It’s a complicated process, especially because many Comcast subsidiary cable stations don’t have setups that are the same as the next. One may want a submission on DVD; another may want a Quicktime file; and yet another may want it on Beta SP or MiniDV. Even more, a salesperson at a particular Comcast office may tell you that they allow a certain format, when they don’t. Most Comcast cable subsidiaries still don’t broadcast in High Definition, so they aren’t setup for High Definition ingests (even in 2010).

Recently (in the Fall of 2009), NBC decided to move all station ingests to a central hub in Georgia. This means that an original commercial format spec, as quoted by the NBC affiliate, may not be what the hub is actually allowing. They are accepting High Definition, but only certain formats.

Crimson Chain Productions knows how to deal with formats. We can walk you through the entire shooting process and create a commercial spot that will air on-time for your advertising campaign.

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the motion picture trailer for our indie film, Flanking the Sentinel. (enjoy!)

© 2009 Crimson Chain Productions.

We work closely with our clients, streamlining the process for both large and small video productions. Our clients receive a high-quality video because of our solid understanding of production needs. We know that knowledge is truly key – and bring an extensive knowledge of video production to each shoot, as well as a great amount of pride in our work.

*Crimson Chain Productions does Video Production in Maryland (including Baltimore), Virginia, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania.

Music videos can be as simple as shooting a single person, whether it be a singer or rapper, drummer, pianist, or guitarist, in front of an audience of teddy bears, or a music video can be as complicated as shooting an entire world tour. We can add compositing into the mix and do stop-motion animation to make your music video stand out and really help promote your music.

It’s all down to what you want. It’s your music. It’s your video. It’s your choice.

And it’s here – our Professional HD35 package. It’s a cross between High Definition and 35mm, and it’s beautiful. You get the ability to control the Shallow Depth of Field, as with 35mm, along with the immediacy of High Definition. We liked it so much we shot a feature film with it!

These Konvas 35mm cinema cameras are setup to do commercial work with their beautiful, sharp, and contrasty cinema lenses. Although we have zooms, we really like to use our complete set of prime lenses. Prime lenses mean less glass to go through, resulting in a sharper picture. We own a wide variety of lenses, including a set of anamorphic lenses, so that the budget doesn’t have to be inflated by expensive lens rental fees either. We aim to please.

The walls even have preset lighting for fast turn-around work (no worrying about getting the screen lit properly, its already been done, so you can put all your focus into lighting the talent). Plus we have a bonus: a second equally large bay for the production crew to use. The entire studio totals over 900 square feet of usable space to place the camera, cast, and crew!