Black Watch Productions provides a full menu of production services for a range of national and international clients, designer directors and post-production houses.
Commercial for Hiscox, a British insurance company trying to establish a presence in the USA. Created by DDB Tribal and Perception Media, directed by peter Gagnon for Perception, shot on location in Hoboken, NJ (the opening vignette was shot in the new office of Black Watch!), and produced by John Anderson for Black Watch Productions.
Promo for the new tattoo competition show on Spike, hosted by Dave Navarro; conceived by Perception, featuring nearly naked models, transfers of original tattoo designs and real-life tattoo artists; directed by Peter Gagnon; shot on a NYC sound stage; produced by John Anderson for Black Watch Productions.
A frame by frame recreation of the famous Apple "Lemmings" spot from the 1980’s, albeit with a different ending, this was the crowning achievement of the viral launch campaign for the Grid 10 tablet from Tabco. All together, we did six viral videos in this top-secret campaign that was conceived by Perception and directed by Peter Gagnon. These videos ranged from shooting skywriting in San Francisco with I-Touches, to recreating a focus group, to a ninja-like assault on the Empire State building, culminating in this amazing video. Shot on a NYC sound stage and produced by John and Monica Anderson for Black Watch Productions.
Production Services tour de force by Black Watch Productions: race track location, stunt drivers, mechanics, crane, helicopter shots, international clients. Directed by Lars G. Karlsson, for Hanser Produktions, Sweden. Corporate Branding Film on behalf of their client, ABB, Switzerland.
One of three fun promos we shot for the triumphant return of Pimp My Ride to Speed. We used model cars and forced perspective to pull off this convincing low tech "special effect", which was conceived by Perception and directed by Peter Gagnon. Shot on location in New Jersey and produced by Monica Anderson for Black Watch Productions.
This is the ninja-like assault on what appears to be the Empire State Building; shot with several run and gun small HD cameras on location in NYC; conceived by Perception and directed by Peter Gagnon; produced by John and Monica Anderson for Black Watch Productions.
Produced and directed by John Anderson for Black Watch Productions. Shot on Location in Dayton, Ohio. Post-production by Black Watch Post.
Stunts, little people, chase scenes, multiple locations throughout Baltimore, all on the coldest day of the year! Directed by Rich Park for Goldberg Marchesano Partners, on behalf of their client, FlavorX and produced by John Anderson for Black Watch Productions.
A production services tour de force by Black Watch Productions. Put together in a week for the Attik and director James Sommerville, this was shot on location in and around Macy's flagship store in New York City. We designed and built window displays that mirrored Macy's new web site splash pages, shot time-lapse photography of Macy's exterior from a roof across the street, hired dozens of extras, for a night shoot on 33rd Street, shot from a 100' crane on Sixth Avenue and then did a day in the studio shooting web pages for the final composite, which was done by Manhattan Transfer.
One of two spots for University Hospital produced on location in Newark, New Jersey as well as at Black Watch Studios by John Anderson for Black Watch Productions. Designed and Directed by Manhattan Transfer Flame artist, Kierian Walsh and posted at Manhattan Transfer. Produced for Manhattan Transfer by Mary Maffei.
Produced on location in Alexandria, Virginia by John Anderson of Black Watch Productions. Directed for Williams Whittle Associates by Rich Park. Post EFX by Paul London at K Street Post.
Shot on location at Andrews Air Force Base, The Coast Guard Base at St. Inigoes, Maryland and the Naval Base at Anacosta, Washington, DC. Produced by John Anderson of Black Watch Productions and directed by Rich Park for Williams Whittle Associates for their Client, The USO.
Promo for the Fox series starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. Produced by John Anderson for the Film Syndicate, Bryan Johnson, director. Shot on location all over the great City of New York.
Green screen shoot in New York City produced by Black Watch Productions for Trace Pictures, Toronto, featuring celebrity BBQ chefs from all over the USA.
Holiday promos for Food Network, featuring all of the Network’s on-air talent. Directed by Monica Anderson. Produced by Black Watch Productions and shot at the Sony Studios, New York City.