DJ Chino filmed his new music video for “Si Te Agarro” featuring Fito Blanko & Papayo at M3 Studios.
Choosing many of the locations around the lot to use for the video, from our industrial freight elevator, to mood halls and staircases, to scenes shot within a soundstage, the facilities numerous on set location type settings added to the atmospheric feel of the video. It also never hurts when you get some sexy latin women in lingerie, catchy hook, great rhythms and you have yourself one hell of a video, “esa nena quiere que yo la ponga a vacilar!!! ”
Contact me and find out why the music industry prefers shooting their music videos at M3 Studios Miami, from production office space, soundstages, production studio, green screen and white cyc walls we have everything you need to produce your multimedia project.
Another installment of “Filmed At M3”, we have a Maybach Music Group music video that was filmed at M3 Studios.
Magazeen shot his “Black Panamera” music video in Studio C. Using the cyc wall to showcase a few Porsche Panamera’s that played well in the black and white video, with dance choreography adding to the energy of the record.
Check out the music video and schedule a visit to find out why artist prefer shooting their music videos at M3 Studios
M3 Studios was recently the location used to shoot Erika Janye and Flo-Rida’s new music video for “Get It Tonight”. The music video was shot by famed Norwegian director Ray Kay. Who has worked with the likes of Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Jessie J, Beyoncé Knowles, Steven Tyler, Adam Lambert, Backstreet Boys, and a slew of other top music artist.
The music video features the high end super-charged $700,000 Raptor GTR a beast of a machine. This new 2012 Mosler RaptorGTR features an 838hp 7.0L forged V8 twinturbo powerplant accelerating only 2580lbs. Its fast, very fast, and extremely sleek looking, a jet on wheels really. Our friend Marvin Williams over at Big M Entertianment snapped these incredible pictures, visit his company site for additional pictures of this street rocket.
Of course we will bring you the music video as soon as its released, by the sets, director, talent, and two days it took to film, it should be hot.
M3 STUDIOS – home to some of the biggest in-studio film productions in the music industry.
MIAMI – Nov. 26, 2012: Spanish-language network MundoFox is currently airing new episodes of the successful drama “El Capo 2”. “El Capo 2” will run weekdays at 9:00 p.m. EST/8:00 p.m. CST. “El Capo” is one of the biggest Spanish language series to come out of Colombia, with 2.2 million likes on its Facebook page as well as a rating of 7.1 out of 10 on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB). It is also the most expensive, costing 18 billion Colombian pesos (10 million USD) to produce. “El Capo” is the story of Pedro Pablo Jaramillo, a man who becomes one of Colombia’s most notorious drug traffickers. It’s only after he’s discovered by the law that everything starts coming apart, which is where “El Capo 2” picks up.
“El Capo 2” starts with Jaramillo traveling to Miami to do two things: escape the detective who is chasing him, and break his wife and daughter out of prison. The geographical move in the TV show translated to a geographical move for production as well: after a whirlwind of schedule changes due to upcoming hurricanes, producer Lyonel Montells, almost singlehandedly brought production of “El Capo 2” to Miami for 15 consecutive days of shooting wile working with Plural Entertainment and M3 Studios. The production took place on land with car chases, crashes and gun shootouts, on the air with helicopters landing in the middle of downtown Miami, and at sea with fleets of over 15 vessels. M3 Studios handled all the logistics of vessels, stunt vehicles and coordinations, weapons & ammunition, special effects, security and even location scouting and casting. Even the Head of M3 Studios, Raul Rodriguez, was put back in action as Stuntman, Gun Wrangler, FX, Stunt and safety coordinator for the duration of the Miami shoot.
To get a behind the scenes look at the scenes shot in Miami, visit M3 Studios website at http://www.M3StudiosMiami.com, the blog section will have an in-depth look at “El Capo 2” shooting in Miami, along side crew list who’s roles we would like to acknowledge for their contribution in making “EL Capo’s” Miami based production a success for Fox Telecolombia. Action sequences included multiple machine gun shootouts throughout the city of Miami. A daring car crash where a bus sidelined a police transport unit in the streets of Downtown Miami. This scene was filmed just three blocks from the real Federal Courthouse. Viewers can see this on episode 54.
