The studio cyc game in Vegas isn’t the easiest to navigate, especially for out of town productions that don’t know the offerings. Sure, there are some decent places but most are too small for many productions, don’t deliver on amenities or are out of the way and not convenient for talent or crew. That’s all…
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…
Sometimes you just need a little extra power to spice things up in the office. Here at FiveSix Productions, we’ve been running a few different workstations for some time now, a couple mac trashcans from awhile back and a couple newer imac pro machines. But with the new Mac Pro out, we decided our Edit…
We have been enjoying our new MYT Works slider. We work on a large variety of video productions so we’ve had to outfit ourselves with a number of options when it comes to camera movements. We have sliders from Edelkrone, Cinevate, Kessler and Dana Dolly. While these have been great, our commercial productions have required…
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…
Earlier this year, FiveSix Productions teamed up with some of our good friends here in Vegas, to highlight some of the great spots in this wonderful town. One of the best (and most delicious) locations was Carson Kitchen in downtown Las Vegas. Carson Kitchen, if you STILL haven’t found your way there, is a creation…
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…
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…
This is going to hurt me more than it’ll hurt you: clean, usable audio is as important as a great image. I know… I know… that was rough. We all know that the audio department takes a little “guff” on set; and, justifiably so. I mean, those guys and gals are usually the best looking,…