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St Petersburg Video Studio Films Tampa Comic Con TV Commercial!

Star Lord, Thor, and Sauron all walk into a bar in downtown Tampa this weekend, it’s not a portal to Asgard …it’s Tampa Bay Comic Con! This year we had the excellent opportunity to film a TV commercial for the 2016 convention (Aug 5-7) right here in our St Petersburg video production studio. The commercial link is below, and it’s also running on TV right now!

They’re not the dancers we need right now, but the dancers we deserve.

Each year Tampa Bay Comic Con (TBCC) hosts one of the largest conventions in Florida, with exhibitors like New Force Comics, cosplayers like Jessica Nigri, and panels with famous actors and actresses like Norman Reedus (aka Daryl Dixon on The Walking Dead), Ian McDiarmid (known for playing Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars), and many others.

Last year we hosted the TBCC team in our St Petersburg green screen studio to film an exciting commercial. This year we continued the tradition in our Tampa white cyc video studio with a cosplay parody of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off”. Heroes and characters flooded our studio- everything from The Walking Dead’s “Rick” to “Anna” from Frozen and “Barry Allen” from the DC Universe; needless to say the production went by in a Flash!

Everyone watches as Spiderman busts out his signature move: The Web Sling!

We filmed the commercial with our Canon C300, Canon cinema lenses, and state of the art studio lighting system to ensure top video quality. After principal photography, it was time to head to our Tampa recording studio to record our own Tampa Comic Con-inspired song – a version of “Shake It Off”. We then imported footage of the amazing cosplayers into our post-production suite to edit the clips to the song, and then color grade the final TV commercial!

Heroes gather to shake it in our St Petersburg video production studios!

We had a ton of fun in the studio filming the commercial, and now we look forward to attending Tampa Bay Comic Con all weekend, where we’ll also be filming a behind-the-scenes video, highlighting all of the amazing moments, panels, and of course all of the fans and cosplayers!

In the meantime, check out the finished Tampa Bay Comic Con TV Commercial below:

Do you need a St Petersburg video production studio to make a Tampa TV commercial? Contact us today to discuss how we can help you. Be sure to like us on Facebook and make sure to check out the blog to stay up to date on all the latest Litewave Studios news!

DeChoker Films National Infomercial in Our St Petersburg Video Studio

“The DeChoker is an FDA Class 2 Medical Device…” read the teleprompter when we filmed an infomercial for the new invention at our St Petersburg video studio. Inventor Alan Carver came up with the idea while sailing, where there were limited options for choking victims. Now he aims to save lives both on land and at sea. Litewave Studios was excited to host Alan and the DeChoker team at our Tampa video production studio where we filmed with a variety of equipment right on our Tampa white cyc studio, which offers a seamless backdrop of over 50 feet.

The DeChoker team celebrates a successful shoot with our St Petersburg video crew.

Litewave Studios’ director and cinematographer, Christian Cashmir, filmed the commercial using our studio’s Tampa video equipment rental package, including a Canon C300, Canon cinema lenses, and our teleprompter. For lighting, our Kino Flo Divas, and 4′ Four banks lit up our talent with a soft, stylized look. Altman LED cyc lights lit our Tampa white cyc studio and gave the shoot the clean and professional look our client was looking for.

Actress Michele Yeager as the spokeswoman for the DeChoker infomercial in our St Petersburg green screen studio.

Actress Michele Yeager came on-board as spokeswoman for the commercial. We filmed her scenes on our Tampa green screen studio so we could add in dynamic graphics during post production.

One of the many testimonials we filmed for the DeChoker infomercial.

With our Florida film crew on set to light our Tampa green screen, filming for the commercial went off without a hitch. After a great shoot, we began the next objective: shaping the footage in the edit suite. The editing team cut together 10 different versions of the commercial suited for different media, and even a European version that went on air this week!

