Coming Soon

On the outskirts of a dying frontier town, a desperate miner seeks refuge in a church as a windstorm rages outside. Consumed by panic, the man recounts his troubles to a reluctant priest. What starts as a plea for protection soon unravels into a chilling confession of violence.

Writer & Director
Adam Peditto
Producers
Aly Spenger
Adam Peditto
Director of Photography
Aly Spengler
Starring
Robin Guiver
Leonidas Ocampo
Michael Short

Oklahoma has a growing factory farming problem. The state leads the nation in foreign-owned agricultural land, and the death of the small family farm is a theme that lingers throughout the heartland. Corporate animal agriculture is taking over the state, destroying the land, and making life for animals hell on earth.

The citizens, the environment, and the animals in Oklahoma have a common enemy—factory farming.

Presented by: The Humane League
Director: Adam Peditto
Producer: José Elias
Writers: Adam Peditto & Angel Lugo
Editor: Angel Lugo
Director of Photography: Joe Grasso
Camera Operators: Mark Middleton, Joe Grasso, Adam Peditto, José Elias

Presented by: The Humane League
Director: Adam Peditto
Producer: José Elias
Writers: Adam Peditto & Angel Lugo
Editor: Angel Lugo
Director of Photography: Adam Peditto
Drone Operator: José Elias

Writer & Director Showreel

A collection of work from the past few years.

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Producer: Katie Dvorak & Ottica Productions
DP: Joe Grasso
Gaffer: James Powers
PA: Brent Bruello
Studio: Power Plant Productions

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Producer: Katie Dvorak & Ottica Productions
DP: Joe Grasso
AC: Wes Mahon
PA: Nick Billiris
PA: Lloyd Bailey

The World is a Beautiful Place & I am no Longer Afraid to Die - Invading the World of the Guilty as a Spirit of Vengeance

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Producer - Katie Dvorak / Ottica Productions
Producer - Joe Grasso
Label - Epitaph Records
Director of Photography - Joe Grasso
AC - John Cain Carney
Gaffer - John Cain Carney
Costume Designer - Katie Dvorak
Starring - Wataru Nishida
Featuring - David F Bello, Roger Harvey, John Paul Coulter, Joshua Cyr, Caroline Mills, José Elias, Clare Farrow

The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Queen Sophie for President

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Producer - Katie Dvorak / Ottica Productions
Label - Epitaph Records
Director of Photography - Joe Grasso
AC - John Cain Carney
PA: José Elias 
Hair and Makeup: Taryn Chepanoske
Flower Design: Taryn Chepanoske
Starring - Valynn Turkovich, Kevin Mahler & Katie Dvorak

Additional Cinematography: Joe Grasso, José Elias

Drone Footage: José Elias

Title Animation & FX: Angel Lugo

Additional Production: The Humane League

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Producer: Katie Dvorak & Ottica Productions

Director of Photography: Joe Grasso

Choreography: George Alley

Starring: Lisa Osicky

Filmed on location at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia PA

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On September 10, 2014, media previewed PAFA's "David Lynch: The Unified Field" exhibition with David Lynch in attendance, along with exhibition curator, Robert Cozzolino. The exhibition is on view September 13, 2014 - January 11, 2015.

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Producer - Katie Dvorak & Ottica Productions
PA - Tyler Borchardt

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Producer - Katie Dvorak & Ottica Productions
DP - Sean Keegan

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Producer - Katie Dvorak / Ottica Productions

Director of Photography - Joe Grasso

AC: John Cain Carney

Gaffer: Power Films

PA(s): Tyler Borchardt, José Elias

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Produced by Katie Dvorak & Ottica Productions
Starring: Caroline Mills

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Producer: Katie Dvorak & Ottica Productions
DP: Wes Mahon
Film DP: Derick Crucius
PA: Lloyd Bailey

Animation | Editing

Performance Footage: Scott Trojan

Tour Footage: Jake Stern, Yiwen Sun, Steve Gibson, Jeff Russell, Loren Shumaker, Nick Van Breda, Toby Reif

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Producer - Katie Dvorak & Ottica Productions
DP - Wes Mahon

