Equipment & Stages: 2007-2008 Charlotte Regional Film & Video Guide

Equipment & Stages

Camera & Film Supplies & Services
Audio Visual Equipment
Camera Cranes
Camera Equipment - Film
Camera Equipment - Video, TV Mobiles
Camera Supplies & Repair
Editing Equipment
Equipment Manufacturers & Distributors
Generators
Lighting & Grip Equipment
Sound Equipment, Mobiles, Location Sound Packages

Studios & Stages
Studios & Stages

Technical Support
Expendables
Teleprompting Equipment
Walkie – Talkies

* Denotes CFVA Member

Camera & Film Supplies & Services

Audio Visual Equipment
Total Event Production
Pamela Piskor, Mark Levi
720 Imperial Court, Charlotte, NC 28273
Phone: (704) 527-2050, Cell (704) 819-5198 • Fax: (704) 527-1199
Email: Pam@totaleventproduction.com • Website: www.totaleventproduction.com
Member of: ISES, Visit Charlotte, Charlotte Chamber
Turn key services from design and consultation; event production; communication services; including scripting, single and multiple camera studio/location taping; animation/graphics; audio; editing and duplication; production management.
Credits: Dale Earnhardt Inc., Bank of America, Wachovia Championship PGA Tournament, Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc., Microsoft, Raycom Sports, Martha Stewart Omni Media, Presbyterian Hospital. Additional credits available upon request.

Camera Cranes
CLOUD 9 CRANES
Russell G. Senato See our ad on page 183
720 Imperial Court, Charlotte, NC 28273
Phone: (757) 425-0113, Cell (757) 439-2136 • Fax: (757) 425-0670
Email: cloud9cranes@aol.com
Specializing in camera rigging. Featuring: Super Techno Crane 30, 3 axis Z remote head, Giraffe Crane, Power-Pod remote head, Jimmy-Jib w/ fluid head controls, Porta-Jib, Dollies, Car mounts, Grip & Electric packages.
Credits: Talladega Nights, G.I. Jane, 13 Days, The Jackal, Evan Almighty, The Wire, Lassie, Major Payne, Navy Seals, Toy Soldiers, Be Cool, National Geographic, The Recruit, Ford, The Shadow Conspiracy, West Wing, Ladder 49, Sea Biscuit, Seiko, Minority Reort, Head of State, Baby Geniuses, HBO.

* Eagle Eye Productions, LLC
Rob Fleeger See our ad on page 63
104 Max Moore Road, Thomasville, NC 27360
Phone: (336) 476-3682, Cell (336) 210-6464
Email: rob@eagleeyecrane.com • Website: www.eagleeyecrane.com
Member of: CFVA, MCAI
Now featuring 2 CamMate camera cranes for film and video with a Motorized cart and wireless follow focus. Twenty years experience as a crane operator.
Credits: Town Haul (TLC), "The View" (ABC), ESPN, NANNY 911, FOX TNN INSP, NASCAR IMAGES, TRADING SPACES, THE FOOD NETWORK, and Many More.

Ralph Knox
P.O. Box 1878, Davidson, NC 28036
Phone: (704) 892-1522, (704) 896-0888, Cell (704) 451-9181 • Fax: (704) 892-3436
Email: ralphknox@bellsouth.net
Credits: Credits available upon request.

Professional Video Works
Phil Shapiro
123 Julia Circle, Davidson, NC 28036
Phone: Cell (704) 906-4912, (704) 895-7459 • Fax: (704) 895-7459
Email: philshapiro@provideoworks.com, philphotog@adelphia.net
Owner/operator Jimmy-Jib 30' crane w/Dutch roll head. Dolly or mounted on elec. cart. Over 10 years experience operating crane on film and video projects.
Credits: NASCAR, Toyota, numerous Indy Films, All the major networks, MTV, more on request.

Camera Equipment - Film
Marshall Graphics Systems
Eric Petty See our ad on page 187
4220 Sancroft Drive, Apex, NC 27539
Phone: Cell (919) 924-2818, (919) 363-5806 • Fax: (919) 573-0932
Email: ericpetty@earthlink.net • Website: www.film-videoequipment.com
Avid rentals, parts, decks, cameras, projectors, support service, and training worldwide. We buy used editing equipment. Turn your used gear into cash $$$.
Credits: Clients and references available upon request.

Silver Hammer Properties
Billie Kiser
817 Hamilton Street, Charlotte, NC 28206
Phone: (704) 987-0612
Email: billieatark@aim.com
Website: www.silverhammer.com
Arriflex 35& 16mm cameras and accessories
Credits: NASCAR, Coca-Cola, UPS, DirecTV, Target. Additional credits available upon request.

