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• PPG is proud to own an AJA Cion 4K camera, which shoots 4K and UHD resolution, as well as 1080p/2K, and Zeiss CP.2 primes. We've added an Alphatron EVF, Petroff Follow Focus, O'Connor matte box, and used the setup for a recent shoot for Natural Factors, featuring Dr. Michael Murray, shot against a greenscreen cyc at Gak Studio, where we also used a teleprompter and lit at 5600K with Kino Flos and a Joker 1200 HMI.
• We were thrilled to to be able to test out the new AJA Cion 4K camera. We paired it with a few Zeiss CP.2 primes, and shot test footage against a white cyc and a greenscreen at Gak Studio in Burnaby, as well as outdoor footage at Barnet Marine Park. The full 4K version can be viewed on Youtube here. 
• Production is underway on a series of videos for natural health supplement manufacturer, Factors Group of Companies, which includes Natural Factors and Webber. High frame-rate footage we shot for them on the RED Epic is currently being used on Webber's TV Commercial for Omega3 supplements, which was post-produced by Rogers Creative.
• PPG has finished producing this whiteboard animation on behalf of Odenza Marketing Group; Odenza has been a client of ours for several years, and we're thrilled to be able to produce more video material for them!
• We've finished our video for Bird Construction. Check out National Safety Director Mark Dreschel's testimonial here. Video is here!
• The past year has soon seen us shooting in 4K and 5K resolution on the Sony F55, as well as the RED Epic and Dragon (at up to 240 fps). In fact, we took in a full day of hands-on training at Sony's Digital Motion Picture Centre in Los Angeles to get up to speed on 4K resolution with Sony's flaghsip cameras, and ended up shooting several new interviews for Natural Factors with it and Fujinon's amazing Cabrio 19-90mm lens!
• Production is underway on a new safety video for Bird Construction; Bird is based in Ontario, but has a regional branch in Vancouver.
• Shooting in Ontario for PPG's client Odenza Marketing, from Windsor all the way to Ottawa. Odenza is putting together a group of testimonial videos from Ontario. We're also in preproduction on a new web video contest for OM as well.
• PPG co-produced and co-DOP'd a new PSA for Athletics for Kids, with writer/director Tabatha Golat. A4K is a charity group that puts underprivileged kids into sports programs. Read Executive Director Derek Mayson's testimonial on our testimonial page here.
• Congratulations to our client, AMC, who've managed to bring locally shot TV series "The Killing" back for a third season!
• We've been hard at work at Gak Studio, a venture with two other partners -- new website for the studio to be unveiled soon. Recent shoots there include a series of graduation "interviews" for Douglas College's Print Futures program.
• New TV footage filmed at Trimac, on behalf of Multi-Media Productions USA out of Florida, for broadcast on Fox Business and CNBC in the US.
• January 2013 saw our recent Wahl TV spot , "Part of the Family", and an additional spot from Wahl USA, broadcast on RDS in Quebec. Translation, VO, and new French titles were handled by PPG, as was delivery to the broadcaster. Our "Cookies & Lemonade" sign was even translated -- and a new composited version put in its place! We'll get the French version up on Youtube shortly.
• We've updated Fibreco's safety video to now include their new pellet shed -- and new policies re: dust. 
• A new PSA for the Fire Chiefs' Association of BC is now ready for air -- coming soon to a television set near you!
• Pre-Production & Casting is underway for a new TV commercial for West Coast Duty Free.
• Our animated video for Marketing Certified is now watchable on our Portfolio page - here.
• We've finished a new TV commercial for Duradek - their third with Pacifc Producers Group, on behalf of Gould Marketing & Associates.
• Video production completed on a product video for FMI Brands' Outland Firebowl, shot with Canon's new C300. View the video here.
• PPG has just finished shooting EPK material for Movie of the Week "Taken Back", shot here in Vancouver with Moira Kelly, Amanda Tapping, and David Cubbit. You can watch the video here.
• More EPK material on the way for Season Two of "The Killing," shot by Pacific Producers Group...
• Post-Production complete on Kinder Morgan's safety & orientation video! Stay tuned for a preview...
• Past client Wahl Canada has commissioned a new TV spot to air on TSN during a national dog show in December; post-production is currently underway.
• We've completed a tourism themed promotional video for the Downtown Langley Business Association, for both their website and for TV. Stay tuned for the final version - here!
• Videography services provided for Loblaw Companies, the largest food retailer in Canada (Superstore / President's Choice), for the opening of one of their new stores in Abbotsford. Post-production is done through their in-house BTV department -- the finished product they created is viewable here.
• Production of Duradek's new 2011 TV commercials are done -- and are now on the archive page!
• More awards for our production of Odenza Marketing's corporate video -- this time, two Communicator Awards for sound design and for use of graphics
• Field Producing for Animal Planet's "Confessions: Animal Hoarding" television series underway.
• PPG is finishined filming new EPK material for AMC (American Movie Classic) 's new dramatic TV series, "The Killing." Coordinated with AMC's digital division, Rainbow Media, our shoot covered interviews with the cast of the series, a popular police procedural set in Seattle.
