• SANDED

    A unique and cinematic look at the art of shaping surfboards. This montage was shot entirely on one 400′ roll of film, in one day, without any planning or preproduction. project title: SANDED project length: 2:54 shoot date: 6/23/2011 debut date: 9/27/2011 cinematography / editing / creative director: Timothy Ryan associate producer: Will Smith surfboard [...]

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  • Quiksilver International

    A series of broadcast and web videos for Quiksilver’s spring line of clothing. Shot on Super 16mm film on location in Thailand, the spots were used domestically and internationally for broadcast, web and DVD promotional purposes. Client: Quiksilver International Shoot location: Bangkok and Krabi, Thailand Project Lengths: 1:30, 4x :30s Debut Date: 2/2008 Talent: Julian [...]

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  • Creative Recreation

    Creative Recreation uses a unique marketing approach by forgoing traditional means of advertising and athlete endorsements. Instead, Creative Recreation gives the occasional pair of shoes away and lets their product do the rest of the work. When they approached us about doing a commercial we knew it had to be very unique to fit within [...]

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  • On A Rail: Europe

    Award-winning documentary featuring three professional surfers touring Europe via the Eurail while exploring the cultures and waves the continent has to offer. The 12-page cover story article was featured in Surfing Magazine (Feb ’09) covered the entire trip and the film was critically acclaimed and distributed worldwide. project title: On A Rail: Europe project length: [...]

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  • British Customs

    A branding video done for motorcycle parts company British Customs, makers of fine custom parts for all kinds of motorcycles. The video was part of a complete rebranding for the company. project title: British Customs project length: 0:52 debut date: 8/2010 shoot location: Julian County, CA creative director: Jordan Percy executive producer: Justin Heit art [...]

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Logo Doodle

Bryce Frees sent over this logo doodle randomly one day. Apparently he was on the phone, bored, and TAR PRODUCTIONS came to his mind. Bryce is a creative thinker & web designer.

Stop SOPA + PIPA

The Internet is about to break. Our privacy is about to be controlled. The Internet is about to grounded like a 13-year-old punk with a bad attitude. As you may have heard, the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and Protect-IP Act (PIPA) threaten the many glorious freedoms of the web and the communities that have [...]

X-Dance Recap 2012

We had a great time at X-Dance 2012. Three days of screening some amazing films, along with good times and standard film festival events. SANDED was very well received by the audience and received a nod from Best Original Score by Adam Lathrum, the award went to Seth Morrison: The Original Skier, another great film. [...]

Website Face Lift

Hello, and welcome to our new site! While it’s not a complete redesign, we rebuilt it from the ground up, keeping the same basic layout and style, but updating the design. The site now runs much faster, is sleeker, and more intuitive. We’ve simplified the overall feel, with less clutter, putting an emphasis on the [...]