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We have outgrown our previous website, and are proud to announce a new design. Our work now not only looks better, you can find your way around faster and easier.
Silicon Valley Video Production Company Documents Local Heroes
Bay Area production company Creation Ground Media produced videos celebrating the heroic deeds of honorees of the American Red Cross Silicon Valley Chapter’s Annual Heroes Celebration.
Creation Ground Media CEO Marilyn Ritter Named Silicon Valley Woman of Influence
The Bay Area production company’s top executive has been recognized by the Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal as one of the 100 most influential women of the South Bay.
Typically, somewhere between $500 and $50,000.
It is a bit like asking "what is a new car going to cost me?" The real question is what does your video need to do for you, and what resources (time, budget) are you able to apply toward it.
We are happy to present our new website.
It is still under development, but we don't want to make you wait until it is finished. In fact, it will never be finished. We will always be adding to it and making improvements.
The site is the result of our collaboration with Deb Shea and Mike Lin of Hellbent Marketing. Hellbent developed the initial design, and we added elements to make the video deployment simple and flexible.
We invite you to return early and often, and watch us grow!
I'm ready for my close up...... or am I?
On some video sets there is a make up and hair artist. Enjoy it. Otherwise, here are some field tested suggestions:
Most guidelines we see say things like "don't wear stripes or plaids" or "avoid bright colors". There is a technical basis for this kind of advice. A lot of it has to do with the limitations of video cameras.
In mid-December our friend Kaweh called us and asked if we were willing to do a gig in the city on short notice. The dance company Caminos Flamencos were performing at the Cowell Theater in Fort Mason December 18-20. These performances were going to be their best ever. It would be the perfect opportunity for them to get new footage for a new demo. It sounded like fun to us.
Late last year we produced an exercise video DVD for San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
The project had its beginnings in 2007. We were approached by Vivienne Fleischer and Andrew Blumenfeld of Performance Based Ergonomics. They provide ergonomics training for employees at SFO.
You have decided you want to make a video. Now what?
This overview is designed to help you get through your first video. Each area will be covered in greater detail in later articles. We are trying to keep it simple so that no one article requires a huge marathon chunk of your time.