Elephant Butte Inn & Ivory Spa and Marina Del Sur Commercials

Here are two commercials produced for the Elephant Butte Inn & Ivory Spa and for Marina Del Sur located in Elephant Butte, NM. These started airing early in May in El Paso on an ABC-affiliate channel.

Sierra County NM May 2009

Hi Folks,

The month of May 2009 has been really busy for us. We've travelled up and down the state of New Mexico, going up north to Chama, NM, then finally south to Carlsbad, NM. We hope to post photos and videos of our travels soon.

Anyway, here is a 30 second commercial we produced for the cities of Truth Or Consequences, and Elephant Butte New Mexico which airs on an ABC-affiliate channel in El Paso.

Enjoy!

This video was shot back in November 2008, a week before Thanksgiving, and a week before our friends Dawn and Blake got married. We shot at Dawn's family farm located in Lemitar, NM, a very small town just north of Socorro (where Madeline and I got married--see the connection here folks?)

Enjoy!

Dawn & Blake Pre Wedding Video from Jeff Anselmo on Vimeo.

MadJava Has Moved!!!

Jeff and Madeline's New Home!


After a short 3 months of construction, we finally move into our beautiful new house!



The open floor plan allows plenty of room for Madeline's baby grand piano.



Notice the 'college dorm room' style entertainment center. Yeah, we need to do some furniture shopping.



Augie, our dog, is just 'chillin' under our new dining room set.



The trash can may be ugly, but our kitchen is super stylin!



The master bathroom.



The giant jacuzzi bath tub... ahhhhh... need I say more?

Freshly laid sod.

Our backyard... open for parties!

Route to Tucumcari, NM

Hi Folks,

Back in February 28th 2009, me and Madeline was sent out by the Idea Group to shoot for a day at Tucumcari, New Mexico. Some of you may know that Tucumcari lies at the eastern part of New Mexico, about 100 miles to Amarillo, Texas, on the US-Intersate 40 highway.

Tucumcari, NM also lies along historic Route 66. Just like the sign says :)

Along Tucumcari's main drag are some old motels that have been restored to their vintage style.

Did you know that Tucumcari hosts a rich collection of Dinosaur fossils, bronze recreations, and even dinosaur eggs? Where do I look for more information, you may ask? Well, at the Mesalands Dinosaur Museum, of course!

One of many fossils found at the Mesalands Dinosaur Museum.

In this photo, student Mark Mancini is carefully drilling away bits of plaster covering a fossil bone. What? You didn't know that the Dinosaur Museum is also a classroom, and part of a community college? Find out more at Mesalands Community College!

This is Tucumcari's old train station that the city is trying to restore. Notice the missing letters.

Close up of the Tucumcari train station facade in early morning sunlight.

Tucumcari also has the "world's tallest classroom." It is a training facility for future wind farm technicians, and folks to help maintain wind farms.

Back To Clovis, NM

On March 18th and 19th, MadJava and the Idea Group went back to Clovis, NM to shoot additional footage for the Norman and Vi Petty Rock and Roll Museum. It was great to see old friends (big hello to Ernie Kos, Chase Gentry, Nancy Gentry, and Nick Mondragon!), and meet some new ones (big hello to Val Alarcon, from the Idea Group, and Ashlee Stallings from the Clovis Chamber).

Johnny Rogers a.k.a. "Buddy Holly" performing in the Norman Petty Studios. The Petty Studios was used to record various Buddy Holly hits. Notice the ribbon microphone, used in many original recordings.

We set up this shot to be more dramatic. We used one key light to cast a heavy shadow, then later shot that shadow of "Buddy Holly".

Lisa Dunagan as "Vi Petty" playing on the original studio piano used in many recordings.

Chillin' in a sweet 1957 Ford Thunderbird on a country road. (Thanks to Dan Strickland for providing the cars!)

Posing in the '57 Ford convertible. It was a cold, windy morning, but we had fun following the car around country roads.

Me, Madeline, Jim Glover from the Idea Group, and Johnny Rogers in another cool ole' convertible! I think this was a Ford Fairlane (not sure of the year), but if we owned one I could certainly tell you (hint, hint Dan :)

Shooting the sock-hop scene at the museum. A '50s diner was setup and recreated beautifully before entering the display area of the museum.

Our 1950s sock-hop re-enactment scene, with local actors from the Clovis area.

Me and Madeline posing with the sock-hop cast. The kids who graciously volunteered their time are from Clovis High School. Thank you everyone! Y'all were great!

Taos Trippin' part 2

After one night in Taos, we headed off to Colorado. But before we did that, we stopped by the Rio Grande Gorge, just a few miles north of Taos.

Can you spot Madeline looking out on the bridge?

The bridge spans 1,280 feet across the gorge, and is the third highest bridge in the United States (thanks Wikipedia!).

Please do not try this at home. No sneaker was harmed during photography.

Us, standing precariously on the bridge, but smiling for the camera anyway.