Monday, November 11, 2013

Busy Production Whirlwind

Since late August, PrimeImage Media has been consistently busy with nonstop production. We stayed in Las Vegas for two whole weeks, traveled to San Jose many times, went to other locations for House shoots, as well as worked with our local clients. We are thriving--getting new equipment and utilizing it on a multitude of projects.

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.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Wireless Field Day 5

Can you believe it's August? Not only that, but it's the middle of August? The summer has flown by as we have been hard at work on a variety of interesting projects. From new clients like Matrix Medical, to recurring ones like Tech Field Day, we've been busy shooting, editing, and streaming.




We are no strangers to Tech Field Day, a high-tech event that brings bloggers and companies together for interactive discussions. In fact, serving as the live streaming video team, we have become a very prominent part of the event. Many of the presentations are fueled by questions from people watching the live stream. Also, the presentations accumulate more views after the event when the recorded content is posted online. In this instance, Tech Field Day has become special to us, and is an avenue where our abilities to think quickly and problem solve are tested.




For Wireless Field Day 5, we traveled to San Jose and we were prepared for a week worth of set ups and tear downs, while testing out another iteration of our audio system. At the last Tech Field Day, we utilized a new audio system that became a challenge to oversee all twelve inputs at once. While enabling each delegate with a microphone was a great improvement, we still had trouble managing the audio.

With our new mixer, each delegate still gets their own microphone, yet the audio will only be broadcasted when they speak. This eliminates trying to find idle munching or swallowing noises and turns up any of the delegates when they speak with no delay. Overall, it was an incredible improvement and we're excited to use it again next month at Networking Field Day 6.





We always treasure our time at each of the Tech Field Days, and we've formed great relationships with the presenters, staff, and delegates. It's a way for us to continue to be challenged in new and exciting ways, while growing in our video abilities. If you would like to request our services, please call us at 480.240.9270