• Shooting & post-production is complete on an updated production of Coast Spas Manufacturing's corporate video, which originally featured comedic actor Leslie Nielsen.
• Pre-production has started on our production of a new safety video for Kinder Morgan, one of the world's leading energy pipeline suppliers. Filming will happen at their Vancouver Wharves facility in North Vancouver.
• Pacific Producers Group is the proud recipient of an Aegis Award -- our 5th -- for our production of Odenza Marketing's corporate video.
• Video production is complete on an video manual for Heart Force Medical, a Vancouver company that makes a ballistocardiograph heart monitoring device for the medical industry.
• Regency Fireplaces is having PPG produce 2 new product videos, as well as a sales-training video and another video to showcase its manufacturing process.
• We're producing a series of TV commercials for Express Pardons, set to appear in late December, 2010. A corporate video is also being planned for early 2011.
• PPG is creating new video material for Dynamic Gutters, and to ensure that their rebranding is cross-platform, we're also handling the complete revamp of Dynamic Gutters' website and coming up with a search engine marketing plan as well. Dynamic's Youtube page is here
• Check out our new blog !
• PPG has shot material for Whistler's The Adventure Group, a company providing whitewater rafting, ATV'ing, zip line and adventure courses for tourists; TAG's new videos will be used as web and email-based sales and promotional tools by their staff
• We'll be shooting HR-focused video material for Whistler.com and The Whistler Chamber of Commerce at the end of September, 2010!
• Freedom Health Studios, a fitness and health studio in West Vancouver, has enlisted us to produce client testimonial videos for their website.The videos also can be viewed on their Youtube page here
• New content has been added to the site -- and a Youtube Company channel has been started at http://www.youtube.com/user/pacificproducersgrp
• We're creating a new corporate video for Odenza Marketing Group, a local travel incentive company. The new video will feature a healthy dose of motion graphics intercut with video interviews with Odenza's clientele.
• PPG is working with Centaur Products once again, to complete a new TV Commercial as well as docu-promo on its work at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
• We've finished production on Broco Auto Glass' new "Chip Repair" TV commercial, on behalf of Gould Marketing and Associates. The 15 second spot is currently on the air on CTV and its affiliates.
• Produced 3 new spots for telescoping ladder company Telesteps, on behalf of Gould Marketing & Associates, each featuring split-screen editing -- to squeeze as much story out of 15 seconds as possible!
• Production on a series of commercials for West Coast Duty Free is underway. Watch the finished videos here.
• During the Olympics, we've been busy! After filming an interview with John Furlong for the official news channel of the Games, PPG put together three 3-person film crews to shoot sponsor features throughout the 3 weeks of events, which took us to virtually all of the accredited venues. Our client list included Panasonic, McDonald's, VISA, Omega, MAC Cosmetics, Samsung, Bell, Atos Origin, BCLC, and BC Hydro. Click here to see a sample of clips from our shoot with MAC Cosmetics. And click on our photo slideshows to see still images of our crews at work during the Games.
• Videography and editing is completed on a new set of product videos for our regular client, Regency Fireplaces.
• Editing is complete on a series of web and DVD videos for Montana-based professional education company Western CPE.
• Post-Production is finished on Coast Spas' videos and TV commercials, for their new Tublicious product launch. The new videos can be seen at their new Tublicious site; there are also 4 TV spots that are being made available to their retailers. Photos from the shoot will be up on this site shortly, as will the videos and a testimonial letter from Coast Spas' owner: Coast was extremely happy with what we produced for them! Thanks to Lorne Lapham Sales & Rentals and WF Whites for their equipment assistance.
• Production is underway for the BC Construction Safety Alliance (previously the Construction Safety Network), on a safety video for the concrete industry. The videos can be seen on their corporate site and also their YouTube page. Check out their testimonial on our testimonials page here.
• Post-Production is completed on a revised version of Nilfisk's 15 second TV spot, appearing soon on a channel near you courtesy of Gould Marketing and Associates.
• 2nd Camera duties completed for Northern Physique's coverage of the Canadian Bodybuilding Championships, held in North Vancouver. DVD's from the shoot are available at their site.
• Videography is underway for a TV pilot episode based on public pranks and gags, for Outpatients Productions.
• Production is slated to begin on an installation video and a few TV commercials for Coast Spas Manufacturing, one of Canada's premier hot tub manufacturers, based in Langley.
• Videography is completed on two TV commercials for Aroma Crystal Therapy; one is set at Capilano River, the other in a downtown apartment.
• Production is completed on two comedic TV commercials for Richmond Chrysler Dodge Jeep. The spots are airing during this year's hockey playoffs on CBC, as well as receiving regular play on KVOS-TV.
