San Diego Video Production

Semper Fi-ghting With "The Expendables"

July 26, 2010

It doesn't get more badass than this -- Sylvester Stallone and his tough-guy co-stars from "The Expendables" joining forces with the Marines at Camp Pendleton! This San Diego video production was actually the premiere of the new action movie, held at the 1,300-seat theater on the Marine base in Oceanside. Our San Diego video crew nabbed a TV exclusive for "Entertainment Tonight" as Stallone pulled up to a cheering crowd of Marines and their families in a Humvee. Also arriving in Humvees -- co-stars Terry Crews, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Randy Couture, a six-year military veteran. The crew stayed up close with the stars, grabbing tons of memorable moments as Stallone and the boys signed autographs, posed for pictures and high-fived Marines. Inside the theater, we rolled as "The Expendables" bolted down the carpet to thunderous applause and introduced their new film, which opens Aug. 13. Our footage aired on "ET" Monday, July 26, and was featured on the show's website, www.etonline.com.

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Keeping Up With Kathy Griffin

July 18, 2010

We couldn't have asked for a better gig than covering Kathy Griffin's book-signing for "Entertainment Tonight!" From start to finish, this San Diego video production was one belly laugh after another as Kathy lamented the engagement of her "My Life on the D-List" boy-toy Levi Johnston, and had a field day with Mel Gibson's phone recordings. The energetic comedian popped into Border's Books with her mom Maggie Griffin to promote Maggie's new book, Tip It! -- and sign copies of her own best-seller, Official Book Club Selection. My San Diego video crew and I squeezed in with the crowd of about 300 that crammed the bookstore to see and hear Kathy in person. And she didn't disappoint -- signing and posing for every last person!

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Solana Wins with 'Biggest Loser' Trainer

Solana Productions captured all the drama as Jillian Michaels, fitness trainer on TV's "The Biggest Loser," invaded a former Hollywood star's home for a complete diet and fitness makeover. ...more

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San Diego Webcast Video Production

San Diego webcast video productions come in all shapes and sizes. We began webcasting five years ago with Hewlett-Packard. Their printing division is based in San Diego. The CEO of this billion dollar business decided to address his employees world-wide on a quarterly basis.

Using four cameras and a portable production studio, this has grown into a very complex and professional-looking show. Each one is different. We’ve had live questions from China, presenters from Germany and India and web content from all over the world.

Our crews are responsible for the live production for an audience of hundreds, an overflow room with separate projector, screen and additional plasmas and the feed to the web. It usually involves a crew of about 30 and several days of production.

At the other end of the spectrum is the live San Diego webcast we recently did for “Entertainment Tonight” at the 2009 Comic-Con convention. With just one person and a laptop, we fed the “Twilight: New Moon” press conference live to the ET website.

As you can see, webcasts can be as big and complicated as a live sports production or as simple as one person and a laptop. Both put an image on the web and they both send very different messages.

Whatever your message is, you can count on Solana Productions to deliver it.