Mother Teresa at Milwaukee's Marquette University In June 1981 Marquette University presented Mother Teresa with the Père Marquette Discovery Award, MU’s highest honor. As part of her visit to Milwaukee, the Nobel laureate honored Midland Video by sitting down with us to tape 5 half-hour television [...]
Christopher Reeve was a Superman Christopher Reeve was a joy to shoot with. And his wife Dana couldn’t have been more welcoming when we arrived at their home in Bedford, NY just a few months after his accident.We were there to tape a brief open and close to [...]
Jim Palmer for Jockey In spite of winning multiple Cy Young Awards and being a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Jim Palmer is best known for his work as a Jockey underwear model. We worked with Jim Palmer and the Jockey team several times [...]
Midwest Express Best Care An archeological dig. That’s what looking through old video projects feels like sometimes – like we’re unearthing an ancient civilization – a now unknown way of life. Did we actually shoot scenes of nice meals being served, wine being poured and cabin [...]
Coach Al McGuire I didn’t know him when I was a student at Marquette. It wasn’t until several years later – after he had won the NCAA championship – that we worked together on some video projects. But even then, spending time with him was “sea [...]
“I want to use this video on social media too…” This is something we hear… all the time. And it’s not hard to repurpose longer-form videos for social media. As we all spend more time on our phones, more time engaging in social media and too [...]
7 Questions to ask when looking for a video production company The smart phone has made it easier than ever to take pictures and shoot video. The convenience and accessibility of today’s technology is incredible but with video growing at such rapid speeds and accelerating its [...]
We All Have Attention Deficit Disorder It appears we are all suffering from a form of ADD. How many hours do we spend scrolling down timelines on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter? Advertisers know where our eyes are, hence the explosion of sponsored content. As the number of advertisements grow [...]
How Important is Your Workplace Culture? As a video production company, it is our job to understand our client’s “message” and find a creative way to portray that “message” visually. Lately recruiting videos have outnumbered marketing, training, or product videos. We’ve all seen how developing workplace [...]
A Little Foresight Will Maximize Your Marketing Dollars Don’t reinvent the wheel. It’s a sentiment we’re all familiar with. But, here’s a question for you: When it comes to marketing our businesses, how many of us actually abide by this rule? Based on what I’ve witnessed [...]