Bobby-Anne, a Tampa Bay resident, anxiously waits to give her testimonial on how the DeChoker saved her life.

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Litewave Studios Shoots in Living Color!

We love it when our clients come up with ideas as crazy (or crazier) than we do! Our client, The Crossings Church, wanted to create a “Color Powder” battle, and film it at Litewave Studios.

We knew the powder might get everywhere so for this production, our Tampa video studio crew wrapped our sound stage and cameras in plastic. The studio looked like a scene from Dexter before we started. And once the powder started flying it didn’t stop.

Tampa Studio Rental color powder explosion

A freeze frame of the color powder caught in mid-air

The color powder battle begins at the studio!

We shot for an entire day in the studio, and filmed some really amazing footage. Craig Bolt, the creative director at Crossings Church had a vision to film everything in slow motion, so we geared up, lit the scene and let our trusty Sony FS-700 cameras (that film in ultra slow motion – up to 960 frames per second!) do the rest of the work.

Tampa Video Production for Crossings Church

Behind the scenes after the battle!

To enhance the powder’s color, Litewave Studios’ Tampa white cyc wall was covered with black drapes. The floor was also painted black to create a seamless look on camera.

Tampa Green Screen Rental Crossings church shoot

Just before the explosion!

Christian Cashmir our studio co-owner was DP on the shoot with Sasha Sebesta assisting with lighting. Photos were taken by Johanne Castagan. Craig directed and produced the shoot, and his creative video editing team did the post production. Take a look and let us know what you think.

At the end of the day, our Tampa Video Studio Rental was covered in a thick layer of colored powder, but it was worth it! If you have an exciting video idea you’d like to bring to life, give our Tampa video studio a call, or email us today!

Florida Production Company Opens New Tampa Video Studio

Leading Tampa video production company, Litewave Media, has expanded once again! We’re excited to announce the opening of Litewave Studios, a full-service, 3200 square foot video studio and sound stage that provides everything needed for high-quality video and photography production.

The new studio is equipped with a 1600 square-foot cyc (pronounced “psych), which is a curved, all-white studio space with no seams. Shooting or filming on the cyc creates the illusion of unlimited space and provides a clean background for myriad set design and lighting possibilities.

Tampa photographer Alex Fox shoots Karen Post, international branding speaker, at Litewave Studios.

Our St. Petersburg video studio is also equipped with a green screen studio and green screen cyc rental, enabling both Tampa photographers and film makers to replace and enhance backgrounds. Green screen keying techniques have become very popular in modern film production, and are probably most recognizable on your local news, particularly for the weather report.

In addition to the white cyc and green screen, Litewave Studios has a diverse equipment arsenal available for rent. For video production, we have lighting rental packages and camera packages for every budget. Our camera packages include the RED Scarlet, Panasonic HPX-170, the Canon 5D Mark III and many more. Photographers will find a range of camera and lens rentals, including both Canon “L” and Nikon lenses. If you have your own equipment and just need the Tampa video studio rental, we offer competitive packages for studio rental as well.

The crew filming a series of training videos for Microsoft in the green screen studio.

Litewave Studios also offers video post production and editing on-site. In our video editing suites, you’ll find both motion graphics artists and color correction gurus. We’re equipped with Final Cut Studio and the latest Adobe Creative Suite with Premiere. For voice over and sound looping, we have a sound isolation booth, which is also used for music production and narrations on-site.

Other amenities include a private make-up room, meeting space, a prop room, a loading dock that unloads directly into the studio, and plenty of free parking. Located in North St. Petersburg, minutes from the St. Petersburg/Clearwater airport and a short drive from Tampa International, our St. Petersburg video studio is convenient to most major highways.

The combination of high-end equipment, quality studio space, modern post production abilities and a long list of amenities truly makes Litewave Studios a one-stop production shop for all your video studio rental needs. To make a reservation or to inquire about rates, please call 727-265-3200 or e-mail us at info@litewavestudios.com.