Mystery Box

Sharing snapshots from a project we just wrapped up, highlighted by a wonderful premiere in Washington DC. It was an incredible experience and truly international production. We worked closely with range of historical scholars, casted two incredible leads out of London, filmed in Cape Town, South Africa with a killer crew, post at Paradox and VFX with Cubic, our Almaty, Kazakhstan partners. We grateful to work with talented people, it takes a village and this village crushed it. DIRECTOR:  @jacobschwarz PRODUCER: @davidliddellthorpe CO-PRODUCER: @boomtownfilmssa LINE PRODUCER: @willemkampenhout WRITER: @iandavidhawkes DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: @devintoselli EDITOR: @evanmcarpenter ASSISTANT EDITOR: @kuri_papa SOUND DESIGN AND MIX: @bythewaymay MUSIC: Kurt Heinecke PRODUCTION: @mysterybox and @boomtownfilmssa POST PRODUCTION: @paradoxpost

Recently, we had the privilege of crafting a visual narrative for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, tracing the Easter story’s pivotal moments. It’s a project that challenged us to blend historical authenticity with modern storytelling. A big thank you to our incredible team and the creative talents at @boncomslc for making this impactful piece possible. #EasterStory #Easter2024 #MysteryBox #HistoricalAuthenticity #ModernStorytelling #Filmmaking #CinematicStory #VisualNarrative #CreativeCollaboration #FilmCrewLove #StorytellingMagic #FilmProduction #DirectorOfPhotography #Cinematography #BehindTheScenes #FilmEditing #ProductionDesign #Scriptwriting #VisualEffects #FilmCommunity

Honored to work with clients who trust us with their creative vision. And grateful to work with these teams of talented people and creative spirits. Cheers to working with great Utah creative and crew! #UtahFilm #UtahCreative #MysteryBoxWins #UtahFilmCrew #AddyAwards #UtahAdvertising #CreativeVision #UtahProduction #FilmUtah #UtahTalent #SupportUtahCreatives #UtahFilmmakers #UtahArts #UtahFilmCommunity

Production has started on our feature film “Tamerlane” in Uzbekistan. We brought together an amazing cast and crew from all corners to the world, to bring tell the story of the legendary Amir Timur. US > UK > Mongolia > Uzbekistan > Kazakhstan @tamerlanemovie

Redwoods in 8k 60p HDR, link in bio! A client came to us in 2020 and asked if we could make a retail demonstration video of a destination, but the world was on lock down at the moment. So we drove out to the northwest to one of our favorite spots. Most of the resources for the Redwoods are on reservations, which were all shut down, so we had to pack in all of our food for the trip. A bit of an adventure and always stunning to visit. We are excited to come back to one of our favorite spots.

Check out our new work /watch?v=VwiC0xtTkcE Entranced with the idea of stories told forwards and in reverse, our team created this dance narrative. Directed, choreographed and edited by Paradox Post in house editor, Amanda Hoover. Director | Choreographer | Editor: @amandahooverprobably DP: @jacobschwarz Producers: @jess_burgin Exec Producer: @katiecschwarz and @willemkampenhout Dancer: @coreeeeeeee Camera Op: @kuri_papa 1st AC: @niceboytrash Gaffer: @skylersorenson PA: @_charvey95_ BTS: @trevorchristensen Post House: @paradoxpost Post Producer: @wingetmichael Post Supervisor: cephasismyname Colorist: @drewtekulve Music: @bythewaymay

Nine complete strangers from Generation Z were asked to binge a new series on camera, when they arrived in our studio, we revealed it was @thechosentvseries Our feature length documentary explores their reactions to a show and its relevances to their generation.

We’ve been hard at work on our latest documentary, “Monuments”. It recounts the real life stories of a Syrian Archaeology team who put their lives on the line to save the rich history of Syria from opposing groups working to sell and profit from artifacts.

Alaska in 8K release today on YouTube. One of our favorite places we’ve been, just beautiful. @jacobschwarz @mrsiemers @kuri_papa @drewtekulve @cephasismyname

Check out our new work! /watch?v=Yjmbbi4Vgdo Thrilled and grateful for the opportunity to work on this project with @lumix . Sci-fi adaptation of the famous poem by Alfred Noyes. Thanks to all involved! Director & DP: @jacobschwarz Screenplay & Prod Design: @carissakgaard Producers: @mrsiemers @willemkampenhout Exec Producer: @katiecschwarz 1st AD: @neilhiatt Gaffer: @jaredjaynes Key Grip: @austin.dop 1st AC: @tfreefilm BTS: @kuri_papa SPFX: @brandonainge Prod Coordinator: @tesskkelly Prod & Art Assistant: @maddisonkaye Hair & Makeup: @hildebrandt_hair Post House: @paradoxpost Editor: @amandahooverprobably & @kuri_papa Post Producer: @wingetmichael Colorist: @drewtekulve Sound & Music: @bythewaymay Arm Car & Drone: @overridefilms Stunts: @cbrstuntteam Prop Maker: @danny.haskell Highwayman: @cheese_village Bess: @marissawoolf.creative Tim: @forrforr

We are excited to announce our new partnership with @overridefilms . Override is one the best dynamic camera movement service companies out there. With their impressive reputation of providing high quality service and results to their clients, we are excited to start offering our robots and robots services under the Override brand. As Mystery Box has grown over the years so has our focus on providing broader end-to-end production services for our clients. We found it would be best to to move our robot services to more of a specialized service provider. But don’t worry @jacobschwarz and @kuri_papa will still actively be doing robot jobs and applying their skills and knowledge but now all under the Override Brand. @motorizedprecision

Be sure to tune in to @goodmorningamerica on Dec 20th as part of your holiday celebrations! We were lucky to work with @philwickham , @maverickcitymusic , @brandonlake , @onevoicechildrenschoir , and @thechosentvseries again!