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My Guide to Working with Non-Professional Talent

Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 Betsy Johnson

by Amy Wrobel, Producer When it comes to telling a compelling story, it typically requires a good storyteller. Sometimes we hire professional talent, on-camera or voice actors, to carry the message. In other situations, it’s better to use real people. Real people–that’s what we ‘in the biz’ call anyone who’s not professional, paid talent. Using […]

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Directing Live Coverage of the EAA AirVenture 2014 Airshows

Thursday, August 28th, 2014 Betsy Johnson

By: Greg Ideran I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to continue my passion for live directing with Tri-Marq up in Oshkosh, WI at EAA AirVenture 2014. Tri-Marq produced over 50 hours of live video spanning the entire week of the EAA event that consisted of simple one camera interview shoots as well as […]

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Tri-Marq Volunteers: Amy Wrobel

Thursday, July 24th, 2014 Betsy Johnson

To continue the series about volunteer work that our team at Tri-Marq participates in, we would like to introduce Amy Wrobel! Some of her volunteer work includes the YMCA Sponsor-A-Scholar Program, the Susan G. Komen Southeast Wisconsin Race and the Fisher House Foundation. Thanks for all of the great work you do with Tri-Marq and […]

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Keep the Telly Awards Coming

Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 Betsy Johnson

Tri-Marq is proud to win another 2014 Telly Award. This award is for The Chamberlain Group’s “Garage Power Station.” Tri-Marq produced this on-line spot that aired on the Home Depot website. Tri-Marq shot this beautiful HD footage and created 3D animation graphics adding a high tech feel to the video. To match the print campaign, […]

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Tri-Marq Wins Yet Another Silver Telly

Monday, May 19th, 2014 Betsy Johnson

The Silver Telly Council presented Tri-Marq Communications, Inc. with a Silver Telly for Northwestern Mutual. Tri-Marq received this top honor for the video it produced, “Day in Our Life with Technology”. Tri-Marq teamed with Northwestern Mutual to create an engaging and dynamic experience that illuminates why technology is a must for a successful practice with […]

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Meet the Staff: Amy Wrobel

Thursday, May 10th, 2012 Betsy Johnson

Amy Wrobel, a producer at Tri-Marq, graduated in 2009 from Marquette University with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast and Electronic Communication with a minor in Marketing. She’s in her third year of producing videos and shows at Tri-Marq; before coming to Tri-Marq, Amy did marketing at McDill Design, media production at Northwestern Mutual and […]

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Lumens Aid: Bright Ideas for Picking the Right Projector

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 Betsy Johnson

Guest entry by Tom Graybill, Tri-Marq Director of Sales There is generally one truth when it comes to projector brightness: the brighter, the better. Filling your screen with a vibrant, bright picture makes it easy for your audience to see your PowerPoint, your video, your camera shot. But how powerful a projector do you really […]

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The WOW Factor

Thursday, January 26th, 2012 Betsy Johnson

We work with many of our clients year after year (in some cases, for twenty years!), so we always think of creative ways to make their event different for the next time. This is fun for us because our teams bridge creative options with technology. Our clients want to know what the latest and greatest […]

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Show Week: VIP Entrance

Thursday, January 12th, 2012 Betsy Johnson

Business theatre season is in full swing now that it’s January of a brand-new year. We just got back from a show in Atlanta for an international company with whom we’ve worked for nearly ten years. This kicks off a year of our crew traveling throughout the country from coast to coast. In our documentary […]

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Question Authority

Thursday, November 17th, 2011 Betsy Johnson

“Question authority”.  This is a concept that we first heard at an employee meeting we produced for one of our favorite clients, and is a philosophy we have introduced to our own production team. For us, questioning authority means the ability for everyone on our team to ask questions and make suggestions, because they’re experts […]

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What’s the real cost of not doing a site survey?

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 Betsy Johnson

When clients review budgets one of the first items to be questioned is often the production site survey. When you add up the cost of the plane ticket, hotel room and per diem this line item looks like a great place to trim some budget.  So why is the production site survey so important? A […]

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