Tell us a bit about your organization and what your specialty is in the film and video space.
We are Eagle Video Productions, Inc. based in Raleigh, North Carolina. We specialize in producing customized marketing, training & informational videos and streaming web clips for the medical field, telecommunications sector, the military, broadcast clients and all high tech disciplines. Our clients include a host of national and international Fortune 500 companies along with a broad spectrum of national broadcast clients such as MTV, ESPN, NHL and PBS. We build our video production business on the quality of our creativity, the ability to develop long-term relationships and the focus to meet both budgets and deadlines.
What is your organization’s ethos and how does it set you apart from industry competitors?
For thirty years, we have never missed a deadline or gone over budget. It’s important for us to create an effective product for our clients so they have not wasted their money.
How can people join or learn more about what you do?
Tell us about your Telly Award winning piece. What’s the story behind it?
Our client, North Carolina Bankers Association, wanted to help their members in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene hit on September 27, 2024. This award-winning documentary, called “After the Storm” illustrates how the Hurricane affected that region and its residents — and how the donation by the NCBA of around half million dollars helped their banker members to cope with disaster in very timely way.
What are you most proud of about this piece? What was your biggest challenge during production and how did you solve it?
Biggest challenge was cutting down all eleven interviews into a cohesive script. Another big challenge was getting music permission to use “”Shelter Me” from Tab Benoit as the closing music. This music is about Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans. The songwriters were happy to share their work with us.
Do you have any advice to other filmmakers based on your career or your team’s approach to work?
Let the interviewee tell their story without interruption from the interviewer.
Can you share a behind the scenes story or fun fact about the making of your piece?
One banker lady admitted she has always been standoffish. After all the help she received from her neighbors, she became a “hugger.”
Tell us about the most memorable response you got from this work.
Client’s boss loved it.
Complete this sentence: ‘Great video storytelling is…’
… evoking incredible empathy and sympathy, sadness and joy from just pictures and sound.
