B.o.B - Just A Sign
(music video)


Feel good video through and through! The concept, the setting, the performances, the camera work, it all just comes together. We had lots of logistical changes, and other unexpected happenings, but we still shot this whole thing in a single afternoon and came away with a dope 6 minute music video. Not an easy task! For those curious, it features the Fisker Karma. It has full electric capabilities, and a gas tank if you want to go past your charge. Fun to drive the PCH when we weren't filming. Not too terrible looking either.


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Director and Producer: Isaac Klotz
Producer: Ruth Klotz-Chamberlin
Steadicam Operator: Brian Decroce
Stylist: Lindsay Driscoll
Key Makeup: Devika Patridge
Audio Playback: Jaala Ruffman
Assistant Producer: Kellie Quan
Production Assistant: Alyssa Johnson
Editor: Vince Vaughn
Just A Sign appears on the album Strange Clouds.
Half Element Productions © 2012
youtube.com/isaacklotz
bobatl.com

Paranoid Castle - Weedman
(music video)


While shooting this video... I got injured on set and wound up on the living room floor with my pants off trying to diagnose the problem looking up at a giant oil painting of Paris Hilton (it was her old house). Kind of epic... haha..... The video is funny too I swear.


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Director and Producer: Isaac Klotz
Editor: Vince Vaughn
Weedman appears on the album Champagne Nightmares.
Half Element Productions © 2012
youtube.com/isaacklotz
fakefourinc.com

Freestyle Fellowship - 
This Write Here
(music video)


Freestyle Fellowship... Word up mayhem! I developed the pulsing negative/positive, on/off look with inspiration from their black and white FF logo which starts everything off. Lyrically, this right here is top of the rap game.


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Director and Producer: Isaac Klotz
Editor: Vince Vaughn
This Write Here appears on the album The Promise.
Half Element Productions © 2012
youtube.com/isaacklotz
decon.co

Gel Roc - Trust To Dust
(music video)


Great song with a cool message behind it all. Visually, I'm quite pleased with the look. In college, we shot a scene of a film in a cemetery and the developed 16mm footage had unexplainable light leaks and optical oddities. Here, I've used Black and white visuals with color light leaks and lens flares to reference an energy beyond this world.


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Director and Producer: Isaac Klotz
Trust To Dust appears on the album Beautiful Tragedy.
Half Element Productions © 2012
youtube.com/isaacklotz
abolanorecords.com

Freestyle Fellowship -
We Are (music video)


Thanks to Freestyle Fellowship for going along with the technical challenges and methodical approach and execution of this video. I wanted to create a world of forced perspective and twisted reality, and it took 6 cameras and a lot of patience to do so... All worth it, I must say!


For Fullscreen Click Arrows

Director, DP and Producer: Isaac Klotz
Editor: Vince Vaughn
Assistant Producer: Keenan C. Williams
We Are appears on the album The Promise.
Half Element Productions © 2011
youtube.com/isaacklotz
decon.co

Gel Roc - Why's Are Real
(music video)


The narrative that Gel Roc paints in this track is definitely a Beautiful Tragedy. It was therapeutic and rewarding on many levels to be working on this project while facing similar issues in my own life. If you have a chance, send this video to a friend and introduce them to Gel's music, its all so good.


For Fullscreen Click Arrows

Director and Producer: Isaac Klotz
Editor: Vince Vaughn
Assistant Producer: Keenan C. Williams
Why's Are Real appears on the album Beautiful Tragedy.
Half Element Productions © 2012
youtube.com/isaacklotz
abolanorecords.com

B.o.B - Dr. Aden
(music video)


What if... its all true? By the way, if anyone has worked at a secret government lab in Central America, I would love to speak with you about "healthy vegetarian eating options in the region." I swear, thats all I want to know...

For Fullscreen Click Arrows

Director, DP and Producer: Isaac Klotz
Producer: Ruth Klotz-Chamberlin
Camera Operator: Ron McPherson
Steadicam Operator: Brian Decroce
Assistant Camera: Luigi Ventura
Gaffer: Michael Valenzuela
Stylist: Arekah
Key Makeup: Pauline Noriega
Barber: Lu
Hair: Brittney Yabs
Hair: Naa Tackie
Audio Playback: Ian Thompson
Production Assistant: Michael Burch
Production Assistant: Mike Davis
Editor: Vince Vaughn
Dr. Aden appears on the mixtape No Genre.
Half Element Productions © 2011
youtube.com/isaacklotz
bobatl.com

Myka 9 - I Must Cross (music video)


Thanks to Myka 9 and Organized Elements for putting together a track with such a great message. And thanks to all the BBoys and BGirls who came out to rep from all corners of the world.


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Director and Producer: Isaac Klotz
Key Makeup/Styling: Pauline Noriega
Editor: Vince Vaughn
Producer: Keenan C. Williams
I Must Cross appears on the upcoming album MYKOLOGY.
Half Element Productions © 2010
youtube.com/isaacklotz
myka9.com

Unkle - Natural Selection (music video)


When I heard the track, this idea jumped out at me almost instantly. Like the music, the narrative was primal and raw, but told by an innocent voice. I think it really came together in the edit. Being a vegetarian of 31 years, I am truly out of place in a world like this.

