When to hire actors for your corporate video production

In certain cases it’s very obvious when to hire actors for your corporate video production. However, at other times you might be on the fence on whether to spend money on professional actors or just use your employees. To me, it’s a very clear cut answer – if you’re wondering if you should, you probably...

Beauty And The Beach will be screening in the F3: Frankly Film Festival in Ohio and in the Berlin Flash Film Festival! What is an eco-fashion film? The film is an eco-fashion film. Say what? That’s right, I said it. It’s an eco-fashion film. The subject matter is about the environment and its degradation and what...

Behind the scenes timelapse footage of special effects alien makeup, prosthetics and body paint being applied by Makeup Artist Thirati K on actress Kaitlyn Clare for the film, Nowhere In The Universe. The film was produced, directed and written by Greg McDonald of Gate5, a video production company in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, we weren’t able...

Nowhere in the Universe is a sci-fi fashion comedy film directed by Greg McDonald about desperation – no matter how desperate you become, some lines can never be crossed. Update: it won Best Comedy Film and Audience Choice Award at the LA Underground Film Forum! It’s also a semi-finalist in Cinefest LA. The location We...

Fashion film awards with the three amigos at the CinéFashion Film Awards last night at the El Capitan Theatre. Brandon Bernath (middle) was nominated for Best Actor in The Selfie That Changed The World shot by Roberto Correa (left), styled and produced by Lorraine DuRocher and written and directed by Greg McDonald (right). Gate5 is a...

The Selfie That Changed The World is on to NY and will screen in the Chain NYC Film Festival in August after screening at the La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival last weekend. The film takes a humorous look inside the mind of a selfie addict, directed by Greg McDonald of production company Gate5 in...

On my way to take out the trash, an alien appears in the alley and tries to communicate with me non-verbally. A semi spontaneous fashion film directed by fashion videographer Greg McDonald in Los Angeles of video production company Gate5 with model Crystal Lee, makeup by Thirati K and wardrobe by Jiping Liu.

Frame from episode 27 of the comedy web series, The Man Van, now on Amazon Prime Video and on the 24 Hour Movie Channel on Roku and soon Apple TV. Watch it on Amazon.

An episode from the comedy web series, The Man Van, written and directed by Greg McDonald. In this episode, Greg chides his cinematographer for lighting a mumblecore film with a single light bulb and goes to Home Depot to find a new one.

Psycho Therapy, episode 18 of the comedy web series The Man Van from writer-director Greg McDonald of Gate5. The series features behind the scenes videos of his efforts in trying to get a series called The Man Van off the ground. Episode 18 finds Greg trying to get rid of his on-camera mugging that was...