{"id":680,"date":"2017-02-02T21:46:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T21:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.litewavestudios.com\/blog\/?p=680"},"modified":"2017-09-05T19:17:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T23:17:27","slug":"tampa-video-production-studio-films-web-series-in-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/litewavestudios.com\/blog\/tampa-video-production-studio-films-web-series-in-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Video Production Studio Films Web Series In-House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Tampa video production studio<\/a> recently wrapped principal photography on a web series we created and filmed right here in our own studio! The series combines the documentary style of NBC’s The Office<\/em> with a behind-the-scenes look at an Independent film-making studio. In conjunction with the St. Petersburg\/Clearwater Film Commission<\/a> (FilmSPC), we were able to bring our web series, “BTS” (short for “Behind The Scenes”)<\/a>\u00a0to life. The\u00a0dedicated talents of local actors, crew, community partners and screenwriters all working together made the project possible. The film-within-a-film concept allowed us to show the process of filmmaking from a highly satirized and comedic (at least we hope so!) perspective.<\/p>\n

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Director Christian Cashmir and the BTS cast perform a read through of the script at our Tampa video production studio.<\/p><\/div>\n

“BTS” follows a local group of filmmakers at a St. Petersburg video production company as they attempt to produce a big-budget science fiction musical starring an actor who was just indicted on charges of arson. The team tries to manage a multitude of unhinged actors alongside numerous production problems, money and legal issues; needless to say, hijinks ensue!<\/p>\n

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Our Tampa video production crew….waiting on sound….in our white cyc studio<\/p><\/div>\n

With a finalized concept and scripts in hand, FilmSPC awarded us a generous grant and it was off to the races for a very busy and fun few weeks! We filmed nearly the entire series in-house at our Tampa video production studio, utilizing everything from our\u00a0green screen studio and white cyc studio to our editing suites, nothing was off-limits. Led by director Christian Cashmir, our Tampa video production crew<\/a> worked tirelessly on set (and through the holidays!) to ensure a smooth production as we hustled to film 8 episodes in only 13 days!<\/p>\n

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The BTS cast rehearses in our Tampa white cyc studio before the first take of the day.<\/p><\/div>\n

Director of photography Eric C. helped film the series\u00a0using gear from our St Petersburg video equipment rental<\/a> package like our Canon C300’s and Canon CN-E cinema lenses, giving the series the high-quality look and feel of a primetime network show. Most of the principal photography took place in the office area of our studio, but a few scenes were filmed in our Tampa green screen studio<\/a>. This is where the\u00a0scenes for the movie-within-a-movie science fiction part of the series took place.<\/p>\n

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Our director of photography is always happy when he’s by a camera!<\/p><\/div>\n

We also traveled to St. Petersburg\/Clearwater’s gorgeous beaches to film part of the sci-fi movie that the team creates within the show, and thanks to FilmSPC<\/a> and Visit St. Pete\/Clearwater<\/a>, our Tampa video production crew were able to film everything from full-blown ninja battles on the beach to tender, romantic dance numbers at sundown.<\/p>\n

After a challenging two weeks, we wrapped principal photography on the entire<\/em> first season! With production complete, we now move on to the next stage– post-production! Over the next few weeks the team will be editing all of the footage in our Florida video studio<\/a>, prepping the series for it’s debut in 2017.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes you just gotta have a little fun after a long day!<\/p><\/div>\n

Catch a sneak peek of season 1 below:<\/p>\n