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Videos On The Air

Toby Keith
"God Love Her"

Blake Shelton
"She Wouldn't Be Gone"

Jewel
"Mary Kay/What's In A Kiss"

Jack Ingram
"That's A Man"

Trace Adkins
"I Got My Game On"

Josh Turner
"Another Try"

Nashville Star

Nashville Star - Season 6

Produced by

Jon Small

Having successfully completed 5 seasons of Nashville Star for USA Network, Jon Small just completed season 6 of the popular country reality series this year on NBC.

The show was hosted by country star Billy Ray Cyrus, who followed such illustrious hosts, from past seasons, as LeAnn Rimes, Jewel and Wynona. Serving as judges and mentors to the contestants this season, were Grammy Award nominee John Rich, of the multi-platinum duo Big and Rich, three-time Grammy nominee, singer/ songwriter Jewel and award-winning American country music songwriter, Jeffrey Steele.

America voted by the millions and this year's winner is Melissa Lawson. Congratulations to the new Nasville Star!

NEW DIRECTORS JOIN PICTURE VISION

We are very excited to introduce two new directors who have recently joined our Picture Vision team:

SCOTT SPEER comes to us from one of LA's leading commercial and video companies, HSI Productions, where he is repped for pop video. Given his background experience and demand in the pop world, we are thrilled that Scott has signed a deal with us to represent him exclusively in the country market. I always hear people crying out for videos that are "different" and "edgy" and the desire to "reinvent" country music video... Well, Scott is here for us with those fresh eyes. While his body of work ranges across all genres and styles, Scott's desire is to focus on stunning beauty pieces. His work with Paris Hilton, Ashley Tisdale, Brandi Carlile and other incredible beauties will offer a stylish yet diverse appeal to the women of country.

BRIAN LAZZARO also joins us from Los Angeles, where he was formerly with HSI Productions and will also be working with us exclusively for country video representation. When reels go out, you'll see that Brian's work is an ocean of diversity, including such artists as Pink, Rilo Kiley, Good Charlotte, The Veronicas, Rooney, and many others. With a natural visual edge to his work, you'll find he will fit the traditional mold of country music video while also appealing to mainstream country artist as well.

Picture Vision Pictures Wins 5
2008 CMT Awards

Video Director of the Year

Michael Salomon
"High Maintenance Woman" - Toby Keith
"I Got My Game On" - Trace Adkins
"Love Me If You Can" - Toby Keith

Video of the Year

Trey Fanjoy
"Our Song" - Taylor Swift

Female Video of the Year

Trey Fanjoy
"Our Song" - Taylor Swift

Male Video of the Year

Michael Salomon
"I Got My Game On" - Trace Adkins

Supporting Character of the Year

Michael Salomon
"I Got My Game On" - Rodney Carrington

Brad Paisley

BRAD PAISLEY'S "5TH GEAR TOUR" CAPTURED IN HD

Picture Vision's director Jon Small used 14 HD cameras to capture Brad's high tech tour which was filmed in St Louis in front of 16000 loyal Brad Paisley fans. "HD was the only way to go," per Small, " Brad uses more than 1000 Versa-tubes to light his amazing high energy tour. There were other chanallanges as well; there were another 40 LED TV monitors on stage, so that meant that all of them had to be balanced for the HD shoot."

In addition to directing 14 cameras, Small used 3 jibs,1 super techno crane with 2 cameras mounted on it,
2 Stadi-cams, 3 peds, 1 remote Hot-head and 4 Hand held cameras.

It took two days to set up, 1 day to shoot the show and another 3 days were spent shooting Brad's interviews which were set in Nahville, St. Louis and Ojai, CA.

Watch a clip from the shoot HERE.

Rascal Flatts Invades Las Vegas

The Las Vegas strip came to life when more than 1000 Rascal Flatts fans came to see their favorite band’s performance for the 2006 CMA Awards presentation.

Unlike most of the live performances during the awards show which were set on the stage of the MGM Grand Hotel, Rascal Flatts turned to long- time concert director Jon Small to give their performance a different live look.

Jon Small

"I wanted to capture the indigenous excitement of the place" said Small and so the vibrant Vegas strip was the perfect backdrop for this performance." With a small army of the best live TV crew, 10 cameras, 3 cranes, including the 50" techno crane, Small captured the band’s performance and to add another dimension to the excitement, he included pyro and fire explosions to the already rocking Rascal Flatts latest single "Me And My Gang."

