EZO Productions

07/12/2024

07/11/2024

Bitter Medicine by The Crane Wives out now!

Director - Jackson Ezinga
Producer - Hwa-Jeen Na
Director of Photography - Tyler Appel
Production Design - Bad Trip Designs
Art Hounds - Pat Bird + Devin Durocher
Gaffer - Chad Miller
Key Grip - Kelvin Horton
Hair and Makeup Artist - Emily Frew
Production Assistant - Austen Ezinga

Editing and VFX - Ryan Sundberg
Color Grade - Hwa-Jeen Na

An EZO Productions Music Video

Shot at The Moon

Special Thanks:
Ideology Productions
RIT Music Central

💊Bitter Medicine💊 out now: https://lnk.dmsmusic.co/thecranewives_bittermedicineNew album 🪞Beyond Beyond Beyond🪞 to be released September 6, 2024! Presave...

07/08/2024

New Music Video work with The Crane Wives dropping on Wednesday!

04/04/2024

The official music video for Now That She’s Down by Lipstick Jodi is a nominee at the Michigan Music Video awards this weekend!

https://localspins.com/third-michigan-music-video-awards-to-honor-best-in-regional-music-inspired-film-local-spins/?fbclid=IwAR3g2_a9UDizZqh8XRbjEBbYwcV2ERv_uXEQDx31XczcKTX1wtU4e4vxC-A

Acts from across the state vie for awards Saturday, with Jack Droppers, Michelle Held, Louie Lee and Nadim Azzam performing at Franke Center.

03/14/2024

Shooting a new music video and need some prop instruments - do you or someone you know have any old/junk instruments that you'd be ok with probably (almost definitely) getting ruined for a music video? We're looking for:

1 Full drum kit
1 electric bass
2 electric guitars

DM me if you have any of these or any leads. Free is ideal (since they're junk) but we can probably work out a small fee if necessary. Thank you!

11/21/2023

New music video for Lipstick Jodi out now!!

Huge thanks to our cast and crew for making it happen!

NOW THAT SHE’S DOWN by Lipstick JodiProduced byJackson Ezinga & Jeen NaExecutive ProducersJodi Morehouse & K MorehouseDirected & Shot byJackson EzingaAssista...

11/12/2023

Issue 34 of the Grand Rapids Film Society newsletter, Beam From The Booth, is now live featuring a TiPi 10 Year Anniversary Post by Jackson Ezinga!

BEAM FROM THE B***Y | GRAND RAPIDS FILM SOCIETY

10/10/2023

MUSIC VIDEO CASTING CALL

Non-Union / Paid Role

EZO Productions is casting a featured role in an upcoming music video for the Grand Rapids based q***r synth-pop band, Lipstick Jodi. Production will take place in Grand Rapids, MI on October 22nd.

The first round of auditions will include interested performers creating a 30 second TikTok/Reel style video using a section of the new song “Now.” You can lipsync, dance, act out what the lyrics make you feel or see, or all of the above! The deadline to upload your video audition is Sunday, October 15th by 11:59 PM. You may also include an introduction (optional), but please keep the final video under 60 seconds in length.

ROLE: Featured Bar Patron

Character description: Femme presenting, q***r, modern Tumblr aesthetic. Someone who makes everyone in the bar do a double take. The role involves a non-explicit romantic encounter and on-screen kissing.

We are particularly interested in LGBTQ+ actors, actresses, and performers for this project, but will accept auditions regardless of how the performer identities.

All ethnicities

Age: 21 - early 30s

Acting/Modeling experience preferred, but not required

If interested, please fill out the Google Form linked below and we will email you with the song clip and instructions for submitting your audition. Thank you!

https://forms.gle/L99T41eikQ1tAy898

04/09/2023

We had 3 Music Videos nominated for last night's Michigan Music Video Awards and we walked away with the BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY award for "Don't Be Surprised" by Molly! Congratulations to our Cinematographer Tyler Appel and thank you to Local Spins for covering the event!

