Whenever I help out other people on shoots, it absolutely amazes me how much time is wasted. I will show up, and it may be 2 hours or more before we start to shoot anything. A large portion of that time is wasted messing around with getting gear setup. While, it does take time to prep gear, there are plenty of ways to make this process go faster so that you can get shooting faster. The biggest way is investing into gear that is portable, and quick to setup. Kessler Crane is our goto company for anything related to camera motion. The biggest reason is that it only takes 1 person to setup and operate their equipment, and while we always have several people on crew during shoots, the extra speed makes a big difference. A traditional dolly can take 45 minutes to an hour to setup (painful), I can have our Kessler dolly setup and ready to go in less than 2 minutes.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
– Vince LombardiHealth Care TV Commercial | Cincinnati Video Production
SRMC – Reason TV – Patient Focused from Genessa Health Marketing on Vimeo.
In March we worked with Genessa Health Marketing and Hafenbrack Marketing to produce three TV commercials to promote the Springfield Regional Medical Center. We filmed over the course of two days in a variety of areas around the hospital. Hafenbrack Marketing came up with the concept and wrote the script as well as did all of the editing, we were simply hired to shoot the piece. The two days of shooting went really great and we were able to accomplish a lot. In the end, we shot two 30 second TV commercials and one 15 second commercial. Below are the videos. Hafenbrack Marketing and Genessa Health Marketing are credited for both the concept and the editing.
2012 Demo Reel | Cincinnati Video Production
2012 Demo Reel | Cincinnati Video Production from Cinevita Films on Vimeo.
This year has definitely been a rollercoaster of a variety of different video projects. This year we have produced anything form hospital tv commercials to plastic surgery promotional videos to promotional videos for Universities. We had the honor of working on the pilot of ABC’s new drama “Nashville”. We traveled more than we have ever traveled before. Overall, we are very thrilled with how this year has gone and we know that we have been very blessed. This short demo reel is just a quick compilation of some of the different shoots that we have done.
Cinevita Films works on ABC’s new drama “Nashville”
ABC “Nashville” BTS with Kessler Crane from Cinevita Films on Vimeo.
I was honored to get a call from Kessler Crane to head down to Nashville to help Rodney Charters with a motion control shot for ABC’s new drama “Nashville”. Rodney Charters has DP’d the series “24”, “Dallas”, “Shameless”, “Charlie’s Angels” and much more, so it was a huge honor to get to work with him.
Cincinnati Timelapse | Cincinnati Video Production
Cincinnati Timelapse | Cincinnati Video Production from Cinevita Films on Vimeo.
Here’s a collection of timelapses that I shot on a day off in Cincinnati Ohio.
Adding Camera Movement to Interviews
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The Kessler Cineslider and Revolution Head is a very versatile system. Most people use this system for timelapses, but I’ve been using them mostly for live movements, and ever since I started using this motorized system, I never want to do any camera movements without it. Motorized movements are so much smoother and more precise than anything you can do by hand. Dolly shots have become way overused in the last few years, in my opinion, but what is very difficult is a subtle dolly. It amazes me how easy it is to create the perfect slow dolly move with this system.
Kickstarter Promotional Video
Recently we had the chance to collaborate with Sam Cowden and Zac Dixon from DC Productions to work on a promotional video for Dry Gourmet. Dry Gourmet is a start up company who has managed to come up with a pretty unique product. They are launching a dehydrated red wine for cooking for the 12 million recovering alcoholics in U.S. The only successful treatment for alcoholism is total abstinence, and that includes cooking wine. However, many recovering alcoholics are also foodies and enjoy cooking. This non-alcoholic cooking wine powder will allow them to indulge in continental cooking without the temptation that a bottle of wine would bring.
Cincinnati Non Profit Video Production
I have had a long relationship with HeartSong. A few years ago we produced a 1 hour live concert DVD that they have been touring with and selling. HeartSong is a musical group that travels around the country during the summer to promote Cedarville Unniversity. There are 5 different HeartSong teams that travel. We were hired to produce a short promotional video about Cedarville that the Heartsong teams could take around and show. The unique concept here is that each video is customized to the different teams. So essentially, all 5 videos are very similar, just the message is delivered by team members from each HeartSong team. This way, each team interacts with highschool students through the week at different camps and events, and then at the end of the week, the students get to watch a video about Cedarville, starring the team members they have come to know. The message is much more relevant and impactful this way. Here is a sample of one of the videos.