• Post-Production is now complete on several web videos for Community Living BC's WOW Awards!
• Post-production is complete on a new series of TV spots and web videos for Duradek. Shot with a Zeiss DigiPrime, the 15 second TV commercials will be on during this year's hockey playoffs on CBC, as well as the Documentary Channel, National Geographic, Newsworld, HGTV, History Channel and more. Scripting and media buying is happening through Gould Marketing and Assocaites, a dynamic local marketing agency, in our first collaboration together. Stay tuned for the completed video!
• Videography is complete on a safety training video for Fibreco Exports Ltd., in North Vancouver. 2D motion graphics will be designed by Jeff LeDrew, for Jeff's first project with PPG. Editing begins soon.
• With a few product videos under our belt, and a trade show DVD created in January for them, Regency Fireplaces is using Pacific Producers Group to create a TV commercial for Canadian and US broadcast for their dealers.
• Editing is almost completed on a new TV commercial for Wahl Canada, and will air in January on TSN. Shot on our new HPX500 camera, and with a cast and crew of 11 people, the spot features the lovable Farley, a local Komondor/Hungarian sheepdog. Stay tuned for a sample coming soon. Kudos to crewmembers Devon Cooke, David Grice, Kaleigh Harrop, Lena Kwan, and Calvin Paulger for their great work onset.
• December 24th's blanket of snow did little to dent shooting for a 60 second web-based video for Old Word Interiors, an interior decorating and design company based in North Vancouver. The video will be broadcast on OWI's new website under construction, and also on the Yellow Pages website.
• We have just finished shooting a series of short videos for a comedic performance duo, Divas Las Vegas, utilizing blue and greenscreen shots. The final delivery of the videos, slated for the end of January, will be the duo's new website, which will be designed by video assistant wunderkind David Grice. Stay tuned for samples!
• PPG has acquired a new broadcast HD camera, Panasonic's HPX-500. The camera features 2/3" chips, and can shoot from standard def to 1080p. The images look fantastic -- and all video is captured to media cards, which make for a quicker, smarter (and cost-effective) editing workflow.
• Editing is done on 5 web videos, shot by Stuart Ellis-Myers of Uniquely Speaking, for Community Living B.C.
• While Centaur Products' TV commercial has already aired, PPG has coordinated shoots in Calgary and Toronto for Centaur's corporate DVD. Filming in Richmond's Olympic speed skating oval has also been done. The final product should be online soon!
• PPG is currently in pre-production for a TV commercial and a promotional DVD for Burnaby-based Centaur Products, one of Canada's leading sports contractors. The commercial will run on eastern-based sports channel, The Score!
• Just a note: "Buccha Party", now in its 10th episode, has climbed to the #1 show on Saturdays for Omni/CHNU. The full half-season is planned for re-broadcast on Shaw's Multicultural Channel in the winter.
• Production is underway on "Buccha Party", a kids TV show aimed at local South Asian children. PPG has delivered the first 2 episodes, which have already gone to air, and are currently working on episodes 3 and 4. A half-season of 13 episodes is in the works -- we'll keep you posted!
• PPG has won another couple of awards for its "Ghost Site" 3D animated TV commercial for Leavitt Machinery; this time, we picked up two DV Awards -- one for the TV Commercial category, and the other for Sound Design!
• Work has started on a corporate video and TV commerical for Pattar Roofing, out of Surrey. The project, currently in pre-production, will be used during tradeshows as a DVD, on the company's website, and also as a TV commercial for local broadcast.
• PPG has won a 2008 Aegis Award for excellence in video production. The award was given for "Ghost Site", a 3D animated TV commercial produced for Leavitt Machinery. The Aegis Awards is a premier US and Canadian competition that recognizes outstanding video productions and local TV commercials. The Aegis recieves over 2300 entries annually, and past winners include Microsoft, The Discovery Channel, The Associated Press, and the US Army. This PPG's 2nd Aegis Award: we won won in 1998 for a long form promotional video for Queenship Yachts. You can view the Leavitt Machinery ad on our Portfolio page -- it's the TV commercial closest to the top!
• PPG covered Alpha Air's launch party on April 2nd, which was attended by many of Delta's municipal councillors and Mayor, Lois Jackson. Editing is now complete on the video -- which may be coming to their website. Alpha just started their executive service from Boundary Bay to Victoria on April 14th!
• PPG has produced a 30 second TV commercial for Leavitt Machinery, a material handling and aerial high reach equipment supplier with 17 branches in BC and Washington State. The commercial will be entirely 3D animated, using 3DS Max, After Effects, and Illusion. Look for it on CBC and Sportsnet mid-February & March during the Canucks games!
• PPG just completed a promo/ instructional video for Eco Coat Glass Protection Systems, a local business that provides an eco-friendly window protection process for developers and construction companies
• Production is finished on the second disc in a 4 part series of educational DVD's by ECE professor and author Susan Munzer-Briner