We were also nominated for "Behind The Sun" by Pink Sky and for "Dog In The Distance" by On The Lash! Links to the winning and nominated music videos below!

Don't Be Surprised - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObaAuHSmCGo

Behind the Sun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujPrhq1YJC0

Dog In The Distance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj-iuZHrES0

The celebration at Marshall's Franke Center for the Arts also produced wins for Josiah C. Baker, W***y FoTang and several other Michigan acts.

03/30/2023

Don't Be Surprised by Molly and Behind The Sun by Pink Sky will be screening in this year's Capital City Film Festival!

Only one week until the 2023 Capital City Film Festival!! Have you had a chance to look through our amazing lineup of films?

02/13/2023

Our music video for Don't Be Surprised by Molly will screen in the next Open Projector Night at The Wealthy Theatre this Wednesday, February 15th! Doors @ 6:00 PM - show @ 7:00 PM!

Celebrate short films with the Open Projector Night series, a recurring cinematic event presenting the work of local, regional, and national filmmakers with ...

12/15/2022

Thanks for the feature deadCenter Film!

I used to have a rule for men like you.From the album, Cheap Diction, now streaming on all digital platforms and available on LP or CD through our Bandcamp p...

11/29/2022

Today, the popular Local Spins series revealing albums that have impacted Michigan musicians continues with Scott and Molly Schultz.

11/15/2022

Thank you ADSR Collective for sharing the Behind The Sun music video!

Uéle Lamore’s latest EP Multiply will be released on November 25th. This single from the album merges indie-rock, electronic, and post-classical sounds to make a fuzzy, Avant Garde song inspired by the soundtrack of Stranger Things. The accompanying video for “Something About Us” features iro...

11/09/2022

thanks for all the plays and shares of our new song and music video “Behind The Sun” • video and pics shot in Michigan by

11/07/2022

BEHIND THE SUN by Pink Sky - November 8th, 2022

Shot and Directed by Jackson Ezinga
Produced and Edited by Hwa-Jeen Na
Visual Effects by Isaac Taracks

11/05/2022

Don't Be Surprised by Molly - watch on Youtube now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObaAuHSmCGo

Directed & Edited by Hwa-Jeen Na
Produced by Jackson Ezinga
Director of Photography Tyler Appel
Gaffer Zac Clark
Colorist Steve Schreimer
Sound Assistance Kidavela Records

Special thanks to: Scott Schultz, Safina Bouwsma Schultz, Corina Van Duinen, Owen Van Duinen, Karen Johnson, Geoffrey Broomberg, Aaron & Kaelin Porter, Braincell Camera, Sidecar Studios, Doug Ezinga

"Don't Be Surprised"Lyrics and Music by Molly Bouwsma SchultzRecorded at Goon Lagoon in Grand Rapids, MIEngineered by Tommy SchichtelMastered by Jim DiamondE...

11/02/2022

FRIDAY

10/26/2022

11-4-2022

Don't Be Surprised by Molly

Directed by Jeen Na
Cinematography by Tyler Appel
Produced by Jackson Ezinga

09/26/2022

Congratulations, EZO Productions and Hwa-Jeen Na! Much love to Gavin Brown and SideCar Studios and everyone who worked on this project, including our Kickstarter supporters. 🥰

08/05/2022

Tom DesLongchamp, the artist who created the incredible poster art for The King of Oakes and Commerce and License & Registration, has a new art book up for pre-order! Please help support this insanely talented artist and friend of EZO Productions by pre-ordering the new book!

https://sh4540.ositracker.com/318733/12221/url_23689

This title will ship on or before 9/9/22. This colorful book of portraits explores the evolution of Tom DesLongchamp's artistic journey. Its seven sections contain over 200 works that reveal the gradual development of his fingerprint/masking technique. It also explores the purpose and possibilities....

