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In April 2009, Visual Concepts purchased the Canon 1D Mark III Digital SLR. Mark III In January 2009. It features a new 10.1 megapixel CMOS sensor (APS-H size). The quality of the high res imagery is amazing. We are using the camera for short-form high quality web videos and high quality short form video shooting, even action sports. It's a new tool with more add ons to come.
Reel Exchange named Visual Concepts' demo reel one of its picks of the week.
Broadcast
Fall 09 – Spring 10 Mark handled audio and provided his HPX500 camera for a ESPN Friday Night Fights shot at Pechanga Casino and in Glendale.
9.09 – Visual Concepts shot an interview of Iraq War veteran and burn victim Joey Paulk for Ivanhoe Broadcast News who distributed health programming to news stations nationwide.
8.09 – Mark served as director of photography on a shoot for cable TV show Moment of Luxury shot in Orange County.
Mark provided camera operator event services at ESPN Summer XGames.
Visual Concepts continued to shoot spots for JibOp for JibOp customer Mor Furniture.
7.09 – VC crewed and shot a series of broadcast TV segments with Mariette Hartley for Wild About Animals, an children's broadcast TV program about animals, in Los Angeles.
6.09 – Mark directed a host shoot for John Abdo for client DV Creations. He also served as Director of Photography for a program for the Ab Circle Pro for DV Creations.
Script to Screen also turned to Mark operating camera for another infomercial shoot for a vacuum product.
VC directed photography and supplied a video crew for a shoot for Respond 2 Communications. The video crew taped infomercial roll-ins for a make-up line with new subjects obtained in a retail setting at San Diego's Fashion Valley. The look was soft and flattering.
5.09 – Mark provided camera operator services for an infomercial for a cooking product. Mark handled audio for DBH Productions on a shoot featuring interviews with top US track and field athletes which appeared on ESPN.
Mark provided camera operator services for an infomercial for a cooking product.
3.09 – VC shot infomercial roll-ins for the Shark vacuum for Robert Celecia Associates.
1.09 – Mark spent New Year's Eve in Vegas shooting Robbie Maddison's amazing jump over the replica of the Arc de Triomphe at Paris Las Vegas for Red Bull New Year No Limits Event. Our client was Boom Box Group Canada. The video appeared on ESPN live on New Year's Eve. Take a look and be amazed: http://video.aol.com/category/robbie
Visual Concepts' team shot b-roll and testimonials for an upcoming infomercial for a major informercial producer.
9.08 – Dave and Mark shot b-roll for Nash Entertainment's "Most Daring" on a walkway collapse near San Diego's Horton Plaza.
8.08 – VC edited a Memorial Day spot for client Advanced Floor Covering Our recent spots appear on their site.
7.08 – VC shot footage at ComiCon for The Face is Familar for Prometheus Pictures.
6.08 – Mark shot Wednesday Night Fights that appeared on ESPN 2 for DBH Productions.
5.08 – Mark was thrilled to work as a Director of Photography on a project using the Red One digital cinema camera. He shot for Athena Video Productions at the end of May. The shoots included San Diego and Los Angeles locations and featured LaDainian Tomlinson. He utilized high speed prime lenses and footage was captured in a 4K raw format. The footage has received rave reviews from all involved.
4.08 – VC shot a series of video interviews and broll for The History Channel for a documentary on the brain in HD on the Sony F900 for Darlow Smithson/IMG.
2.08 – Mark shot footage for a tailgate spoof video featured on gatin.com for Red Dog Digital. The Hee-Haw style spot featured dozens of props from propmasters who seemed to have plenty of time and props on their hands during the Hollywood writer’s strike.
1.08 – VC shot footage of former presidential hopeful Mitt Romney for One Potato Productions in a gag tied in with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Footage appeared on CNBC website within 24 hours of being shot.
Corporate
3.10 – VC scripted, produced and edited a marketing video for the hospitality division of HD Supply promoting their services. The program will be used at tradeshows.
12.09 – Mark and crew shot an interview with a legal expert in Symphony Towers for Martin Bastian and his customer Thomson Reuters.
11.09 – Mark did a tour of top golf courses around Los Angeles and Palm Springs, doing camerawork for interviews with golf pros discussing Taylor Made Irons at these attractive locations for Scratch Media.
10.09 – Mark shot a promotional video on a military housing development showcasing its features for Lincoln Military Housing.
9.09 – VC did scripting and edited a promotional video for Maintenance Mania. The promo video is presented by the National Apartment Association and HD Supply.
