Fox NewsChannel’s Greta Van Susteren came to town last sunday and hired Motion Inc. to shoot a 2 camera interview with former Il. Governor Rod Blagojevich.. We decided on doing the interview in the Blagojevich home on the northside of Chicago. The ousted politician said we were the first TV crew allowed in the family home. The Blago family members were very friendly and accommodating to the needs of the 3 person crew. The interview can be seen in its entirety at Link to Greta interview with Blago.
We were contracted to videotape Natalie Merchants acoustic performance for The Poetry Center, Chicago,on Saturday April 24, 2010. Natalie debuted the songs from her new album” Leave Your Sleep” which is based on lyrics put to music from her favorite poets in literary history. She bantered to the audience in between each song to their delight. At the end Natalie had the crowd rockin with some of her classic hits. All in all it was a delightful evening for everyone in attendance.
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NBC Newschannel hired Mike Kaufman from Motion Inc, as cameraman to travel to Fargo, ND. to cover and report on the flooding devastation that is taking place on the banks of the Red River. This is the second year NBC has chose Motion has their production partner in covering the tragedy. Along the way we found an incredible story about a family who refuses to give in to the rising waters.
American Quality Schools liked the DVD we produced earlier for them so much they asked us to create a sixty second spot for air in the South Bend, Indiana market. The spot is to run throughout the local news programs, encouraging the community to fill out an application to enroll in the new charter school AQS is bringing to the area. Dr. Michael Bakalis, President of AQS, asked our creative people to give the spot a political commercial type feel. I think we accomplished this and more. We were bound to use existing footage we had shot for the AQS promotional DVD we completed earlier.
We have worked with the Mercedes-Benz Golf program for the past 6 years. Though MB isn’t the title sponsor of the Kapalua Tournament any longer, they still host their Dealer Championship tournament at Kaanapalli. Motion Video was there to cover the action and all of the excitement the 250 attendees were treated too. With 2 camera crews following the action packed 5 day agenda, we had a editor stay back and edit a 7 minute compilation video to be duplicated(dvd) and distributed to the 250 guests upon check out.
We were hired by AQS to produce a recruitment video that they could use as a sales tool for bringing their product, charter schools, into communities that need educational alternatives. We had 3 shoot days at existing charter schools, ran by AQS. We were greeted by a friendly staff, polite and intelligent kids. I was really struck by this positive learning environment . I fully support the charter school movement as an alternative educational source for kids to get a quality education. With the help of this video, hopefully, AQS can bring their educational system to more communities around the midwest.
Disney hired Motion Inc to cover the festivities for their unveilng of the “Princess and the Frog” promotions at the Disney Store on Michigan Ave., in Chicago. The animated motion picture will be released in theaters on December 11, 2009. They chose to do a window display in Chicago to tie in with the “Fesival of Lights” parade on Michigan Ave. on 11/21. We videotaped the events surrounding the event along with a time lapse video that shows the 8 hours it took to build the display, in a 10 second clip. After compiling the elements we sent out takes of the footage which ran on local news affiliates as well as CNN.
Yesterday, Clark Michels and I traveled to the home of legendary rock guitarist Rick Nielson of Cheap Trick fame to shoot a promotional spot for thier upcoming concert at Landshark Stadium. To Be hosted by the Miami Dolphins on Dec. 27th after the game. We won’t soon forget the 3 hours we spent with Rick. His house is filled with classic pictures and memorabilla from his 30 plus years of rock and roll decadence. I got to tour his guitar vault where he has over 400 guitars in his collection, with one from Elvis, John Lennon and even a Les Paul that tunes itself! He also has aquired a collection of over 200 apple computers, starting as early as 1978….and my wife thought I was bad with 5! Rick is really a great guy and a pleasure to work with, I wish they were all this fun.
Chicago 2016 held a press summit today in Chicago. The summit gave the world press a chance to meet the 2010 American team for the upcoming winter games in Vancouver. With the world press there it was also an opportunity to showcase Chicago, the city, and their plan for the 2016 games. Everyone in Chicago has been quietly holding there breath waiting for the announcement Oct. 2, Where the Olympic committee will say where they have selected to hold the 2016 summer Olympic games. We see it as a economic boon that will hopefully salvage a sagging midwestern economy. We were there videotaping for the 2016 publicity group. Motion Video has been already booked by NBC to cover the announcement Friday, Oct 2. Stay tuned…..
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Picture Show in cooperation with Core 12 hired us to shoot the third installment of their critically acclaimed instructional guitar educational dvds. We had collaberated on The “Mark Tremonti The Sound and The Story”production in 2008. Mark formally of the band Creed and now with Alter Bridge, has been named Guitar Player of the year by Guitar Player Magazine. More recently, we spent three days in the studio shooting Leslie West of Mountain fame (Mississppi Queen). This time the subject was Troy Stetina, not a household name but well known as a instructor to the stars. This guy has forgotten more than most of us will ever know musically. He’s truly a master of the fretboard.
We used 3 cameras to cover Troy’s licks, coupled with insightful dialogue to help you understand some of the finer points. Picture Show does a great job at putting these things together. Goto fret12.com to find out more or www.motionvideo.tv
