PentaVision's "What's Your Story?" Blog

In our community there are many ways that an individual or group can help financially or by donating their time.  During the recent holiday season, members of the PentaVision team and some of their family members helped the Food Bank of Northern Indiana sort food.  With an especially difficult economy, more people are in need, particularly now that the holiday season is over.  And at PentaVision, part of our mission is to be an active part of our community, by giving back in a number of ways.

We decided to capture some of the activities to maybe inspire others to give of their time.  There are so many agencies out there that need your help.  See what you can do in your area.  Let us know, by leaving a comment, what you do to help others in need.  We welcome your comments and if you want more information on the food bank and how you can help, click here:  http://www.feedindiana.org/.

Thanks for stopping by again! This week we’re going to explore the basics of innovation, and the best place to start is with some clarification and definitions (i.e. the boring part). People often times get innovation confused with invention.  Around here we view an invention as an idea made concrete, while innovation involves ideas and their successful implementation into practice to create value. In other words, you invent an advanced mousetrap when you build an actual contraption; you innovate a new method for catching mice when you create a successful series of steps that add value to the field. Read the rest of this entry →

Happy Holidays from all of us at PentaVision Integrated Digital Media!

In case you’ve never stopped in to visit us before, PentaVision is located in shopping plaza in a residential area of South Bend. People are sometimes surprised to see us tucked back in this residential neighborhood, but we’re one of several businesses that call this place home. On one end of the building is one of those discount retail stores which usually has a pretty steady stream of customers throughout the day, including us at PentaVision. In fact, I’m quite sure that I probably buy more Fruit Stripe gum there than the kids that trickle in after school!

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We recently took some time to redesign our blog. Take a few minutes and look around, won’t you? We still may tweak a bit here and there in the future, but for the most part, this is it. We hope you enjoy it!

And while you’re here, take a look at our recently revamped demo reel:

Thanks again for stopping by!

I’ve been attending quite a few great webinars lately – but none of them really gave me a jolt of life and inspiration like the one I attended on Tuesday presented by HubSpot that featured Gary Vaynerchuk, author of Crush It! and host of Wine Library TV – a vlog (video blog) all about one of my favorite topics, wine (I’ve created a Facebook group dedicated to that very topic!). Maybe it was the copious amounts of Starbucks bold coffee coursing through my veins, but a major fire was lit under me as I listened to Gary’s discussion about infusing passion into storytelling and interacting with customers to create dialogue and cultivate relationships.

You might be wondering how a guy who blogs about wine has earned the reputation as a best-selling author, social media guru and in-demand speaker. To anyone who attended, it was probably obvious:  Gary is absolutely passionate about everything he does. He lives, breathes and drinks(!) what he loves.

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Camera movement is an element of film and video production sometimes highly overlooked today. With the invention of the zoom lens, the physical movement of the camera and tripod location has changed and evolved. Often it is easier and less labor intensive to simply “zoom in” rather than moving the camera itself. Read the rest of this entry →

Greetings from PentaVision!

We hope this e-mail finds you well.  We would like to take this time to let you know that PentaVision Communications is embarking on a new venture designed especially for you.

We would like to introduce a quarterly newsletter, entitled, “What’s Your Vision?”  The first edition will be sent out via e-mail to you tomorrow.  The newsletter is an informative tool for you to better understand and/or to inquire about the video production or digital media process.  Our newsletter is designed to address the three key areas of the process:  Pre-production, Production and Post-production and will include short and easy to read articles with additional links to other articles if you desire more knowledge on the subject.

We are also providing you with an opportunity to unsubscribe to our newsletter if you wish.  We understand that you are busy and get inundated with electronic messages, so if this is something that you would rather not receive, please let us know.  If you enjoy receiving “What’s Your Vision?” we have also included an opportunity for you to ask questions, leave comments or provide us with topics that we can cover in future newsletters.  Your voice means a lot to us!

We thank you so much for your support and look forward to hearing from you!

Ryan, Dick, Bob, Phil, Jon, Daniel and Michael