Mark did camerawork with Visual Concepts' Panasonic HPX 500 P2 camera for client Randall Hoy for a shoot at a hockey rink in Los Angeles. Randall's client was Easton.
8.09 – VC handled crewing and gear rentals for a shoot for Longfellow Productions, LLC for Coca Cola. The shoot profiled the new soft drink dispensers soon to be rolled out across the country.
VC coordinated a multi-camera live switch for Audio Visual Event's client Thomson-Reuters. Presentation and discussions were streamed live to the Internet.
7.09 – Mark also directed a multi-camera shoot for Athena Video at Qualcomm, celebrating Qualcomm CEO Irwin Jacobs.
VC also provided lighting and video production services for Audio Visual Event for a shoot for Thomson Reuters in L.A. It was streamed live to the Internet.
VC taped and edited a web video for the Global Light Business Center
Mark shot corporate interviews for Athena Video at Sony.
VC also shot interviews at Transworld for client Great Scott Films, NY.
Solomon Group in Texas turned to Visual Concepts to tape a series of videointerviews with Coast Guard officers that included shots of helicopters in San Diego and boats in Orange County.
6.09 – Visual Concepts did HD post on a project for Diseno Communications featuring cool text animation and editing an animation sequence that is currently featured on 60" plasma screens at the San Diego Airport.
Visual Concepts shot interviews with top corporate CFOs from around the country at an accounting tradeshow for Athena Video.
Clark Realty Capital hired Visual Concepts to tape employee interviews which will be featured on its company website.
3.09 – VC videotaped executives from Best Buy in Orange County. The program was shot with two HDX900 packages and featured an elaborate lighting setup including "threaten arms" to suspend lighting gear.
Mark documented corporate software users group for Bob Sloan Productions.
VC provided post production on a Video News Release for Sapphire Energy for Solana Video Productions.
2.09 – Integrated Event Management, FL, hired Visual Concepts to videotape a speech by motivational speaker Bonnie St. John, who has overcome all sorts of hurdles in her life and she inspired our crew.
Bonnie was the first African-American to win Olympic medals in ski racing, winning a silver and two bronze medals in the 1984 Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria; she graduated with honors from Harvard University and won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford; she was appointed to the White House National Economic Council; she has been featured in major national media and she's from San Diego!
1.09 – Our company shot footage and edited a series of videos for George P. Shenas, Inc. which features a number of financial experts discussing content about mergers and acquistions law.
11.08 – Visual Concepts shots video and edited device demonstration videos for major a San Diego pharmaceutical company.
VC videotaped corporate marketing video interview for Crossfire Productions.
10.08 – Mark shoots live corporate event for virtualFactory in San Francisco.
8.08 – VC provides audio-visual services for National University President's Address.
7.08 – VC edited HD spot for Diseno Communications for ESET to customize animation for new product packaging and repurpose/rework spot for display within airport terminals.
11.08 – We shot training footage for New Zealand based ECast Ltd on food handling, produce, and logistics for the agriculture industry.
10.08 – HD Supply turned to us to edit and produce a promotional video for their Maintenance Mania competition. We cut together the footage they supplied into a memorable, lively program. Dave added motion graphics, music, and plenty of action to appeal to maintenance pros across the country. So far, it's getting plenty of attention on UTube. Take a look for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WD95Pqk_Tw&feature=channel_page
Hi-Fly'n Productions turned to VC to tape footage of beach locations to integrate within hypnosis videos that they have produced.
6.08 – VC edited the National University graduation ceremonies.
3.08 – Visual Concepts provided production services and casting for Working Pictures of New York on a shoot for a health insurance company featuring Olympic soccer player Abby Wambach. VC cast about 8 kids ages 5-12 who participated in the production of a :30 public service announcement and a number of web videos. The project was shot at the Home Depot Center in Carson.
3.08 – Visual Concepts provided production services and casting for Working Pictures of New York on a shoot for a health insurance company featuring Olympic soccer player Abby Wambach. VC cast about 8 kids ages 5-12 who participated in the production of a :30 public service announcement and a number of web videos. The project was shot at the Home Depot Center in Carson.
Mark shot interviews with corporate software executives for 4D Interactive.
VC shot tradeshow footage for fitness product Star Trac at the San Diego Convention Center.
VC handled lighting and sound and Panasonic SDX-900 camera on a shoot for Kaiser Permanente for the company’s community service awards. Shooting included interviews and broll.
