San Diego's Award-Winning Video Production Company for 35 Years
With the popularity of sharks in television programming Sloan Productions has answered the call on numerous occasions to share the set with them. In this photo, Bob Cranston draws a blue shark closer to the camera during a shoot for Inside Edition off of San Diego.
Sometimes sunshine alone isn’t enough. Great pictures don’t just happen. For network quality results, shadows must be filled in when working in direct sunshine. It takes a big light to compete with the sun. In this case, a daylight color balanced “HMI” lighting instrument requires it’s own operator to follow with on-camera talent in a reality TV program for Fox Television.
On location in Las Vegas using a “jib arm” to create compound camera moves incorporating panning, tilting, booming, and lateral movement as well as zoom and focus.
Working in the operating room has some very specific challenges. One is positioning a camera above the surgeon to see his point of view. Sloan Productions has executed many single and multiple camera surgery shoots including oral, open-heart, & plastic surgery.
High end corporate production requires the same amount of discipline and care that goes into a network television program. Jeff Landie focuses a Sony Digital Betacam Camcorder on the subjects of a corporate video for Terminix Pest Control.
Whether it’s in a sterile clean room or an oilfield, Sloan Productions prepares for each specific environment. The location may be wet, extremely hot, cold, desolate, or dirty. It’s not the challenge, but creating the solution that we enjoy.
Sloan Productions has a commitment to our clients and the production of quality television and video programs. Our goal is to take make the production process transparent for our clients allowing them to focus on the core content for their footage and shows.
1. Simplify Your Life by Reducing your Possessions
Modern culture is materialistic, bombarding us with the message that we can find happiness in possessions. In reality, possessions create clutter. It’s hard to feel peaceful or calm when you’re surrounded by clutter. Simple living with fewer possessions will make you feel freer and more in control of your life.
2. Simplify Your Life by Rethinking your Commitments
When your calendar is filled with commitments, you will spend all your time rushing from one activity to another. This leaves no time to slow down and find happiness in the beauty of life. If you feel over-committed, create a more simple life by rethinking your priorities. Keep only the most important commitments and bow out of those that lower on your priority list.
3. Simplify Your Life and Find More Free Time
Once you’ve limited your commitments, look for ways to create more free time. Decide if simple living allows you to spend less time on household chores. Once you’ve reduced clutter, you’ll have less to clean. Spend your newly-found free time on activities that will help you find happiness, such as developing your talents and enjoying the company of family and friends.
4. Simplify Your Life by Thinking for Yourself
If you allow your role in life to be defined by someone else, you won’t be able to follow your heart’s desires. Trying to conform to someone else’s expectations creates inner conflict. Instead, find happiness by thinking for yourself. You can simplify life by exercising your freedom of choice and letting your heart be your guide.
5. Simplify Your Life and Enjoy Life’s Simple Pleasures
Preparing a delicious meal, taking a long soak in a hot tub, exploring a park or nature preserve – these are just a few of the simple pleasures that make life sweet. One way to find happiness is to focus on life’s simple pleasures. Try to find time every day to savor the simple life.
6. Simplify Your Life and Give Up Some Control
Trying to control life’s flow can only lead to frustration. One of the fundamental benefits of a simple life is being able relax and enjoy life’s journey. When we stop trying to control things, we allow ourselves to be open to new opportunities that may arise. You can still find happiness by setting goals, but don’t expect to control the means that get you to your goals.
7. Simplify Your Life and Live in the Moment
One of the problems with bring over-committed is that it leaves little time for enjoying the present moment. Your mind is always moving ahead to the next activity on the calendar. Simple living means being fully present in the here and now. Don’t wait for tomorrow to find happiness – learn to find it in all the small tasks and simple pleasures that make up a day.
Creating a simple life is a process rather than a final destination. In our modern world, it’s not possible to completely escape the complexity of life. However, you can still increase your happiness by making changes that simplify your life.
Please credit Catie Watson, contributing editor to http://www.suite101.com for this content.
Sloan Productions provided facilities and crew for Hall Media Productions and their client, the Taking Care of Your Diabetes Conference.
TCOYD offers a unique and very personal way to understand diabetes and to educate patients to become the most active members of their health care teams. Through conferences and health fairs held in cities across the nation, TCOYD annually brings thousands of people with diabetes, those at risk and their loved ones into contact with national and local medical professionals and others with expertise related to living with the disease for a day of highly informative and motivational programs. Visit the website: www.tcoyd.org
Sloan Productions orchestrated the movement and technical quality of five Panasonic SDX 900 camcorders between ballrooms, conference rooms, and outdoor areas capturing live switched proceedings for the Taking Care of Your Diabetes website.
Capturing intended responses from children has a unique set of challenges. For one thing, children are much smarter than most adults give them credit for. Acting silly or stupid is a dead giveaway to most kids that the production is lacking authenticity. In this photo, a Swift Media producer asks questions of children for an internal communications video.
