SolidLine Takes Flight Over San Francisco
Media Contact: Greg Vass, Executive Producer SolidLine Media 312-939-8600 media@solidlinemedia.com April 4, 2011. San Francisco. Blue skies, no wind and a temperature of 70 degrees. The situation from the ground was looking good for the upcoming aerial shoot over San Francisco. The mission was to capture a series of dramatic, high end shots of the APL [...]
American Idol Top 6 Recap: Carole King…..Of The Bowling Alley!
By Marcus Leshock SolidLine Writer Carole King has won Grammys. She’s been covered by countless artists. She’s written hit singles for others. The woman has gone everywhere a female musician can ever dream to go. Even the bowling alley. On tonight’s “American Idol,” the contestants got to sing their favorite Carole King song. After “Will [...]
Lights, Camera, Rokos – The Art of the Interview
Lights, Camera, Rokos – David Rokos Production Coordinator Blog The Art of the Interview Hey everyone, it’s been a busy few weeks. We have been all over the country from Long Beach to Charlotte to Orlando, shooting high end video productions for many of our great clients. The one constant with almost every one of [...]
American Idol Top 7 Recap: 21st Century Breakdown!
By Marcus Leshock The American Idol Top 7 took on songs from the 21st Century (that’s from 2000 until now, at least according to Ryan Seacrest). After all, most of the contestants were born yesterday! Yes, I’m getting old. What better way to start a show than with a group performance featuring all of the [...]
Looking Up – The SolidLine Winter Intern Blog Week 10: Los Angeles and Homeward Bound
Looking Up – The SolidLine Winter Intern Blog Week 10: Los Angeles and Homeward Bound By Sam Sher, SolidLine Intern Last week I described to you the journey westward, our train shoot in the desert, and our stay in Quartzsite, among other things. This week, dear readers, I treat you to the experience of shooting [...]
American Idol Top 8 Recap: Music From The Movies!
By Marcus Leshock SolidLine Writer Thankfully, nobody decided to sing in their underwear. American Idol’s Top 8 hit the stage tonight, one week after THE MOST SHOCKING MOMENT IN AMERICAN WIRELESS VOTING SYSTEM REALITY SHOW HISTORY! OK, I’m exaggerating, but you’d think the sun didn’t come up after Pia Toscano was eliminated last week. Turns [...]
Looking Up – The SolidLine Winter Intern Blog Week 9: Route 66
Looking Up: The SolidLine Winter Intern Blog Week 9: Route 66 By Sam Sher, SolidLine Intern The Road. The Great West. The American Myth. When Horace Greeley said “Go West, young man,” in regards to Manifest Destiny, he couldn’t have known how generations for at least 150 years to come would still be taking those [...]
Peter Jackson shooting The Hobbit at 48 fps, will movies never look the same way again?
By Marcus Leshock Who knew frame rate could make headlines? Yesterday, director Peter Jackson announced via his Facebook page, that he will be shooting “The Hobbit” at 48 frames per second. Movies are traditionally shot (on film) at 24 frames per second. How this was originally decided is complicated, full of speculation, and has a [...]
SolidLine Travels To Record 18 States, 2 Countries in March
Media Contact: Greg Vass, Executive Producer SolidLine Media 312-939-8600 media@solidlinemedia.com The SolidLine crew knows how to travel! March has been nonstop. Since March 1st, the SolidLine bus has traveled 7,000 miles and visited 18 states, while the crew shot video in 7 states along the way in the US. In addition, SolidLine crews filmed for [...]
This is No Ordinary Internship
Media Contact: Greg Vass, Executive Producer SolidLine Media 312-939-8600 media@solidlinemedia.com Over the past several years, SolidLine’s internship program has become quite popular with students across the country. The three and a half month long, full time program is a rigorous look at the production business. SolidLine interns are on the front lines of production, not filing [...]
American Idol Top 9 Recap and Rankings!
By Marcus Leshock SolidLine Writer “What a freak!” And no….Steven Tyler wasn’t talking about Lauren Alaina’s Gwen Stefani makeover. Or Seacrest’s weird dance moves that ensued when the show finished about three minutes under (best part of the hour, ironically!). Last night the “American Idol” Top 9 sang classics from members of the Rock N’ [...]
The Crew Sizes Up Sony's New F3 Camera
Media Contact: Greg Vass, Executive Producer SolidLine Media 312-939-8600 media@solidlinemedia.com With most of Sony’s new F3′s yet to even be delivered to anxious customers, SolidLine isn’t waiting around. The new super high end digital cinema format was acquired by SolidLine in March to shoot a new promotional film for Kaplan College. The production, which was [...]
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