Corporate video production can have it’s challenges. One of these challenges is locations as we don’t often get to choose where we shoot. If we’re lucky, we get a scout day or pictures of the location we’re supposed to shoot in or we’ve been there before and already know what we’re walking into. In these…
FiveSix Productions’ crews hit the beaches from Long Beach to San Diego! Do you know what’s better than having sand literally everywhere on and in your body? Not much, because you must have been on the beach to get that way, and, if you’re on the beach, you’re winning. Down here in Southern California, we catch…
Trekking Through Appalachia, a journey through the American South. While FiveSix Productions’ motley crew call either Las Vegas, Nevada or Long Beach, California home, we certainly love to travel. We are no strangers to jet streams and interstates. We travel throughout the year, but late spring and early summer seem to have us gone more…
Canon 5D Mark IV. The Canon 5D Mark IV line of DSLRs from Canon is one of their finest product lines. The newest edition is the 5D Mark IV, and it definitely doesn’t disappoint. Our 5D Mark II was a great camera, and we definitely had some amazing times together, like that one-time lapse we…
Let’s talk about Audio Recording. No, let’s talk about money. I believe RZA and his Wu-Tang Clan said it best in 1994, when they taught us about C.R.E.A.M. Cash rules everything around me- that’s a lesson that applies far beyond the confines of the 36 Chambers of Staten Island. What does this mean here in…
We definitely felt like kids on Christmas Eve, as we waited for our Tilta Nucleus-M follow focus system to arrive. When it did, oh boy, were we excited! This thing is amazing. The kit includes three motors to drive focus, zoom, and iris; all of which can be daisy chained off the same power source.…
Every once and a while, you get that spark of imagination, the creative juices begin to flow… and suddenly, you have created something totally righteous. That’s just what we’re doing here at FiveSix Productions. We realize that to expand and improve upon what we can offer to our clients, and to continue to push the…
Governor Sandoval took a moment away from a gathering of the National Governors Association (which he Chairs) at Lake Las Vegas, to experience a couple of the incredible autonomous vehicles from the companies Navya and Keolis. These two companies have been in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada this week for CES, and were excited to meet…
Do you have a project, big or small, that you’re planning on filming in Long Beach, CA? The very first stop you should make… after Starbucks… so, the very second stop you should make before you advance one frame of celluloid, is with the Office of Special Events and Filming, within the Long Beach City…
Mike Hynson is one to tell it like it is. He didn’t hold anything back in our interview. Our interviewer, Robert Bell was loving life as story after story was told about the early days. Our production team has put together the final part of Mike’s interview for your viewing pleasure here. Check out the…