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New design maintains indy filmmaking spirit

In an effort to gain more clients we are in the process of developing our website into a blog format. This will allow us to have more fun with the site and post announcements, tidbits of media surrounding our projects, or other press releases. The world of internet technology is changing so rapidly that...

LARGE or SMALL? TALCO adapts

We have taken on projects with first time filmmakers & academy award winning directors alike, on all size productions ranging from self-funded “passion projects” and music videos, to high-end commercials and feature length films supported by investors and distribution.

The Higgins “Second Hand Car” posted

Award winning director Stephano Barberis posts  facebook notes on several music videos, including one we did with his production company Arkadia Pictures, for a country music video artist trio – The Higgins. UPDATE 2009:  The video has been disabled for embedding (probably by the label) UPDATE 2010:  It’s been reposted in HD and can be embedded...

TALCO meets Nickelback at Walmart Soundcheck

Working with an LA based production company and cinematographer Mark Richie, TALCO meets Nickelback and creates lighting for a Walmart Soundcheck exclusive video. The artist performed 5 songs and conducted an interview for their new album release, “Dark Horse”. You can see the lighting (and a recognizable TALCO technician or two in the background) in the following...

Going BIG is within REACH

TALCO is more then capable of organizing a large scale production with circus, generators, pre-rigging crews, condors, cable trucks, and the works. All you need to do is rent a gennie and/or a slush truck with supplemental distro, oversized lights and grip gear from a rental house using our truck as a base of...

The RED Rad Revolution hits Vancouver

TALCO first met Tony Dean of Red Rad Motion Pictures on a small Granville Island Market shoot for director Attila Luca. We have been able to follow Tony’s development of of his RADcam – Rapid Aerial Deployment Camera System now for several months and it is looking quite impressive. It is innovations like these combined with emerging technology such...

TALCO learns from EUROPE/COMMERCIALS

Taking a streamlined approach from the commercials world and utilizing small crews of highy skilled technicians we combine lighting and gripping as the Europeans do, allowing us to create the hollywood result in North America at a fraction of the expense and without the usual bloated heirarchy, accounting, and other complications of a typical...