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14 EMMYs
Solana Productions has been awarded Emmys for Producing, Writing, Photography and Editing.
New York
Film
Festival
Solana Productions won both a Gold and Bronze medal. The Gold Medal was for a live town hall meeting show about the legalization of drugs. This four camera program included an audience of 300, panelists and several roll-in packages. It also included interviews via satellite.
Clients Are Talking
"Thanks again for the remarkable video production services provided for our series "Animal Miracles with Alan Thicke." Each time we are more and more impressed with your team when we shoot at various locations throughout the western United States."
Client Video Production experiences...
Keeping Up With Kathy Griffin
July 18, 2010
We couldn't have asked for a better gig than covering Kathy Griffin's book-signing for "Entertainment Tonight!" From start to finish, this San Diego video production was one belly laugh after another as Kathy lamented the engagement of her "My Life on the D-List" boy-toy Levi Johnston, and had a field day with Mel Gibson's phone recordings. The energetic comedian popped into Border's Books with her mom Maggie Griffin to promote Maggie's new book, Tip It! -- and sign copies of her own best-seller, Official Book Club Selection. My San Diego video crew and I squeezed in with the crowd of about 300 that crammed the bookstore to see and hear Kathy in person. And she didn't disappoint -- signing and posing for every last person!
Los Angeles Video Production
Solana Wins with 'Biggest Loser' Trainer
Solana Productions captured all the drama as Jillian Michaels, fitness trainer on TV's "The Biggest Loser," invaded a former Hollywood star's home for a complete diet and fitness makeover. ...more
Client Testimonials
"Thanks again for the remarkable video production services provided for our series "Animal Miracles with Alan Thicke." Each time we are more and more impressed with your team when we shoot at various locations throughout the western United States."
Client Video Production experiences...
Video Production Awards
Autism
Story Wins Gracie Award
A magazine
show feature on children with Autism was chosen for a national
Gracie Award. The story, shot by Solana Productions, focused on
dads trying to solve the mystery of their sons' illness.
Banding together, they raised enough funding and enough consciousness
to become the "founding fathers" of a unique facility
-- the M.I.N.D. Institute at U.C. Davis Medical Center near Sacramento
-- a Manhattan Project for autism research and treatment.
For 29 years, the American Women in Radio and Television has been
a leader in electronic media by honoring programming that is created
by women, for women and about women, as well as recognizing individuals
who have made outstanding contributions to the industry.
Producer Angela Shelly recognized Solana Productions' contribution
in her acceptance speech. This was a difficult and time consuming
story to shoot. It required spending a very long day with mentally
handicapped adults and took a lot of patience and sensitivity
to light and get the shots.
Solana
Productions, Inc. and Solana Productions Northwest have been honored
with 25 EMMYS and over 60 nominations for video production. This
includes awards for producing, sports producing, writing, photography
and editing.
One of the most unusual stories was a San Diego video production about two older women who repair uniforms for the Chargers. The story aired on CBS and followed the tortured uniforms from game day to the women's station wagon, sewing in their sunroom and finally back on the players. Our story producing, writing and video editing were awarded individual EMMY awards.
Another magazine show story about drug smuggling and the US Customs won photography and producing EMMYS. Our crews shot from planes, helicopters and 4-wheel drive vehicles following Customs agents in pursuit of smugglers.
Solana Productions Northwest won two EMMY awards for a Seattle video production about local artists designing unusual manhole covers. While that may not sound too unique, these manhole covers when stepped on produced blasts of zenon light which would illuminate the entire area and provoke interesting reactions from passersby. The story also led to Stan being honored as Feature Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographer's Association.
We've also been honored with 2 national IRIS awards, a Golden Mic. and both silver and bronze medals from the New York International Film Festival.