HIRE AN EXPERT CREW
FOR LIVE SPEAKERS AND EVENTS

You’ve found the right place for high-end film/video crews to shoot Live Speakers and Live Events in the St. Louis area. St. Louis Video Crews is a company that was built on providing the highest-quality film and video production.

Alan Parsons (actual still from shoot)

We Know Talking Heads

Getting the perfect shot of a person speaking at a live event isn't always easy . . . but we make it look like it was. You have found true experts in capturing on film or video a person speaking: we have the video theory (undergraduate, graduate, and adjunct professor), the video experience (decades of film, television and digital shoots), and the satisfied clients to prove it. Oh, and we've also won more than one hundred national awards since we began doing this.

We know how to frame a shot, the right lens to use, how to light the person, where to position a camera, the proper microphone techniques to use in a live environment, which mic will work best, back-up audio plans for transmission glitches in unknown environments, and how to keep a focus on someone who insists on wandering back and forth on a stage.

Crystal-clear, clean audio from your Speaker

Audio is the name of the game. Whether your speaker will roam the stage, or will be tethered to a podium, we know how to capture the best possible audio. We'll offer you the best options: from wireless digital lavaliere systems, to hardwrire microphones, to submixes that are recorded independently so you can have up to 12 channels of independent audio discretely recorded, and with submixes as well. We can tap pre-exisiting audio feeds such as from existing P.A. mics, or handle mutiple speakers and record individual feeds while outputting a mixed master.

6K Imaging

The SONY FX9 features a 15-stop dynamic range, supports dynamic HDR, hybrid log gamma mode (HLG), and records 10-bit 4:2:2 to dual XQD media card slots that support simultaneous and relay recording, as well as multiple backup recording modes that utilize proxy files. The camera can record UHD (3840 x 2160) and HD (1920 x 1080) internally at a selectable frame rate from 1 fps up to 60 fps in XAVC-I, XAVC-Long, and MPEG HD formats. Its 7-stop electronic variable ND filter can perform in auto or manual mode, smoothly adjusting from 1/4 to 1/128 density. The camera's default S-Cinetone color look offers the same soft, vivid tone as with Sony's VENICE camera.

This camera setup is perfect for commercials, high-end network cinematography for broadcast television, features, or special effects work. It does well with high-end greenscreen shots and slow-motion cinematography.

WHO HIRES US: YOU'RE IN VERY GOOD COMPANY

Our work has been featured on all of the broadcast networks, many cable outlets, as well as Netflix and Prime Video. Broadcast and Feature credits include House of Cards (Netflix), Trophy Wife (ABC), What Not to Wear (TLC), Blue Man Group (HBO), Travel Channel, Animal Planet and many more. National spots include Sea-Doo, Ocean Spray, The Olympics (Summer), and many more. National corporate work includes Coca-Cola, Bank of America, AMC Theatres, MasterCard and many more

REAL EXPERTISE: CAMERAS AND IMAGING

We know the difference between 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 color space. We can shoot and deliver uncompressed 4K with a LUT. We understand the difference between a wrapper and a CODEC. Between Apple ProRes 4444 XQ and DPX stacks. We know how to take the 4K output from a full-frame camera sensor, using a more complex algorithm to de-bayer, so the resulting HD looks twice as good as standard footage shot in HD (de-bayered in-camera).

EQUIPMENT FAILURE GUARANTEE: WE BRING IT

If a camera fails on a shoot, you don't want a refund, you need a replacement camera delivered immediately. And that's EXACTLY what we offer. Our equipment is maintained and serviced meticulously, but if something should ever happen, we have full-time employees at our offices who will be dispatched with a replacement unit for instant delivery. Professionals serving professionals. And that's exactly how it should be.
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