about

Serving the Greater Vancouver area, Pacific Producers Group has delivered video and multimedia solutions to corporate, small business, community, government, ad agency, and public clients since 1990. Our progressive digital video equipment allows us to create broadcast quality visuals and optimum sound, delivering HD, SD, or web content in a variety of formats (Blu-Ray, DVD, Betacam SP, DV, Flash, H.264, etc.), and our filming space, Gak Studio, is a great place to shoot in.

Although we are university graduates in our field, we're not merely button pushers: our creativity is invaluable when it comes to figuring out how best to plan, produce, and deliver your message: in fact, our creative video productions have won us several Aegis, Communicator, and DV Awards. Our commitment to fair business practices and client satisfaction is also evidenced by our solid rating with the the Better Business Bureau

New to doing video? We'll guide you through the process, leaving you informed and ready to make a decision. Our professional credits include hundreds of corporate, industrial, government, educational, medical, and legal programs, and an impressive list of television commercials.

Whether we're producing a training video for your staff, a promotional video for your product, or a demo reel to showcase your talent, Pacific Producers Group is at your service.

past clients

• Athletics for Kids
• Belkorp
• BC Cancer Agency
• BC Hydro
• Panasonic
• AMC Television
• Natural Factors
• Bird Construction
• Thornley Advertising Agency
• Richmond Chrysler Dodge Jeep
• Visa
• McDonald's Restaurants
• Fraser Health / Eagle Ridge Hospital
• Coast Spas Manufacturing
• Webber Naturals
• Newstech
• Samsung
• Queenship Yachts
• Quest Vitamins
• SureSpan
• Regency Fireplaces
• Duradek
• Borran Software
• Government of B.C.
• Omega Watches
• Loblaw Companies
• Construction Safety Network
• Kinder Morgan
• West Coast Fishing Club
• Gould Marketing & Associates
• Leavitt Machinery
• MAC Cosmetics
• Bell Canada
• Fibreco Exports
• Leavitt Machinery
• Wahl Canada
• Aroma Crystal Therapy
• Centaur Prouducts
• Odenza Marketing Group