05/15/2022

Jeen, Karli, and Jodi accepted the BEST POP VIDEO award for do/SAY by Lipstick Jodi at the Michigan Music Video Awards tonight! Hosted at the The Franke Center for the Arts in Marshall, MI with a live performance by The Accidentals, it was a great night for celebrating Michigan music! Check out 'do/SAY' on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSUyrDnXeGQ

05/07/2022

The SLO MO music video by Patty PerShayla & The Mayhaps is an Official Selection at the 22nd Annual deadCenter Film Festival! We're excited to be screening our work again at this Oscar Qualifying festival in Oklahoma City, OK!

SLO MO will play June 11th and 12th as part of the Music Video Program.

Directed by Jeen Na
Produced by Jackson Ezinga & Raleigh Chadderdon
Director of Photography - Joshua Tyron
Production Design by Pat Bird of Bad Trip Designs & Hannah Helmbrecht

05/02/2022

Thanks for all the love over the last 3 years! The official music video for 'Assassin' by Au/Ra premiered on this day in 2019!

'Assassin' is available now: http://au-ra.world/assassin if you feel like it, join my exclusive club: http://Au-ra.world/join xx Au/RaSee Au/Ra On Tour this ...

03/17/2022

New work with On The Lash for their first single, 'Dog in the Distance'! Shot in the Golden Age at Creston Brewery and released just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

https://youtu.be/kj-iuZHrES0

On The Lash - "Dog in the Distance"Director - Jackson Ezinga Producer - Hwa-Jeen NaDirector of Photography - Tyler AppelComposer/Arranger - Joel Tyrone Myers...

01/22/2022

License & Registration is an Official Selection at the 2022 Nevermore Film Festival! We're also up for 2 Jury Award nominations for Best Actor (Elliott Nelson - Jackson Ezinga) and Best Screenplay (Written by Jackson Ezinga)! See you in Durham!

12/31/2021

Happy New Year from EZO Productions! Highlights from 2021 include:

Music video for do/SAY by Lipstick Jodi
Music Video for Slo Mo by Patty PerShayla & The Mayhaps
WINNER of BEST OVERALL SHORT for License & Registration at the 2021 Nightmares Film Festival

Looking forward to 2022!

10/28/2021

Local news coverage on "The Spore" - an independent horror film shot in West Michigan featuring EZO Productions' own Jackson Ezinga! "The Spore" will be released in the US and Canada on November, 2nd.

An independent horror film made in West Michigan is days away from its nationwide premiere.

10/24/2021

License & Registration won the OVERALL SHORT Night Mare Award at the Nightmares Film Festival! 2nd AC (and producer attached to the feature) Jeen Na was in Columbus, OH to accept the award! We're honored to have received this award at this kick-ass festival! Huge thanks to our cast and crew who helped make this movie happen!

Cast
Jackson Ezinga - Elliott Nelson
Aidan Callahan - Davis
Cameron Judd - Arthur
Mariea Luisa Macavei - Edna
Chris Kotcher - Cop #1
James Harris - Cop #2

Crew
Writer, Director, Producer, Editor - Jackson Ezinga
Co-Producer - Chris Randall
Executive Producer - Lucas Ezinga
Director of Photography - Sean Mouton
1st Assistant Camera - Andre Guimond
2nd Assistant Camera - Jeen Na
2nd Unit Photography - Dennis Nagelkirk
1st Assistant Director - Bret Miller
2nd Assistant Director - Taylor Bouwens
Sound & Score - Saša Šlogar
Boom Operator - Zach Lucassian
Production Designer - Austen Ezinga
HMU & Wardrobe - Casey Granada
SFX Makeup - James Kozakiewicz
Gaffer - Chad Miller
Key Grip - Lucas Benjamin
Best Boy - Graham Hall
Caterting/Craft Services - Merri & Doug Ezinga
Production Assistants - Audra Shull, Ian Ezinga, Josh Trussler, Kendra Endline
VFX Artist - Ryan Sundberg
Credits & Title Design - Karsen Kolenko

10/23/2021

Jeen Na, License & Registration's wonderful 2nd AC, was in Columbus, OH last night representing the film at Nightmares Film Festival! We had a great crowd at the Gateway Film Center and were in the company of several other fantastic shorts during Midnight Shorts Block A.