2.08 – VC cleaned up keys on green screen footage for Absolute Definition within Adobe After Effects.
Visual Concepts shot a beer industry executive for Heineken speaking at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego for Everett Studios in New York.
VC operated a Sony Varicam in a shoot for Scratch Media for Adidas Golf.
1.08 – Working Pictures of New York turned to Visual Concepts to direct a 3 camera shoot, recorded ballroom, corporate theatre and break out rooms in a conference in Huntington Beach.
Mark shot for JibOp at Moose Clothing in Orange County, a company known for its ATV Gear.
Special
Events
3.10 – Mark videotaped school kids in Ocean Beach who had raised plenty of money for their school by winning a $1,000 donation from Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Market for Scratch Mediat.
2.10 – Visual Concepts handled event production and video roll-ins for the Mary Kay Leadership Conference 2010. It involved over a week of production and interviews at locations around San Diego.
12.09 – Mark headed up to Los Angeles and shot some pretty crazy good looking footage of the Red Bull Soap Box Races using his Canon 5D Camera. He also handled camerawork for the Red Bull New Year, No Limits Tour event featuring Travis Pastrana's amazing jump across the Long Beach Harbor.
10.09 – Visual Concepts did a Happy Faces video for the National Rabbit Breeders' Assn. trade show at the Del Mar Fair. The video, produced within a 3 day period, showcased the dozens of beautiful rabbits and their proud owners and they competed for Best of Show. The program also featured very cool time lapse footage of the cages and event being setup done on our Canon 5D camera.
8.09 – Mark returned for another stint in Vancouver B.C. at Crankworx, a downhill mountain biking competition at the Whistler Mountain Bike Park. Anticipated attendance was over 20,000 people.
Mark also returned to the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles to tape the Summer XGames. Highlights included videotaping auto racing footage and an insane park course that featured concrete pools.
We handled photography for the San Diego Unified school district for a campaign to keep kids in school. The shoot featured two San Diego Charger pro football players and lots of kids from the SDUSD.
VC shot footage for the Create Awards for Great Scott Films, NY at Transworld.
7.09 – Visual Concepts action sports camerawork was featured on NBC on the Maloof Money cup on Sunday, July 19. Client was Boombox Group, Canada. The footage was also featured in live web stream from the Orange County Fairgrounds.
Mark videotaped the celebrities at Comicon '09 for Athena Video. Interviews included Denzel Washington and Peter Jackson.
6.09 – Mark Nelson directed audio visual services for Athena Video for the Palomar Pomerado Hospital's Night of Nights fundraiser. The event raised approximately $2 million for the Healthcare System of the Future. The event featured LaDainian Tomlinson and Dan Fouts of the San Diego Chargers.
Mark also provided camerawork for the SushiMasters Professional Competition for Athena. Emcees included Sam the Cooking Guy and Sushi Expert Junichi Fukushima of Food TV Network's "Glutton for Punishment".
Mark provided directorial services for the videotaping of the National University Graduation. In addition, VC edited the National University graduation.
4.09 – Mark shot motorcycle racing footage for Jalbert Productions for a freestyle moto competition in San Diego.
2.09 – VC handled AV services for a board of trustees meeting for National University.
1.09 – Mark spent the New Year's Eve in Vegas shooting Robbie Maddison's amazing jump over the replica of the Arc de Triomphe at Paris Las Vegas for Red Bull New Year No Limits Event. Our client was Boom Box Group Canada. The video appeared on ESPN live on New Year's Eve. Take a look and be amazed: http://video.aol.com/category/robbie
7.08 – Mark shot Robbie Renner's historic motorcycle jump at the Red Bull Experiment in Santa Monica for Boom Box Group Canada.
4.08 – Mark manned camera at ESPN’s inaugural MotoX event at the San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium.
3.08 – VC handled audio-visual for a corporate sales training event for HD Supply.
VC handled audio-visual for a town hall-type meeting with 24 Hour Fitness CEO speaking to entire San Diego staff.
1.08 – Mark worked at ESPN's Winter XGames in Aspen, CO as a camera op on the event production crew.
Training/Instructional
10.09 – Visual Concepts shot and edited videos demonstrating how to play Maintenance Mania games for HD Supply.
7.09 – Leslie wrote web tutorial scripts for SkinIt for its new Skinit Wallskins product line.
1.09 – VC provided camerawork for Disco Abs for DV Creations on numerous shoots.
