One Day in Houston

Organic short documentary showing the cool, hidden life of Houston, America's 4th Largest city. Features interviews with George Foreman, Chloe Dao, Lauren Anderson and others. Musical performances by Beetle and Michael Ward. Great cinematography and editorial. Produced by Merideth Melville. Directed by W. Ross Wells.

[@KimMessengerOfRap]

H-Town born and raised! I love my city!!!

[@sterlinged]

What an fantastic video on one of my most favorite cities. I was born in Houston, but moved away when I was very young. I always returned to visit my grandparents every summer---so it's always been like a second home. The skyline still takes my breath away everytime I visit.

[@zenfilm]

Hey Wayne, Come on down, thanks for the positive energy. Glad to hear you'll be joining us. It really is a great place to live.

[@texastradition]

Fantastic documentary! I have lived here all of my life (30 years) and all I ever heard growing up is how bad Houston was in many areas... nationally and even by the locals. Not any more! I love my hometown... always have. But things are changing and Houston is on the verge of becoming one of the best cities in America and beyond. Your film is proof of that. Nice work!

[@zenfilm]

Thank you for the positive feedback...it is a really cool place to live. Glad you will be joining the tribe.

[@zenfilm]

Glad we could help. Travel safe...glad you will be joining us. All the best...

[@dflaquer]

i love love love houston!!! i love living here

[@zenfilm]

Our music scene, every kind of music is important to us, we were only able to shoot so much in our 4 days of principal photography...there are many things that we need to include next time around. Thanks for your comments Polly..

[@zenfilm]

I have never seen HTCC...but I hear it is a very good film and have been meaning to check it out for some time. This is a completely separate project but we are happy to be in such good company. Thanks.

[@zenfilm]

Thanks for the kind words Henry. We used the Sony CineAlta F950 HDCam with DigiPrime lenses..a great look. A lot of that look is a direct result of the talented cinematographers on the project Raul Casares and Wayne Forster...they turned in remarkable work. Everything was edited & color graded in uncompressed 4:4:4 HD at Zenfilm. We then captured the HD master and output an H.264 quicktime as close to the file size limit as possible. Hope this helps, all the best, Ross

[@zenfilm]

Thanks for the good vibes Camerino... come see us anytime.

[@rosegomez07]

Thanks for posting the video, I go to Houston often to visit my mother, I have to go sight seeing more often there.

[@magpiemarie]

I'm moving to Houston, Texas for two years of school here in about three weeks. I'm excited, but I'm also a little nervous. I'm trying to think more positively about it, and this vid is helping me do so. Lol. Thanks - Magpie Marie

[@zenfilm]

Thanks Officer McCoy! Glad to help out HPD any way we can.

[@zenfilm]

Thanks GreenCyn...we are trying to present the city that we love from the perspective of people that live here and love it. Hopefully changing some misconceptions in the process. Really appreciate your kind words. Happy Holidays.

[@SouthernPsycho77]

You forgot "Fitzgeralds"! Lots of famous artists played there. Bands like Stained, Mudvayne, Stevie Ray Vaughn and even James Brown. But over all great vid. Good job zenfilm.I enjoyed it.

[@zenfilm]

Our teams and our racers are all very important components of our city...they just weren't all in action or available during our 5 days of filming...but we are working on including them in future projects. Thanks for the feedback...

[@bavarian330]

awsome....i hope ur life in Houston works out well...i love this city and the surrounding cities

[@zenfilm]

Thanks spencer6 thanks for the positive words, and I will certainly check HTCC

[@BigBlackDan]

HOUSTON! i love it!

[@ravzir]

been there for 10(ten) days :D and i absolutely fell in love with the place :D hope someday I'll return for a longer stay...

[@redshift40]

Very nice camera work. Houston should be proud of this.

[@DJPROCK]

i will never move from houston born with houston texas pride i love my city

[@justsomeonehere]

I'm so glad I moved back to Houston :D

[@zenfilm]

Thank you Reggie, we appreciate your support

[@anonimato1987]

I´ve been in Spain 8 years.I miss u h-town

[@reggiebibbs]

This is really nice. I will be checking out all of your work. I;m send this to my friend who does not live here. Thank you.

[@rpoetic]

Wow I love my city Houston and they ever did a high budget promo for the next Olympics or in general. Please do it this was great!

[@zenfilm]

Hi Istar77, Thanks for your feedback, it is much appreciated. We covered as much ground as we could in our 5 days of shooting and didn't cover everything..but any omissions are unintended and due to shooting/running time and the people we could line up for those shoot days. Besides...we had to save some good stuff for the sequel.