The production took talent and crew to shoot at the Fowey Rocks Lighthouse, No Name Harbor at Bill Baggs State Park, Marine Stadium, Rickenbacker Causeway, Palm Island, the streets of midtown and downtown Miami, Bayside Marketplace, Bayfront Park and even the streets of Allapatah.
M3 Studios has been in the film business for nearly 10 years, with 7 soundstages and studios available for use. M3 also has 60,000 square feet of flex-space that can be used for any production need as well as a full network of personnel available. Contact us to receive a tour or quote for your next project.
Well-known Colombian drama series “El Capo 2” is back for a second season on MundoFox.
The second season, called “El Capo 2”, is the first program on MundoFox to be accessible to English-speaking viewers, as the episodes now feature English subtitles. It is also the most expensive series produced in Colombia at 18 billion Colombian pesos (the equivalent of 10 million U.S. dollars).
Fox Telecolombia, the company who produces “El Capo”, moved the series’ action to Miami for the show’s second season as part of the story elements. Fox Telecolombia utilized M3 Studios Miami production expertise and knowledge of the Miami market while shooting “El Capo 2”.
Production in Miami took place during a two-week time frame. Where crews shot scenes in Biscayne, Downtown Miami, & South Beach.
M3 handled the co-production in Miami, including everything from stunt & rescue coordination to security and police logistics to location scouting and even casting for extras and crew personnel.
Stay tuned to see some exclusive never before seen pictures from the production, we will be posting behind the scenes of the making of “El Capo 2” through our Website,Facebook and Twitter pages.
Does The Suit Make The Man or Does The Man Make The Suit?
The new Iron Man 3 Trailer has been revealed to all but the most secluded humans holed up in barren, 4g –dead zones and wifi cold spots. Speculation was already inflating among fans, as this is the first post-Avengers escapade for Marvel, and the first for Tony Stark since the less than stellar Iron Man 2, which many people took for a hundred million dollar commercial for The Avengers. The trailer’s release has only permeated that supply of imaginative wonder as it gets dissected frame by frame for potential clues to the story’s premise and direction.
We’re fans at heart; hence, we’re no different. Read our observations below.
The Iron Man Rises?
Before we begin, we understand that there are a million, non-linear ideas taken out of context that can go into a trailer. Often, these previews isolate tones, themes, and emotions targeted at a specific audience, which may be a far cry from the final product. How many of us remember thinking In Bruges was going to be a lighthearted comedy?
But there is no mistaking the new dark tones present in the third arch of the Iron Man franchise. It starts with a battered Tony Stark laying submissively in a frozen wasteland, and the rest of the trailer is a progression of ass kicking at his expense. It’s a polar shuffle from the marking strategies of the previous films, which used tracks from ACDC and Robert Downey Jr.’s one-liners to lure us into the seats with promises of fun and humor. It’s almost like they hired Christopher Nolan to direct it. Like The Dark Knight Rises, this installment will be the darkness before a dawn, though we can still expect Downy Jr. to be in full court jester mode since one of the more endearing qualities of the franchise is his tenacity to laugh at his own insane circumstances.
There are other similarities with Nolan’s Batman trilogy, the first of which being that Batman and Iron man are essentially inter-dimensional doppelgangers of each other, with both being emotionally unstable billionaires- with daddy issues- who use their fortunes to fund their vendettas.
Like TDKR, the villain is inspired from the first film, with Batman resurrecting The League of Shadows and Iron Man doing battle with his deadliest foe, The Mandarin, who was first alluded to in the first film with the inclusion of a terrorist group known as The Ten Rings. The baddies themselves are both international terrorists, with distinguishably questionable voices (Ben Kingsley sounds like he’s narrating a Charles Dickens novel), who employ methods of attrition as a strategy to slowly break down their opponents. Bane crushed batman’s back and used his weapons and vehicles against him while the Iron Man trailer reveals that The Mandarin will blow up Stark’s home and sabotage the technology to manipulate his suit. Which brings us to our next critical observation…
War Machines
Iron Man 3 looks to continue paving a journey to define what it is to be a hero, the seeds of which were planted by Captain America in The Avengers when he implied that Tony Stark was just an egomaniac in a suit.
“Take away the suit, and what are you?” He asks.
Of course Tony rose to the occasion by sacrificing himself for the sake of New York, and it appears that IM3 will continue developing that theme by stripping him of his toys and pushing his limits as a man.
