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Clients are the lifeblood of any business and we've been lucky to have some of the best around. From local companies to the largest international groups in the world.
Some are listed below with their feedback. We thank them all for their trust for nearly 50 years.
"I just wanted to take the time to express my sincerest thanks to you and every-one who helped put together our video presentation. We asked for the impossible and your company delivered. Ron worked extremely hard to execute a quality and professional show. The presentation you created for Intel was well received... and will be used as a successful marketing tool."
Linda York
Marketing Communications
Intel Corporation
"I want to thank everyone for all their hard work in producing a phenomenally successful Sub-Vastus Knee webcast this past Tuesday. From the extremely friendly and cooperative staff at both TOI and El Dorado Hospital to the awesome PSAvideo production team, it was truly a pleasure working with you all on this project."
James P. Schwendeman
Manager, Medical Education Technology & Communications
Zimmer, Inc (USA)
"Our Goal: Distribute CDs to sportswriters around the country... The Outcome: A very happy, satisfied client. You made us look good Ron. We believe your contribution helped our very own Amare Stoudemire win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Thank You!"
Susan Ulrich
Director of Marketing
Phoenix Suns
"I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Ron Boat and his company, PS/A on several very important projects... in all stages of these projects Ron demonstrated great creativity, promptness, professionalism and delivery of materials when promised. His organizational skills are impeccable and he kept the projects rolling along in a timely manner.
He has proven to be a valuable asset to my company"
Melanie Sanders
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
D.R. Horton
"If the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Yosemite are the "gems" of our National Park system, Production Services is the gem of this industry. I have worked with many companies in this field over a 50 year career and this company is without equal in every respect. Talented, creative, friendly, open-minded, timely, very competitive pricing....superior in every respect."
Tom De Paolo
Head of U.S. Operations
Stilo Development Group USA
Milan, Italy
"Our intricate and complicated nuclear training programs were needed quickly and yet with concise, specific goals in mind. Over the years you've succeeded every time and our industry conference reports were well received. Thanks for a great quality job one more time."
Bill Tobin
Dir. of Training
Framatome / Areva (France/USA/Worldwide)
"I wanted to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the efforts put forth by you and your staff to produce our campaign video. Our goal of $8,000,000 to date - - - well ahead of schedule. Your bidding process was complete and while you were not the lowest, we anticipated from your past productions and professional nature that you would give us the best product - you did not let us down.
...it was the viewing of the video that prompted one couple to increase their contribution to $500,000. The Director's Dinner was well staged and we enjoyed working with you."
Richard H. Everett
Executive Director
PMH Foundation
"Production Services is BroadcastMed/OR-Live's go-to resource in the Southwest. Always dependable, always imaginative, we rely on their professionalism and experience to bring out the very best in our programming. A long-time partner in our live event production of sensitive surgical cases, Production Services has repeatedly demonstrated their flexibility in helping us to develop and produce a broad range of video-based content. If you want a first-rate production, and you like to laugh a little bit along the way, this group is a can't miss choice.
Peter Gailey
President
OR-Live
"Ron and the team at Production Services provided my company (ATMI) excellent service and support for multiple projects. Our needs spanned simple, internal training videos to high-production value marketing materials using high speed cameras and specialized photography. It is great to have a service provider that takes ownership as a "partner" and delivers on their promises of quality and professionalism. Production Services will help manage the overall process from start to finish and do it at a reasonable price. I highly recommend their services!
Tod Higinbotham
Executive VP of Microelectronics
ATMI, Inc.
"Ron and his team were terrific to work with. They were on site and ready to go and help us finalize the set up on site. Thank you! "
Jill Henry
Senior Events Manager
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, DC
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"Ron, thank you so very much for your participation and assistance in making the inaugural Fiesta Bowl the great success that it was.... As a result of your efforts, The Fiesta Bowl is well ahead of schedule in establishing itself as one of the truly outstanding post season events."
Ray Cox
Vice President
Combined Communications
Fiesta Bowl Committee
"I am extremely grateful and appreciative to you and your video crew regarding the work you are doing for this Phoenix press conference. Your professionalism is impressive indeed. Ron, please do know this, when in the future we do event coverage in Phoenix, California, or anywhere in your region, you will be the first production company we call."
George Escobar
Vice President
World Net Daily Films & TV
USABasketball.com
HEAD Sports
The Phoenix Suns
Jack Nicklaus
Tom Weiskopf
Tom Purtzer
Jerry Colangelo
Sweet Adelines Int'l
Penn Tennis Products
Hartford Insurance
Fiesta Bowl
Boys & Girls Clubs
Cramer-Krasselt
Atronic/Germany
Arizona Clean Fuels
Wells Fargo
Pinnacle of Sports
Greyhound Corp.
