Satellite Films

06/29/2020

First shoot, back in production!

06/23/2020

We Make Things: Best Practices for Video Marketing

Satellite Films' first original video podcast is WE MAKE THINGS ... a show about about best practices in video content production and storytelling for your marketing campaigns.

Have you ever wondered how the commercials for NBC TV shows get made? In our first episode, NBC Writer/Producer Ryan Sage discusses how he directs launch campaigns for television marketing.

WE MAKE THINGS is a visual show, with a succinct 20 minute runtime. WE MAKE THINGS is hosted by Satellite Films founder Kuang Lee, edited by Andrew Kaluzynski
and its logo designer is Lizya-Beth du Plessis.

https://vimeo.com/429338573

#podcast #nbcuniversal #storytelling #marketing #video #film #television #contentproduction #satellitefilms #marketingcampaigns

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06/10/2020

Satellite Films is launching a video podcast for marketers and content creators! WE MAKE THINGS is a new series that provides valuable best practices for video/marketing campaigns.
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Featuring interviews from creative leadership and key opinion leaders, my goal for WE MAKE THINGS is to be a valuable source of information, full of valuable insights for producing video content.
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We didn’t want to crowd the marketplace with just another podcast, so ours is a visual show, with a succinct with 20 minute runtime. Our first episode launches here on Linkedin next week, with an interview with NBCUniversal marketing content producer Ryan Sage. Stay tuned!
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#podcast #contentcreation #video #film #television #contentmarketing #contentcreation

05/26/2020

Satellite Films founder Kuang Lee wrote an article for marketing professionals and content creators, especially in the science and medical sectors.

“How to Create Impactful Videos for Medical and Science”. Enjoy!

https://lnkd.in/dWTnqPQ

#contentmarketing #marketing #science #medicine #video #techmarketing#contentcreation #satellitefilmandvideo #health #medical#contentmarketers

05/19/2020

As businesses and productions re-open during the summer and fall, Satellite Films prioritizes safe and healthy productions during this transitional time.

This infographic shows the measures that we will take to safety in our shoots.

1) Crew Members temperatures taken before production
2) Small Crews (2-3 Crew Members maximum on-site)
3) Masks and Gloves worn during production
4) Crew Members will stand 6-feet away from each other, clients, and interview subjects during production.

Satellite Film and Video remains committed to your video and communication needs. Let's make new videos safely!

www.satellitefilms.us

#production #videoproduction #productioncompany #safeshoots #film #customerstories #satellitefilmandvideo

05/05/2020

How Second Life improved its marketing ROI by 300%

These days, a tiny bit of good news can make your day. So it was a thrill to see Satellite Films' work “out in the wild”, in this case, a customer success story video featured on VentureBeat.

It was a pleasure working with client Treasure Data producing a customer case study video featuring virtual world creator Linden Lab (Second Life).

#customer #video #storytelling #customersuccessstory #treasuredata #lindenlab #secondlife #production #satellitefilmandvideo

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https://venturebeat.com/2020/04/22/how-second-life-improved-its-marketing-roi-by-300/

Linden Lab was able to triple its return on investment (ROI) for marketing for the virtual world Second Life by targeting users with personalized pitches.

04/27/2020

The Satellite Films team is small but mighty… and open for business.

We’re finding ways to adapt, from producing safe, socially-distant video productions with all crew members at least six-feet away from speakers and each other, to pivoting towards animation and post-production projects. It’s taken a lot to transform ourselves, and I couldn’t have done with our team of editor Andrew Kalunzynsku and account manager Lizya-Beth du Plessis.

In tough times, teams keep each other lifted.

#teamwork #video #production #animation #liveaction #mediaproduction #videoservices #productioncompany #satellitefilmandvideo

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04/21/2020

It seems like a different lifetime ago now, but seeing these photos brought smiles to our face in these stressful times. Flashback to early March, where Satellite Films presented our documentary ROOTED at the Cinequest film festival.

Seeing these photos also reminded me of one of our company’s missions to bring light to underserved communities through storytelling.

(Festival Photos courtesy of Shar Liu.)

#film #storytelling #video #filmfestival #rooted #mission #filmmaker

04/14/2020

Satellite Films now has a fully-remote production studio in the Bay Area for interviews and product shoots.

We can offer a professional, remote, high-quality studio experience with professional sound and lighting.

• Cameras, Lighting, and Sound pre-set and sanitized prior to client/guest arrival.
• Controller in sealed room under separate HVAC system.
• Remote Entry and Exit - no live human interaction or contact.

