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 [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,On the Lighter SideSolidLine 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 [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,SolidLine Media NewsBragging 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; [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,On the Lighter SideAnd the winner for the SolidLine Extern Editing Challenge is…
For the past week, SolidLine Media clients, viewers and readers have been voting in our Extern Edition of SolidLine Media’s Editing Challenge. We typically impose this challenge upon our interns, whom we give a season’s worth of hands-on experience with video production. This time, we put our Externs up for the challenge. Our externs dive into [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,BlogWATCH AND VOTE: SolidLine Extern Editing Challenge
We’re proud of our interns and the opportunities we offer them, and they eagerly take, to get hands-on experience in the video production field. Our externs are no different. What’s an externship? It’s an internship that we offer to students over their spring break. It’s short and sweet but we try to jam-pack it with as much [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,On the Lighter SideFirst Annual SolidLine Media Pie Bake-Off
The office is flooded with delicious sweetness this morning as competitors for the First Annual SolidLine Media Pie Bake-Off file into the office. That’s right, in honor of March Madness and Pi Day, SolidLine Media is bringing a little competition to the workweek. The Chili Cook-Off got pretty heated, and not just because Editor John [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,On the Lighter SideMeet the SLM Crew: Adam Marzec, Motion Graphics Artist
It’s about that time again. Time to meet another member of the ever-talented SolidLine Media team. So let’s get onward with another edition of “Meet the SLM Crew!” This week, we’re swinging by the art department to check in with one of our fabulous Motion Graphics Artists, Adam Marzec. I pried Adam away from his [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,From the Art DepartmentThe Few. The Talented. The Interns.
Internships are a strong first step into any career path, and film and video internships are no different. At SolidLine, our internship is an invaluable hands on experience. You won’t walk away knowing everyone’s coffee order; you’ll walk away with the confidence to pursue any career in film and video. What’s the opportunity?– Come with [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,From the Intern Desk,Working with SolidLine MediaAnd the winner of the SolidLine Media Winter Intern Editing Challenge is…
For the past week, SolidLine Media clients, viewers and readers have been voting in our second SolidLine Media Intern Editing Challenge. Our interns walk away with plenty of hands-on experience in the video production field, but only one can walk away with the coveted Intern Editing Trophy. Fall interns, Broc Pachesa and Ryan Nice, both had [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,From the Intern Desk,On the Lighter SideThe Sony F3, The Camera Behind the Productions
Behind every strong man is a strong woman. Well, at SolidLine it’s no different…well it’s a little different. First off there are women in our crew and secondly, the strong woman supporting us is actually a camera. The Sony PMW-F3 to be exact. Making quality videos is about the vision and talent of the crew, [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,TechWATCH AND VOTE: SolidLine Media’s Winter Intern Editing Challenge
All of our SolidLine Media interns walk away with plenty of hands-on experience in the video production field. To cap off a great year, we asked Broc Pachesa and Ryan Nice to participate in our second SolidLine Intern Editing Challenge. Both competitors had to create a video using the same footage from our New Year’s [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,On the Lighter SideSolidLine’s 2012-2013 New Year’s Card Photo Shoot
This is a short video featuring our photo shoot for the 2012-2013 SLM New Year’s card. Typically, when you see “something strange in the neighborhood,” you’d call Ghostbusters, but a troupe of impostors is roaming the streets of Chicago. On 12/12/12, the SolidLine Media crew bundled up and ventured out to an “undisclosed location” to [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,On the Lighter SideA Solid Start to the New Year
Here at SolidLine Media we rang in 2013 the same way we do every year: by giving our hardworking crew a much needed and well-deserved break. We closed shop for eleven days to spend time with family, friends and came back fully recharged and ready to take on all that 2013 has to offer. “I’m [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,SolidLine Media News,SolidLine Post-Production,Working with SolidLine MediaSolidLine Media’s Fall Intern Editing Challenge
Another day, another throw down in the SolidLine Media office. This time the gauntlet has been thrown, and by the interns no less. The battle wages forth for another SolidLine Media Intern Editing Challenge. For this fall’s challenge, interns Ryan Nice and Broc Pachesa have been charged with the task of editing footage from SolidLine’s [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,From the Intern Desk,On the Lighter SideMeet the SLM Crew: Michael Kromm, Director of Post Production
By the power vested in me , I declare we honor a great man today. It’s time for another edition of “Meet the SLM Crew!” And this week, we’re getting to know one of the SolidLine big shots. By name he is Michael Kromm, by title he is Director of Post Production…through he [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,BlogA Very SolidLine Thanksgiving
The crew is out of the office preparing to gorge themselves on delicious Thanksgiving feasts. But, before they left, we asked them some questions about their usual Thanksgiving. Here are some of their answers: What are you thankful for this year? John Courchane: Not working retail for the first time in 16 years. Mike Petrik: [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,On the Lighter SideThe First Annual SolidLine Media Chili Cook-Off
Just when you thought the voting was over… Ladies and gentleman, take your seats and pour yourself a tall glass of water because things are heating up in the SolidLine Media offices. Today the team cooks up their best chili for the First Annual SolidLine Media Chili Cook Off. As competition boils, the inaugural battle [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,On the Lighter SideMascot For A Day: Inside the Qvidian “Q”
Ever wonder what it’s like to get inside one of those giant mascots? So did we. SolidLine Media Executive Producer Greg Vass was on scene at the big Connect12 event for one of our clients Qvidian. When the company asked if somebody would like to hop inside of Qwin, their giant Q of a mascot, [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,On the Lighter SideSolidLine Goes “Back To The Future”: Art Department re-creates classic scenes for new video
We’re currently working on a new video for the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management, who is celebrating their 50th year of conferences. AHRMM wanted to tell this year’s conference audience everything the group was up to, and celebrate its past at the same time. And it needed to be fun. So, we came up [...]
Category :Behind the SolidLine,Blog,From the Art Department,Working with SolidLine MediaMeet The SLM Crew: Ed Boe, Director of Photography
With all of the hard work that goes on around here, we thought it was about time people got to know the crew responsible for putting all of our videos together. To kick off our new “Meet The SLM Crew” series, we’re starting with the man responsible for getting so many of our visuals on [...]
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