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Support Troy Yocum with “Hike For Our Heroes”

Posted on Jun 28, 2011
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Troy has taken an amazing step in supporting military families.  Please help Troy by watching his video below, and following and donating at www.DrumHike.com. We're going to be filming Troy's final steps on August 2, 2011 in Kentucky.  We're excited to help Troy with getting his message out on YouTube and other online marketing means.


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A Million Bucks – Gain’s “Smell like a Million Bucks”

Posted on Jun 27, 2011
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Gain (the PGC laundry detergent) has announced the first ever video contest with a one million dollar prize. Gain’s contest is called “Smell Like a Million Bucks.” All you have to do is produce a video under 60 seconds that has the line “I use Gain and I smell like a million bucks.” Needless to say, as video producers, this got our attention. THE PRODUCTION Thursday, June 23, 2011...


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Growth & Business Nostalgia

Posted on Jun 04, 2011
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We've completely redesigned our website.  The previous design has treated us well for a few years now, but we've decided to spruce it up a bit.  If you've been a visitor in the past, you'll noticed some substantial changes in the layout and functionality of this new site. We'll be working on new updates and functionality (Like the powerful Hoptocopter™ Connect video production project management...


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Adobe CS5.5 is out – EverydayFilmmaker.com

Posted on May 06, 2011
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I've officially started posting videos to EverydayFilmmaker.com and I've decided to start with Adobe CS5.5 as my subject.  It's the brand new "half-update" they've been talking about.  It's still a paid update, but it'd less than the usual update. Here's a quick look at the Adobe CS5.5 software and it's capabilities with the Warp Stabilizer. ADOBE CS5.5 - AFTER EFFECTS WARP STABILIZER  


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Traveling like crazy… good for business

Posted on Feb 09, 2011
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Just as the industry typically works, there are many projects we've been doing in the last few months that I'm unable to post as "Portfolio" specific material, but holy cow... we've been busy.  We just got back from a trip to Phoenix, AZ that continued on to Los Angeles, CA.  It's a great thing that my wife is an amazing part of the crew... I can't imagine it otherwise. My wife and I are taking...


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An industry tool we’ve all needed… Coming by March 2011.

Posted on Jan 07, 2011
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We're very excited about a few major changes we'll be making to www.hoptocopter.com.  In order to make our traveling days more efficient, we're working on a system to become much more streamlined.  Our goal is to make the communication between the client and our producers as simple and clear as possible for both parties. WEB: Jeremy Green with Endo Creative (www.endocreative.com) is helping...


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Random Filming – Mr. Tim Brown

Posted on Jan 02, 2011
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Okay... I know that was a bad title.  Every once in a while it's nice to just go do a random video shoot.  These posts are just raw, single-take shots that have basic color correction in a dark room.  With the daily grind of more intricate set-ups, it's nice to have the "underground" rawness in some projects like the videos below. It was later at night at the Rockslide in Grand Junction,...


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DP Demo Reel – Seth Schaeffer of Hoptocopter Films

Posted on Dec 30, 2010
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Seth Schaeffer has finished his film / video production demo reel for 2010.  Please enjoy and comment to your hearts content on YouTube.


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The Importance of Blogging Often (w/ noted hypocrisy)

Posted on Dec 29, 2010
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Blogging is such an important part of a website for any business.  It keeps clients, potential clients, and readers (like you) up to date on what your business is doing... but there's more.  Blogging allows businesses to prove to Google that it's actually an active website.  We recently hit #1 on google for the search term "Colorado Video Production" without blogging, but many points...


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Einstein Bros. Bagels in Grand Junction, CO

Posted on Sep 09, 2010
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Here's the new television commercial we did for the local Einstein Bros. Bagels in Grand Junction, CO.  Ryan Cook is the actor.  Music from TuneSociety.com.


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