Original email:

Hi All -

Does anyone have any recommendations on good video production firms or contractors, preferably in the Bay Area? We’re looking for soup-to-nuts work on a video for a forthcoming consumer product. I’ll compile and post any leads to the wiki (last post in this vein was from 2010, so the info there is pretty dated). Thanks.

Responses: 

Definitely recommend Brian at Atomic d.  I have worked with him over the years and he is great! 

Atomic d. 

https://atomicd.net/

Brian Cibula - briancibula@atomicd.co

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Check out True Stories (https://www.truestoriessf.com/). My friend and colleague Jordan Olshansky is the founder/principal. They do beautiful work, especially with people/interviews, if you’re thinking of including that in your vid. 

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We used this guy for our tiltpod kickstarter video...he normally does a bunch of car commercials, training videos, etc.  He's even edited a full-length feature. 

http://www.1013media.com/

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Here are a few folks that I swear by - most of them are one man shops that can take on appropriately sized projects. 

http://www.neonstian.com/

http://hpmendoza.com/

https://afarnum.com/

https://www.joewilinski.com/

As for production houses I'd look into 

https://desmond.studio/

http://g10capture.com/

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http://makucreative.com/ 

 i think they're quite legit. fun group to work with.

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We are a soup to nuts video company (plus lots more).  We’re just about to update our website (it was cobbled together 4 years ago), so feel free to check out our vimeo site with many more videos and our capabilities deck. 

Brian Cibula | Executive Producer

ATOMIC D

e: briancibula@atomicd.co

p: 847-815-6489

a: 435 Harriet Street, 2nd Floor

    San Francisco, CA 94103

w: www.atomicd.co

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My friend at Mycoworks worked with this studio:

http://www.845a.com/

https://www.instagram.com/845a/

I didn't work directly with them but liked the output:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dg6IleHm-k

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American Biograph Pictures.

https://www.americanbiographpictures.com/ 

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Ntropic (more visual effects than film production)

https://www.ntropic.com/ 

I’ve been on teams with both these guys, worked closer with ABP. Great talent, easy going when it comes to people, no nonsense when it comes to producing great work.

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Todd and Benita at onestonefilm.com

Small shop, incredible folks. They are currently booked up but available starting in mid-September.

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Greg Fulcher at 1013 Media is top notch, and a real joy to work with on top of it all.

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The two guys who were the video team at Square when I was there started their own thing doing mostly startup product videos. They’re both excellent guys to work with.  

http://nearfutu.re/

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Good luck with the search.  

Please contact Joshua Mork at Scorpion in SoCal.  You cannot do better!  This agency has many Bay Area clients, and their work is award-winning - and highly effective.  They can be on the spot for a meeting ASAP.

Joshua Mork

Senior Video Editor 

Scorpion

831-345-3404

joshua.mork@gmail.com        

You can also reach Josh directly on e-mail at Josh.Mork@Scorpion.co