Ten Years at SolidLine–Happy Work-iversary to Mike Petrik, AD
This week, our Art Director, Mike Petrik celebrates ten years at SolidLine. Ten years is a pretty big milestone, so we sat down with Petrik to chat about his time at SolidLine, how the production company has changed and grown, how he’s been a part of that and how he’s grown. SLM–What was the first [...]
SolidLine Takes Home Three People’s Telly Awards
You may remember when we blogged about our entries to the 34th Annual People’s Telly Awards. Well, the results are in, and we are proud to announce that SolidLine Media has taken home the Bronze for three different video productions: 2013 Bronze People’s Telly Award winner for a Non-Broadcast Production: SolidLine’s Qvidian Playbook Promotional Video [...]
Thank You Chris Tracz!
Media Contact: Greg Vass, Executive Producer SolidLine Media 312-648-6600 media@solidlinemedia.com The SLM crew would like to send a special thank you to Winter Intern Chris Tracz for his hard work and dedication. Over the past four months, Chris has traveled the US with the crew for on-location shoots, assisted in all aspects of production, developed [...]
Adobe Creative Suite Fully Moved to Cloud
Earlier this week Adobe announced that going forward the Adobe Creative Suite will only be available through its subscription based Creative Cloud service. Adobe CS6, the most recent version of the Creative Suite, will be the last available for straight-out purchase. Needless to say, this was a polarizing announcement to the community of users. Last [...]
The Perks of Hiring Professional On-Screen Talent
Part of the production process is deciding whether or not you need to hire professional on-screen talent. In most circumstances, we’ll suggest that you do. Professional talent definitely costs more, about $1,000+ a day per actor plus the cost of auditions, but will also save you time and money in production because professional talent will be [...]
SLM Travels The Globe In Nine Days
Media Contact: Greg Vass, Executive Producer SolidLine Media 312-648-6600 media@solidlinemedia.com The SolidLine crew spends an average of 175 days per year traveling around the world producing high-end videos for happy clients. Usually these trips last a few days and revolve around a single location or two. But when the crew was recently charged with producing [...]
17th Annual Webby Award Winners Announced
Yesterday, the winners of the 2013 Webby Awards were announced. You know about the traditional award season and the pursuit of the elusive E.G.O.T. but have you ever heard of The Webby Awards? Since 1996, The Webby Awards have been the leading international award honoring excellent on the internet. It’s hard to believe that anyone [...]
Introducing the Sony F55 Digital Cinema Camera
We’re a video production company, so it’s not uncommon for us to get excited about a new camera, but this time it’s different. When we saw the new Sony F55 Digital Cinema Camera at the NAB conference a few weeks ago, it was love at first sight. We knew this camera was special, powerful, and [...]
What’s in a Creative Brief?
Before collaboration comes communication. In order to work together we need to get to know you, your brand, and your vision for this project. So, in order to get everybody on the same page from the very beginning, we ask our clients to fill out a simple Creative Brief. A Creative Brief is the starting [...]
Safest Choice Eggs Features SolidLine Video
Media Contact: Greg Vass, Executive Producer SolidLine Media 312-648-6600 media@solidlinemedia.com Davidson’s Safest Choice Eggs, one of the leading pasteurized egg manufacturers in the US, recently wrapped a fun project with the SolidLine crew explaining egg pasteurization and how the process makes eggs safer and tastier. The production features a unique combination of animation and real [...]
Chris’s Cliffhanger: SLM Wars
Chris’s Cliffhanger: SLM Wars By Chris Tracz, SolidLine Winter Intern Episode IV: A New Video A long time ago in a studio far, far away…. young winter intern Chris Tracz is thrust into the struggle of video production when he comes across Producer Obi-Wright Kevin. Kevin begins to teach Chris how to create award-winning videos. [...]
SolidLine Helps Change The Face Of Beauty
Media Contact: Greg Vass, Executive Producer SolidLine Media 312-648-6600 media@solidlinemedia.com Founded by two local entrepreneurs and parents of a child with a disability, Steve English and Kate Driscoll, Changing the Face of Beauty is a campaign “To integrate individuals with disabilities into general advertising.” Both actively involved in the disabled community, English and Driscoll couldn’t help but [...]
SLM Crew In Vegas For NAB
Media Contact: Greg Vass, Executive Producer SolidLine Media 312-648-6600 media@solidlinemedia.com SolidLine Director of Post Production Michael Kromm and Executive Producer Greg Vass are in Las Vegas this week attending the 2013 NAB Show. This show in the must-attend event for media professionals and boasts nearly a million square feet of show floor space featuring every [...]
Bragging Rights: SolidLine’s NCAA Bracket Champion
March Madness is over and the Louisville Cardinals have taken the title of NCAA Champs. Meanwhile, in the SolidLine office, we have our own winner. Based on the results of last night’s game, John Courchane, editor, has claimed his new title of SLM NCAA Bracket Champion. The reward for this achievement goes beyond a title; [...]
Business is Pleasure: SLM in Vegas for NAB
Some of the SolidLine Media team has been dispatched to Vegas this week. Tough life, right? However, while we’re sure they are enjoying sunny Sin City while we toil away in rainy Chicago, we also know they are there for business. But, lucky for us, our business is pleasure. Executive Producer, Greg Vass and Director of Post [...]
VIRAL VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Remembering Roger Ebert
This week, for our VIRAL VIDEO OF THE WEEK post, we found it only fitting that we honor one of the biggest names in movies and everything media – Roger Ebert. The legendary Chicago film critic passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer. He was 70. It was impossible to be based in Chicago [...]
Sequel Fever
Yesterday, Pixar officially announced the upcoming [upcoming as in 2014] release of their film Finding Dory, unsurprisingly, it’s a sequel to the 2003 mega success Finding Nemo. Which, I’m sure, we have all seen numerous times. In 2009 I nannied a friend’s two young children, it had been six years since Nemo’s success and one of the children hadn’t [...]
Changing the Face of Beauty
A really powerful video is priceless and so is a really powerful organization and mission. We at SolidLine Media do whatever we can to give back and this year we’ve found a way by supporting Changing the Face of Beauty by editing a unique and powerful video production done pro bono. Founded by two local [...]
The 2013 People’s Telly Awards: Vote for SolidLine Media
This year’s People’s Telly Awards are in full swing and, as SolidLine Media is up for a few different awards and categories, we wanted to reach out to our supportive fan base. The People’s Telly Awards give the online community the power to rate entries and decide this year’s People’s Telly Award Winners. It’s incredibly [...]
Aurora And Communitas Awards Honor SolidLine Media
Media Contact: Greg Vass, Executive Producer SolidLine Media 312-648-6600 media@solidlinemedia.com The crew recently brought two production awards home, proving yet again that hard work in this industry pays off and is recognized in an honorable fashion. The Aurora Awards is an independent and international film and video competition for commercials, cable programming, documentaries, industrial, instructional, [...]
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