Sloan Productions

Working with celebrity talent requires careful planning and execution as time is a premium and must be used efficiently.  Longtime Sloan Productions client CBS Sports, shoots a commercial for Callaway Golf, to be included in the Super Bowl XLIV pre-game show.  The spot was directed by CBS Producer Sellers Shy, and coordinated by CBS Production [...]

Just unveiled today during NAB Digital Cinema Summit. Sony‘s entry into the 3D camera race, the EX3-D.  Currently a prototype, yet has full 1920×1080, records to sxs cards, adjustable inter-axial and convergence, interchangeable lenses.  To be field tested in July. Photo credit: Bob Sloan, Sloan Productions www.nabshow.com www.sony.com

San Diego video production crew company Sloan Productions has spent a great many production days assisting our clients and their clients with capturing coverage of a meeting or conference. This photo was taken during the Taking Care of Your Diabetes Conference in San Diego, Oct. 2009. Our client was Hall Media for whom we provided [...]

On any given day Sloan Productions provides professional video production crew services to independent producers, corporations and networks such as ESPN. This is a typical setup for what we call “on-camera interviews”. For this production, we are preparing former NFL star Michael Strahan to be interviewed via speakerphone by ESPN producer Korey Kozak. Photo Credit: [...]

For this shot a helium balloon with several daylight balanced instruments is tethered above the scene. The balloon light simulates the full moon by casting an even back/side light on the entire area. For more information on balloon lighting or night for night photography, contact us. Photo Courtesy: Roger Henderson, Henderson Lighting & Grip (HLG)

In preparation for ESPN’s telecast of Monday Night Football in San Diego, Director of Photography Bob Sloan leads a Sloan Productions high definition crew and shoots the helmets of the opposing teams. The San Diego Chargers hosted the Denver Broncos during ESPN, ABC, and Disney’s 40th year production of the most popular football telecast of [...]

Sloan Productions provides live television production off the Pacific Ocean. A technician aims a microwave transmitter antenna towards Scripps Institution of Oceanography as Sloan Productions produces the educational series, “Undersea Classroom“, a live event where elementary school children interact with divers undersea in the California kelp forest. www.scripps.ucsd.edu

These are my favorite assignments, innovate a way to make it work. On this assignment for ESPN‘s E:60 program, the producer asked for a dynamic shot of a bull charging the camera in High Definition. Combining research, technology, and innovation Bob used an Iconix HD-RH1 camera with a 2.2mm lens mounted in a custom camera [...]

Frame Grab from the Bullcam Video.

To produce effective corporate video it’s important to understand all facets of a company or organization; it’s products, clients, business model, strengths & weaknesses, and most importantly it’s mission. By understanding a client company in depth, it is then possible to craft each project from an accurate and supportive perspective.

Underwater production has it’s own unique and specialized requirements. Since 1985, Sloan Productions has served it’s clients with underwater production services. In this project, an exercise video for Speedo, Bob utilizes an underwater housing for a Betacam SP camcorder, recording in the camera and powering the camera from the surface while the director and client [...]

For the opening to a Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year television special, renowned golfer Phil Mickelson addresses the camera. For this shot we used a Sony F-900 High Definition Camcorder mounted on a 25 foot jib arm for long time client Intersport of Chicago. www.intersport.com www.sportsillustrated.cnn.com www.philmickelson.com www.intersportnet.com

“It takes a village to make good television”. This is the behind the scenes view during taping of Titleist’s Golf Fitness Academy. Many large and small decisions and adjustments add up to a program that appears to the audience as if it “just happened”.

Great outdoor lighting utilizes a combination of artificial and natural light sources. During this production for The Golf Channel and Titleist the sun is reflected from both hard reflector boards, a large reflective cloth panel, as well as daylight balanced continuous light source HMI production lamps.

I’ve been using the Redrock Micro M2 Encore imaging system with a Sony Z1U HDV camera for some of our clients and am very impressed with it.  It has minimal light loss, about a third of a stop.  We have made it a standard offering with our HD crews in San Diego and Los Angeles..  We use [...]