Find an award-winning crew for your Columbia, South Carolina video production
Filming corporate videos that stand out from the pack is a challenging, competitive task, with so many companies committing to this type of content. One way to bring your brand to the forefront is to focus on on-location footage and custom B-roll. The question then becomes where to shoot this footage. For companies based in the Southeastern U.S., Columbia, South Carolina, is an exciting option.
South Carolina’s warm climate extends its outdoor filming season and its state government’s hands-off approach to permitting can help you get started quickly. Columbia, the state capital, boasts distinctive sights like Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Gardens — and is close to the stunning Lake Murray. The city has played home to multiple film and TV productions, taking advantage of its emerging downtown and the region’s natural beauty.
The presence of the state capitol complex and museums means it’s easy to shoot content with a governmental or historical focus. There are also plenty of bustling businesses in the city, so you can give your content a more modern, fast-moving feel. With the right crew on your side, you can capture many sides of Columbia on video and produce videos that can serve as tentpoles for your media strategy.
Why find a local expert video crew in South Carolina?
Working with local crew members who understand a given location can be a ticket to a quick and easy video production experience. This is why Crews Control matches clients up with regional experts. Your Crews Control team in Columbia will be able to advise you on the best ways to bring talent and stakeholders to the area, whether that’s by car or by flying into Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Once you’ve arrived, Crews Control professionals can help you find the best B-roll spots and avoid traffic.
These regionally based video experts can also assist with the permitting process. While South Carolina is not a heavily regulated state, there are important considerations around filming on certain locations including federally owned properties and state parks, as well as rules governing drone use. Furthermore, productions in the state need proof of insurance.
While some of the value of working with a Crews Control team comes from our experts’ local insights, there is an even more straightforward reason to entrust your production to our people: They’re all accomplished video professionals and can assist with both the creative and technical sides of your video. You’ll receive a finished video that impresses your audience, and the production process won’t strain your talent or stakeholders.
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Our video production services in Columbia
When you work with a professional team from Crews Control, you can achieve any kind of aesthetic you can imagine for your corporate video. This holds true whether the ideal look for your brand identity and video type is a polished Hollywood style, an off-the-cuff candid feel or anything in between.
Some companies focus exclusively on external video for their strategies. External content is anything aimed at an outside audience, meaning these clips can range from extended live streams and documentaries to seconds-long clips for social media. TV commercials, product explainers and brand introductions all fall under the general umbrella of external video.
Other businesses favor internal videos, which are designed to boost engagement and loyalty among team members. This content may take the form of custom training modules or quarterly messages from the C-suite and it puts a polished face on highly specific concepts that are relevant to internal audiences.
Our video services in Columbia include:
- Interviews and B-roll
- Event coverage
- Presentations
- Drone production
- Animation and motion graphics
- Motion pictures
- Live streaming
- Panel discussion
- Man on the street interviews
- Corporate meetings
- Behind-the-scenes footage
- Commercials
- Broadcast television media
- Employee training materials
- Sizzle reels
- Time-lapse videos
- Happy-face videos
- Focus group recordings
- Testimonials
- Video news releases
- Documentaries
- Web conferencing
- Red carpet coverage
- Action and sports video
- Product demonstration clips
- …and whatever else you can imagine!
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What makes Columbia, SC, a unique place to shoot a corporate video?
Columbia may share a general climate with other cities like Charleston, but in terms of attractions and geography, it’s very much its own place. This means you should familiarize yourself with the capital before starting your video production. Useful facts to know include:
- Sports stadiums offer great filming opportunities: If you need athletic footage or crowd shots, it’s hard to beat a sports stadium. Columbia is the home of the University of South Carolina, including the nearly 80,000-seat Williams-Brice Stadium. For a more intimate experience, you can visit a Columbia Fireflies game. This team is the single-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals.
- The State House provides historical and architectural interest: The South Carolina State House, one building containing the governor’s office and both houses of the state government, is a major Columbia attraction. The building, renovated in the late 90s to hearken back to its original nineteenth-century design, is a perfect spot to film videos with a legislative focus.
- You can find nature in nearby parks — or at the zoo: When your video assignment calls for nature footage, you can travel to Congaree National Park or Sesquicentennial State Park. Or for a close encounter with wild animals from around the world, you can visit Riverbanks Zoo & Garden.
