Archive for category Events
Saturday at the NATAS Gold & Silver Circle “Class of 2011” Induction Luncheon
Posted by TheBigPicture in Awards, Events on October 24th, 2011
We can’t think of a better opportunity to be surrounded by legends of broadcast than at The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences San Francisco/California Chapters’ Gold & Silver Circle “Class of 2011” Induction Luncheon. This Saturday George stood amongst his idols, mentors and peers to help honor this year’s inductees for their contributions to Northern California television. George had the honor of being a presenter and inducting the wonderful Suzanne Saunders Shaw. We were also excited to see the Steve Davis Under- Graduate Overall Excellence Scholarship awarded to Mario Ayala from the College of San Mateo and the Jerry Jensen Graduate Overall Excellence Scholarship awarded to Paul Meyers from Stanford University. We are proud to contribute to the future of media creators and look forward to working with the next generation of broadcast journalists in the years to come.
Live at the Announcement of the Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows Merge
Posted by TheBigPicture in Broadcast, Events, Live Shots, Video News Release on September 27th, 2011
Only hours ago it was announced that Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows Ski Resorts have merged. The Big Picture is thrilled to be responsible for the satellite uplink providing live coverage of this historic event! George and Abel are hard at work, maneuvering on chairlifts to get the best possible footage. With this announcement comes the exciting news that for a single lift ticket guests will now be able to enjoy over 6,000 skiable acres across eight mountain peaks with a top elevation of 9,000 feet! Not only will guests have access to greater skiable terrain, the merge also includes an improvement plan offering more amenities. Included in this plan is the promise of two new chairlifts, a new village restaurant and bar, a snow board demo and rental center, a day lodge and a family recreation center. We love summer but with this news we’re ready to trade in our flip flops for snow boots!
For more information about the merge click here.
The Big Picture Seeks Two Interns For Fall Semester
Posted by TheBigPicture in Events on August 18th, 2011
The Big Picture seeks highly energetic and motivated interns to train in both the production office, on location, and in the editing suite for the upcoming fall semster. Current students in the field are highly encouraged to apply for this non-paying internship and must be enrolled in a college or university that will issue school credit.
Strongly preferred (but not required) tools of the trade:
•Live locally in the Bay Area
•Have own vehicle with a current driver’s license
•Strong communication skills
•Research skills (including use of internet based search engines)
•Knowledge of MS Excel, Word, Access, Outlook
•Good organizational skills
•At least one full day a week available
•Mac and/or Final Cut Pro experience preferred
Please visit the Bay Area Video Coalition website for futher information on this oppurtunity and/or send resumes via email to :
alona@thebigpicture.tv
Free Willie (Tickets!)
Posted by TheBigPicture in Events, Musicians, Trivia on August 17th, 2011
As proud sponsors of the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts we were able to get our hands on some tickets to the upcomings shows. WFCFTA will be featuring a concert by Willie Nelson on September 14th and as part of our trivia this week, we will be giving away two tickets to the lucky person who can answer the question posted below. Please post your guesses in the corresponding comment box on The Big Picture’s Facebook page. Winners will be notified Wednesday August 24th. Best of luck!
Trivia Question: How much did Willie Nelson sell his first song for and why?
2011 4th of July at Louis M. Martini Winery
Posted by TheBigPicture in Events on June 23rd, 2011
In what is become an annual tradition (this will be the third time) The Big Picture will have the opportunity to shoot this year’s fireworks at the beautiful Louis M. Martini winery in Napa.
The show is choreographed to music for a fully immersive sound and light experience. Check out the show from last Year!
The Big Picture takes home two Emmy® awards
Posted by TheBigPicture in Awards, Events on June 21st, 2011
We are so pleased and honored to have taken home two Emmy® awards this year– Chris Roy for Editing “Jay Maisel”, and George Lang for Directing “Jay Maisel”.
This piece is a great example of an American corporation aligning itself with a recognized award-winning artist to tell his story. Rather than use the time for a major commercial push, they chose to tell the story of the artist, and thus conveyed that this alignment message was about quality in the person and the company recognizing that person. This ended up being the most powerful message that there can be.
Below are some images of George and Chris accepting their awards. Congratulations guys!
Shooting the charming and talented Hugh Jackman
Posted by TheBigPicture in Events, Marketing Videos on June 8th, 2011
A few weeks ago The Big Picture had the opportunity to shoot some video of the opening night of Hugh Jackman’s one man show at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco, put on by SHN – San Francisco’s premier theatrical entertainment event company. He is backed on stage by a full 18 piece orchestra, some smoking hot backup singers, and guest appearances such as Richard Marx!
You may not know this, but behind those devilish good looks there is a Tony award winning theatre actor who has comedic timing, powerful vocal chords, and some slick dance moves. We love how hard he works. He was at the theatre from dawn until almost midnight. He eats on the set. He works so well with the crew and other principles in the show. Always a gentleman and he even nicknamed George “Jordan” and used him in the first show.
It’s a great show, and funny. George has seen this show 4 times in the making and it is so rock solid. The production team here has a winner, you really must see this show! Get a front frow seat, he’ll come sit next to you.
Hugh Jackman at the Curran Theatre – and live Q&A now!
Posted by TheBigPicture in Events on May 4th, 2011
Last night The Big Picture had the opportunity to shoot some video of the opening night of Hugh Jackman’s one band show at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco, put on by SHN – San Francisco’s premier theatrical entertainment event company . You may not know this, but behind those devilish good looks there is a Tony award winning theatre actor who has comedic timing, powerful vocal chords, and some slick dance moves.
Tonight he takes the stage at The Curran theatre backed by an 18 piece orchestra where he will perform his favorite Broadway and Musical numbers.
Tune in now to participate in a live Q&A with Hugh on facebook! To attend, visit http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=117382308343932

Tango Buenos Aires at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
Posted by TheBigPicture in Events on January 7th, 2011
We are a proud sponsor of the great Wells Fargo Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa. They put on great events while enriching the community. We have seen some truly magnificent musical, comedy, and theatre events there. If you haven’t checked them out – please do! Click here to be directed to their Calendar of upcoming events!
Coming up next week is Tango from Buenos Aires…
Mille Grazie Party for Youth in Arts
Posted by TheBigPicture in Events, Philanthropic on August 6th, 2010
Last night we attended the Mille Grazie Party in salute of volunteers, artists, entertainers and sponsors from the Italian Street Painting Festival.
Located at A.G. Ferrari in Corte Madera and sponsored by Youth in Arts and A.G. Ferrari, this first-class event featured exquisite food, excellent wine and an eclectic crowd of people passionate about Youth in Arts.
Host Isabella was pouring fine wines that we couldn’t help but purchase a few bottles of… in support of Youth in Arts, of course.
The evening was a wonderful thank you gift for being part of a festival that is near and dear to The Big Picture’s heart.
Can’t wait ‘till next year’s festival!!!
