Tall Tale Productions
Greg Daughtry
2128 Commonwealth Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28205-5126
Phone: (704) 376-8778 • Fax: (704) 376-8773
Email: info@talltaleprod.com • Website: www.talltaleprod.com
Panasonic AJ-HDC27H Varicam with canon lens, Panasonic AJ-HD1200A VTR with FireWire interface and HDSD1, Final cut Pro 5, Sony D30 BetaCam SP package.
Credits: References available upon request.

Camera Equipment - Video, TV Mobiles
Bill Barnes Productions
Bill Barnes See our ad on the Producers & Production Co. Tab
14238 Honeysuckle Ridge, Matthews, NC 28105-6403
Phone: 888-893-7331, Phone 2 (704) 847-8685, Cell (704) 236-3054
Fax: (704) 847-7279
Email: bill@bbvp.tv • Website: bbvp.tv
Member of: IBEW 1200
Professional standard & hi-def Sony products including the Cinealta F-900/3 HDTV Camcorder & HVR-VIV 24p HDV camcorder with DR60 hard drive.
Credits: Moonshine-National Geographic, Wheel of Fortune-Kingworld, Nightly News-NBC, NASCAR-NASCAR Images, Michael Waltrip: A New Era - WATV, Carolina Panthers-NFL Films.

Marshall Graphics Systems
Eric Petty See our ad on page 187
4220 Sancroft Drive, Apex, NC 27539
Phone: Cell (919) 924-2818, (919) 363-5806 • Fax: (919) 573-0932
Email: ericpetty@earthlink.net • Website: www.film-videoequipment.com
Avid rentals, parts, decks, cameras, projectors, support service, and training worldwide. We buy used editing equipment. Turn your used gear into cash $$$.
Credits: Clients and references available upon request.

SaxonHD/Authentic Hi-Def
Steve Saxon
P.O. Box 472543, Charlotte, NC 28247
Phone: Cell (704) 641-7224 • Fax: (704) 573-9176
Email: steve@saxonhd.com • Website: www.saxonhd.com
Member of: Digital Cinema Society
www.saxonhd.com PLEASE SEE WEBSITE Owner/operator of Sony HDW-F900/3, Zeiss Lens. Cannon lens, e-cinema box with apple monitor.

Camera Supplies & Repair
Backporch Broadcast Consultants
Burt Jones, Herve Bergeron See our ad on page 186
5023 B.U. Bowman Drive, Buford, GA 30158
Phone: 877-278-1596, Phone 2 (770) 932-9935 • Fax: (770) 932-9961
Email: info@backporch.tv
Member of: SMPTE, NAB, GAB, ABA
Backporch's factory experienced engineers offer unparalleled service, maintenance and repair of broadcast products with remarkable turn-around time. We also sell new and pre-owned broadcast/professional products.
Credits: Available upon request.

Editing Equipment
Marshall Graphics Systems
Eric Petty See our ad on page 187
4220 Sancroft Drive, Apex, NC 27539
Phone: Cell (919) 924-2818, (919) 363-5806 • Fax: (919) 573-0932
Email: ericpetty@earthlink.net • Website: www.film-videoequipment.com
Avid rentals, parts, decks, cameras, projectors, support service, and training worldwide. We buy used editing equipment. Turn your used gear into cash $$$.
Credits: Clients and references available upon request.

Eric Petty
See our ad on page 187
4220 Sancroft Drive, Apex, NC 27539
Phone: (919) 636-5806, Cell (919) 924-2818
Email: ericpetty@earthlink.net
Avid rentals, parts, decks, cameras, projectors, support, service, and training world wide. Editing & production services as well. We buy used editing equipment. Turn your used gear into cash $$$.
Credits: Clients and references available upon request.

Equipment Manufacturers & Distributors
Marshall Graphics Systems
Eric Petty See our ad on page 187
4220 Sancroft Drive, Apex, NC 27539
Phone: Cell (919) 924-2818, (919) 363-5806 • Fax: (919) 573-0932
Email: ericpetty@earthlink.net • Website: www.film-videoequipment.com
Avid rentals, parts, decks, cameras, projectors, support service, and training worldwide. We buy used editing equipment. Turn your used gear into cash $$$.
Credits: Clients and references available upon request.

Generators
Cinelease
Steve Spaulding
2205-G Distribution Center Drive, Charlotte, NC 28269
Phone: (704) 494-8622, Cell: (704) 953-3816
Supplying lighting & grip, trucks, generators, and expendables with excellent service now on both coasts.
Credits: Leatherheads

Heavy Artillery Production Rentals
John Mullins, Philip Ruddy
4555 South Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28209
Phone: (704) 466-6330
Email: heavyartillery@heavyartilleryrentals.com • Website: www.heavyartilleryrentals.com
Offering Honda 2000W & 3000W Super Quiet Generators. All production supplies for your film set. We pre-pack your order in our cube truck or yours.
Credits: NASCAR Productions, RSA, Blvd Films, Form, NFL Networks, Paradox, Hungryman, Moxie, Backyard, Radical Media

Hollywood Rentals
See our ad on the Back Cover
Jonathon Bowen
9100-C Perimeter Woods Drive, Charlotte, NC 28216
Phone: (704) 597-1808, Cell: (704)241-5900, Fax: (704) 597-1829
Member of: Pera, ESTA, AICP, WIF
Supplying superior lighting & grip, power generation, grip vans, 40' production vans, theatrical lighting and expendables with excellent service throughout the United States.
Credits: Credits upon request.

