Diary of a San Diego Video Crew

Clutch Award

Clutch Award

Pulling off a seamless video production is a daunting challenge. There are many factors to consider, such as the equipment, location, casting, schedule, and more. Additionally, you may find that your options might be limited by your budget. But at Crystal Pyramid Productions, we help businesses achieve the best quality of video production without breaking the bank.

Brian Deegan & Jeremy Stenberg Unplugged

Brian Deegan & Jeremy Stenberg Unplugged

It was an atypical day in Southern California.  It had just rained and Brian Deegan’s Temecula backyard was mushy.  It was not a good day for him to ride.  The clay-like mud would just muck up the gearing and it could also be dangerous for Deegan who was just coming back from his horrific crash on the ice at the 2004 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.

TV Production

TV Production

As a TV Production Crew, Mark and I used to shoot interviews and B-roll for many segments on A Current Affair. It was a television tabloid news magazine series similar to Inside Edition. A Current Affair, like Hard Copy, focused on news and crime rather than Hollywood entertainment.

VSDA

VSDA

We used to attend the VSDA (Video Software Dealer Association) conventions to market our video titles. Back in 1996 we were there to promote our newest title, “Full Cycle: A World Odyssey,” the around-the-world adventures of an intrepid mountain bike couple (guess who?) The show gained a large measure of success in that it won 13 international awards; however, for various reasons it never aired on broadcast television. My feeling was that it was too far ahead of its time.

Nina Hartley

Nina Hartley

How did a San Diego video production crew meet the magical Nina Hartley? Back in the mid-1980’s, we used to travel to Las Vegas to attend the VSDA (Video Software Dealer Association) shows, to pedal our wares.  We had produced a handful of special-interest videos including some that were the first of their genre.  

Cold Calling

Cold Calling

how can you use cold calling as a way to improve your future? Cold calling is quite an art. It’s a technique that not many marketers today make use of the way we did just a couple of decades ago. Cold calling is when a salesperson uses the telephone to call people to solicit their business. There’s an “old-world” aura to cold calling as it conjures memories of IBM Selectric typewriters, white-out liquid and Rolodex cards. But it can still be a very effective tool today for intrepid marketers.