Welcome to The Big Picture Team, Renée!

TheBigPicture — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:44:43 +0000

Renée holds a degree in Film & Digital Media from UC Santa Cruz and spent the last year and a half as the Operations Assistant with Team People at Intel Studios where she scheduled corporate video productions, booked crew, and assisted with editing. She is a Bay Area native who loves spending time with her family and friends, watching SF Giants baseball, playing soccer, and going to concerts. Renée is eager to assist with productions and edits for The Big Picture. We are excited to have her as a part of our team!

Welcome to The Big Picture Team, Ben!

TheBigPicture — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:57:02 +0000

Ben spent the last 7 years working as a contract Director/Producer/Designer/Editor (what he refers to as a slashy) specializing in high quality films and animations for broadcast and corporate videos. Some of his clients included the Wall Street Journal, Hard Rock Café and others. And for over 3 years he was the Creative Director and Editor of “Warriors Weekly,” a behind-the-scenes TV show for the Golden State Warriors. He is one of those rare Bay Area natives and enjoys the combination of great weather, outdoor activities and people here in NorCal. His wife, Jaime, is awesome and is expecting a little one in July. Ben’s looking forward to combining his love of creating visual stories and working here at the Big Picture. We are so excited to have him on our team!

The story of Recycling in San Francisco

TheBigPicture — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:11:48 +0000

San Francisco is a leader in being “green” in every way. From Green technology companies to seeking out organic foods to recycling and waste management, you
can count on San Franciscans to always be looking forward. It’s still impressive, however, that in San Francisco over 80% of waste is recycled, reused, restored, and does not make it to the landfill. That is an impressive feat that involves public policy, public participation and successful planning and logistics in waste management.

We are proud to present to you this program we created, which aired on CBS and ABC on Sunday, showing exactly what goes in to all the recycling in San Francisco, the Greenest city in America.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Recycling in America’s Greenest City

TheBigPicture — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:45:54 +0000

Did you know that 80% of solid waste in San Francisco is being diverted from landfills? 80% of San Francisco’s waste is being recycled, repurposed, and composted. It’s no wonder that San francisco has built a reputation as the Greenest City in America.

The Big Picture is proud to have put together this program on Recycling in San Francisco that will be publicly broadcast at the following times… on Earth Day, no less! Tune in:

Sunday 9:30am – 10:00am CBS KPIX channel 5

Sunday 3:00pm – 3:30pm ABC 7

Click here to view the embedded video.

Ski-in/Ski Out Starbucks

TheBigPicture — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:08:12 +0000

With the snow on the slopes and sunshine in the sky, our producer/editor Willow headed up to Squaw Valley for the weekend. Not only did she have a great time carving down the mountain, she was the first of the Big Pic clan to visit the world’s first ski in/ ski out Starbucks and we must admit we’re a little jealous…

Celebriducks!

TheBigPicture — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:45:18 +0000

As we prepare for this year’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Award programs we find that we can’t help but get into the entrepreneurial spirit. Yesterday, George and Kristen spent a few hours with Celebriduck creator Craig Wolfe marveling at his creations. Who would have thought collectable celebrity rubber ducks fashioned to look like icons of music, film, sports and history would have such a following? Well we are part of that following, we love the ducks and we love Craig’s story- he truly embodies what is means to be an entrepreneur. Click here to check out the Celebriducks website to learn more about Craig, the awesome collection of celebrity ducks and his latest venture- bringing the rubber duck business back to The United States.

Entering into New Dimensions at CameronPace

TheBigPicture — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:49:05 +0000

George spent some time with Vince Pace in Burbank learning the ins and outs of the 3D world. The technology is unbelievable and thanks to our friends at The CameronPace Group we’re starting to figure it out!

George Featured in This Month’s Off Camera News Letter

TheBigPicture — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:32:46 +0000

Our very own George Lang was featured in this month’s edition of The National Academy of Television Arts and Science’s Off Camera newsletter. The article focuses on the announcement that George will continue to offer two scholarships for overall Video Production Excellence for 2012.

Click here to read the article!

Ernst & Young’s Joe Muscat on Press:Here

TheBigPicture — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:20:04 +0000

With the help of Scott McGrew, George was able to get Joe Muscat, Ernst & Young’s Partner& Strategic Growth Markets Leader-West, featured on this Sunday’s episode of Press: Here. We are so excited to see Joe on television and hope you will all nominate your favorite entrepreneurial CEO for this year’s Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year program!

Watch Joe’s episode this Sunday, January 29th at 9 am on NBC-11!

Click here to see Joe’s episode of Press: Here online.

A Fruitful Future for Earthbound Farm

TheBigPicture — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:31:56 +0000

Office foodies Alona, Kristen and Willow have long been educating the office on the importance of organic produce. After our October shoot at Earthbound Farm most of us at The Big Picture have jumped on the organic train too. We were so excited to find out our friends at Earthbound Farm have formally launched a fruit division. Now organic fruit will be easier to get our hands on and because Earthbound Farm is already a leader in organic salad, we have no doubt this new division will be just as fruitful!