Illumination Dynamics Inc.
Jeff Pentek See our ad on the Equipment & Stages Tab
3823 Barringer, Charlotte, NC 28217
Phone: (704) 679-9400 • Fax: (704) 679-9420 • Email: jeff@illuminationdynamics.com
Member of: AICP, MVPA
Complete line of new, state-of-the-art lighting and grip equipment as well as camera dollies, generators, distribution, truck packages and expendables.
Credits: References available upon request.

Lighting & Grip Equipment
Barbizon Charlotte Inc.
Esthere Strom
1016 McClelland Court, Charlotte, NC 28206
Phone: (704) 372-2122(877) 369-4414 • Fax: (704) 372-7422
Email: estrom@barbizon.com
Distributor of lighting equipment for film, television & photography. Electrical, grip & camera expendables. Tape, gel, diffusion, electrical supplies, lamps/globes, batteries, tools & rope.

Cinelease
Steve Spaulding
2205-G Distribution Center Drive, Charlotte, NC 28269
Phone: (704) 494-8622, Cell: (704) 953-3816
Supplying lighting & grip, trucks, generators, and expendables with excellent service now on both coasts.
Credits: Leatherheads

Illumination Dynamics Inc.
Jeff Pentek
3823 Barringer, Charlotte, NC 28217
Phone: (704) 679-9400 • Fax: (704) 679-9420 • Email: jeff@illuminationdynamics.com
60KW to 300kw new, movie-slient generators with paralleling capability. Cable and distribution.
Credits: References available upon request.

Production Design Associates
Jeff Nickles, President
2799 Three Lakes Road
North Charleston, SC 29418
Email: jeff@pdastage.com • Check out our new website at: www.pdastage.com
Office: 843.554.3466 • Fax: 843.554.0169
PDA supplies lighting, sound, video, staging, sets, trained technicians and anything else that a client may need for an event or installation. PDA is known for our attention to detail, innovation in design, embracing new technology and constantly striving for perfection in all that we do.

Shadows And Light, Inc.
Gregory K. Simpson
1022 East 22nd St., Kannapolis, NC 28083
Mailing; 131 Poplar Knoll Drive, High Point, NC 27262
Phone: (336) 885-5997, Cell (336) 687-8899 • Fax: (336) 885-5998
Email: greg@shadowsandlightinc.com • Website: www.shadowsandlightinc.com
3 Ton +/5 Ton Package, Tungsten, HMI, Kinoflo, 6500 Watt Motion Picture Generator, Doorway Dolly, and Expendables.
Credits: Thomasville Furniture, Time Warner RR, Belk, Charter Comm., Dale Earnhardt Bio, AC Delco, Haverty's Furniture, Shaw Flooring, Auto Value

Sound Equipment, Mobiles, Location Sound Packages
Bill Barnes Productions
Bill Barnes See our ad on the Producers & Production Co. Tab
14238 Honeysuckle Ridge, Matthews, NC 28105-6403
Phone: 888-893-7331, Phone 2 (704) 847-8685, Cell (704) 236-3054
Fax: (704) 847-7279
Email: bill@bbvp.tv • Website: bbvp.tv
Member of: IBEW 1200
Professional EFP gear by Schoeps, Sennheiser, Lectrosonics, Sony, Countryman & sound devices including the 442 mixer & 744T. File-based digital recorder w/ timecode & internal hard drive.
Credits: Moonshine-National Geographic, NASCAR-NASCAR Images, Carolina Panthers-NFL Films, George Beverly Shea-Bill Gaither, Crusade Segments-Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc.

Production Design Associates
Jeff Nickles, President
2799 Three Lakes Road
North Charleston, SC 29418
Email: jeff@pdastage.com • Check out our new website at : www.pdastage.com
Office: 843.554.3466 • Fax: 843.554.0169
PDA supplies lighting, sound, video, staging, sets, trained technicians and anything else that a client may need for an event or installation. PDA is known for our attention to detail, innovation in design, embracing new technology and constantly striving for perfection in all that we do.