[@paulipaz]

here here! And i wasn't even born here, but i came when i was very young.

[@txgirl05]

The Willowbrook area is a good area to live in. The traffic is annoying but it's a safe area.

[@Roger007Audioslave]

lol welcome to HUGESTON!!!

[@zenfilm]

Thanks Texastradition!

[@DirtyGarageTx]

i love been from houston

[@zenfilm]

Thanks...we will be putting some new stuff up soon.

[@connortpurcell]

go houston!!!

[@WorldAroundProd]

Lauren Anderson like choreograph dances for Jeff Davis... i'm going there next year

[@brwnsugarrxD]

wooohooo houstonnnnn!(:

[@DJPROCK]

you can find a good home in the areas around houston and good work you have to look dont be like other people and just sit at home cus man theres alot of work and fun in houston

[@kylerobi]

not to mention the texas medical center, galveston, the university of houston and rice university (among many others). thought it was funny tht brian cheng mentioned the astros, texans, and rockets but not the dynamo! we also have 2 division 1 college programs in rice and UH.

[@LunaCosmia]

Its strange to hear ppl talk about houston being so awesome. I guess I take it for granted since I live here. lol

[@hoodfigga1000]

houston all day

[@gerberbaby281]

@esb84 it's more like 3 months out of the year. oct-april is lovely, may & parts of june/sep are warm but bearable...july, august are the killer months lol

[@henrybenry]

i was asking HoustonChronicle about the compression rate that was used for this piece. its pretty sharp for a youtube vid. what type of camera does your production house use? great job!

[@Waynestarr]

hey! im moving to Houston in august of this year! when i visited my relatives there in November of last year i found a real nice apartment in northwest Houston(Willowbrook) area off of FM 1960 im in San Diego now in the Navy,and i cant wait to leave this overpriced,overated city! i cant wait to move to Houston! im originally from Louisiana also,which is 3 hours away from Houston! convienient right?? lol

[@UHKappaSig]

if u used to roll down the hill at herman park when u were a kid raise ur hand

[@spencerc6]

Well you made a very good film. And check out HtCC, it's also good. Get it at Movies the Store, on Richmond near Mandell.

[@DOTQWERTY218]

it is not that easy to get around houston without a car, you will need to still consider having a car.

[@pollytx]

Yeah, uh, they missed the C&W scene. Guess they didn't want to feed the sterotypes, but it's ignoring one of the things that makes Houston great. Nice video though!

[@theryanteodoro]

what about our sweet racing scene yo? WHAT ABOUT THE RACERZ???

[@Phanny11]

Lmfao I Have lived in Houston All My life, but I have never seen sunrise or Sunset xP Maybe it's cuz I'm having too much Fun To notice Lol GO HOUSTON!

[@StellYourSkyes]

most of it i just down town and the richer parts of houston ..show the rest

[@JeremyATX]

u should of went to the real part of houston the 3rd Ward and filmed all the candy painted slabs and have that song One Day by UGK playing in the background thats the real Houston at least my part of Houston

[@ducluu]

I'm in Houston, everything r actually not really look perfect, Black n poor areas r just as worse as anywhere in US, traffic is surely bad, crime rate is avg. But its very economical is live there, cheap housing, lots and lots of part jobs great for students, diverse, gas now is cheap compared to other cities, ethnic towns, and u can buy almost everystuff there, ; overall Houston is a very good choice!

[@DJPROCK]

there is alot of work in houston trust me

[@spencerc6]

Isn't this Hot Town Cool City?

[@waitEveryday]

? The transit systems sucks. This is no New York. You need a car to get anywhere in Houston, and if it isn't rush hour, the buses run just about every hour. In most cases you have to take a bus into the downtown area to connect with whatever bus you want to take to get where you need to go. Better give yourself 2 hours to get there.

[@jimmyjames133]

hpd is looking, they offer like $8000 hiring bonus

[@emekaiheanacho6971]

dude i also work and live and NJ..... I absolutely hate it here.....

[@L337v1n337]

without a car? Houston is not for you

[@jamesklosowski]

my dad has the same job as u

[@dickintexas]

Great city. Be sure you have a working air conditioner.

[@arnojohnson]

tell me some more what about police jobs i'm arnie

[@alexcetera]

I prefer Rio de Janeiro

[@bigtown]

This place is nothing like NY. This place is exactly what it is, an extremely conservative city and one of the blandest. This city has the personality of a pet rock.