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10/26/2024

Just saw Theodore Bouloukos Theodore Bouloukos in the excellent film Eephus at the Chicago Film Festival, great script ensemble cast and cinematography. Enjoyed it so much Teddy, you delivered some wonderfully funny and moving scenes.

07/31/2024

The Paris 2024 Olympics is a New Era for Women in Sport. USA Women’s Volleyball were victorious today against a ferocious team from Serbia. Octane created and produced a series of broadcast spots featuring a volleyball athlete airing now during the Olympics. The campaign included a series of television ads, radio spots, original photography and design for print celebrating the true story of Jermaine Antwine who returned to championship form thanks to the Sports Medicine professionals at Texas Spine & Joint Hospital. Shout out to our client, Jess Mowery, the marketing maven helping to make this story happen along with our Octane team: Blake Huang, Christine Forni, Yeva Dashevsky, Mo Doumbia, Jim Luning and Hannah Vrbancic. Check out Jermanie’s transformative story as we keep rooting for USA Women Sports!

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06/25/2024

Thank to everyone who came out last Friday to the Chicago Maritime Museum for James Forni presentation of the Captain Bill Pinkney exhibit films I directed chronicling the story of the first black sailor to solo circumnavigate the globe in a sailboat.
The new permanent exhibit at the Chicago Maritime Museum features Octane’s 15 short films celebrating the life of Captain Bill Pinkney in an interactive display. Please visit this important and inspiring installation.

11/20/2023

Please join us in Rockford for a screening of Stevie Bullets on December 2nd, 3PM.

Established in 2022 to amplify the Rockford, Illinois, region’s creative and filmmaking community, 815HORTS (pronounced 815 shorts) celebrates the fine art o...

11/26/2021

Deadly Associates Book launched today Black Friday. Docu-Series premieres in two months. Check it out, get your signed copy at https://www.deadlyassociateseditions.com

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11/26/2021

05/01/2021

14 Years to the Start

A conversation with Joe Seifert 14 years ago turned into a Docu-series today. In 2007, I met Joe Seifert at The Family Secrets Trial while shooting a story for Chicago Magazine. In 2018, I optioned his book, Deadly Associates from author Matt Meadath. In 2019 Octane was greenlit to produce the series. Then Covid-19.

Sixteen months later, we finally begin the documentary. Never give up, never give in.

03/24/2021

Sunday was great spring day for shoot with a classic car and classic peeps.

03/14/2021

Our original VPODcast airing Saturday night on the VPOD Network.

03/05/2021

Octane launched Big Shoulders Coffee Website in time for the annual CoffeeCon event. The site features our story + design philosophy with helpful videos like “Tasting with Tim” and an engaging palette of our unique product photography celebrating the intricate flavors of Chicago’s leading roaster. Check it out and try some amazing beans to get your spring started right. https://www.bigshoulderscoffee.com

07/21/2020

07/21/2020

Octane developed a series of spots and videos for AM software innovator, General Lattice, in 8 days, produced safely in our Chicago studio. Original Photography, Video, Storytelling, 3D Motion Graphics, Sound Design and Voice Over. Fast, effective storytelling for entreprenuerrial company seeking to go to the next level.

11/27/2019

has been leading the way in gluten-free desserts for the last six and a half years. Octane is honored to have designed Flur’s logo and photographed their pastries. The Flur Team has decided to close its doors this Thanksgiving, and Octane wants to wish the Flur Team the best of luck on all their future endeavors!

11/22/2019

Octane in NY

11/15/2019

Happy America Recycles Day! ♻️ Octane is proud to have shot photos for , which produces recyclable packaging. Comment how you recycle below!

11/08/2019

See how Octane creates dynamic photos for Mary Dillon!

10/29/2019

A dozen years ago I had the privilage to interview Robert Evans the producer of The Godfather, Chinatown and Love Story and the admitted owner of hundreds of sunglasses. I was producing a documentary about the Ashes and Snow Nomadic Museum Launch in Los Angeles and I had just finished interviewing Daryl Hannah when someone ran over and said Robert Evans is here! He had no reason to contribute to the documentary I was making, but Robert loved the camera and the work it took to make a film; he'd made plenty of them. My favorite quote of his regarding filmmaking: "If everyone has too much reverence for each other, or for the material, results are invariably underwhelming. It’s irreverence that makes things sizzle. It’s irreverence that gives you that shot at touching magic." RIP Robert Evans, thanks for sharing a few glints of your fading Hollywood star with me.

10/29/2019