Production Services

Corporate VideoThe Production Services team of the Community Idea Stations has expansive knowledge and experience as producers of broadcast programming in the areas of public affairs, music performance, dance, information and live event coverage. Our team can offer expertise in a full range of pre-production, production and post-production services for the broadcast, professional, as well as the educational and corporate end-user. Our studios, location production units and editing suits are available for most production needs including teleconferences, corporate video, commercials, and PSA’s.

“From script to screen and everything in between.”
Contact us for a quotation on your next project: Craig Keeton, Director of Central Virginia Studios or call (804) 560.8163.

Teleconferencing and Meeting Place

Most organizations find that video conferencing is a cost-effective alternative to face-to-face meetings, particularly when a large number of participants must be assembled or when extensive travel would otherwise be required. We will be glad to prepare a cost analysis to determine your potential savings. We can assist you in planning, scripting, and producing video conferences from our studios or from your location. We would be glad to send you a brochure explaining the uses of video teleconferencing. If you have specific questions we would love to talk with you.
Teleconferencing clients include:

  • Siebe Environmental Controls
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Compaq Computer

Corporate Video

Using video within your organization creates an image of a modern, forward-thinking company in a technological age. Employees and customers respond to video presentations because they are accustomed to receiving information through the medium of television. Video can demonstrate a process or illustrate an idea with greater clarity than would be possible in a classic lecture setting. Because the video is prepared in advance, both the accuracy and uniformity of the content is guaranteed. A video can transport the audience to a location or a time other than the present, enabling them to see events or processes that cannot readily be reproduced in a training session or meeting.

Many companies use video for:

  • new employee orientation
  • annual meeting reports
  • introduction of new techniques or processes
  • shareholders meetings

If you have specific questions we would love to talk with you. Some corporate video clients include:

  • Signet Bank
  • B.I. Chemicals
  • Carpenter Co.
  • International Mission Board

Commercials/PSAs

CommercialsWe are experienced producers of television commercials and public service announcements. Bring us your ideas! If you have a storyboard, we have highly-trained and experienced directors and crew personnel to realize your vision. We operate one of the largest studios in Virginia. Our studios are available by the day for production companies needing first-class production space complete with support areas and plenty of free parking.

Commercials have been produced in our facilities for:

  • Saxon Shoes
  • Heilig-Meyers
  • Chesapeake Dodge
  • Virginia Lottery

Production Facilities

TV Studio A
65' x 83' (5,400 s.f.)
Grid height: 20'
Access: drive-in. 10' wide x 10' high doors
Floor: super-flat concrete
Lighting: dimmer-per-circuit, 264 circuits. 2.4K and 6K dimmers
Air conditioning: 50 ton ice-storage plus 50 ton chiller (absolutely silent)

Studio B
35' x 55' (1,925 s.f.)
Grid height: 14'
Floor: concrete
Lighting: 36 circuits, nine 6K dimmers
Fully air conditioned

Mobile Unit
Fully-equipped for live location production
1-6 cameras
Videotape record/playback with slo-mo
Multi-channel audio mixing
Microwave or satellite uplink from your site

Field Production [EFP]
3 chip, Beta SP Camcorder
3 chip, Digital BetaCam Camcorder (16:9)
Location lighting kit
Production van
Doorway Dolly
Miller Jib

Editing
2 Digital BetaCam linear editing suites
2 Non-linear editing suites
3-D DVE

Primary Equipment List

Studio A
5,400 sq. ft (65'x83') with 180' cyclorama and 210' of black velour on track
Lighting grid on 4' centers; 20' grid height
Teatronics lighting control; 262 dimmer
DeSisti lighting instruments
Sony BVP-900 3-chip digital cameras
Vinten MK-III studio pan heads
Vinten “Quatro” camera pedestals
Telescript computer video-prompter system
Telex wired and wireless IFB system (4-channel)

Studio B
1,925 sq. ft (35'x55')
Full lighting grid; 13' grid height
Kliegl Bros. Dimmers
Kliegl and Century lighting instruments
Sony BVP-900 and BVP-950 digital cameras
Telescript computer video-prompter system
Telex wired and wireless IFB

Control Room
Sony DVS-7000 component digital switcher
2 Channels of Sony DME-7000 digital video effects
Wheatstone SP-8 Audio mixing console (24x8x3) (all local productions are done in full stereo)
Chyron LEX2 Graphics
ABEKAS A-42 Still-Store
Panasonic and Sony video monitors
JBL audio monitors
RTS 2-Channel intercom system
Tektronics waveform and vectorscopes
Tektronics sync generators
Sony DVW-A500 Digital Beta Cam and BVW-75 BetaCam SP video tape recorders

Editing #1
Sony BVE-9100 Editor
Sony DVW-A500 Digital BetaCam, and BVW-75 BetaCam SP VTRs
Sony BVU-950 U-Matic SP VTR
Sony BVH-3100 Type C 1" VTR
Sony DVS-2000 component digital switcher
Sony MXP-390 audio mixer
ABEKAS A-51+ digital video effects with superwarp
Panasonic and Sony video monitors
JBL audio monitors

Editing #2
FinalCut Pro/Studio HD
Apple G5 – Quad 2,5 GHz processors, 4.5 GB RAM and Superdrive
2 ea 23" Apple HD Cinema Displays
AJA KONA Card
Mackie reference monitors
10.5 TB Apple Xsan media storage (networked)
Software: FinalCut Pro 5, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Live Type, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop

Editing #3
FinalCut Pro/Studio HD
Apple G5 – Quad 2,5 GHz processors, 4.5 GB RAM and Superdrive
2 ea 23" Apple HD Cinema Displays
AJA KONA Card
Mackie reference monitors
10.5 TB Apple Xsan media storage (networked)
Software: FinalCut Pro 5, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Live Type, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop

Editing #4
FinalCut Pro/Studio HD
Apple G5 – Quad 2,5 GHz processors, 4.5 GB RAM and Superdrive
2 ea 23" Apple HD Cinema Displays
AJA KONA Card
Mackie reference monitors
10.5 TB Apple Xsan media storage (networked)
Software: FinalCut Pro 5, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Live Type, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop

Mobile Unit
Fully-equipped for live location production
1-6 cameras
Videotape record/playback with slo-mo
Multi-channel audio mixing
Microwave or satellite uplink from your site

Field Production
Sony DVW - 790 WS 16:9 Digital BetaCam Camera
Ikegami HL-V55 3 chip camera with Hyper Gain, variable shutter, integral BetaCam SP recorder and color playback
Anton-Bauer battery packs
Sennheiser 416 and 816 shotgun microphones
Audio-Technica and Sony lavalier
Lowell, Colortran and Arri lighting kits
O'Conner tripods and heads
Shure FP32A microphone mixer
Sony field monitors with batteries