We see shots of various suits of armors self destructing in sequence, and several (somewhat erotic) clips of the Iron Man suit attacking Tony and Pepper. There’s no doubt that director, Shane Black, knew the kind of response such imagery would generate. One can’t help but notice sci-fi elements from classics like Bladerunner and Isaac Asimov novels.
I'm Sorry. I think we're moving a little too fast
This game of man vs. machine will be escalated by Tony Stark’s voluntary fusion with nano technology. The inclusion of Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce), and a shot of Tony commanding pieces of his armor via telekinesis, all but guarantee that portions of the “Extremis” storyline from the comics will be at play. Expect Tony to gain the ability to manipulate technology – from cellphones to satellites – through the sheer will of his mind.
With over six months to go, many of these thoughts can be accused of moving prematurely, but where’s the fun in waiting to find out?
We Need a Place to Crash for the Night. Any Takers?
Political commissions should come with their own laugh tracks, because it’s always hilarious when elected officials attempt to make “business” decisions. Burn Notice, The USA network’s ratings darling about Michael Westen, a former CIA operative who’s been ‘burned’ and left to rot in a South Florida purgatory, is on the verge of losing the old Coconut Grove Convention Center that it’s called home since 2006. The producers are now scrambling to find a new set for the show’s seventh season, which might lead them to abandon the city altogether. Miami Commission Chairman, Marc Sarnoff, is spearheading the eviction campaign to make room for a new waterfront park.
As Michael Bay demonstrated, the entertainment industry can do wonders for our city. Burn Notice has generated over a hundred million dollars for our local economy during its six year run, in addition to the 240 thousand it pays annually to rent the convention center. The production’s energy needs are met locally; they hire local crews and extras, and the supplies needed to construct, blow-up and rebuild their sets are purchased from local retailers. Think about that intricate chain of commerce. It affects a lot of folks in this town. Disrupting it would cause a deficit that won’t be refilled by building another park in Coconut Grove.
Additionally, the financial numbers don’t account for the fact that Michael Westen’s weekly exploits bring our city to the national stage every week. Unlike CSI: Miami – which was mostly shot in LA- and Showtime’s, Dexter, – which left for LA after one season because of the outrageous cost of hurricane insurance – Burn Notice is actually filmed on location. Many of Miami’s scenic views, local treasures, and cultural landmarks make it into the production, bringing an authenticity to the character of our city that hasn’t been seen on screen since the days of Miami Vice.
Miami is a powerhouse of productions, but its potential is still incubating; we don’t have the clout to defiantly piss off Hollywood. Remember: there’s nothing on film that can’t be built in a sound stage in New Mexico.
Mr. Sarnoff produced his own line of theater – but didn’t exactly inspire hope for a compromise – by telling producer Terry Miller to not “get up at the mic because I’m not going to entertain a discussion. You simply need to see me,” during a meeting at city hall.
We have to ask: What would Michael Westen say?
When attempting to present your city as a promiscuous Mecca for the entertainment industry, it’s imperative that you not evict a nationally syndicated, critically revered show that flushes your economy with money, especially if said show pays rent to broadcast a forty-five minute weekly advertisement featuring your city. You also don’t want to demolish the very building that makes the stream of income possible. It’s imperative that you not replace that building with a park that won’t generate an ounce of revenue and become nothing more than a parade ground dog poop. Igniting these lapses of judgment into action can result in volatile fallout between you and the very hands you’re trying to eat from.
Television is fickle and transient. Shows die all the time for a variety of reasons: the public loses interest, ratings drop, and we all move on. Burn Notice will not run like The Simpsons, unless we’re willing to watch Michael Weston cash his social security checks and shoot from a Hoveround. The show has a limited number of seasons left int the tank . It is asinine to boot the production while its still fertile with great PR and economic subsidies.
Coconut Grove is already drowning in parks; Peacock and Kennedy Park are both within a mile of the convention center. Can’t the residents survive another year or two without another one?
Miami is sexy. It’s an international Dreamweaver that penetrates global imaginations with its free flowing auras of vice, beauty, and sunshine. But this incident could leave a dark bruise that could deter future productions from casting us.
You don’t mess with the film industry. They’ll flip you the bird, pack up and leave for a brothel of suitors begging for their presence with incentives and tax breaks. And if they need Miami for a scene or two, they’ll just build it on a sound stage in New Mexico. We can’t risk being black-balled by Hollywood.
