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Tampa Video Studio Hosts Gulf Beach Weddings Project

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The Gulf Beach Wedding team celebrates a successful shoot at Litewave Studios

Where would your dream wedding be? Tahiti? The Caribbean? Mount Rushmore? Right here, in Tampa Bay, our world famous beaches offer some of the most sought-after wedding destinations in the world. Litewave Studios teamed up with Gulf Beach Weddings to photograph and film their latest line of products. Their revolutionary Wedding Builder system enables clients to completely customize their own wedding packages online and experience their very own dream wedding.

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Brandon Wheeler, Gulf Beach Weddings founder, directs the crew (we may have forgotten to put the batteries in)

Gulf Beach Weddings arrived at our Tampa video studio and preparations began. With ample parking behind the studio and the convenient loading bay, the Gulf Beach Weddings’ team was able to unload both of their trucks with ease. The project included a photo shoot for their new wedding packages as well as interviews of their staff for a promotional video. Our 3200-sq ft full-service video studio provided plenty of space for filming. The Litewave Studios’ production crew set the lighting and the photoshoot began. The 4 new wedding package designs included Country Chic, Margaritaville, Nautical and Miami.

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At Litewave Studios interviewing Gulf Beach Weddings’ founder Brandon Wheeler

Christian Cashmir, from Litewave Studios served as photographer and captured each new item on the Tampa white cyc studio using a Canon 5D mkiii and a variety of lenses. The retouched images will be featured on the Gulf Beach Weddings’ website. The second task of the day was to interview the Gulf Beach Weddings’ team to give a face to the company in their new video. Johanne Castagan, production coordinator, spoke with each team member and set them at ease in front of the cameras. The interviews were filmed on the Canon C300 and Canon C100 cinema cameras.

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Director Christian Cashmir watches monitor as Johanne interviews the Gulf Beach Weddings’ team in our Tampa video studio

Donuts were provided of course (the key to any great shoot), and overall, it was a fun-filled day. The Litewave Studios’ crew truly believes in building lasting business relationships; this marks our 7th shoot with Gulf Beach Weddings, and we look forward to more in the future!

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The Gulf Beach Weddings’ team having fun on set at our Tampa video studio after the shoot

Check out the finished promotional video below:

You can also check out the individual videos Litewave Studios created for each of the three new packages Gulf Beach Weddings has to offer!

Country Chic Package:

Miami Package:

Luau Package:

If you’re looking for a space to film in the Tampa Bay area please contact our Tampa video studios for a free consultation. We invite you to like Litewave Studios on Facebook to view our latest video projects. Be sure to keep up with our blog for more Tampa video studio news!

Award-Winning Gospel Music Group Films at Tampa Video Studio

Litewave Studios has had the pleasure of working with a variety of talented musicians in our Tampa video studio over the years – from Grammy-winning jazz artist Chick Corea to country crooners The Band Perry, indie rocker Mat Kearny, Bahamian rapper Iris Stryx and more.

Behind-the-Scenes with band No Limits during their music video shoot

Behind-the-Scenes with band No Limits during their music video shoot

Recently we kept it a little closer to home. Tampa’s own Cepeda Mckay, Zachary Mckay and No limits collaborated with Litewave Studios to shoot a promotional video for their upcoming sold out concert. The award-winning group is a contemporary youthful gospel group whose songs are inspired by scripture and life experiences. They are full of energy and positivity and their sound is incredible. They have worked with some of the biggest names in the gospel industry including Tye Tribbett, Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams and The Legendary Clark Sisters and have their sites set on the world stage.

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Director/DP, Christian Cashmir films some close ups of Zachary at his keyboard on the Sony A7s mkii

The group arrived at our Tampa bay video studio on a Saturday evening prepared with outfit changes and musical instruments in hand – ready to make a video to wow their audiences. The video’s concept: it would play before their concerts to hype the audience before their performances. The video would consist of quick stylized cuts and all slow motion footage. The group took full advantage of our studio’s makeup room and lounge area, before shooting began, where they were able to relax and get ready to film.

Director/DP, Christian films lead singer Cepeda McKay as Johanne Castagan, coordinator, also helps out as a dolly-grip adding some movement to the shots.

Director/DP, Christian Cashmir films lead singer Cepeda McKay as Johanne Castagan, coordinator, also helps out as a dolly-grip adding some movement to the shots.

The Litewave Studios’ crew enjoys getting creative in the Tampa white cyc studio and seeing how we can transform the space. Our production designers built faux brick wall flats and added a soft rose color backlight for the first scene of the shoot. We also filmed on the white cyc background for the second scene and in post production created a black and white effect. The production studio team filmed with a Sony a7s ii and a variety of cinema lenses for the video.

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Group photo with No Limits and Director/DP, Christian Cashmir as the shoot comes to an end.

After filming in the studio finished, the team saw an opportunity to capture some impromptu shots at night in the backlot. Our large industrial parking area behind the studio acted as a perfect backdrop to film the band. The crew set up a fog machine, and an intense backlight to give a dramatic look. This shot ended up being used as the first and last shot in the video.

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Director/DP, Christian Cashmir searches for a unique angle of No Limits’ drummer

Once postproduction was completed on the video, we then had the opportunity to attend the concert where the video would premier. The Litewave Studios’ team provided video and photography services during the performance (along with enjoying the fantastic music). The show began with a large opening act (over 20 performers), and then the video created in our St. Petersburg video studio played to introduce No Limits. The audience received the video well and the band was ready to take the stage. The group entered and the performance hall was flooded with energy.

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As a bonus to the show, Grammy-nominated gospel recording artist, Tye Tribbett, joined the group on stage and performed some of his popular hits and then performed with No Limits for the closing number.

Zachary McKay proposes to No Limits band member on stage

Zachary McKay proposes to Christina, No Limits’ band member, on stage (she said yes!)

As the show came to an end, the group surprised the whole crowd. Zachary McKay, got down on one knee and proposed to Christina, another singer of the band, in front of the sold out audience. She said yes!

The studio shoot and the concert were a blast. We greatly enjoy working with such inspiring musicians like Cepeda and Zachary McKay and the No Limits group.

Check out the video below and let us know what you think:

If you’re interested in finding out more about our Tampa video studios, please Contact us for a free consultation. We invite you to like Litewave Studios on Facebook to view our latest video projects. Be sure to keep up with our blog for more Tampa video studio news!