The packages have arrived, and the excitement has reached it peak.  It’s no longer a build up to the thrill: The greatest day of the year is here!  We race down the stairs to see the boxes humbly awaiting us, as if smirking with the knowingness of what lies within.  We slash furiously into the carefully packaged wrapping, but it just can’t get into our hands fast enough.  The box finally gives; the top flips open for the great reveal…  THERE’S SO MUCH MORE PACKAGING!  We weed through the stuffing and begin to find the smaller packages within, each part building up to the greater whole of what new toy we finally have!  And there it is, beneath the rubble is the joy of it all: Christmas came early. Epic-X is here!  We immediately take it out of the box, set it up, and start to play.  This is what it’s all about.

From our family at GK to yours, Happy Holidays!

Tom and Kevin with author Susan Cain

The turkeys are here and gone, but the lethargy remains.  While 2011 nears its end via the holiday season and mindsets go from work, work, work, to shop, shop, shop, Get-Kinetic is juggling the business and seasonal tasks.  Keeping pace with the usual workload, Get-Kinetic has found more work coming from the NYC market as of late.  In early November Kevin was brought on to DP a spot for Verizon Wireless at Highline Studios in Chelsea.  Shot with GK’s 5D package, the crew included Tom as AC and John Welsh of Parlay Studios as the gaffer.

Adding on to an always-expanding resume, Get-Kinetic was most recently called on to shoot a multi-location book teaser.  The well known publishing company, Random House, hired Get-Kinetic to shoot and post a teaser for author Susan Cain’s upcoming book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.  The spot was shot in the archetypal New York locations: Time Square and Grand Central Station, and discusses the motivation and psychology behind the non-fiction piece, due for release in January.

Get-Kinetic has been gradually preparing for the Holiday season by stuffing our own stockings with some new toys from Santa.  We’ve recently updated our rental catalog with some new gear for the new year, such as the Arri M18, our 5D cinema package (as previously mentioned) and of course the latest edition, the Epic.  Like I said, working and shopping our way right into, and soon straight through, the mania of the holidays.  We wouldn’t have it any other way, though.