Sloan Productions

Sloan Productions is deployed by 25 year client HBO to follow the cast of HBO’s original program True Blood, interviewing and shooting B Roll  during sessions of the five day International Comic-Con event at the San Diego Convention Center.  In this scene, HBO producer Rob Stein interviews Deborah Ann Woll, aka Jessica Hamby, while Director of Photography [...]

Sloan Productions constructed a set of frames to be used in multiple scenes for Major League Baseball shooting a tease for the 2010 All Star Game.  Director of Photography Bob Sloan leads a Sloan Productions crew with MLB producer Darryl Martins around the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. Panasonic Varicam & Canon 5D footage was shot over [...]

Shooting behind the scenes of still shoot (Smashbox Studios) for ESPN Magazine with BMX rider Simon Tabron, at at Tony Hawk’s location – vert ramp in Vista, CA. While Simon did some of his iconic moves, including his “gut killer” or something like that where he puts the handlebars in his ab area and planes out [...]

Sloan Productions provides professional video production services to Action Television for Inside Golf Mag. Sloan Productions provides professional production crews in San Diego and across the states to networks, independent producers, and corporations alike. www.actiontelevision.com www.insidegolfmagazine.com

The Kia Classic, which teed off March 25th at Carlsbad’s La Costa Resort & Spa presented by J Golf. This is the first time a full-field LPGA Tour event has been held in San Diego County since 1993. Sloan Productions provided key camera coverage during the 4 day event, with 144 of the world’s best [...]

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 [...]

Using fundamental tools for lighting a scene yields a more deliberate and artful picture as opposed to the “light it up and look at the monitor” approach. Jeff Landie of Sloan Productions uses a light meter to determine the key to fill to backlight ratio.

High Definition Cameras allow a more versatile palette to the photographer allowing more ability to “paint” with filtered light. In the older system of NTSC it is impossible to portray some colors. Director of Photography Bob Sloan shoots an interview for ESPN with boxer Shane Mosley.

It isn’t often that I get to work with someone who helps set the standard for talent, ability, professionalism, and genuine character.  Leslie Ann Nichols of  Junkdrawer Media, Philadelphia, produced and coordinated the video production for Hall Media, Philadelphia of the Taking Care of Your Diabetes conference in San Diego last month.  Sloan Productions provided the crew and equipment, [...]

It’s actually not that difficult to break into the business. But you first must have genuine passion for the industry and the craft, you have to have it in your blood. Then it’s just a matter of applying yourself. It all starts with desire, a desire to get into the business. With strong enough desire, [...]