Watch the performance (crank up the volume)

Jon Small Directs

Billy Joel "Last Play At Shea"

Billy Joel and Paul McCartney

Billy Joel, the pride of Long Island, New York, gave a rocking farewell to the New York Mets’ home, Shea Stadium. Shot over 2 sold-out nights, Billy called on his closest friend Jon Small to produce and direct this one-time event.

Small and his team, with 21 HD cameras, captured every moment of the event that will most likely go down as the biggest star-studded night of all times at the Stadium.

Joel and Small’s friendship started out long ago. Jon was Billy’s original drummer for 7 years. When Jon moved into film production, Billy was Jon’s first big client. “We made classic music videos together” said Small: Uptown Girl, Tell Her About It, Keeping The Faith., among others Jon also directed Billy many times in concert. “My all-time favorite up to this point was, Billy Joel Live At Yankee Stadium, so now I have two stadium shows with Billy - both awesome." says Small.

Joel tore through 35 amazing hits after hits at each concert night. He was joined each night by his close friends who flew from all parts of the world to be with Joel for the Last Play At Shea.

The all-star lineup of friends included Tony Bennett, John Mayer, Don Henley, John Mellencamp, Garth Brooks, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Roger Daltrey of the Who, and Paul McCartney who flew in from London only minutes before the show was over, to perform a few of the Beatles' hits.

The concerts were filmed for an upcoming feature film documentary. The events also marked the stadium’s place in music history – it came 43 years after the Beatles’ legendary show at Shea – the first concert at the ballpark, and closed with Billy Joel performing the last.

Jon Small Directs Garth Brooks: Live in LA
for CBS
with veteran Producer Ken Ehrlich

Garth Brooks is back for his first network special since his CBS concert "Coast to Coast" then produced by Jon Small.

For the CBS special Live from Los Angeles' Staples Center, Garth turned once again to his friend and director Jon Small to bring the viewers unique access through great photography, sound and lighting, of his extraordinary two-day, five-show extravaganza.

The CBS Garth Brooks: LIVE IN LA! from Staples Center in Los Angeles, Friday, January 25 (9:00-10:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT.)

GARTH BROOKS
ONE MAN, ONE CITY, ONE NIGHT
Produced and directed by
JON SMALL

LIVE! NOVEMBER 14th IN MOVIE THEATRES NATIONWIDE with special encore performance,
November 15th

AEG Network LIVE and Sprint, in association with National CineMedia's FATHOM, presented Garth Brooks on the big screen in select movie theatres nationwide. Garth had stepped out for nine special sold-out concerts from the new Sprint Center in Kansas City, with the finale telecast LIVE.

While there is nothing that can beat being physically present for the dynamic and powerful Brooks’ live experience, the big screen presentation came real close to feeling like you were right there. Produced and directed by Jon Small, the visuals in HD, on a grand scale of a movie theatre, had close ups of Garth so intimate, you could see the joy and fire in his eyes. The music mix was phenomenal with a surround sound system that created the feeling that while you were physically in the movie theatre, your head was sitting in the middle of that Sprint arena.

A 10-time Country Music "Entertainer of the Year" award winner, he is known for his dynamic and powerful concerts and described by many as "THE musical highlight of a lifetime."

GAC premieres Garth Brooks Behind the Video "Workin’ For A Living" featuring Huey Lewis.

The 30-minute special gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at how the video was created from the initial concept meeting, to the 10-hour shoot in over 100-degree weather! Viewers can see how director Jon Small keeps the
duo intact thanks to camera tricks and computer animation. Plus, Brooks and Lewis decide to have a little fun and get into some racing action of their own by taking Small’s rental car around the track for a tag-team joy ride.

For more information on GAC’s premiere of Garth Brooks Behind the Video "Workin’ For A Living", visit www.gactv.com

Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks Wows New York City

The Big Apple hosted country music's biggest night this year as the CMA Awards were held for the first time in New York City's Madison Square Garden.

The show's highlight came when Garth Brooks took the stage - not from Madison Square Garden - but from a packed Times Square in the heart of Manhattan. Once again Jon Small put his directorial signature on Garth's electrifying performance.