MATT CHAVEZ

00:02:15  ///  SET CHANGE

The kitchen set pulls away as the light changes and the room becomes a party

SET CHANGE.

Sun Basket, "Food Makes Me Dance." Three social campaigns and a TV spot from one shoot. Produced, shot, edited.

IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION, MADE ON STAFF AT SUN BASKET

A couple sits down to eat. The kitchen pulls away, the light shifts, and the room becomes a party. Then it all snaps back. This is every hand and every hour that got it there.

The concept brief for Food Makes Me Dance

BRIEF

THE BRIEF

The brief asked for social and TV from one shoot; I owned it from paper to delivery.

DELIVERABLE /// CONCEPT ONE-PAGER

The treatment and shot list for Food Makes Me Dance

PRE-PRO

TREATMENT & SHOT LIST

One continuous shot carried the reveal and three top-down plates carried the product; that was the whole shot list.

DELIVERABLE /// BOARDS, LOOKBOOK, SHOT LIST

The kitchen set built on the cyc at The Producer's Loft Studio, dolly track in the foreground

PRE-PRO

LOCATION & SET

I booked The Producer's Loft in the Mission and built the kitchen on its cyc, split at the middle so both halves could travel; the dolly run was planned around that pull.

DELIVERABLE /// SCOUT PHOTOS, SET BUILD

The casting breakdown: four roles, one set, faces withheld, releases on file

PRE-PRO

CASTING

I cast four talent who could eat, react, and dance without mugging; releases were locked before the shoot.

DELIVERABLE /// CASTING BREAKDOWN, RELEASES ON FILE

Lighting test for the party state: magenta and blue tube lights over the checkerboard floor and the kitchen island

PRE-PRO

ART DIRECTION & MAKEUP

I sourced the art direction and makeup myself; the whole reveal depended on both landing on schedule.

DELIVERABLE /// ART REFS, MAKEUP TESTS, SET DRESSING

The three-day call sheet, contact numbers redacted

OPS

CREW, KIT & CALL SHEET

Three days on the call sheet, build and rig, film, film and wrap; Little Giant ran grip and electric off an 8 AM call and an open wrap.

DELIVERABLE /// THE CALL SHEET

The budget tracker, figures redacted, structure visible

OPS

BUDGET & SCHEDULE

I ran a five-figure budget in-house; every dollar in the set build came out of another line.

DELIVERABLE /// BUDGET TRACKER, REDACTED

Crew laying and leveling the dolly track on the cyc

PRODUCTION

THE SHOOT

I produced and operated camera; the wall had to move on camera, so all three shoot days were built around the pull.

DELIVERABLE /// BTS STILLS

A frame from the finished spot: the party state, tubes lit, the kitchen gone

POST

THREE CAMPAIGNS, ONE SHOOT

One shoot produced three social campaigns and a broadcast TV spot; same cast, same crew, same set, same budget.

DELIVERABLE /// THREE SOCIAL CAMPAIGNS, BROADCAST SPEC