Department 4

02/07/2020

As you can tell by these handsome suits, we’re all really excited to endorse Chris Willmott for President. His thoroughly and meticulously well-researched policies include removing all motion smoothing from home televisions, placing good dogs in every American office, brand name sodas for crafty on set, and seeing this group of nerds more often! (Oh yeah, and he got married. Congrats Chris!)

01/30/2020

Our hometown legend. Today we're remembering when all the Dept4 founders gathered together at Jay's Bar in LA to watch your final game. Wishing for peace and comfort for your incredible family. Rest in peace.

[Mural by Jonas Never, photo by Apu Gomes]

12/23/2019

Ford Theaters: Coffee For A Song

Would you sing for your coffee? Check out our collaboration with Ford Theater's Los Angeles pop-up, Coffee For A Song. Proud to have helped Ford Theaters spotlight some of LA's Freshest artists. Head to our page to see more!

A Department4 production
Agency: M&C Saatchi.
Directed by Blake Hodges
Shot by CJ Brion
Produced by Toby Jacobs

12/20/2019

2018 Samsung Galaxy Super Slo-Mo

Aside from hanging poolside with international soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the best thing about working with Samsung Mobile? Getting to play with the new toys 🎥 Check out our 2018 super slo-mo spot for the Galaxy S9+.

A @department_4 production
With BLCK Communication

#Dept4 #Samsung #slomo #Zlatan #yourcreativedivision

11/29/2019

Nabisco/Netflix Klaus Food Art Pop Up

Thanksgiving is barely past us, but we hope you saved some room! We teamed up with Nabisco to shoot and edit some delicious holiday magic for the new Netflix movie, Klaus.

Editor: Blake Hodges
Produced with: Surrender Pictures

07/19/2019

Throwback to that time we had the entire European Art wing of LACMA to ourselves, filming interviews of legendary photographer Vera Lutter and various #LACMA leaders for #sothebys . Talk about being immersed in art. 🎨🖼️
📸 @toby.jacobs
#losangeles #museum #production #filmproduction #department4 #sony #zeis #zeiscinemaprimes #california #videoproduction #documentary #advertising #art #interviews #videography #photography #la #setlife @ LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art

07/12/2019

Another video from our recent project with Helpful Honda. Its hard to describe the feeling of giving away a FREE car to such deserving people and we are so grateful to have been apart of it! 🚙 #honda #socalhondadealers #helpfulhonda #freecar #department4 #productioncompany #production #video #socal

07/03/2019

For all your Korean Probiotic Commercial needs, Department 4 has your back.
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#commercial #videoproduction #postproduction #korea #probiotics #ad #motiongraphics #department4 #losangeles #productioncompany
Motion graphics/post by @swedishero, produced by @_blake_hodges

07/01/2019

We hope everyone had an extra proud month of Pride! Here's a look back at a video we created for our friends at @santamonicapier for some awesome Pride installations they created all over Santa Monica 🌈🌉🎡
#pride #pridemonth #santamonica #santamonicapier #santamonicapier🎡 #lights #lightinstallation #video #department4 #losangeles #videoproduction #drone #dronephotography directed/edited by @_blake_hodges 🎥 @derdensen

05/28/2019

Think you have a rough commute? Check out Leon’s 100+ mile daily commute. Thank you Socal Honda Dealers and Secret Weapon Marketing for including us in such a great project.
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01/02/2019

D4 is proud to present the year-end recap we created for our friends (and one of our favorite clients) at Santa Monica Pier . In 2018 we covered about 22 different events for them with our trusted army of videographers, photographers and editors, delivering over a dozen different videos and thousands of photos. Such a blast to take part in the massive variety of fun events the pier has put on and help share it with the world. Take a look and check out the whole recap on the Pier’s Youtube!
#santamonicapier #video #videoproduction #postproduction #losangeles #department4

10/22/2018

🔊Sound on! Celebrating 4 years of creating kick-ass content, Department 4 is proud to present our newest company show reel. Featuring work for our amazing clients such as Samsung, Sony, Sotheby's, Ford Theatres, The Santa Monica Pier, and more. We hope you enjoy our work. Let's make some awesome projects together.

10/03/2018

Bittersweet saying goodbye to our incredible production coordinator guru @rachelefriedland who has kept Department 4 on track with the brick on the gas all year! Going to miss you Rachele; you're always a part of the D4 family! Good luck with the new opportunities #team #productioncompany #wehategoodbyes #losangeles

08/10/2018

Santa Monica Pier

We edited this super fun promo video for the re-branded 'Twilight on the Pier' concert series - taking place this September & October!

