Nowhere In The Universe

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...

Working with an alien is tough! Ha! Not at all when the alien is played by Kaitlyn Clare and you’re working with Brandon Bernath, two excellent actors. In this behind the scenes photo we were hurrying up before the sun went down while filming the sci-fi fashion comedy film, Nowhere In The Universe. We managed...

Writing-directing site for mostly my narrative work but also for fashion films and commercials. I’ve never had a personal site before that focuses on my writing and directing,  and I decided I needed one. So here it is, check it out at: gregorysmcdonald.com On the site, I’ll be posting newsworthy stuff about projects along with...

Training video production company Gate5 in Los Angeles produced an instructional video for an insurance company. The video features scenes of how the client’s sales agents should present their sales pitches at the door and in home with prospective customers. Gate5 is a creative video agency and full service video production company producing high quality...

TV comedy director Greg McDonald of video production company Gate5 in Los Angeles, wrote and directed The Man Van, an episodic comedy web series that takes a behind the scenes look at his efforts in getting a production off the ground. In episode 21, he finds himself searching for a new cinematographer at Home Depot....

Men are from Mars and women are from Venus. A man’s point of view of his break up with his girlfriend.  The second semi spontaneous fashion film from fashion video director Greg McDonald of video production company Gate5 with with model Crystal Lee, makeup by Thirati K and wardrobe by Jiping Liu.

Fashion production Los Angeles from Gate5 and director Greg McDonald with a behind the scenes photo at the alien fashion shoot. We shot in 6k in portrait mode for a stop motion like fashion film and for stills. Gate5 is a full service video production provider.

I recently dug up this footage I shot in 2001 at the Travel Inn, a seedy low budget motel on Sunset Blvd. in 2001. It was for a short film I made at the time about the characters that stay there. Now that the Travel Inn is long gone, this footage is an historical document....

Frame of the fake rain in the fashion film, Like Rain, we produced. I wanted a stylized rain that looked more like a painting and not like reality.  This frame was taken from the 6k resolution video footage. Of course, when I uploaded it to vimeo their encoding couldn’t handle the detail and turned the...

It was a fun time making this fashion film, Like Rain, dodging snakes and roaming dogs in the California desert.