ABOUT

WE CREATE DIGITAL VIDEO CONTENT FOR OURSELVES

AND WE COULD DO THE SAME FOR NJ

ENTERTAINMENT CREATIVES

SCREENWRITERS & PLAYWRIGHT SIZZLE REELS
MUSIC VIDEOS 4 MUSICIANS W/ORIGINAL MUSIC
MUSIC VIDEOS 4 BANDS W/ORIGINAL MUSIC
MUSIC CREATION 4 LOW BUDGET TV/FILM PROJS

FROM CONCEPT TO SCREEN & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

THIS is NOT JUST our slogan:
Our creative team works expertly with audio, video & your story - where we produce, shoot & edit videos for Entertainment Creatives in North Jersey & Central NJ and we work within your budget
We are a one stop creative shop for busy creatives
We are dedicated to delivering high-quality video & film content on a budget
Our passion for storytelling and attention to detail sets us apart from the rest. nj entertainment artists video-projects actors, musicians, filmmakers, writers video production house

CREATIVE CLIENTS

COGNITIVEFUNGUS team are passionate storytellers dedicated to bringing your vision to life through video and film production. Our team combines creativity with technical expertise to ensure every project is a masterpiece.

Shenendoah Thompson our Director of Photography

SHENENDOAH THOMPSON'S STORY

Shenendoah is our Director of Photography
As an Actor, Shey has performed in off-off-Broadway Musicals.
Directed Plays & indie films.
In 2015, Shey won Best Actor & Best Play Award from The West Virginia Theater Association.
As a Playwright, he has completed several theater plays including his solo adaptation of Shakespeare's Henriod, H5: What is Honor?
As a Screenwriter Shey won Best Short Screenplay Award from the Off-Page Film Festival in 2023.
Everything Shey does is for the betterment of entertainment & he can do the same for you.
Having your headshot & reel shot by Shenendoah assures he will get your personality in a memorable shot. Same for video - he's a one-of-a-kind Director of Photography.

MUSICAL/VIDEO EQUIPMENT

6-string Dean & 6-string Luna Acoustic/Electric Guitars
6-string Goya Classical Guitar
12-string Acoustic/Electric Alvarez
Banjo & Suitcase Drum
6-string fender Stratocaster Guitar
Blue Yeti Condenser/Shure Beta 358v vocal microphones
Canon EOS Rebel T7 DSLR Camera
Adobe Photoshop/Canva Pro
Final Cut X
Pro Tools
Davinci

MYQUI PATTEN'S STORY

Is our Audio/Lighting Director.
As Musician, Myqui excels playing the guitar & writing songs.
She has audio recorded comedy groups just with her Iphone 14, creating Insta-reels for Instagram that get immediate audience attention.
She gave us our name COGNITIVE FUNGUS.
When she was a licensed electrician up in Massachusetts, she and a crew of electricians wired the Samuel Adams brewery-that's a big deal!
She has recorded many commercials of her original music for companies on broadcast channels and she does that for our clients, too!
She has also been a session guitarist working with many famous rock acts & bands.
She & 2 other friends from Montclair State University in NJ were the first female power trio-CANDY APPLE in the 1980s.
She has recorded music with grammy award winning recording engineer, Cynthia Daniels of Monk Music Studios.

AUDIO EQUIPMENT

DAW CAKEWALK SONAR
BANDLAB ASSISTANT
ALESSI MULTI MIX 8
ART STUDIO PREAMPS (3)
FOSTEX POWER SPEAKERS (2)
MUSIC MAN AMP 130 WATTS (2 BAND)
AKG P 120 MICROPHONE
SHURE 58S (2)
MXR CONDENSER MICROPHONE (1)
DUMBEK (ARMENIAN HAND DRUM)

PA SYSTEM

CUSTOM 12" MONITORS (2)
BERINGER 15" SPEAKERS (2)
350-WATT GEMSOUND XT-350 AMP
BERINGER ULTRA QUALPRO EQ
BERINGER BXL900 BASS AMP - CAT's

EFFECTS

BOSS DISTORTION
BOSS DIGITAL DELAY
BERINGER ULTRA OCTADER
IBANEZ WEEPING DEMON (1)
ZOOM GUTAR EFFECT PEDAL actors, musicians, filmmakers, writers nj entertainment artists video-projects

MUSICAL EQUIPMENT

Acoustic Lead 20 Amp (1)
Music Man 130W Tube Amp
Martin acoustic/electric guitar 6-string
1 Guild 1980 AWS 6-string electric guitar
1 Gibson 67 SG electric 6-string guitar
1 Guild F212 12-string acoustic guitar

CAT B PATTEN'S STORY

Cat is our Coordinating Producer & as such she is the person clients get to speak to first to create a special package for your product or project shoot
She has produced scripted readings, comedy groups, theater plays, commercials and other projects.
She won an award from the 1975 Star Trek Convention in NYC for best performance singing an original song she wrote & sang in front of a 1700 people audience.
She was born into a creative family graduating college with a B.A. degree in Music Theory & Performing Arts.
After University she went to THE CENTER FOR THE MEDIA ARTS for 2 years graduating with a certificate in Video Production that she has used since in all her NYC & Los Angeles projects.
Cat worked in Los Angeles on TV game shows, movies and film & has had many titles in life; Musician, Song/Screenwriter, Video Editor & Script Analyst.
She helped launch the Sci-Fi Channel with a crew of professionals at USA NETWORKS in 1992.
In the late 1990s she Produced her first comedy group DEVIANT SALAD who performed at THE DUPLEX on Christopher St to good reviews for her writing ability.
In 1999, she won the national DIALOG SLAM for best MONOLOGUE for her play VEGAS that had performances at the famed Lambs Theater on Broadway.
In 2023, VEGAS had a SCRIPTED READING that she produced with 5-time TONY AWARD WINNING PRODUCER, COREY BRUNISH which led to wonderful leads and the promise of making VEGAS a film.
Between 2023-2024 she produced DEVIANTSALAD again with new actors with the promise of performing another round of shows at THE DUPLEX in late 2025.
She & Myqui are planning a theatrical/Musical show called THE ROYAL FAMILY.
Cat is a Screenwriter with a lot of talent writing film scripts for Dramas, Sketch and Theater.
She is a member of THE DRAMATIST'S GUILD in NYC.