With Studio Taping this Week, Shooting Completed on Medical TV Show “A Mission to Heal”

Production News 1 October 2010 | View Comments

Written by Mark Greenwald

Shooting is finished for “A Mission to Heal’” a new medical television program being produced by The Crawford Group and Brown Parker & DeMarinis Advertising for Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale. Studio segments were taped during an all-day session at DCL Studios in Davie, Florida and involved a live studio audience. The show’s host, [...]

HTDF Scores Solid Broadcast Numbers for Season One

Production News 15 September 2010 | View Comments

Written by Mark Greenwald

How to Do Florida(HTDF),” a new television series produced by The Crawford Group, has garnered impressive first season viewership levels. Between broacast, cable and internet an estimated 1.2 million viewers tuned in to see and visit the show’s website, howtodoflorida.com. Len DePanicis, Director of TV Program Development for HTDF, says “Our format of part teach, [...]

Talent Audition Dos and Don’ts

Producer's Blog 10 September 2010 | View Comments

Written by Mark Greenwald

Over the course of my many years as a producer in Nashville and Orlando I’ve held lots of auditions. I’ve even been in one as talent. There’s a real inconsistency I’ve seen from talent, across the southeast at least, that makes me wonder if there is any sort of training or guidelines out there to [...]

Principle Shooting Begins on New Medical TV Show

Production News 30 August 2010 | View Comments

Written by Mark Greenwald

South Florida will the location this week for a TCG production crew as they tape segments for the new medical television show “A Mission to Heal” being produced for Holy Cross Hospital in association with Brown Parker & DeMarinis Advertising. Three patient stories will be dramatized and retold to show how the surgery team [...]

NBC Peacock by Nathan Love

Video Graphics and Animation Blog 18 August 2010 | View Comments

Written by Brian Hogan

I look at a lot of motion graphics for inspiration on my own work and usually what I find to be most inspiring is character based animation and design. Although the animation work I do at Crawford is usually not character driven, I still translate this influence towards practically every project that I’m involved [...]

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Developing a program for television

TV Show Development Blog 11 August 2010 | View Comments

Written by Len Depanicis

Easy Steps to get Started
When you are taking a shower and the next greatest idea for a television
program hits you, dry off, don’t slip on the soap and write that idea down.
Think about your idea for a few days and continue to write down your
creative approach, the production elements you want to include and any
other [...]

An Idea on Wheels

Producer's Blog video 4 August 2010 | View Comments

Written by Mark Greenwald

Growing up as a child in the 60s and early 70s put me smack dab in the muscle car era (1964-’74). Back when men were men… and cars were cars.
This spot for the 1967 GTO features Pontiac pitchman and actor Paul Richards, who dramatically presents this gleaming new machine in a simple studio setting. No [...]

New Medical TV Show to be Developed and Produced by TCG

Production News 2 August 2010 | View Comments

Written by Mark Greenwald

The Crawford Group has signed a deal to develop and produce a new medical television show for Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The goal of the program is to promote the services of the heart and vascular center there and raise funds for the research institute. The project will be produced in association [...]

how to Do florida Wrap Party

Production News 12 July 2010 | View Comments

Written by admin

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 [...]

tcg launches ground breaking new TV series

Production News 1 July 2010 | View Comments

Written by admin

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 [...]