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Well, we finally did it! We completed production of our first season, 2010 and it is time to celebrate!
The party was held at Storyville coffee in Maitland, in a unique and very cool office building. We watched an exciting episode of the show on their big projection screen, ate delicious hors d’oeuvres and [...]
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A Lake Mary, Florida, (Orlando) television production company is producing an innovative new weekly television series that features how-to segments on outdoor activities across the state. The syndicated TV series will be broadcast across Florida and shown on Sun Sports cable network throughout the state.
Lake Mary, FL July 1, 2010 — When the new half-hour [...]
Written by carlyhambsch
The Crawford Group recently worked with Tampa advertising agency Paradise Advertising to shoot two 15-second commercials for Seminole County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. Locations consisted of the Wekiva River and the Sanford Zoo. Commercials were captured with a Panasonic AJ-HDX900 with Zeiss Super Speed lenses. Director of Photography Chad Crawford said, ” The location had [...]
Written by Brian Hogan
Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.
If you know me a little bit you probably know that I’m a big fan of animation. I usually look through quite a bit of other people’s animation work for inspiration on my own projects as a motion graphics designer. I recently stumbled across an animated short film, Alma, which has some really impressive character [...]
Written by erikwieder
AVATAR Brings 3D to the next level… for the first 15 minutes. After that, I found myself watching a movie and not really paying attention to the 3D effect. It was only when I was bored, and I was at times, that I looked for the 3D effect. It’s a gorgeous film to watch, and the [...]
Written by carlyhambsch
In the December 11th issue of the Orlando Business Journal (OBJ), The Crawford Group was ranked in the top ten performing production companies in the Central Florida Area.
“2008 was a great year to be in the video business,” said owneer Chad Crawford. “However, in 2009 we saw companies pull back on advertising and production related [...]
Written by Len Depanicis
I recently was asked to address some students and facility at Full Sail University about television production, syndication and pitching original programs. The clip is part of my lecture that covered a wide range of topics, including preparing pitch material to broadcast stations and cable networks, production requirements and quality, legal issues and budget control.
Written by chadcrawford
For our new website, our friend Josh Letchworth offered to take some photographs of us. Chad and I shot some behind the scenes video of Josh’s new idea for taking pictures. Watch the video to find out what Josh did!
Written by Len Depanicis
I recently went to see MICHAEL JACKSON’S THIS IS IT movie.
I came away from the movie inspired and depressed. I was inspired by his genius and depressed that he is gone.
Each scene was setup and staged by the director and after the run through, Michael gave his input and made the scene better.
What a loss.
Written by carlyhambsch
The Crawford Group recently had the opportunity to shoot HD video with the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR, for the Mullen Agency in Winston-Salem, NC. Canon’s 5D with Movie Mode, sounds like a digital Dad term, but it’s that mode that has everyone in the digital imagery business just buzzin’. Director of Photography, Chad Crawford [...]