shot once.

@behindthebroadcast

#sabrinacarpentercoachella #steadicam #steadicamoperator #behindthescenes #coachella

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@yg for @amazonmusic @nbaonprime

@contrastfilms @jordy.wax @micahbickham @colelbrian @goldbergkyle @maurreenascully @janeshin @natalsnaps @chasehsmith @renardcheren @rickyjdee17 @amarqz @jackdeichert_ @austinprahl

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@thombrowne fall 2026 collection x @gq for the #GQBowl

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1st ac Camara chief work for @mgaband
Camara department

Director @jamesbmerryman
Director of photography @chasehsmith

1st Camara assistant lead
@julia_bambii @lenadeboerfilm
Tokyo local ac
@you_need_an_ac
@lkenjicoyte
@sinaengin

@mrsgreenapple_mga
#mrsgreenapple好きな人と繋がりたい
#mrsgreenapple好きと繋がりたい
#mrsgreenapple

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Closing out 2025 with gratitude.

Thank you to our clients for believing in us and to our tech crew for making the magic happen every step of the way.

This year wouldn’t have been possible without your support, creativity, and teamwork.

Here’s to everything we built together in 2025 — and what’s still to come ✨

Take a look at our highlights reel an leave a comment on any memories you have with our team from 2025

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I’ve been incredibly blessed by God to work in a field that allows me to work in different environments and with different coworkers almost every time…especially coworkers that I enjoy being around. It makes long days go by fast. This past year has been great.

While I don’t get to see these people on an every day basis, it’s always fun when we get on projects together.

This isn’t an exhaustive list of everyone I’ve worked with, so if you don’t see yourself, forgive me for that, I’ll try to get pics of you for the next go round...plus insta only lets you post 20 pics…but I’d love to have a new pic for when you give me a ring.

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Was a good year !

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