If Burn Notice can’t stay in Coconut Grove, then it is imperative that the show be allowed to finish its run within the community that nurtured its success. At M3 studios, we’re waiting with open arms and a production house that’s camera ready.
M3 STUDIOS, MULTI-MEDIA STUDIOS, PROPOSES A SOLUTION TO BURN NOTICE’S 7TH AND FINAL SEASON’S DILEMMA, IN THE HOPES OF MAINTAINING THE SHOW’S PRODUCTION IN SOUTH FLORIDA
M3 Studio’s filming infrastructure is a viable alternative to TVM’s current difficulties of shooting in South Florida
You’ve all seen it. Roommate relationships ending the aggressive way: clothes and expensive equipment flying out the window, pulverized soon after on the pavement below. I’m sure Burn Notice, the veteran USA jam-packed action thriller, might wish there was a better solution to its similar living arrangement conflict with Coconut Grove, than experiencing this scene for the neighborhood to see. Unfortunately for Burn Notice though, it doesn’t have the option of couple’s therapy like in USA’s freshman drama Common Law when dealing with the commissioners. Lucky for TVM productions, M3 Studio’s has a solution. We’re looking for a roommate and we see some good chemistry between us. And trust us, we know how to treat our fellow cohabiters; M3 never opens a door with a sock on the doorknob, never leaves dirty dishes, always calls before having company, and never makes you build your own offices overnight (like some people have had to do.) Interested in us, Burn Notice? Cause we sure are in you.
So what makes M3 your best relocation option? While Marc Sarnoff, Coconut Grove Commissioner, suggested the drama be relocated to the upcoming Miami Entertainment Complex, is just a warehouse with the bare essentials, Fox Entertainment Studio’s Head of Production Robert Lemchen disagrees. Lemchen said in response: “The cost of moving the show to another facility would be around $1 million,” so high because of moving costs associated with electrical wiring installation and a significant amount of necessary upgrades. Though there will still be a cost to rebuild some of its sets, M3 Studios is a professional film facility already electrically wired, air-conditioned and ready to house television and film productions of Burn Notice’s stature.
M3 studios is a one-stop-shop, located 15 minutes from anywhere in Miami, a 122,000 sq. ft. facility that includes seven fully-equipped sound stages and studios, 60,000 square feet of flex-type space, easily transformable into production offices, standing sets, rehearsal space. There are also four on-site parking lots that can be used as backlots for Burn Notice’s production. M3 Studio’s is a fully air-conditioned, soundproofed, sound- conditioned 7-soundstage facility with lightning grids throughout, built in jails, interrogation rooms, un-used raw spaces, elephant doors to all stages, dressing rooms, make-up rooms, green rooms, full support areas, & plenty of backlots. We also have below-the-line capabilities, a convenient on-site transportation/limousine service and an in-house photographic studio with a large CYC wall, passenger elevators with freight elevator. Plus, all amenities are strategically placed to provide one place to shoot, produce, edit, and master the production.
Don’t believe that a fully functioning studio infrastructure already exists in Miami? Just talk to some of our current roommates: Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit Productions, Univision’s Al File de La Ley, Telemundo’s Relaciones Peligrosas & MTV’s newest series.
Oh, and Burn Notice, feel free to come tour the house anytime you’d like; M3 is located at 4000 NW 36th Ave Miami Fl, 33142 and we can’t wait to meet you. A beautiful friendship awaits.
Sometimes, the world needs to stop in order for us to place things in perspective. Christopher Nolan’s epic conclusion to his Batman franchise was supposed to embody all of the mystical elements that lure us to the theater for a collective spectacle of awe. It was expected to compete with the record setting 207 million the Avenger’s garnered during its opening weekend. We’ll never truly know how the tragic shooting in Aurora, Colorado might have affected the final numbers. But at the end of the day, it’s only money and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of the slaughter. We won’t give the suspect the publicity he craves by mentioning his name.
Despite it all, TDKR pulled in 162 million dollars, a feat only five other films – Including its predecessor- have achieved during an opening weekend. It’s good to see that the actions of one deranged individual aren’t stopping people from enjoying the one true, beautiful, American art form.
Words can never express the suffering and horror plaguing the citizens of Aurora, but we wish them well in their recovery. If Batman stands for anything at all, it is that great things can come out of dire tragedies. Here’s hoping for a positive, cultural response.
