Director James Bartolomeo crafted two new spots for the Maryland Lottery through an inspired collaboration with Baltimore-based agency GKV. Shooting with tandem Canon 5D camera systems the efficient workflow and double coverage enabled Bartolomeo to concentrate on getting the performances to the right place (despite the leotards;-)
Director James Bartolomeo shot a four spot campaign for CRMC in Cheyenne, Wyoming this Summer. Partnering with Creative Director Scott Mackey, this marks the second chapter in a highly successful 2008 campaign.
Director James Bartolomeo embraced his inner mascot for a couple of spots for the Virginia Lottery featuring Mega Millions and Powerball…
Director James Bartolomeo helmed a set of comedy spots for national car chain CARMAX(NYSE: KMX). The two spots feature a vacuum cleaner, SWAT team, and a dozen people wearing taillights on their behinds. We’re eager to post the finished spots once they are polished in post.
It’s not everyday you get to see your name emblazoned on Madison Square Garden. The launch of the new webisodic series “Peter Arthur Stories” on behalf of the State of PA is fast approaching. Check out the trailer now. See the webisodes on May 14! (Special shout out to Matt Pittroff for the photo)
Need change for a million? Enter EASY STREET into your GPS navigators. We’re going to Phoenix, Arizona where the money tree is in full bloom. In mid-February Director James Bartolomeo teamed for a second time with his buds from Riester. The result was a rich and funny campaign for Casino Arizona. Check it out!
Publisher’s Marketplace
March 9th 2009
R.A. Nelson’s 2005 novel TEACH ME, about a high school senior with a penchant for math and science, and her affair with an English teacher who opens up the world of poetry and more for her, optioned to producers James Bartolomeo & Patrick T. Brown of Protagonist Films, with Bartolomeo set to pen the adaptation and direct, by Stephen Moore at the Paul Kohner Agency on behalf of Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio.
From basket weaving in college to bike weaving on the Pennsylvania trails THE WEAVERS just keep on weaving. In late October of last year, just before the fall foliage fell, Director James Bartolomeo teamed for a second time with his Red Tettemer comrades on a sequel to this popular web film. This time the biking group has taken a meditative cabin retreat outside of Philadelphia to honor a lost member. Through the winding odyssey a siren’s call may threaten the weaving way of life. Interlaced with this shoot was another PA Tourism web series, Peter Arthur, set to premiere in early spring.
Protagonist Films has been awarded two new comedy spots in the Casino Arizona “Easy Street” campaign. We’re thrilled about heading to Phoenix in mid-February to work with our friends at Riester again.
