This week, our crews are prepping to fly to the Midwest to film a product reveal for an upcoming autumn show. In our business, it’s rate to have this much pre-production time, but we’re really looking forward to going through all the casting, writing, and scheduling steps to make sure we get this done right.

We’re hitting the ground running in the new year, producing a quick turnaround film for Elite Hearing Network. Our crews are on-location in Maui filming footage that we’ll be quickly editing into a motivational film that will debut at the Elite annual meeting.

Once again, we’re collaborating again with 4K production house Brock Creative to film an image campaign for Wingate by Wyndham – a national chain of hotels that targets business travelers. It’s the second straight year they’ve selected us to produce their national spots.

Director Scott Takeda and his post production team have started work on an opening film for Buick GMC. Our storytelling goal is to show viewers Buick GMC’s new technology. The film will open a B2B meeting coming up later in the fall.

This summer, we begin production on a series of B2B films for Sub-Zero Wolf – the upscale manufacturers of kitchen appliances. The finished pieces will be used in the installation of these products. We’re starting the scripting phase now, with production continuing through the fourth quarter.

Pop the champagne again. We are celebrating a national Telly Award for a film we produced for Buick GMC titled “Customer Loyalty.” It won the Silver Telly (the top prize) in the Employee Communications category. This is our 34th national Telly Award.

Happy 2017! We kick off the new year producing a series of six films for Country Financial – an insurance and financial services company that serves the Pacific West and Midwest. Our teams will be telling the stories of agent-reps around the country who are excelling at their jobs.

This month, our creative team begins work on a narrative short film for Elite Hearing Network. We’re especially excited to have the opportunity to cast actors and use our narrative film skills to craft a dramatic story. Elite is also a new client for us, so welcome!

This week, we collaborate with 4K production house Brock Creative to film an image campaign for Wingate by Wyndham – a national chain of hotels that targets business travelers. We’ll be working with their agency NM+U out of Miami to tell a story with a more cutting edge look.

This month, our crews hit the road for on-location shoots for Sub-Zero/Wolf – the high-end manufacturers of kitchen appliances. We’ll be filming their installation program and showing how it is a key part of delivering a premium experience for their customers.

Hip Hip Hooray! This week, filmmakers Lori Kay Allred and Scott Takeda signed a deal with Shorts.TV to get US television distribution for their short film “If Not Now” and international distribution for their film “The Decision.” This was done through their narrative film company Wine Dog Pictures.

Takeda Entertainment is collaborating with Washington DC-based Precision Network to co-produce a series of educational films for the 2016 Election. The goal is to ask voters to research energy development before signing petitions on several upcoming ballot issues.

Let’s pop the champagne! Takeda Entertainment just won an Emmy from the Suncoast Regional Chapter. We took the top prize in the Human Interest-News category for a documentary we produced for Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals titled “Melissa’s Story. This is our sixth Emmy; the second in the past five years.

This month, our creative team is busy putting the finishing touches on a corporate documentary film for Cadillac. Details are still under wraps, but our goal is to tell a story about a new sales program. The film will premiere at a series of meetings later this month.

We hit the ground running in the new year, producing a quick turnaround film for Roche Diagnostics. Our crews are on-location filming 4K elements that we’ll be quickly editing into a motivational film that will debut at the Roche Diagnostic annual meeting at the end of the month.

We are happy to announce that we have received a 2015 Emmy nomination from the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. This is our second nod in the past four years. Our film highlighting a woman living with cancer competes for the top prize in the highly competitive Human Interest category.

We just learned that a documentary film we produced for Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals picked up a national Silver Telly Award – the top prize. “Melissa’s Story” competed in the documentary film category. This is our 33rd national Telly Award

This week, our crews are headed to the west coast to produce a series of quick-turn client films for GM-China. We will shoot and air these films during a large international meeting with the top GM dealers from China and around the world.

Our creative team just won a Silver WorldMedal from the prestigious New York Festivals for a documentary we produced about a woman living with incurable cancer. We produced the film for Eli Lilly and Company. Other winners include the BBC, NBC, and HBO.

This month, we begin casting principal roles for a series of short narrative films for Eli Lilly. Our goal is to tell heart-felt patient stories from all perspectives: the doctor, the caregivers, and the patient. To give it a feature film feel, we’re collaborating with Wine Dog Pictures director Lori Kay Allred.