Marquee

09/05/2022

Years back when Marquee partners Tommy Johns & Mike Thompson first started working together, they began reaching out specifically to local artists in Louisville who they believed they could create amazing visuals with.

The second collaboration, with Mike writing/directing and Tommy as the DP, was for Louisville hip hop artist Sloe Pink on his track ‘Tofu_Cherry_K0la’, an ode to the concept of knowing your truths and speaking those truths out loud.

The opening sample in the track, which is featured throughout, is that of a young girl giving a bible reading spoke to Mike when creating the concept.

‘It just had this kind of ominous tone to it. It’s this young girl speaking these huge concepts of religion with an even larger amount of conviction, but it’s hard to fathom the idea of such a young child being able to comprehend what she’s saying. Then we landed on the idea of Sloe being this sleazy false prophet in what looks like a bad AA meeting who is baiting his followers into this disgusting sacrament of tofu and cherry cola, only to be left for dead and penniless by the end. I’m laughing even recounting this because it seemed so absurd for a hip-hop video but it just worked. One of my favorites for sure.’

https://youtu.be/RdBNCewkFlI

"May the love of the Architect wash over us all."Director: Mike ThompsonCinematographer: Thomas JohnsProduced by: 750four ProductionsLocation Manager: Paul C...

08/09/2022

'I listened to the record so many times during that period that it was hard to know if what we had made was brilliant or trash.'

Check out an interview by our own Mike Thompson with frontman Clay Nevels discussing all things album release, covid delays, comic books, and more.

https://www.marqueelouisville.com/marquee-blog/foxbatduesouth

Louisville-based band Foxbat, sits down for an interview with Marquee Louisville to discuss their newest record 'Due South'.

07/16/2022

'Much of it comes from a place of frustration in regards to humanity's poor treatment of the earth'.

Our friends in Annapurna have a single 'Cosmic Curiosities' out and our own Mike Thompson caught up with guitarist/singer Greg Hojnacki to chat about all things new in the world of Annapurna including a feature by Gabriel Levi

https://www.marqueelouisville.com/marquee-blog/cosmiccuriosities

Mike Thompson sat down with Annapurna singer/guitarist Greg Hojnacki to discuss their new single 'Cosmic Curiosities' which features a guitar solo and additional vocals by guitarist Gabriel Levi.

05/27/2022

Informing a customer about your specs is all good and well, but have you ever SHOWN them the experience of your products/services? Have you ever tried to show them how those products/services will make them feel?

That's the type of storytelling we strive for.

With Crosley Radio, we wanted to go beyond the idea of just little devices that play music. We wanted to show how music has the ability to alter our mental state, to bring us joy, to bring us together.

https://vimeo.com/202238715

Directed by: Mike Thompson | Client: Crosley Radio | Director Of Photography: Thomas Johns

05/24/2022

Another glance back into the archives.

Thomas Wavid Johns and Mike Thompson were both working on music videos in Louisville only separately. A chance meeting threw them together and a ton of new work bloomed and has continued to bloom.

One piece we were particularly proud of is the music video for Rmllw2llz 'So Amerikkkan'. It was a whirlwind of a shoot, shooting the gym footage in only 4 hours and then 2 more hours the next day at the home of the artist.

https://youtu.be/aQPNEHHJp5A

RMLLW2LLZ and company are back with a knock out visual for So Amerikkkan, the first single off of Concerto No. 9 Movement II, available now!Directed by Mike ...

05/23/2022

A few years back we were lucky enough to work with our friends FoxBat on a music video for their song 'Slow Strut'.

Fast forward to 2022 and the boys in the band have a new album 'Due South' out now on Modern Empire Music that is more than worth your time.



https://lnkd.in/gFzneUWW

Directed by Mike Thompson(www.missingreels.com)Cinematography by Thomas JohnsAsst Camera: Andrea KieferGaffer: David CecilFrom Debut Album "Rotgut" Out Augus...

05/20/2022

Have a product or service you're trying to show off? Check out this spot we did for Crosley Radio and their 'Voyager' turntable.

Starring the ever-talented Sarah East, directed and written by our own Mike Thompson with cinematography and color grading by our own Tommy Johns

https://vimeo.com/294770152

Directed by: Mike Thompson | Director of Photography: Thomas Johns | Assistant Camera/Gaffer: Will Hartsock | Client: Crosley Radio

04/25/2022

Super stoked to have yet ANOTHER 5 star review on Think Shorts for our latest short They're Not Going To Find Him!

https://thinkshorts.com/76485/theyre-not-going-to-find-him

04/07/2022

'Because the film is really about the fear of loss that's sort of hiding in all of us'

Writer/Director Mike Thompson pulls back the curtain on one of his favorite scenes from the short film 'Blackbird' in our latest installment of 'Scene Structure'

https://youtu.be/e3KfBvYwj20

Writer/Director Mike Thompson walks us through a scene of his science fiction short film 'Blackbird'Watch the full film here: https://youtu.be/zfCSEIhJ5J8

02/28/2022

Take a quick peek behind the scenes of our short film 'Threshold' with Director/Co-Writer Mike Thompson in a new segment of ours aptly dubbed 'Scene Structure'.

Stay tuned for more of these from other projects and crew members and subscribe to your YouTube channel if you haven't had a chance!

https://youtu.be/2ZmN3LmlsVk

Director and Co-Writer Mike Thompson walks us through a scene of his latest short film 'Threshold'.Watch the full film here: https://youtu.be/xFz_dloGxdw

02/12/2022

Introducing: They're Not Going to Find Him

We're proud to present the debut short from Same Brain Films, written and directed by CK Cochran and Cameron Murphy, a dark comedy featuring a man on the verge of su***de who calls a phone s*x line as a last attempt for human connection.

Read all about the story-behind-the-story and see the film in its entirety exactly one year after we started rolling.

In this dark comedy short film from Calvin K. Cochran and Cameron Murphy, a man on the verge of su***de calls a phone-s*x line as a last attempt for human connection.

02/09/2022

We're super excited to be premiering our latest short film 'They're Not Going To Find Him' written and directed by CK Cochran & Cameron Murphy of Same Brain Films on February 12!

02/02/2022

Got a sweet tooth?

Stay tuned for a more in-depth look into our friends Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff but, for now, enjoy our latest collab with them for their music video 'When It's Sweet'.

https://youtu.be/Cps8SvRlrl4

Otis Junior & Dr. Dundiff - "When It's Sweet" is taken from "Rising With It" (EP) available 23rd of October 2020 via Jakarta Records. LINK: https://otisjunio...

01/31/2022

A common question we're always asked is 'what do you do?' and, considering we're a group of visual storytellers, we figured it might be easier to just show you.

https://youtu.be/DLyeOOqmdT4

01/09/2022

Fraught with uncertainty, 2021 was a tricky year for us to launch.

That being said, we were fortunate to be able to share so many stories from our little corner of the globe including our collaboration with TAUNTLouisville QueerKentucky Southerly Magazine and Press On Media

Many thanks to Medium for recognizing these amazing stories and featuring them on their ‘Top 10+ Journalistic Collaborations of 2021’ list.

Check out the rest of the list at the link below 🖤

https://medium.com/centerforcooperativemedia/here-are-the-top-10-journalism-collaborations-of-2021-210536efaaf1

Every year in December, I whine to my colleagues about how hard it is to select the best 10 journalism collaborations of the year. But…