The Las Vegas trip began with a hi-tech conference for one week, and then the ERA infomercial conference the following week. The second conference was so big, we flew in additional talent to emcee and help us live switch. Craig Burnett, a multi-talented on camera host and Lisa Acquafredda, also an on camera host, were both a huge part of our production team.
The Vegas trip was by far one of the most intense jobs we've done. It required the whole crew for two full weeks of conference coverage, interviews, and live streaming with our high tech switching system. This system has proved to be an excellent add on to our event coverage, so much so that we have gotten a second streaming system. Originally, we only wanted the second system as back up. However, after a week of setting up the secondary unit, we booked two jobs that require both systems.
Long days of carrying hundreds of pounds of gear, late nights shooting events and parties, taking photos and filming interviews-- we made it through the busy two weeks, working for both Qualys and ERA D2C.
After Las Vegas, we weren't back in town for long. Our whole team traveled to San Jose for two separate jobs: One, a live streamed Sales Kick Off for Aruba Networks, and the other a series of training videos for Aerohive. We did the Sales Kick Off for Aruba last year, and it's definitely interesting to see just how far we've come with live streaming since then.
The remainder of October, while mostly spent at our headquarters in Phoenix, continued with a variety of local jobs. We shot a conference for the International Association for Functional Neurology and Rehabilitation (IAFNR), which was filled with thought provoking information and was a pleasure to film. As we expand our conference coverage abilities, our goal is to increase the number of local conferences we do.
With the housing market coming back, we averaged two house shoots a week. Our new all inclusive package for multi-million dollar properties has become a big hit for many of our realtor clients.
These house shoots feature what was normally included, incredible HD video with an on camera host, but also features jib and slider work inside, the use of our full sized jib outside, and aerial video. Take a look at one of our recent horse properties we did using this stellar package deal.
Finally, we entered November editing demonstrations for Aruba Networks which we shot in October. Phew! It's been a very successful couple of months and it doesn't stop there. These next couple of weeks our mobile production unit will be traveling back to San Jose (twice!) and to Las Vegas once again. We also have a couple local jobs to round out the month. While sometimes stressful, this busyness is a good problem to have, and as we start booking jobs in 2014, we are excited for new projects and expanding what we do.
If you are interested in live streaming your next event or conference, or if you need incredible corporate video, please call us at 480.240.9270.