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Director of Photography - Jeff Clanet
Assistant Camera - Wes Mahon
Grip - Rocco Peditto

"The one-shot clip follows Bernard as he moves from room to room, surrounded by partygoers doing typical party things like eating pizza, jamming in the backyard, and putting on records (Modern Baseball’s Holy Ghost or Thin Lips’ Riff Hard?). You get the sense he’s having a hard time connecting to the light-hearted fun going on around him though as he sings “I’m trying hard to let it out / I’m feeling like I let you down / frustrated I wish I could get away.” A quick look at someone watching CNN on a tablet puts the night into perspective as a year full of tragedy and upheaval is about to end, and this heaviness is made even more direct by the final frame of a “make America great again” hat burning in flames." - Julie Miller, The Key

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"Born in West Philly, vocalist Ronnie Vega grew up on Wu-Tang and Cypress Hill and Black Flag, those early punk influences reverberate throughout the track. Shot in a semi-abandoned rural cemetery, the visuals for ’Therapy’ are the perfect echo to the heaviness of Vega’s politically charged lyricism and the symbolic isolation of being a black man in this society." Afropunk

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Director of Photography - Wes Mahon

"Flipping between scenes of the local trio performing in the rain and guitarist/singer Augusta Koch waiting out the downpour in a van, “Bus Ticket” addresses the moments we decide to step into the light and embrace change, and the difficult path that often precedes those moments. Director Adam Peditto, who also worked with Cayetana on the video for “Mesa,” says “we wanted to use rain as a metaphor for uncertainty and chaos in this video.”" - Julie Miller, The Key

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Produced by Katie Dvorak & Ottica Productions

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Director of Photography - Aly Spengler

The video for Better Heavens was meant to put an optimistic and peaceful light on a dark subject. I wanted to use escapism as a motif to tell this visual story. My pitch to the band was, "lets do something similar to Where the Wild Things Are but without the monsters." More can be read about the song below.

"The Superweaks have had a difficult year; in the midst of writing and recording their latest LP, bassist Corey Bernard passed away suddenly at age 22. The Philly DIY scene stalwarts, co-fronted by Bernard’s older sibling Evan as well as Chris Baglivo, persevered in the face of the tragedy, and the resulting LP Better Heavens is a dedication to their dear friend and brother." - John Vettese, The Key

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Director of Photography - Wes Mahon

"When I asked for someone in Thin Lips to describe the video for “Never Again,” vocalist and guitarist Chrissy Tashjian replied: “I think of it as our homosexual Blink 182 video.” Which, to be fair, I don’t think I could come up with a better way to describe it. It’s got hard-hitting pop punk riffs a la Blink, dirty clubs, an obvious sense of feeling out of place where everyone else seems to belong, and of course the classic Blink-182 trope of crashing a party, fucking shit up, and making a space their own. Love." -  Annalise Domenighini - Noisey

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Additional Videography: Aly Spengler
Location Supervisor: Steve Dolnack

Cayetana is a trio that helped put the current Philly punk scene on the map. After seeing the band perform live I knew I wanted to make them a music video that captured the energy and emotion of their performances. Scott Get the Van, I'm Moving is a song about moving on and moving out, with a refreshing absence of break up song cliches. Watch the band reflect on their past, and look towards the future as they run through an abandoned factory and break things. 

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Director of Photography - Aly Spengler

"It's fitting, then, that the video for "Mesa" takes each member of the band on strange journeys that ultimately lead the three women back to each other. Near the end of the video, Koch gently cracks a smile as she glances toward her two bandmates, who return the gesture. It's a small moment, but it's touching, and reminiscent of the band's grander plans. Cayetana calls Plum Records "a look inward, and a look to the future," and that look — much like the way the women look at each other in the video — reflects the larger scale of the band's self-reliance, the three women's reliance on each other, and their belief in the creative power that can bring." Marissa Lorusso - NPR

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Cayetana wanted to make a tour video, but not a tour video. They captured their amazing summer tour in classic home movie style and brought it to me. I wanted to make a video that showed the band reflecting on their time on the road. This is what we came up with.