Dressbarn 2013 Winter Catalog Photoshoot

August 19th-23th, our guest was from the women clothing brand Dressbarn, they were here for the whole week shooting their winter catalog. It feels like Christmas again! Not only they transform the living room on 4th floor to a fully decorated Christmas party, but also we spent good time together celebrating. It was one of the most relaxed work atmosphere that exists in Bennett Media Studio, they also got a lot of work done every day. Here are some photos for a early Christmas!

Blue Buffalo Pet Food TV Commercial

May. 17th, we had a really fun and special commercial shooting. Because it's for pet food! There were 4 dogs and 4 cats coming to the shooting. They are all stars! We all get along really well in the big house. The shooting mainly took place on the third and fourth floor of the residential area, where they captured the interaction between the talent with the cute dogs/cats, and also how they love the food. The production company Clarabelle Co. did a great job. Click "True Blue Test", "Better Ingredients" , "Mad" and "Molly" to watch the commercial.

VMware TV Commercial at BMS

VMware TV Commercial  Office scene set up in the big living room at third floor.

Pop-up Director's Room in the Event Space

May 14th, we had another TV commercial shooting for a straight 14 hours at Bennett Media studio. It was for VMware, Microsoft's biggest competitors, a software company that provides cloud and vitualization software and services. It was founded Palo Alto, CA. The production company StarDust is also a California based visual supply company. We had great fun with all the people bringing Cali breeze.

Check out the commercial video here : "The Lowest Total Cost Of Ownership", "An Unmatched Level of Reliability", and "The More Secure, Purpose-Built Platform" .

Justin Timberlake at Bennett Media Studio for a Short film for Saturday Night Live.

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The scene at the BMS Bedroom

Eugene Levy in the BMS Kitchen

Justin at the main door of Bennett Media Studio

Justin at the BMS sidewalk

Justin Timberlake at Bennett Media Studio for SNL Skit!

We had a shoot for Saturday Night Live with Justin Timberlake here at Bennett Media Studio. It was filmed all day Friday, and went quickly on air the next (Saturday) night. So you get a sense that this is quick turnaround time, one day to be precise.

The shoot lasted for a good 12 hours, had lots of preparation, and a fairly large crew of people. It was a closed set, so the work went quickly. The episode was called: “Romantic Comedy”. You can see it here.

Vince Vaughn was here for another Saturday Night Live

This was another episode for SNL (Saturday Night Live) shot at Bennett Media Studio. This came just after a few weeks after the Justin Timberlake piece at BMS. This episode was actually shot in the Master Bedroom/Bathroom, and there was a real charmer there.

Vince Vaughn is a most relaxed and naturally funny guy...and seems to thrive in these offbeat situations.

I made sure the snake was gone before recapturing my Bathroom.

The episode was called: "Bathroom Cobra". You can see the video HERE.

KBS Interviews Ed Bennett

In 2011, major South Korean television network, KBS, aired in Korea a one-hour documentary special on K-Pop (Korean pop music). KBS interviewed Bennett Media Studio founder Ed Bennett in his home, asking him about his thoughts on the rising genre and its potential here in the United States. His comments can be found near the end of the documentary around the 51:56 mark.

This 1 Hour Documentary explores the emerging popularity of K-Pop Music around the world, from Korea, to Brazil, to France and Asia. It has become a $4 Billion Export business for Korea and growing rapidly. There is one catch: It spectacular growth has been achieved without the United States market, where K-Pop is virtually unknown. If the largest music market in the world has not been a part of this success, how can they make it happen. I and my company was in the last segment.