Reinke Mfg. Co
KareMore Int'l
Toyota
California Car Duster
EKCO Housewares
Monster.com
Legacy Distributing / UK
API - Poynter
BPI
ROLF'S Int'l
Talbert Group
Wine Heretic
Adolph Coors
CableONE.net
Omega Media Group
Aaron Rents
Gunsite Academy
Standard Publishing
WND.com
CADDO Mountain Spring Water
Sedona Bottling Company
Mountain Valley Spring Water
Health South
Phoenix Baptist Hospital
Smith & Nephew
United Health -APIPA
Zimmer, Inc
John C. Lincoln Hospitals
Wright Medical
Johnson & Johnson
Alimera Pharmaceuticals
Iasis - HealthChoice
Gore Medical
SCB MedWire
St. Joseph's Hospital
OR-Live.com
Herbalife
DePuy
Omega Media Group
Phoenix Memorial Hospital
Thin Fast Assist
Primus Pharmaceuticals
pSivida Pharmaceuticals
Phoenix Health Plan
Abrazo Healthcare
St. Luke's Hospital
Care 1st
Ethicon
Club Med
APS
Stilo / Italy
City of Phoenix
Coldwell Banker
Stanley Consultants
Desert Highlands
Media Architects
Stantec
Maricopa County
Angenus /Norway
Del E. Webb
Troon Golf
Hunt Construction
ABENGOA / Spain
Kiewit Western
Maxim Crane
D.R. Horton
Coe & Van Loo
Arcosanti Foundation
Morse Consulting
Opus Southwest
Linpro / Philadelphia
SunCityWest
Val Vista Lakes
U.S. Air Force
Northrop Grumman
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Saudi Arabian Air Force
APS
City of Phoenix
John Mitchell & Assoc.
Rural Metro
US Geological Survey
Arizona State Univ.
Arizona D.O.T.
Swift Transportation
Club Med
Zyndio Travel
Desert Highlands
Royal Inns
Universal Studios
Coleman/Fleetwood
Crowne Plaza Hotels
Troon Golf
MGM Grand Hotel
Best Western Hotels
Ramada Inns
Intel
U.S. Air Force
Honeywell
ATMI
McDermott
AREVA / France
KDS / Korea
Medidas / Korea
Digital
OR-Live.com
1) From one of our first productions in the 70's we saw one line that has always stuck with us. "There is no substitute for advance planning." Think about your project, and ask yourself:
a) What is my audience / Who am I trying to reach?
You need to define exactly who gets the message of this production
otherwise missing the mark can be an expensive waste of time and
money.
b) What am I trying to do to them? Are you making an introduction to your company and product? Are trying to introduce a new product? Educate them? Train them? Update them? Just keep in touch? Knowing this will help define your message.
c) What do I want them to do? Do you just want them informed or do you need a response? Do you want them to buy something? Do you want a referral from them or feedback? A call to action is always paramount in your planning.
As with everything in life, it all comes down to time and materials. The more a production company has to create materials, drag information from a client through endless meetings and interactions, the less prepared a client is... the more it's going to cost. Make sure you have a start on things.
a) Assign one person to spearhead your project. Committees don't make a good point of contact for a production. Give them knowledge of the project, its goals and needs and give them authority to make decisions.
b) Gather your materials. Make as much available to the production company as possible. This includes previous video materials, graphics including your logo, product logos, your charts, photos to be used (or a list for shooting), Clean up your facility and people if shooting is to be done at your location, and have any executives and managers ready and prepped for their on camera appearances.
c) If you don't have a script, have an outline. Nothing wastes more time than a script writer trying to build from scratch a complete, comprehensive overview of your company, your history, your story, your products and all related information. Give them a good starting point as well as your list of goals and expectations so everything can be woven into a cohesive, efficient and successful production. We're accustomed to writing a script or refining an idea.
d) Develop a basic budget. A production group can spend a lot of time accurately developing a budget for you. They need to look at many things such as: is the project indoor, outdoors or both? (which affects lighting needs) Are you using a voiceover or on camera talent? How many people from your group will be on camera? What additional elements are required such as animation, special graphics, custom music, etc.? What materials already exist that might be needed and altered? We will ask the question of how much - not to know how much we can charge, but how much we can do.
There are a lot of tools in the chest so, if you have a $8-10,000 budget we can do certain things. If you have $20-30,000, we might not need that much but we do more. If you think you want an epic with a Spielberg touch but only have $800....we might suggest you get your brother-in-law to do it because it wont' happen.
If you have the budget and it makes sense, we'll suggest using a camera jib or Steadicam. If custom music fits, we might suggest that. There are times a professional on-camera talent gets the job done better than using your CEO or plant manager who has never been on camera and can't remember lines or read a prompter. (which adds editing time)
We mention all of this as a start to get you thinking about your project. A quality, successful project is not developed in a vacuum, It takes a lot of time, Probably tens of thousands of dollars of equipment, and personnel with decades of appropriate experience. This is your company, your image, your products and money and you need to get the most for your efforts. We're here to help you, and after nearly 50 years in the business.... we probably have some ideas.
We're the first
to admit, we're a small boutique style production company. Not
one that's on the lips of every marketing manager in the universe
but considering the fact we've done successful projects for some
of the largest companies in the world -we're thrilled (And so
were they. Read their reviews
and feedback) Companies
like Framatome/AREVA (world's largest nuclear company), Intel
(world's largest semiconductor company), D.R. Horton, (country's
largest homebuilder), Standard Publishing (world's largest religious
publishing company), Swift Transportation (country's largest LTL
trucking company), Maxim Crane (world's largest crane company),
UnitedHealth (world's largest health company), and many others
of worthy note from S. Korea, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Canada, Germany
and Italy.
We take our experience with them and apply it to every project we work on.
How does a project progress?:
* Initial meetings or discussions about the project
and its objectives, format and extras
* A Production Agreement laying out the particulars of the project and its budget
* A script to work by - it is the blueprint for any production
* A shot list to align visual materials with the narration. It also outlines locations, required graphics, materials and other particulars
* Selection of a voice talent and recording the script & customer music if warranted
* Designing any needed graphics and animation elements
* Shooting location materials per the developed schedule
* Capturing video and audio material into the edit system and organizing the timeline
* Creating a rough cut of the program for client review before adding all effects
* After client approval or with refinements, a final output per the format to be used.
* Final development of any packaging or
supplemental materials