Motherthief | Official Trailer
What do you care about that feels out of control? Motherthief is the latest short film from One Apparatus Productions that explores the uncertainty of caring, artistry, and empathy. Coming soon to film festivals across the globe.
Celebrating K. Barry Sharpless on the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2022)
Short film documenting the celebration of K. Barry Sharpless’ 2022 Nobel Prize win for the discovery of “Click Chemistry.”
Historic honor: Barry Sharpless wins second Nobel Prize in Chemistry
A deeper look at the historic Nobel Prize win at Scripps Research.
Portal Coffee | The Roast (2023)
We helped Portal Coffee in San Diego showcase their new locally roasted coffee beans. Highlighting the artful touch of the high-tech process, our video provides a perspective of the personal touch of the shop's owners, who roast the beans and bring them right to the store shelves or ship them out for delivery.
Welcome to Portal Coffee | San Diego (2022)
An in-shop video experience for Portal Coffee in Little Italy, San Diego.
Portal Coffee | Cold Brew (2022)
A glimpse into the cold brew creation process at Portal Coffee. To accentuate the glass tower, expert sound designer Graffick used soundscapes of glass tones.
Graffick - Cavern (2019)
Cavern, the first music video from electronic artist Graffick, features dance, sand, sun, and sea as a means to tell the story of how we, as individuals and as a community, can beat the cycle of trauma and transcend it through our evolved strength, resilience, and compassion.
Starring Charlie Fierro and directed by Brendan Cleak and Caryn Sandoval, this musical short film expresses the relationship between emotional and physical trauma through the lens of feminine strength and eroticism, and the ancient omnipresence of the sun. The dancer uses the space around her to shift and grow as time puts space between her pain and her future.
Music: Graffick
Starring: Charley Fierro
Film by: Brendan Cleak & Caryn Sandoval
Produced by: One Apparatus & Graffick
Special thanks: Matt Mikulecky
Graffick: https://www.graffickmusic.com/
Graffick - All of Us (2022)
Where can we find each other in the liminal space of loneliness? All of Us seeks to find the wormholes of connection within a collective experience.
Music: Graffick feat. Eoliss
Starring: Caryn Sandoval & Alex Angeli
Directed and Edited by: Brendan Cleak & Caryn Sandoval
Produced by: One Apparatus
Graffick: graffickmusic.com
Graffick - Change For You (2022)
A new single off of Graffick's 2022 album Changes, Change For You confronts the idea that manifesting change in one's life for the sake of others is a double-edged sword. If I change for you, and you change your mind, did I change for me?
Music: Graffick
Starring: Fox Martin
Edited by: Caryn Sandoval & Brendan Cleak
Directed by: Brendan Cleak & Blaine Counter
Produced by: One Apparatus
Graffick: graffickmusic.com
It Was All A Dream (2020)
Graffick & One Apparatus present "It Was All A Dream," a hazy lo fi jam recorded live at Bombay Beach. Audio recorded live on scene using the Akai MPC Live 2.
Music: Graffick
Film by: Brendan Cleak
Produced by: One Apparatus
Graffick: https://www.graffickmusic.com/
Leap to Wholeness (2021)
A powerful promotional video for Leap to Wholeness, a book by physicist, author, and founder of The Synchronicity Institute, Sky Nelson-Isaacs.
Portal Coffee | Menu Shorts (2022)
San Diego’s Portal Coffee makes thoughtful coffee drinks for locals and visitors to enjoy. They hand-make their syrups, use natural ingredients, and, most importantly, care deeply for their craft. We’re honored to bring their drink perfection to video. Music by the one and only Graffick!
Plus CBD Oil - Golden Hour Spot
A short video commercial for CV Sciences. More can be found at the YouTube link.
Graffick - Osprey (2021)
Osprey – a film about the relationship between Earth and humans, told entirely through the use of decontextualized stock footage. Music by Graffick.
Released: 11.22.2021
Why stock footage?
This film started as an experiment. Was it possible to make a film composed entirely of sampled stock footage and still be able to tell the story that needed to be told? Could the mass of stock available online serve as an ironic representation of the endless need to create? Or would our fondness for aggrandizement and excess make such a story impossible to tell with the footage at hand?
The film that resulted straddles the line between a BBC-type nature documentary and an existentialist horror film, offering a stark warning for the current and future human race.
Blaine Counter, aka Graffick, is an independent electronic multi-instrumentalist who incorporates organic instruments in his records and live performances. In 2015, Counter nearly lost his life when he was struck and run over by a semi-truck while riding his bicycle. After nearly a year of recovery, he changed his performing name to Graffick and focused his career solely on art and music.
