Find the perfect corporate video crew for your Santa Barbara production
Corporate video production today brings unique challenges. One of the most pressing is how to stand out when so many brands have discovered the value of creating their own videos. Finding an impressive destination where you can film on-location footage and B-roll is one potential answer to this issue — and for West Coast companies, Santa Barbara. California can be that location.
There are multiple factors working in Santa Barbara’s favor. With pleasant weather year-round, the region has a long outdoor filming season. There are also numerous types of backdrops available, ranging from vineyards to forests to picturesque downtown street scenes. Numerous productions have called Santa Barbara home, dating back over 100 years to the founding of Flying A Studios in 1910.
Santa Barbara’s location in Southern California means crews working in the area can take advantage of Hollywood production resources, while also enjoying a slower pace of work. Companies from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas or other West Coast cities can settle on Santa Barbara as a bucolic place to capture varied and visually arresting footage for use in a wide variety of corporate video projects.
Why work with local video production experts in Santa Barbara?
Even in a welcoming environment like Santa Barbara, it pays to work with locally experienced experts when creating corporate video content. These professionals can answer important questions, such as whether it’s better to travel to Los Angeles International Airport and drive the 90 miles or take a connecting flight to the smaller Santa Barbara Airport. Crews Control’s professionals are each experts in their respective home cities, meaning when you work with us in Santa Barbara, your crew can give this type of useful advice.
In addition to useful logistical knowledge, Crews Control teams can provide insights about the best ways to work with local authorities and acquire filming permits. In Santa Barbara, processes differ depending on whether you’re shooting in the city or the larger county, and there are restricted zones that are ineligible for filming in any circumstances.
A Crews Control production crew is a powerful resource in terms of local know-how and legal advice, but also in another, more general way. Our professionals are industry-leading experts skilled in both the technical and artistic sides of filmmaking. With this kind of team on your side, you can produce visually stunning videos without putting undue strain on your talent or internal stakeholders.
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Our video production services in Santa Barbara
Working with your expert Crews Control team, you can produce video content that fits any aesthetic style imaginable, from off-the-cuff casual clips to highly polished releases that look like Hollywood movies. Your content’s look should split the difference between your brand’s established visual identity and the demands of your chosen video type. There are two general categories of videos for you to consider: internal and external.
Internal content is aimed at your own team and designed to boost employee engagement and loyalty. Useful internal video types include custom training modules shaped to suit your brand’s specific policies and practices, as well as quarterly messages from your C-suite.
External content connects your company with an outside audience. This could mean producing explainer videos that help existing customers use your products or commercials to raise brand awareness among potential buyers. Other uses of external video include event live streams, humanizing behind-the-scenes footage and much more, whether long or short, polished or candid.
Our video services in Santa Barbara 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 defines the Santa Barbara filming experience?
What makes Santa Barbara a unique place to film, either in the context of Southern California or more generally? By researching the area in advance, you can enter your video shoot with a clear mission and a vision that will help you achieve your goals. Facts to know about Santa Barbara include:
- Local museums and other destinations offer endless variety: In Santa Barbara, you can find an endless variety of museums, galleries and other attractions that will look great on film. These range from the picturesque Santa Barbara Zoo to the Maritime Museum, the Museum of Natural History and the 78-acre Botanic Garden.
- The picturesque coastline is always close by: Santa Barbara is a seaside region, and its beaches aren’t just beautiful — they’re also varied, allowing you to capture shots and B-roll that suit your needs. Some offer scenic overlooks, others are known for their tide pools and still others are places where residents frolic with their dogs or even ride horses.
- Outdoor filming season lasts all year: Warm weather is a constant in Santa Barbara, without the scorching summer heat that defines some other destinations. Average daytime temperatures by the coast are generally in the 60s or 70s Fahrenheit, year-round. Furthermore, there are more than 300 sunny days a year, which helps you film consistent outdoor footage without costly delays.
- Conference venues accommodate corporate meetings: While Santa Barbara has a relaxed, small-town feel, its accommodations are large enough for corporate groups of up to 1,000 people. This means your business can host a conference at one of the local hotels, uniting stakeholders in picturesque surroundings to appear in your videos.
It’s easy to enjoy filming in a welcoming destination like Santa Barbara. Once you and your Crews Control team begin working in the area, you’ll quickly find reasons to return time and again.
Our Santa Barbara video crews: Experience and gear
An experienced set of hands on the controls can be the factor that gets a video completed on time and under budget. This is why Crews Control works with directors of photography who have spent at least 10 years in the industry. These professionals have the know-how to keep a shoot on track, even when unexpected circumstances threaten to cause delays.
To help them achieve their goals on location and in the studio, our directors of photography have access to the latest and greatest in videography technology. This includes everything from cameras, microphones and lighting rigs to editing and post-production software. These assets come from leading brands, 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
Teaming up with Crews Control means gaining access to an unparalleled combination of experience and technology. 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 been the go-to partner for creating ambitious corporate videos for over 30 years. In that time, we’ve built a client list that encompasses organizations of all sizes and industries, from fast-moving startups to industry-defining corporations. Over half of Fortune 500 companies have worked with Crews Control, each pursuing specific objectives. When it’s time to launch your own production, Crews Control is the ideal partner to get your video across the finish line.
Prepared, Creative, Professional and on the 10 scale an 11
I’ve been producing and directing videos for Broadcast (NBC/ABC/CNN/C-SPAN) and Corporate for over 30 years – and Matthew and Dan were one of the best crews I have EVER worked with.
Thanks
Dan
The footage was well done.
Just got out of the edit. Tim did a great job. Considering the talent we gave him to work with, I would go as far as to say he’s a bit of a magician.
Thanks for the help!
Jim
Thanks for the great shoot yesterday.
Everything was great and I wanted to let you know that our Executive Producer said the footage we got from the different regions was the best footage he had ever seen come from remote crews that we didn’t have control over. That is a great compliment coming from him.
I appreciate all your help and look forward to working with you again!
Carol