Rosey Media Joins SNL for 36th Season Opener

Saturday Night Live opened its 36th Season on September 25th, 2010. Rosey Media was proud to be part of the season premiere. We were also glad to once again be in the company of such a creative and talented group of pros. John Rosenblatt joined Aaron Philips and Jason Vandermer to shoot the SNL Digital Short "Boogerman." Also on hand were Rosey Media's own Dan Walter, and Don Downie. The Short, parodying an award show "Best Original Song" live performance, starred smoldering musical guest Katy Perry, and featured cameos by almost all of the SNL cast. It was co-directed by Akiva Schaffer and Johnathan Krisel. Rosenblatt also served as Director of Photography for the sketch "Wedding Venue," which was directed by John Solomon.

Rosey Media Doubles Up On Betty White For Historic SNL

On Saturday, May 8th, 2010, Betty White hosted what the New York Times called the "Mother of All SNL Episodes." Ms. White's presence was due to a highly publicized Facebook campaign lobbying her hosting the show, and the return of six previous female SNL cast members made her first time hosting one of the strongest shows of the season.

Rosey Media was proud to be a part of this historic episode, contributing two pieces to the evening.

The first was the ever-popular MacGruber, directed by Jorma Taccone and John Solomon, with John Rosenblatt serving as Director of Photography.

Check it out:

Rosey Media also contributed to the week's SNL Digital Short, in which Betty White raucously sings a thrash metal rendition of the "Golden Girls" theme song. The Short was directed by Akiva Shaffer and Johnathan Krisel, with Aaron Philips serving as Director of Photography.

At press time, the video is currently unavailable, but we have no doubt it will be up sooner than later. Keep an eye out for it!

AMC's Hairy Oteri

AMC has just posted the latest in a series of its Liza Life Coach episodes directed by Brennan Shroff, with John Rosenblatt serving as Director of Photography.

See what happens when Liza takes a client to confront her hairstylist:

Rosey Media Produces 'Alright' Music Video

Rosey Media is proud to have produced "alright' by Upper Cut. Check it here!

"Flags Of The World" and "Undercover Celebrity Boss"

This past week, Rosey Media was pleased to participate in the creation of not one, but two sketches for the Saturday Feb 27th episode of Saturday Night Live! Check out "Undercover Celebrity Boss," directed by John Solomon, with John Rosenblatt serving as Director of Photography:

And "Flags Of The World," directed by Johnathan Krisel, with Rosey Media DP John Belinski.

As always, thanks to SNL for having us along!

Ripley- Believe It Or Not

Upon precious few occasions in a lifetime, a man gets an unintended brush with greatness. On a day like any other, a dream is suddenly realized, a destiny fulfilled, an existence validated. On Friday, January 15th, 2010, Rosey Media shooter/camera tech/ interweb geek and all around great guy Don Downie had just such an experience.

The Rosey Media crew was into the second day of shooting "Laser Cats 5" . . .which goes a little somethin' like this:

As gigs go, Don had actually gotten the short end of the stick on this one. Thursday, during the first night of shooting, John Rosenblatt, Sound Guru Dan Walter, and Brian Townes had filmed sequences with the one and only director James Cameron and Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels for the week's Short. Come Friday morning, however, the producing and directing deities had left the building, the crew had flipped, and Don had been called in for a 7:30am start with "Soundman Rich" Ahlert and the rest of the SNL gang.

Don spent the day providing AC and technical support to Digital Short Director Johnathan Krisel. Any day spent working with Sigourney Weaver is kind of red letter- but the shoot became truly memorable when, in a pivotal moment, Don took up the camera himself to effectively and yet tenderly shoot. . . Sigourney blowing chunks on Bill Hader.

Remember the first time you saw Alien? Aliens? That Prison Planet One??!? The one where Winona Ryder played a really lame android??!!?

Sigourney. Blowing chunks. Like in Alien. And Don got to shoot it.

If you don't get it- well, you probably had some kind of social life in high school. We thought it was pretty cool,though.

Rosey Shoots The Increasingly Complex Mr. MacGruber

From Thursday night into the wee hours of Friday morning, January 7th-8th, Rosey Media helped SNL kick off the Spring 2010 half of their 35th season by shooting the latest installment of the ever-popular MacGruber series.

The three skits were directed by Jorma Taccone, with the creative help of John Solomon. John Rosenblatt acted as Director of Photography. Spearheading the crew were camera aces John Belinski and Don Downie, as well as audio savant Dan Walter. DP Aaron Phillips was also on hand to lend his support and usher in this latest incarnation of the increasingly complex social enigma that is. . .MacGruber.

Check it out:

We at Rosey Media are never adverse to an all-nighter, and we look forward to seeing the newly racially-sensitive MacGruber on a slightly larger screen later this year.