Desert Location Scouting

I went desert location scouting for an upcoming fashion film. This was my second scouting trip with a few more to go since I didn’t find what I was looking for here. Looking for nothing Seeking a completely desolate area to film in for a story about an alien that crashes her spacecraft and is...

Natural beauty, a frame from the beauty makeup fashion film, “masque de l’art” directed and shot by Greg McDonald of Gate5, a video production company in Los Angeles. The film was shot in portrait mode, or vertically and features three looks; natural beauty, color and smoky eyes. It was shot at 5k resolution and mastered...

Blue Summer Sun Fashion. Even though I actually shot this in February, I’m still going to call it summer sun! To hell with being literal. After all, I color graded it in summer so it’s justified. I came across this photo from a previous shoot and I had disregarded it. I was looking for a...

Lifestyle family photographer and film director Greg McDonald shot natural light portraits for a family in Los Angeles. In addition to lifestyle photography, Greg shoots fashion and beauty and directs commercials. Contact Gate5 for booking and rate information. Gate5 is a creative video agency and full service video production company producing high quality sharable content...

Street style photo shoot in downtown Los Angeles by fashion film director and photographer Greg McDonald of Gate5 with model Kimber. Gate5 is a creative video agency and full service video production company producing high quality sharable content for your social media outlets. We conceptualize, write scripts, direct, cast, film and edit viral videos, branded...

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...

CineFashion Film Awards by Cinémoi has nominated Brandon Bernath for Best Actor for his appearance in the humorous short fashion film, The Selfie That Changed The World written and directed by Greg McDonald of Gate5. Congrats Brandon! The awards show will be held at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood on October 8, 2017 and...

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...

Video production services Los Angeles, Gate5 produced makeup tutorial videos for a cosmetics company. Here we capture one of the models in a behind the scenes photo in the old Hollywood glamour black and white style. Gate5 is a full service, video production service provider in Los Angeles. We specialize in branded content, web commercials,...

Fashion advertising photographer and film director Greg McDonald of video production company Gate5 in Los Angeles, directs c’est l’amour, shot in 6k resolution and mastered in 4k for use by a manufacturer of large screen LCD’s to demonstrate the detail and high quality of their 90″ 4k monitors. Gate5 is a full service, one-stop shop...