If your organization has key opinion leaders or customers that you’d like to create videos with, we can interview them in this fully remote format. This is also an ideal option for product photography. Hopefully, we can be of service to you and your organization if the need arises.

www.satellitefilms.us

04/11/2020

MONSTER | Featured Creature | Short Film

Pleased to share Satellite Films founder Kuang Lee's horror short “Monster”, released today on Crypt TV. When not creating brand content for technology companies, we enjoy producing narrative storytelling for online and streaming platforms. And we dig scary movies!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiMCzjaDD0A

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#narrative #film #filmmaking #satellitefilms #horror

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03/30/2020

Proud to present our 2020 Satellite Films Animation and Motion Graphics reel. For clients and colleagues looking to continue and expand their communications content …

… animation is a dynamic and effective means to that end. This reel features animation and motion graphics work for a variety of clients... ranging from Fortune 50 companies, to small businesses, to nonprofits.

Stay healthy, everyone!

www.satellitefilms.us

03/23/2020

Thermo Fisher Scientific: Herasafe Product Animation

Happy to share new motion-graphics and animation work for client Thermo Fisher Scientific. On a personal note, as founder, I (Kuang Lee) am proud that my company Satellite Films is a creative vendor for them, and I’m prouder to have worked there internally a few years back.

Thermo Fisher Scientific was one of the first diagnostics-makers to produce COVID-19 tests, one of the first two companies to receive approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for their work. Bravo TFS!

https://vimeo.com/400027693

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#video #animation #motion graphics #post production #thermofisherscientic #science #satellitefilmandvideo

Thermo Fisher Scientific: Herasafe Product Animation

03/19/2020

In these times of uncertainty, we here at Satellite Films would like to offer some respite... in the form of storytelling.

Our original Instagram series The Bounce Back , produced in collaboration with Pamela Gibson-MacDougall, features one-minute documentaries of people overcoming huge obstacles. We’d like to offer it to you today as a small bit of encouragement and optimism in these days of unpredictability.

You can watch any one of our five original one-min docs. And a new episode will be coming later this week.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzZJWZKANih/

www.satellitefilms.us

02/27/2020

The world premiere of Satellite Films' original documentary Rooted, directed by founder Kuang Lee, screens at this Saturday March 7th at the prestigious Cinequest Film festival.

We've loved working with producer Pamela Gibson-MacDougall on this story of Asian-American farmers in California fighting to reclaim their agricultural heritage through their cultural roots. The short film is near and dear to our hearts, and we hope you’ll come see it.

Rooted screens three times at Cinequest: Saturday March 7th, 1:40pm Redwood City Century 20, Monday March 9th, 6:30pm Redwood City Century 20, and Tuesday March 10th at 4:15pm at 3Below in San Jose. (Ticket link in comments)

www.satellitefilms.us

02/17/2020

Satellite Films went on location to Dublin, Ireland to tell the story of Arm's Connected Spaces IoT platform.

Founder Kuang Lee directed this Arm customer story at the innovative Dublin co-working space, Dogpatch Labs. Thank you to Arm for the wonderful collaboration. And thanks to @brendan lines for the excellent production support!

#customerstory #IoT #connectedspaces #arm #satellitefilmandvideo

02/11/2020

Thank you to Tom Franco artist and creator of FireHouse Art Collective, for graciously giving his time and sharing his artistic journey with The Bounce Back production team, Satellite Films. Your studio was such a creative and fun space to shoot! We loved seeing where your artistic vision takes shape and form. We look forward to sharing your story soon with The Bounce Back community.

#satellitefilmsandvideo, #tomfranco, #firehouseartcollective, #creativecommunity, #bayareaartists, #storytelling #therealbounceback #pamelamacdougall #misterkuanglee

02/03/2020

Robert Coles on LinkedIn: #creative #ivyconference #videoproduction

A nice client testimonial from Stanford University for Satellite Films. Always happy to create video content for such an outstanding institution!

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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robert-coles-4391685_creative-ivyconference-videoproduction-activity-6626537806703538176-SYjl

#videoproduction #university #content #stanforduniversity
#stanford #satellitefilmandvideo

Thank you Kuang Lee for the strong collaboration. #creative #ivyconference #videoproduction...

01/27/2020

We are very proud to announce that Satellite Film and Video's original film production ROOTED, directed by founder Kuang Lee has been accepted into Cinequest 2020!

This documentary tells the story of Asian-American farmers in California fighting to reclaim their heritage through agriculture. We were proud to tell this story, and ecstatic to screen again at Cinequest (Buddy Solitaire - Feature - Cinequest 2016). It’s a first-class festival, and we can’t wait to play there again. Cinequest screening times in the comments.
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#filmfestival #film #rooted #documentary #farm #agriculture #storytelling #satellitefilms

01/21/2020

Our recent Satellite Films production helped transform our clients’ office into a beautiful “fireside chat” interview space using the power of set design and cinematography. Super proud of our production team!

01/09/2020

Satellite Films Commercial Reel 2020

New year, new reel. Here is the latest Satellite Films showreel of narrative, live action, and animation commercial spots, directed by founder Kuang Lee, with work spanning from technology to medicine to sports. Here’s to 2020!

12/30/2019

2019, Satellite Films' second year as a company, was a year of learning.

