LA is synonymous with the Hollywood film industry, but this metro area is also home to one of the busiest seaports in the world and corporate giants like Bank of America Home Loans, Edison Industries, Health Net, and Mattel. There are two logistical themes that come up repeatedly on video productions in LA, permits and traffic. Here are some tips from LA video production insiders.
10 Tips for Shooting Video in LA
October 28th, 2014 by Rebekah Toth BurnsSpotlight on Gaggle
October 23rd, 2014 by Rebekah Toth BurnsGaggle chose to create a marketing video for their website’s homepage that highlights their priorities of safety, learning, and systems integration. Becky Holzman, Crews Control Production Manager, hand-picked video crews in Atlanta, GA to capture testimonials at a tradeshow and Bloomington, IL to record employees at Gaggle’s headquarters.
10 Tips for Shooting Video in Washington D.C.
October 1st, 2014 by Rebekah Toth BurnsEvery new on-location video production presents logistical challenges to Video Producers. Where can the video crew load into the Capitol? Who do I need to get permission from to shoot b-roll of the city or stand-ups on the Mall? On one hand, Washington D.C. has more red tape than most other domestic locations; on the other, video crews are an ingrained part of life on the hill, at the monuments, and within the city. Washington D.C. is consistently Crews Control’s second most scheduled location for video shoots. Wherever you want to capture footage in D.C. chances are our crews have been there. Here are some tips to keep in mind during pre-production to keep your video shoots running smoothly.
ENG Crew Chooses Sony PMW F55 for Red Carpet and Panel Discussion
September 11th, 2014 by Rebekah Toth BurnsBig Shoulders shot a red carpet and panel discussion event for NBC Universal’s Chicago Fire and Chicago PD where creator Dick Wolf presented. Like so many shoots that Crews Control manages, this Big Shoulders production demanded a camera that could capture crisp hand-held shots of the red carpet and record a panel discussion from the back of a large conference room. This is a good example of using the 4K imager to deliver stunning HD files, 1920×1080 at a 23.98 frame rate. The lean crew, Director of Photography Brian Hajik and Audio Engineer Jeremy Stark, maintained a small footprint while producing a fantastic product.
Spotlight on CaptionMax
August 28th, 2014 by Rebekah Toth BurnsCaptionMax has been providing closed captioning services for twenty one years. They currently have 75 caption specialists and provide a variety of captioning, translation, video description, and transcription services. We caught up with David Hansfield, the Business Development Manager at CaptionMax, to chat about what is new and noteworthy in captioning.
Learning More About “Corporate Video Trends”
August 27th, 2014 by Rebekah Toth BurnsCrews Control was asked, “What are corporate video trends in America right now?” So, we did what any large video production staffing company would do. We polled DPs, Camera Ops and Producers all over the country that we assign to corporate video shoots. We asked what styles, deliverables, types of communications and messaging are trending in enterprise video. Buzz phrases like “shallow DOF”, “film look”, “user generated content”, “increased communication”, and “video for phones and tablets” floated off many tongues. Some of their answers surprised us and others were par for the course.