- Columbia can host large conventions: A corporate meeting or industry convention is a perfect subject for a video, as it brings together stakeholders from throughout your organization. Columbia is a likely spot to host these gatherings, with the convenient regional airport and available venues including the giant Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.
Once you experience Columbia’s warm weather and interesting sights in person, you and your Crews Control will be inspired to come back time and again to film future projects.
Our Columbia video crews: Experience and gear
Crews Control provides the most important element of any successful video project: an experienced leader to keep the shoot on track. All of our directors of photography have at least 10 years of industry experience. They put their hard-won knowledge to work delivering impressive results from every production, even when unexpected circumstances threaten to throw the job off schedule.
To help them in their work, our crews have access to the latest and greatest in filmmaking technology. These assets extend from the cameras, mics and lights on location to the editing software back in the post-production studio. This high-tech gear comes from manufacturers including Sony, Panasonic, Canon, JVC, Ikegami, Thompson (Philips), Hitachi, RED and Arriflex.
Manufacturers
- Canon
- Eclair
- JVC
- Panasonic
- RED
- Sony
Check Out Our Extensive Camera List:
2K
- Silicon Imaging SI-2K
- Silicon Imaging SI-2K Mini
- Vision Research Phantom v12.1
- Vision Research Phantom v640
8K, 4K, UHD & 2k
- RED Scarlet
- RED One
- RED Weapon
- RED Epic
- ARRI Amira
- BlackMagic URSA
- BlackMagic Cinema Camera
- BlackMagic URSA Mini
- Canon EOS C500
- Sony F65
ARRI RAW
- Arriflex ALEXA
AVC Intra (NTSC)
- Panasonic AJ-HPX3000
- Panasonic AJ-HPX 3700
- Panasonic AJ-HPX3100
- Panasonic AJ-HPX2700
- Panasonic AJ-HPX2100
- Panasonic AG-HPX 300
- Panasonic AJ-HPX 2000 AJ-YBX200G
- Panasonic AG-HPX 370
AVCHD (NTSC)
- Sony HXR-NX5U
- Canon EOS C100
DVC PRO EX (NTSC)
- Panasonic AJ-HDX 900
DVC PRO EX (PAL)
- Panasonic AJ-HDX900E
DVC Pro HD (NTSC)
- Panasonic AJ-HDC-27H
- Panasonic AJ-HDC-27HE
- Panasonic AJ-HDC-27F
- Panasonic AJ-HDC27FE
- Panasonic AJ-HDC-27FP
- Panasonic AJ-HDC-27VP
- Panasonic AJ-HPX2000
- Panasonic AG-HPX500
- Panasonic AJ-HDC 20A
- Panasonic AG-HPX 170
- Panasonic AG-HPX171
- Panasonic AG-HVX200A
DVC Pro HD (PAL)
- Panasonic AG-HVX200E
- Panasonic AG-HPX 171E
- Panasonic AG-HVX 200E
- Panasonic AG-HVX 200P
XDCam EX
- Sony PMW EX1
- Sony PMW EX3
- Sony PMW-EX1R
- Sony PXW-X70
- JVC GY-HM700U
- Sony PMW 300
- Sony PMW 320
- Sony PMW-350
- Sony PMW 400
- Sony PMW-F3
XDCam HD
- Sony PDW-F355
- Sony PDW-F350
- Sony PDW-F330
- Sony PDW-700
- Sony PDW-F800
- Sony PDW-335
XF
- Canon EOS C500
- Canon EOS C300
- Canon EOS C100
The combination of expert leadership with powerful equipment is designed to get ideal results from every Crews Control video shoot. Request a free quote now!
By pairing expert crews with technologically sophisticated equipment, Crews Control delivers top-quality results for clients every time.
Some of our Happy Clients
Crews Control has spent over 30 years on the cutting edge of corporate video production. In that time, we’ve expanded our client list to include businesses across industries and of all sizes. Over half of the companies in the Fortune 500 have taken advantage of our crews’ expertise to achieve their highest-priority video goals. Your Columbia, SC, video production can become the next in a long line of Crews Control success stories.