Recreation Films

06/04/2025

REC x Childish Gambino 🎶music video🎥 collab, y’all!
We made art with an incredible team and a generational talent.
Beyond digital streaming, our work lives in an ultra-rare, limited edition vinyl record box with an LCD player; a first-of-its-kind creation by the artist’s team for his album Atavista. We co-developed the video concept to realize (Donald Glover, aka) Childish’s wish to replicate the look & feel of the cinematic film Samsara using infant children.
Our images paired with his song, The Violence, amplify his lyrical social commentary about the impact of violence on youth, making space for hope & living in the present amid the discomfort.

We shot over two days in our studio, with meticulous attention to art, lighting and the energy required to get the goods from the little ones.
All babies left smiling. Childish & his team at Wolf + Rothstein were stoked. REC dreamed another dream & realized it.
Major thanks to our long-time friends/collaborators who are the best in the biz at production with little ones.
Check out the full music video & more on our website: https://recreationfilms.com/work/childish/

    1    Excerpt from music video
    2    Vinyl album box with built-in LCD player
    3    Unboxing
    4    BTS
    5    Credits
    6    Glow in the dark print
……..
Director - Matt Donovan
Cinematographer - Matty McClain
Executive Producer - Sarah Blaszczak
Producer/AD - Andrew Jennings
Gaffer - James Usmanov
Casting - Happy Little Production
Production Manager - Joanna Muenz
Child Wrangler - Kaysh Shinn
Production Designer - Matt Donovan
Production Assistant - Lem Worrell
Editor - Matty McClain
Compositor - Nick Gray
Colorist - Jensen Vinca
Artist Collective - Wolf + Rothstein
Artist Management - Chad Taylor
Creative Director - Muhozi Nintunze
Label - RCA
Location - Recreation Studios in Irvington, NY

03/22/2025

WRAPPED!!!! Thanks to everyone in this shot (and many who are not) we crossed the finish line SMILING after a monster week in the studio. We’re so lucky to get to work with such amazing and talented people who make even the hardest days on set feel fun.

11/26/2024

04/08/2024

We see you! 😎🌖🌗🌘🌑

03/19/2024

We're offering two discounts for first-time studio renters! Let us know how we can support your next project 🎥

Book the studio at: https://recreationfilms.com/rentals/

03/18/2024

We're on the road today, and we always want to have something tangible to hand out-- so these QR cards do the trick.

Creative cards get shared often, and they can be a bit more meaningful and personal. While we like to surf on the cutting edge of technology, we've got a soft spot for certain real world classics, like a business card. So we packed a stack for the IHA conference in Chicago today!

03/14/2024

Did you remember to pack lunch?!?! 🥪 🍍 🥨

We specialize in making collaboration turnkey & easy for all of our client partners. And we love working with playful, colorful brands!

Want proof? Check our website: https://buff.ly/3VdjyUI

03/07/2024

Vetting partners and talent is challenging. It represents a significant, ongoing commitment to ensure we're recruiting the right people for our team, especially when large client projects are at stake. As a small content studio that "scales up" based on the production size, we don't typically have everyone on staff full-time. So every time we dive into pre-production, we're filling various roles—ranging from producers, to gaffers, to food stylists, to acting talent, and to the editors & VFX specialists who bring the piece to life in post-production.

While we possess a deep roster of trusted individuals, time inevitably brings change. People move, people move on, or sometimes aren't the right fit for a specific job. We have a number of ways to interview, tests to perform, and instincts we apply. However, as the saying goes, "You have to kiss a lot of frogs…" and a significant portion of our year is dedicated to taking chances on people that don't always work out.

The upside is, when we strike gold, we have a collaborator for life—a treasured person that we get to consider a friend, and introduce to our greater network of eager studios and producers, who are out "hunting for white whales," as we like to say.

12/21/2023

When our fam makes a terrific product, we love to help them share it with the world. Hands down, the best olive oil you can find. Give it, use it, live better 🧿