1999 Wabash Ave. Suite 203
Springfield, IL 62704
Crowdson & Company is a full-service video production company located in Central Illinois, specializing in video production for small businesses.
If you need a commercial, training video, music video, or an event videotaped, call us. We can deliver your project on DVD or videotape, on the web or on your smartphone.
We're always looking for new and interesting projects that will challenge us and allow us to stretch our creativity and skills. If you have any questions or would like to discuss how your project can become a reality, please call us at 217.299.8801, or email us at info@imaketv.com.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Restaurant owner and chef Caitie Barker died yesterday in a car accident. We produced numerous cooking shows with her and she was always fun to work with. Here’s a highlight reel we did for her a year or so back. You’ll be missed, Caitie.
September 13th, 2011
Chris Brogan has a short article with tips for video blogging on Entrepreneur’s website. As always, if you aren’t comfortable doing it yourself, we would be glad to help.
From Chris:
Go for Quality
Recording someone on a Flip camera from eight feet away doesn’t work. Get closer, and frame them from their chest to the top of their head. Keep the camera facing the speakers. Models like the Kodak Zi8 allow for an external lavaliere microphone. Use it.You can find inexpensive LED lights that attach to most cameras at Amazon.com. Practice simple lighting. Don’t spotlight people like you want them to confess.
If you can, edit. I use really inexpensive software, or I make sure that my recordings are very brief. People don’t want to wade through garbage, so learn to cut stuff out.
September 1st, 2011
We shot an interview with a local Vietnam veteran yesterday for Ken Rodger’s documentary on Bravo Company’s role in the 1968 siege of Khe Sanh in Vietnam. The State Journal Register did a nice article about it, but they don’t have the whole article on line. Here’s a blurb about it, and check out the Bravo! website.
Photo by Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register
Vietnam veteran Tom Quigley gets prepared to be interviewed by a documentary filmmaker, Ken Rodgers, about his time serving in the siege of Khe Sanh, during a filming session for the documentary, “Bravo!”, on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. The documentary film is about the men of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines during the 1968 Siege at Khe Sanh.
September 9th, 2010
We made four more spots for the guys over at Sundown One. If you’re in the market for a new TV or car stereo, check them out. They’re at 4685 West Wabash (way out west) or online at SundownOne.com.
September 7th, 2010
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