ICYMI, Twilight line-up was released yesterday! Check it out - twilightsantamonica.org

07/23/2018

Santa Monica Pier

We shot and edited this video recapping the Santa Monica Pier's summer kickoff Pier 360 event. It was a great day, take a look!

Thanks to everyone who came out to Pier 360 last weekend. It was an epic day of fun in the sun!

06/20/2018

Thank you to our fantastic cast & crew of our latest spot for Ford Theatres! Airing now on ABC7 & Univision!

06/06/2018

Ford Theatres

Keep an eye out for the latest Department 4 production airing on ABC 7 and Univision!

The summer season lineup at Ford is incredible, and we're lucky to have worked with some amazing talent for this spot! Check it out!

Summer is here! It's time to look forward to warm summer evenings, to kicking back and watching a concert or a dance show under the stars at the Ford. Let these dancers inspire you to let your feet lead the way to the Ford…

06/05/2018

D4 behind the scenes on our latest shoot. Can you identify the locations? 👀

05/23/2018

We were able to shoot at so many cool locations in Los Angeles recently. Can't wait to show you this one.

05/11/2018

We take prop placement very seriously. 🍻

04/25/2018

Need video content for digital ads, or your website? We shot, edited, VO recorded, mixed, and colored this ad for @Gloveworx: https://vimeo.com/145221053

04/12/2018

‪Kicked off the day meeting with Jesse Sisgold at Skydance Media... onto the next one 😎‬

04/05/2018

The Hollywood Reporter

Happy 50th to a beautiful movie that inspired us to pursue filmmaking.

Stanley Kubrick's epic 2001: A Space Odyssey turns 50 today 🚀

04/04/2018

Check out scenes from STEAM Machines! Teams worked hard to build DIY Rube Goldberg machines at the Santa Monica Pier.

02/21/2018

Broke L.A.

BIG news. This year Broke LA is partnering with @spacelandla to host at The Regent Theater in Downtown LA. 2 days. Artist submissions are open NOW. brokelafest.com tickets soon. Let’s play. @regenttheaterla #musicfestival #music #festival #musician #musicians #losangeles #downtownlosangeles #downtownla #artists #theregent #spaceland video by Department 4

BIG news. This year Broke LA is partnering with @spacelandla to host at The Regent Theater in Downtown LA. 2 days. Artist submissions are open NOW. brokelafest.com tickets soon. Let’s play. @regenttheaterla #musicfestival #music #festival #musician #musicians #losangeles #downtownlosangeles #downtownla #artists #theregent #spaceland video by @department_4 and @_blake_hodges

10/23/2017

Check out Hulu’s new “Huluween” special, part of which was edited by D4 editing guru @blakekhodges and featured in Adweek. Link in profile! #halloween #hulu #scary #scarymovie #horror #editing #postproduction

09/13/2017

Meeting at Hulu for a super secret/exciting/upcoming project #meeting #film #editing #postproduction #filmmaking

09/13/2017

Tetris? Nope, just @blakekhodges working on some #sounddesign #soundediting #postproduction #production #filmmaking #losangeles

09/08/2017

Check out the trailer to @justchase02 EGO Music Video @department_4 recently co-produced w/ @skip2fame & @jerome.kruin. . . STARRING @dearbambi & @justchase02
#JustChase #EGO #SOS #MusicVideo #AppleMusic #Spotify #SoundCloud #BreakingRnB #HotNewMusic #RnBSavage # #PrettyVibes #902 #ScotianPotion #ScotianInThe6ix #SaveOurSoul

09/07/2017

Department 4 south of the border. #mexico #baja #bajacalifornia #tacos

08/31/2017

Transporting gear in small elevators. #production #gear #filmproduction #shoot #losangeles #department4

08/22/2017

We had an epic weekend at @echoparkrising shooting @tennissystem for @wearewildriot and @theprettycult #📷 @blakekhodges #echopark #echoparkrising #music #concert #musicfestival

07/26/2017

Our editing guru @blakekhodges on set for a new sci-fi/action pilot comin atcha soon #setlife #production #editing #tv #film #losangeles #hollywood #arrialexa #department4

07/16/2017

Killer shoot today with @followthebomb at The Chalet Recording Studio. You gotta check these guys out. They shred. 🎤🎸🥁DP: @_cjbrion Producer: @blakekhodges #music #rock #production #studio #losangeles #department4

07/12/2017