About a year after Computer Friends we finally have a follow up video we’re proud of.  Shot in Hershey PA at the Hershey West Factory with real Hershey employees [some ex execs, several factory workers, and some corporate folks as well.]

Lyrics:
Sniper MySpace Blog

Notable Press:

Patriot News
VideoStatic
Tubefilter

Full Cast & Credits from the video:

Written/Directed/Musicted by
Sniper Twins

Produced by Big Producer Money Man
Adam Palmer

Hershey’s Visionary Geniuses
David Forney
Christine Wiker

Lyrics & Other Words written by
Sniper Twins
Rob Collier - A.K.A The Head Chocolate Inspector Man

Photography Directed by Director of Photography
Jason Vandermer

Edited by Editor
Adam Robinson @ The Whitehouse Post / NYC

Insane 3D Visual Effects
Spek Studios NYC
Rene Avalos
Dasm Diaz
Rene “Ronin” Lesmes
Chris Monaco
Federico Rohas Lavado
Fernando Reyes
Camilia “Coco” Wycoco
Navjit “Nahgee” Saini
Daniel “Dred” Marques

Colorists
Matthew Rosenblum
Fernando Reyes

Wizard of Audio Engineering/Sound designing/
Audio mixing/Mastering/Additional musical elements
David Perlick-Molinari @ You Too Can Woo / NYC

Soothing Femme Vocals in Chorus Provided by
Deidre Muro

Factory Crew
Head Factory Big Boss Chief
Philomena Krosmico
Versatile Jack-of-all-Trades Helper Galore
Maureen Kepner

Prop Support
Ken Espenshade & Manufacturing Staff
Built the Chocolate Shooting Canon
Tom Smullen
Wrapping Signs
Jon TenBrock
Mike Smotherman
Terry Gingrich
Rob Collier’s Hershey’s Shirt
Karen Bingaman

Cast
Exec chocolate boss – Bill Keena
Exec right hand man – Craig Schott
Exec purple shirt – Al Leininger
Exec in red tie – Tony Pingitore
Exec tall man – Tom Szeltner
Exec front right in rolling chairs – Brenda Albright
Exec in beard net – “Super” Pete Arbogast
Exec furthest right in boardroom – Angela Williams
Exec 2nd furthest from right in boardroom – Joanna Ardrey
Exec red sweats – Carrie Custer
Exec grey suit – Kathy Hostetter
Exec holding foil in last shot – Michelle Peters
Head of Security – John Baker
Male Factory Onlooker – Gary Calloway
Female Factory Onlooker – Cheryl Cramer

Strong Steadicam man
Philip Martinez

1st AC pulling focus wirelessly
Gordon Arkenberg

Key Grip
Matt Staples

Gaffer
Derek Gross

Swing
Kyle Simmons

Full Throttle Production Assistants
Gavin Compton
Vanessa Edberg

Big Thanks to…
HERSHEY’S
for supporting creativity!

Special Thanks
Young woman who asked for our autographs
All the Hershey West Factory workers who were so kind to allow us to shoot while they worked
Executive cast who came early, wore a suit, but didn’t get on camera [Lauren Lacey, Angela Mitchell, Rick Russell]

Camera (Varicam) provided by
Abel Cine Tech

Expendables provided by
Wits End

The music video has received 750K+ views and counting on Youtube.   Thank you all of our loyal friends who helped make it happen, and thank you to the hundreds of blogs and commenters online that talked about it so positively and helped spread the word. Lyrics can be found on our Myspace page. High-res video can be purchased at stackthememory.

Notable Press:
Tech Crunch
Geekologie
Hypebot
Sonic Scoop

Interviews:
Quirkee Interview
Globo G1 Interview (Brazil)

Notable Response Videos:
Best Buy Geek Squad Video Response

Credits:
Directed/Shot/Produced: Sniper Twins
Music/Beat: Sniper Twins
Lyrics: Sniper Twins & Rob Collier
Edit: Adam Robinson @ The Whitehouse / NYC
Assistant Edit: Travis Shrader
GFX in cyberworld: Michael Klausmeier
GFX in officeworld: Sniper Twins
Color Correct: Sal Mafitano @ The Mill / NYC
Music Production/Sound Design: David Perlick-Molinari @ YouTooCanWoo

Cast:
—-Office Personnel—-
Devon: Terrance Maddox
Headset dude: Matt Jablin
British man w/ mug: Seyi Peter-Thomas
Only femme in whole video: Elizabeth G. Wilson
White shirt w/ black Hair: Michael Bellino
DMV’s neighbor: Evan Silver
White shirt w/ blonde hair: Eric Bert
Head in cubicle: Taylor Black
Boss: Chris Snyder
—-Tekserve Personnel—-
Salmon shirt: Rob Erickson
White shirt: Thomas Arnold
—-Cyberworld Adventurers—-
Umbrella man: Gary Clark Jr.

Camera Package: Panasonic DVX100a

Locations:
Former mtvU office space
Former mtvU studio space
Tekserve

Watch this directly after the Computer Friends Video.  It will give context for Chocolate Shoppe Video.  We met up with tech man Devon, the self appointed star of Computer Friends for a lunch meeting.  He pitched us his music video idea; the concept is a little wacky and it’s definitely big… we’ll have to see if we can make it happen or not.  Maybe after our meeting with Hershey.

Camera: Canon 5d Mark II
Camera: Hot Mop Films
Edit: Adam Robinson

All about eating healthy, the salad wrap video became the anthem for vegans in the hood. This video was shot all around our neighborhood in lower Manhattan. No lights, no fancy frills, just gutter rap for the health freaks. Fresh Direct, don’t you want a piece of this action?

Camera Help: Nathan Lynch
Camera Help: E.J. McLeavey-Fisher
Camera Package: Panasonic DVX100a w/ anamorphic lens
High-Res Movie & Mp3: Shake That Salad

First verse of our song Computer Friends. One take [and it really shows]. Austin Texas SWSW 2009. Campaign was called Ahead of the Curve. Drummer, is in awesome band Savoir Adore. Shot it at the Seaholm Austin Power Plant.

Camera: RED
DP: Joe A

These videos were shot on one of the coldest days of the year, can you tell?  The costumes were expertly created by Travis Satten with a little help from Sniper Twins themselves.  These videos aired across MTV, mtvU, and MTV2 a few days leading up to Valentine’s day, and on Valentine’s Day.  We even made it onto the Times Square HD screen, which made my mom really think I made it as a rapper. The Video above is called “Valentines is Creeping” and the video below is called “It’s Valentine’s Day.”  Click the thumbnail below for a link to the other spot from the campaign.

Co-directed with Travis Satten
Camera: Travis Satten