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Director: Isaac Klotz
Editor: Vince Vaughn
Natural Selection appears on the album Where Did The Night Fall by Unkle
youtube.com/isaacklotz
unkle.com

Abstract Rude - Nuff Fire (music video)


I wanted to build on the iconography associated with psychedelia, the 60's-70's peace and freedom movements, and the visual aesthetic linked to soul, rock and early funk music, bringing bits and pieces of each into the modern world of digital imagery. Part of what appeals to me from that era are the imperfections of color and texture (as seen in hand-made posters, screen printing and tie-dye). This was an aesthetic I wanted to translate into the digital domain. In this vein, I attempted to exploit compression artifacts, color banding, chroma noise, pixelation and other digital "limitations", magnifying them for visual gain.

For Fullscreen Click Arrows

Director and Producer: Isaac Klotz
Cinematographer: Rob Kraetsch
2nd Unit Cinematographer and Still Photographer: Isaac Klotz
Key Makeup: Pauline Noriega
Editor: Vince Vaughn
Half Element Productions © 2010
Nuff Fire appears on the album Rejuvenation by Abstract Rude
youtube.com/isaacklotz
rhymesayers.com
myspace.com/abstractrude

B.o.B - Put Me On
(music video)


This project was a lot of fun - good music and good vibes. Special thanks to Mike for helping out with those damn boomboxes. All the B-boys and B-girls, you ripped it! I wish I could have fit more of that footage in the video.

For Fullscreen Click Arrows

Director and Producer: Isaac Klotz
Key Makeup: Pauline Noriega
Gaffer: Mike Chateneuf
Editor: Vince Vaughn
Reebok © 2009
youtube.com/isaacklotz
atlanticrecords.com/bob
bobatl.com

B.o.B - Camera
(music video)


Its another viral video hit. A great track from B.o.B and a special opportunity for me to attempt a combination which is rarely successful on screen, the elusive balance between sex appeal and comedy. The results? 100,000+ views in its first day online.

Great working with all involved! Shouts to B. Rich!

For Fullscreen Click Arrows

Director and Producer: Isaac Klotz
Producer: Des Escober
Producer: Ruth Klotz-Chamberlin
Key Makeup: Pauline Noriega
Makeup: Cathy Gutierrez
Gaffer: Brian Silva
Electric: Sergio Silva
Editor: Vince Vaughn
Camera appears on the mix tape BoB vs. Bobby Ray
Half Element Productions © 2010
youtube.com/isaacklotz
bobatl.com

Abstract Rude ft. Aceyalone & Myka 9 - Thynk Eye Can
(music video)


Watts Towers, Venice Beach, Los Angeles High, LA Coliseum.. We hit some of the best skate/ride spots in LA to see if we could really do what we thought we could.

For Fullscreen Click Arrows

Director, DP and Producer: Isaac Klotz
2nd Unit Camera: Rob Kraetsch
Key Makeup: Pauline Noriega
Editor: Vince Vaughn
Half Element Productions © 2009
Thynk Eye Can appears on the album Rejuvenation by Abstract Rude
youtube.com/isaacklotz
rhymesayers.com
myspace.com/abstractrude

Bicycle Anthem
(commercial)


Many of us make a simple decision each day which increases our carbon footprint on the earth. This video presents the bicycle as an environmental and social hero, as a viable solution to our urgent transportation needs. After all, in order to alleviate the global climate crisis, we don't have to reinvent the wheel.

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Director: Isaac Klotz
Client: Current TV
Half Element Productions © 2007
youtube.com/isaacklotz

Abstract Rude & Tribe Unique - Yep
(music video)


The 4 elements of hip hop, the basic cultural building blocks of my generation. From the block to the boardroom, billboards and broadband.

Mear One with the pen!


For Fullscreen Click Arrows

Director: Isaac Klotz
Cinematographer: Rob Kraetsch
2nd Unit/Efx Cinematographer: Isaac Klotz
Editor: Isaac Klotz
Yep appears on the album P.A.I.N.T.
Half Element Productions © 2004
youtube.com/isaacklotz
facebook.com/abstractrude

B.o.B - Lonely People
(music video)


30,000 views in its first day on youtube - 100,000 combined online. Top 20 video on myspace. Complete viral hit. All for an artist who, at the time, had yet to release an album.

For Fullscreen Click Arrows

Director and Producer: Isaac Klotz
Producer: Des Escober
Key Makeup: Pauline Noriega
Gaffer: Mike Chateneuf
Editor: Vince Vaughn
Lonely People appears on the mix tape Who The Fuck Is B.o.B?
Half Element Productions © 2009
youtube.com/isaacklotz
bobatl.com

Busdriver
Imaginary Places
(music video)


Released in 2002! This was the first project I directed out of film school. Seems to be just as relevant now. Its raw and full of energy. I still remember finishing the edit, outputting to VHS(!) and running the tape over to Peter Agoston just as he was cueing up the Culturama Rap Music Video Festival in LA. That night, Imaginary Places screened to an audience of 25+ after midnight - I'll always remember! Now we are 600,000 views later on youtube...


For Fullscreen Click Arrows

Director: Isaac Klotz
Cinematographer: Rob Kraetsch
2nd Unit/Efx Cinematographer: Isaac Klotz
Producer: Kim Daniels
Producer: Peter Binnings
Production Coordinator: Tanner Blackman
Editor: Isaac Klotz
Imaginary Places appears on the album Temporary Forever
Half Element Productions © 2002
youtube.com/isaacklotz
myspace.com/busdriver
More videos coming soon...