Music: Graffick
Film by: Brendan Cleak
Produced by: One Apparatus & Graffick
Graffick: https://www.graffickmusic.com/
How to Talk To Your Family About Cannabis (2021)
Partnering with Contra Costa NORML, we created a series of videos to help foster conversations about cannabis.
Find all of the videos at their Youtube Page.
Portal Coffee x Graffick | Coffee House (2020)
Tired of typical coffee house music? Us too. We created the above brand video in partnership with Portal Coffee and musician Graffick. It sets the stage for future Portal Coffee brand videos, highlights a movement, and celebrates the relationships humans share with their tools.
Visit https://portalcoffeesd.com and place an order if you’re in San Diego
Visit https://graffickmusic.com/ to learn more about the music featured in the video by Graffick.
Sky Nelson-Isaacs | Living in Flow (2019)
Short promotional documentary video for Sky Nelson-Isaacs, a theoretical physicist, speaker, and author from the San Francisco Bay Area. This video follows his work as a speaker, while touching on the topics of synchronicity and flow from a scientific perspective.
Directed by Brendan Cleak and Caryn Sandoval. Cinematography by Brendan Cleak. Edited by Brendan Cleak and Caryn Sandoval.
Normal Is the New Buzz | Columbus Botanical Depot (2019)
Meet Joseph Brennan, owner of Columbus Botanical Depot in Columbus, Ohio, and learn about his journey to discovering the benefits of hemp CBD oil.
Directed and shot by Brendan Cleak. Edited by Brendan Cleak and Caryn Sandoval.
The Future of Hemp | Rodale Institute (2018)
The Rodale Institute is pioneering organic hemp agriculture in the United States after years of prohibition. They’re finding multiple uses for the unique plant, in addition to the beneficial qualities it has on soil for other crops. Directed and shot by Brendan Cleak. Edited by Brendan Cleak and Caryn Sandoval.
The Certified Business of Disruption | Adele’s Naturally Spotlight (2018)
How did one tiny supplement store in Indiana inspire positive change across the state? Learn from Jordan Fink, store Manager of Adele’s Naturally in Evansville, Indiana, as he discusses hemp CBD and how it’s benefiting his customers and local community. Directed and shot by Brendan Cleak. Edited by Brendan Cleak and Caryn Sandoval.
Profile of a Hemp Farmer (2018)
Meet Joseph Kelly: hemp farmer, entrepreneur and the owner of one of the largest hemp farms in the country, and learn how hemp is changing the way he thinks about modern agriculture.
Directed and shot by Brendan Cleak. Edited by Lauren Hines.
Playing the Long Game (2017)
An interview with Michalel Kanter of Cambridge Naturals in Cambridge, Massachussetts.
Directed, shot & edited by Brendan Cleak.
Starting Your Health Journey (2017)
An interview with Nathan McCoy and Health Journey Health Foods near Murray, Kentucky.
Directed, shot & edited by Brendan Cleak.
Is Hemp CBD Oil Safe? (2017)
An interview with Joel Detjen, Wellness Manager of Windmill Farms, San Diego.
Directed, shot & edited by Brendan Cleak. Audio by Caryn Sandoval.
Daydreaming Endlessly (2016)
A vignette.
Created for the Radiohead Daydreaming competition.
Meet Me in Orbit - We Are Grown (2015)
Music Video
Song by: Meet Me in Orbit
Directed and Edited by: Brendan Cleak and Caryn Sandoval
Starring: Rosemary Scalabreezy and CJ Bews
Props and Effects: Ashley Martin, Rachel Navarro and Bear Bews
Additional Props and Effects: Trevor Cleak and Melissa Tamarago
Special Thanks: Sky Council Recordings, Dan Bews, Tammy Bews and Geoff Cleak
Meet Me in Orbit - Lightyears Away (2014)
Music Video
Song by: Meet Me in Orbit
Directed and Edited by: Brendan Cleak and Caryn Sandoval
Starring: Caryn Sandoval and Jared Brannan
Additional Lighting Effects: Brandon Bews and Matt Biundo
Armada (2014)
Music Video
Directed by: Brendan Cleak & Caryn Sandoval
Starring: Blaine Counter & Caryn Sandoval
With thanks to: Matt Biundo
The Apparatus (2010)
A short experimental film about a woman trying to find her past.
6079_ZN (2010)
A woman is being watched. Offical selection of the 2010 Santa Cruz Film Festival and Ventura Film Festival.