Film, Television, and Streaming
We Produce Feature-Length Films, Documentaries and Entertainment Videos for Producers, Studios, and Networks.
The films we produced are distributed nationally on television, in theaters, and online.
We are a full-service production company that handles feature film and television projects from start to finish, managing pre-production all the way to distribution. In other cases we provide specific services in the film production pipeline. Let’s take a look at some of our film work we have produced in the past.
We produced the feature length film “America’s First Guru” released nationally on PBS.
America’s First Guru is the compelling story of how a young and charismatic Indian monk named Swami Vivekananda, now nearly forgotten, forever changed American popular and spiritual culture at the first World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago. Vivekananda ultimately put in motion ideas that changed the collective conversation and became America's First Guru.
Shades Studios and owner David Fraunberger produced the film for the production company A Thousand Suns Academy run by creative force Raja Choudhury, the director and also a producer on the film engaged us to handle pre-production, production, and post-production for the film.
America’s First Guru can be viewed on your local PBS channel, streamed via the PBS Passport App, or watched directly on the PBS.org website by clicking the button below. PBS.org will open in a new tab so you can continue reviewing our film work. We have also provided the first 5 minutes of the film which below directly on our site.
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When producers and directors Stefano Da Fre and Laura Pellegrini needed to wrap post-production on a deadline they came to Shades Studios to handle the task. We provided post-production on the film ranging from color correction of Red camera footage, data management, restoration of archival footage, audio mixing and mastering, encoding, editing a post credits scene, and preparing various files needed for distribution.
We managed post-production for a film backed by AGBO, a Russo Brother’s production company.
Watch the trailer for the film “Stolen Dough”
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We produced a documentary backed by the federal government for the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
This short form documentary tells the story of The New Jersey State Library’s Fresh Start at Your Library initiative, a statewide reentry program that offers GED prep, job training, one-on-one assessments with licensed social workers, and referrals to community resources and employment opportunities for citizens returning to their local communities upon completion of their prison term. The program is offered in partnership with the New Jersey State Parole Board.
View the film “Fresh Start” below.
We produced “Culture Club” featuring celebrity hair stylist Nick Arrojo.
Alongside our feature length productions we produce short form content
We have produced hundreds of short form content videos ranging from short films, music videos, web series, video podcasts, and social videos for entertainers. Below is a collection of some of that work.
The content below is artistic in nature and may contain material not suitable for all corporate environments. Descriptions of the content has been included below each video.
Au Revior
“Au Revoir” is a short film about a man and woman and their infidelity as they spend their final night together before parting ways. We provided a wide range of finishing services for the film along with filling several crew positions for the director.
Waves and Sand
“Waves and Sand” tells the story of a young couple and their friend, a former love interest of the woman, who comes to visit for the weekend. We provided audio and finishing services for the film.
Eric’s Persian
“Eric’s Persian” tells the story of three bumbling criminals disposing of a body wrapped in an expensive Persian rug. We restored this film for the director improving the color and audio fidelity.
Quicksand Years
“Quicksand Years” tells the story of a man dealing with his father’s memory loss and their struggle to connect. We provided post-production the film shot on Red cameras and 8mm Film.
Devro’s Safari School
“Devro’s Safari School” is a six episode web series and children show released on YouTube. We managed the physical production and post-production for the series.
You Should’ve Told Me
“You Should’ve Told Me” is a music video filmed on Red cameras which we provided coloring services for.
Bilbo
“Bilbo” is one of the earliest films we produced. It stars John Farley as a disgruntled party clown who accidentally takes a children’s birthday hostage. Bilbo learns that he wasn’t meant to be a clown.
Regular
“Regular” is a short film about a young girl working at her father’s gas station who develops an unlikely friendship with a traveler from out of town. We performed color correction, audio mixing and mastering, and encoding.
To a Stranger
“To A Stranger” is a film about a recently divorced woman who hires an actor to play her ex-husband and redo the bad memories from her marriage. We provided coloring, visual effects, audio mixing and mastering, finishing and encoding services.