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Author Archives: Connie Westpfahl
Film Look at a Video Price Tag
How do you get the look and feel of cinematic film at a lower video price tag? Now that local TV stations are broadcasting local commercial breaks in HD, it’s time to take the visuals of your products or services … Continue reading
Cornell College Gives Metro Studios an Extraordinary Opportunity!
Cornell College requested a high-end multi-media presentation for the culmination of their “Extraordinary Opportunities: The Campaign for Cornell College” project, a five-year, $92 million effort to enhance the college’s endowment and upgrade its facilities. Planning Ahead for an 18 Video … Continue reading
Bringing Humor to a Stormy Situation
One of Metro Studios’ long-term clients, Muscatine Power & Water (MP&W), always challenges us to think outside the (cable) box for their projects. Our task: To create a humorous campaign aimed at increasing new cable television and Internet customers for … Continue reading
Flying High for Higher Education
Picture if you will a gorgeous Spring morning, overlooking a beautiful college campus with eager students making their way to class…and our very own Kirk Hayden hovering overhead in a helicopter, shooting aerial photos and HD video at Cornell College … Continue reading
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Whet your appetite with a video for Scottsdale Community College.
The SCC’s Culinary Arts Department needed to create a video “appetizer” for potential students. Their theme was “Think”, and during this shoot, we “thought” about sushi, strudel, stuffed chicken, plus culinary delights we’ve never heard of—students learn it all right … Continue reading
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A field guide to (location) scouting.
What does it take to become a skilled location scout for photo and video shoots? As Metro Studios’ resident eagle location scout (and senior producer), I’ll be your guide as we explore the badges you can earn on the trek … Continue reading
Metro’s latest video project receives rave reviews from across the US
Great expectations Junior Achievement is the world’s largest and fastest-growing organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy. When Metro Studios was chosen to produce JA Worldwide’s new volunteer orientation video, there were large … Continue reading
Live Surgery Webcast
On Monday, November 17, 2008, Metro Studios produced a Live Webcast directly from an operating room at St Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Drs. Rozeboom and McCarron performed this robotic-assisted hysterectomy at 9:30am CST. Metro’s 2 cameras with operators, … Continue reading
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Shooting HD
Metro Studios officially dived headfirst into High Definition acquisition this past spring. One of Metro’s major international clients requested that we shoot HD and then hand off the footage to their field producers, like we used to do with their … Continue reading
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