Practical

07/10/2025

It was an absolute honor to be able to play a part of this project with a lot of talented people and an overwhelming amount of heart. Thank you to everyone who made the film possible, who were a part of it, and helped it find its much deserved broad release.

05/29/2025

Brand new brand work! Stills from our ad for .
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04/29/2025

Happy Birthday, Jake! You work too hard. Take it easy and leave some doing for the rest of us.

04/16/2025

Happy Birthday, Brian Raetz! And many happy returns to the man who we find so often with 1 foot behind the camera, 1 foot in front, and still wondering what to do with his hands.

01/27/2025

What’s the word for magic and spreadsheets? “Filmmaking?” It’s always hard to describe what we do for work, especially in evolving creative spaces in a changing industry. But we’re especially grateful for Craig at the Ticket for keeping an eye on what we’ve been up to and reaching out to ask some questions. Read the full article— link in bio!

01/27/2025

Small things on the horizon, Cap'n.

JohnPaul Morris always knew he wanted to make movies in northern Michigan. His company becoming a special effects house, though? Well, that came as a bit of a surprise. Morris is the owner of Practical Films, a Traverse City-based film production studio he started in 2009. Back then, Practical’s b...

11/08/2024

Practical has been doing more and more special effects work for different films around the country. Loose lips sink ships, so we can say that here Lake Michigan stands in for the Atlantic Ocean, and the year 2024 stands in for the 18th century.

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11/01/2024

Here we demonstrate how you CAN but should NOT rig an overhead shot. Featuring and captured on

06/19/2024

All our recent work distilled into 108 seconds. Enjoy our 2024 Production Reel!

05/28/2024

The Eavesdrop with Meena podcast invited director JohnPaul Morris for an episode to talk about about sneaking into the film industry, making movies Michigan, AI, and banana peels.
Link below:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4hi4mBWzAc6RkU99w6SHC9?si=ee4305c4906f4e32

01/20/2024

Here’s some from ‘WINTER’ while we wait for new winter BTS rolls to get developed and scanned.