With new projects, new clients, new challenges, we were constantly learning how to better support our partners, how to produce the best video and animation possible. We will take those learnings into 2020, and make Satellite’s third year our best yet! We sincerely hope you’ll join us.

12/26/2019

This holiday season, we want to thank the amazing individuals who have shared their stories of overcoming adversity with us. Satellite Films invites you to see their stories on our new one-minute Instagram series, The Bounce Back @the_real_bounce_back.

https://www.instagram.com/the_real_bounce_back_/

Created for Instagram's platform, Satellite Film's original content series tells the stories of people recovering and succeeding in the face of personal struggle or adversity.

Collaborating with fellow producer, Pamela Gibson-MacDougall (Promission Productions), our goal is to give voice to a new story every month. We hope you'll watch and share!

#instagram
#storytelling
#inspiration
#mobile
#originalcontent
#thebounceback
#satellitefilmandvideo
#promissionproductions

12/24/2019

Satellite Films' final video production of 2019 was a great one with new client Treasure Data, working with Foroozan Memari and Nick Kobayashi on their Treasure Talks video series. Ending the year strong!

11/20/2019

Auris Health Brand Video - Satellite Films

Satellite Films was excited to work with med-tech company Auris Health, producing a video that celebrated their first 1500 cases. The project needed to be “visuals-only” to captivate a trade show audience, but then also serve as an external piece of brand creative. We did a full scale production for them, then utilized motion graphics and a rich sound design in post-production to provide a solution for our med-tech client. We are quote proud of this video and you can watch below.

#video #medical #medtech #medicaldevice #tradeshow #satellitefilmandvideo

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11/05/2019

Some photos from the post-screening Q/A for Satellite Films' original documentary Japantown: A Walk Through Memory at the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest.
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Thanks to the Festival for putting on such a wonderful screening, as well as supporting Asian-American filmmakers.

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10/30/2019

Satellite Films original documentary production Japantown: A Walk Through Memory screens at the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest this Saturday 11/2, at 11am at the Cinearts Theater in Santana Row in San Jose. If you live in the Bay Area, come support independent film at this wonderful local film festival. Director and Satellite Films founder Kuang Lee will be in attendance for Q/A after the films' screening with NORM MINETA: AN AMERICAN STORY.

https://www.svapfilmfest.com/

10/28/2019

BTS photo from Satellite Films' European customer video production for Thermo Fisher Scientific last week. We love telling stories of science and successful customer use cases.

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#voiceofcustomer #production #video #storytelling #customerstory #satellitefilmandvideo

10/22/2019

Nicole Miller: To the Stars · SFMOMA

New work from Satellite Films! We were proud to partner with the SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art on this artist profile of Nicole Miller and her laser and video installation “To The Stars”. We are passionate about the arts and appreciate the opportunity to showcase Nicole Miller’s wonderful piece.




https://lnkd.in/gA6epmF


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#arts #sfmoma #museum #artseducation #storytelling #artist #video #film #satellitefilmandvideo

https://www.sfmoma.org/watch/nicole-miller-to-the-stars/

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

10/14/2019

Kuang Lee Narrative Directing Reel 2020

While Satellite Films supports technology and science clients, company founder Kuang Lee has a side hustle directing narrative content. His new narrative reel is fresh off the presses. Check it out below.

#director #narrative #storytelling #features #thrillers #film #satellitefilmandvideo

https://satellitefilms.us/

09/19/2019

Satellite Films loved working with new client SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, telling the story of conceptual artist Nicole Miller and her new multi-sensory work: "To The Stars".


Her piece features beautiful sound and film components and… lasers! We are passionate about the arts and appreciate the opportunity to work with the SFMOMA.


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#film #arts #sfmoma #museum #artseducation #storytelling #satellitefilmandvideo

09/11/2019

Satellite Films' original documentary Japantown: A Walk Through Memoryas been accepted into two new film festivals!

Our documentary screens at the Boston Asian American Film Festival in late October, and the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFestin November. If you’re in the Bay Area, it screens at the CineArts Theater in San Jose on Nov 2nd. (See link for details). We are very proud of our original production and we are passionate about telling culturally diverse stories.

https://www.svapfilmfest.com/schedule-and-films

#film #storytelling #documentary #filmfestival #sanjose #bayarea #siliconvalley #satellitefilms

08/28/2019

Satellite Films started production last week on a documentary film about Asian American farmers finding their cultural “roots” through Shao Shan Farm in Bolinas, CA.
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The production at Scott’s farm yielded some beautiful footage. Thank you to Producer Pamela Gibson MacDougall and Level Set Films for the collaboration.


#storytelling #documentary #agriculture #production #video #film #satellitefilmandvideo

08/05/2019

Auris CFO Gives Testimonial

Satellite Films recently produced a series of employee stories for Auris Health, Inc. Here is one of the short videos that showcases Auris’ strong culture and innovative medical technology.

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https://vimeo.com/322103013

Auris CFO, David Styka, talks about the company's mission and his time at Auris.