Studios & Stages

Destiny 3 Studio
Matthew Marchese
4606 Roush Place, Concord, NC 28027
Phone: (704) 720-4302
Email: mdmarc@roushracing.com
Studio rental that's conveniently located to Charlotte, NC. 40 X 80 cyc wall. Full service private entrance. Photographer available. Drive-in capability.
Credits: Roush Racing, NASCAR, Kraft Foods, Discovery Channel, Nextel, VISA. Additional credits available upon request.

* Moving Pictures
Chris Wilson, Chris Pittman
655-H Pressley Road, Charlotte, NC 28217
Phone: (704) 676-0868 • Fax: (704) 676-0813
Email: info@mpicts.com, chrisw@mpicts.com • Website: www.mpicts.com
Member of: CFVA
2000 sq. ft. ultra quiet sound stage, 16' grid, hard cyc., silent HVAC, scene shop, 2 dock doors, and adjacent control room, dressing/makeup area, client office.
Credits: Del-"Careless Whisper"-Music Video, Bojangles, Bank Of America, Marilyn Manson, Matchbox 20, Kid Rock, Def Leppard, Donald Haack Diamonds, Various NASCAR teams

Snap 5/Media Comm
R.L. Bullock
9700 J Southern Pine Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28273
Phone: (704) 561-7939, (704) 561-7928 • Fax: (704) 561-7635
Email: rbullock@media-comm.com • Website: www.snap.tv, www.media-comm.com
Member of: NCMA, NRB
Full service production/post production, 2D and 3D graphics with concept/design, AVID Symphonies, Final Cut, 6 fully equipped studios, control rooms, up/down link.
Credits: CNBC, FOX News Channel, CNN, Bloomberg, WSOC, SPEED Channel, Additional available upon request.

Total Event Production
Pamela Piskor, Mark Levi
720 Imperial Court, Charlotte, NC 28273
Phone: (704) 527-2050, Cell (704) 819-5198 • Fax: (704) 527-1199
Email: Pam@totaleventproduction.com • Website: www.totaleventproduction.com
Member of: ISES, Visit Charlotte, Charlotte Chamber
Turn key services from design and consultation; event production; communication services; including scripting, single and multiple camera studio/location taping; animation/graphics; audio; editing and duplication; production management.
Credits: Dale Earnhardt Inc., Bank of America, Wachovia Championship PGA Tournament, Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc., Microsoft, Raycom Sports, Martha Stewart Omni Media, Presbyterian Hospital. Additional credits available upon request.

Technical Support

Production Design Associates
Jeff Nickles, President
2799 Three Lakes Road
North Charleston, SC 29418
Email: jeff@pdastage.com • Check out our new website at : www.pdastage.com
Office: 843.554.3466 • Fax: 843.554.0169
PDA supplies lighting, sound, video, staging, sets, trained technicians and anything else that a client may need for an event or installation. PDA is known for our attention to detail, innovation in design, embracing new technology and constantly striving for perfection in all that we do.

Expendables
Barbizon Charlotte Inc.
Esthere Strom
1016 McClelland Court, Charlotte, NC 28206
Phone: (704) 372-2122, (877) 369-4414 • Fax: (704) 372-7422
Email: estrom@barbizon.com
Distributor of lighting equipment for film, television & photography. Electrical, grip & camera expendables. Tape, gel, diffusion, electrical supplies, lamps/globes, batteries, tools & rope.

Teleprompting Equipment
Bill Barnes Productions
Bill Barnes See our ad on the Producers & Production Co. Tab
14238 Honeysuckle Ridge, Matthews, NC 28105-6403
Phone: 888-893-7331, Phone 2 (704) 847-8685, Cell (704) 236-3054 • Fax: (704) 847-7279
Email: bill@bbvp.tv • Website: bbvp.tv
Member of: IBEW 1200
Teleprompting equipment including the largest 20" flat panel display and the smallest LCD display that attaches directly to specified lenses for hand-held or steadi-cam applications.
Credits: NASCAR-NASCAR Images, Infommercial-Richard Tocado Company.

Frank Perez, Jr.
421 Hollis Road, Charlotte, NC 28209-1940
Phone: Cell (704) 564-7474, (704) 527-1176
Email: dperez859@mac.com
3 Systems Available & Presidential Prompters
Credits: Coca-Cola, Ingersol-Rand, Lance, Equifirst, NASCAR Images, Gillette, General Dynamics, TIAA-CREFF, Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Dept, TV Guide Channel

Walkie - Talkies
Heavy Artillery Production Rentals
John Mullins, Philip Ruddy
4555 South Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28209
Phone: (704) 466-6330
Email: heavyartillery@heavyartilleryrentals.com • Website: www.heavyartilleryrentals.com
Motorola Walkies & Accessories, Including Track Headsets. All production supplies for your film set. We pre-pack your order in our cube truck of yours.
Credits: NASCAR Productions, RSA, Blvd Films, Form, NFL Networks, Paradox, Hungryman, Moxie, Backyard, Radical Media

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