10.08 – VC shot footage of fit Mary Murphy of "So You Think You Can Dance" at her home and in studio for the DV Creation's Core Rhythmns product.
1.08 – Visual Concepts utilized its new HPX 500 HD camera on a shoot for DV Creations taping fitness training and programming.
Visual Concepts shot, edited and cast talent for a web-based sales training video for a Fortune 500 international software manufacturer for GA Creative. The video was used for sales training purposes and is featured within a video card game that users play off a server.
08.06 – VC directed and
edited a training video for the new Gravity Force Trainer for Body by Jake utilizing our SDX-900 camera.
02.06 – Mark acted as DP for Young Production Group for an automotive training
course.
09.05 – Visual
Concepts completed production and post on the instructional
video for Body
by Jake's Hip & Thigh Sculptor.
Mark directed live action and photography for the production
that was shot using multiple Panasonic
SDX900 cameras. VC
handled all the post on the project, including editing, DVD
design, and DVD authoring and encoding. Consumers receive
the instructional video alongside the Hip & Thigh Sculptor
product. This is the fourth consecutive year VC has produced
an instructional video for Body by Jake.
Medical
1.10 – Mark videotaped a documentary about a dialysis patient for Freeman Pictures, Chicago.. We just learned that one of the little boys profiled in the program had a successful kidney transplant!
9.09 – VC shot open heart surgery of physicians utilizing a state of the art pacemaker for Rascal Agave Films at Scripps Clinic. In addition, he worked as camera operator for the 2009 Coronary Intervention Conference at Scripps Clinic. We also shot a seminar on upcoming health care legislation at Scripps Clinic.
Mark shot an interview with burn victim Joey Paulk who served in Iraq for Ivanhoe Broadcast News.
10.09 – Mark and crew videotaped a physician roundtable in Montreal, Canada for virtualfactory. Physicians were there for the IDF World Diabetes Congress.
4.09 – Mark shot laparoscopic surgery for Athena Video.
Mark shot interviews for Ivanhoe Broadcast News featuring an ENT physician regarding treatment for dizziness for broadcast and web use.
11.08 – VC shot and edited a series of device demonstration videos for a major biotechnology company in San Diego.
9.08 – VC shot and edited a number of surgical videos for Chasan Cosmetic Surgery including liposuction procedures.
3.08 – Mark taped live heart surgery cases for ScrippsHealth that were transmitted via a live feed to the ACC 08 Scientific Session in Chicago for Medcam Intl. This is one of the largest cardiology conferences of the year in the U.S.
11.07 – Mark provided camera operator and video tech services for MedCam Intl. at Scripps Clinic for a live medical teleconference covering coronary intervention.
11.07 – Mark
provided camera operator and video tech services for
MedCam Intl. at Scripps Clinic for a
live medical teleconference covering coronary intervention.
VC taped cosmetic surgery procedures for
Nowak Aesthetics for Vega Marketing.
Mark was camera operator on a infomercial shoot for Barry’s Boot Camp. He was pleased to bring home a large pill shaped exercise ball which has proved to be the family’s most popular kids toy at their home.
9.07 – VC taped
and edited web videos for Amylin Pharmaceuticals.
07.07 – VC
shot a corporate presentation by the CEO of ALSAC/St. Jude’s
Research Hospital, the fundraising arm of St. Jude’s at an
auctioneers meeting in San Diego.
03.07–
Mark and crew documented a live event, including interviews
on health care reform at the Rand Institute in Santa Monica for
Producer’s Consortium.
11.06 –
VC edited a sales training video for Mark-Costello Co.
for its medical waste sterilizer product.
10.06 – Mark and 3
crew members headed up to
USC to tape a knee replacement revision surgery for Zimmer.
It included 3-camera coverage
plus a jib and Kinoflo lighting.
It featured HMI lighting and a jib.
06.06 – VC provided a
crew of 4 including Mark
as DP to shoot footage of a hip replacement for Zimmer
in Vancouver, BC. It featured HMI lighting and a jib.
04.06 – Mark
directed a live medical teleconference for ProMedica
International CME in
New York and for the Advanced Cardiac Techniques in
Surgery Conference. The project involved managing a team
of 5 crew members and coordinating all technical equipment and live production
between two sites. The conference combined surgical demonstrations
with lectures from international leaders in the field.
01.06 – Mark
shot a live medical teleconference
in Utah (and then made it to the slopes for snowboarding!).
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