The 541 Co.

The 541 Co. We’re a director/producer duo & rental house built to partner with your agency or brand.

01/09/2024

Thank you so much to everyone who has followed our journey here. While our online feeds may have gone silent towards the end of 2023, a lot has been happening behind the scenes on some incredible projects and partnerships. We-Peter and Andy–are joining forces with some incredible old and new partners to expand what we're capable of and grow the beta LED stage we've been filming on to become the largest virtual production facility between Atlanta and DC...

Ever have those days when you realize you’ve been going nonstop and haven’t posted in a beat? Yea. That’s on us. It’s be...
07/07/2023

Ever have those days when you realize you’ve been going nonstop and haven’t posted in a beat? Yea. That’s on us. It’s been a wild summer already and it’s only July. But, here’s a sneak peek at a tv commercial we made last month for ! See it on CTV platforms soon and thanks to our stellar cast and crew for making the day 👊

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05/29/2023

Happy Memorial Day! As we take this moment to remember the sacrifices of so many that keep this country safe, here's a cutdown from our ongoing documentary project with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 (HMLA-269). Since the squadron was deactivated last December, a group of alumni started a campaign to build a memorial to the unit and all the men and women who served there and they need your help. Learn a little about HMLA-269 here, on their website, and consider joining their efforts to commemorate the Gunrunners and memorialize the fallen hereos from this legendary squadron.

https://givebutter.com/HMA-HMLA-269?gbtid=3f054a55f7864c1fa8b5be1a5b15723d

And, be on the lookout here later this year for updates on the full documentary and where you might be able to see it coming soon. 👀

Virtual production is here in  We couldn’t be more excited to be the production partner with  to help them bring virtual...
04/12/2023

Virtual production is here in
We couldn’t be more excited to be the production partner with to help them bring virtual production to North Carolina. You don’t have to go to Atlanta, NYC, or LA anymore to find technology like this or the creatives that can execute on it at a high level. After months and years of R&D and strategizing, we can’t wait to start showing what it and our teams are capable of. Follow along here and these talented creatives to see what we mean, starting this Friday…

Creative Agency/LED Studio:  
CV President & Chief Creative Officer: Nick Kunstle 
Studio Manager: Ryan Rivenbark
Unreal Engine Artists: Andy Minard & Owen Brewster  

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Producer: Andy Brewster  .j.brewster 
Director: Peter Scheibner     
Key PA: Andrew Albright .studio  

DP: Kail Di**le  
1st AC: Nick Long
Gaffer: Mason McCaskill
Grip: Mike Powell

Production Designer: Cindy Stephenson  
Art Director: Anna Elkins
HMU: Christine Dubuc  

Sound: Ryan Rivenbark

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Talent Management & Casting: Back-To-One Studios
Casting Director: Daryl Ray Carliles
BTO Head of Operations: Janice Baker  
Writer: Chris Hill

We had a great time simulating live commercial auditions with the students of  at  last week! Students got to enter and ...
04/10/2023

We had a great time simulating live commercial auditions with the students of at last week! Students got to enter and perform like they would in a real casting session before we provided feedback as working, local directors and producers.

BTO is mentoring some top-tier on-screen talent over there and we can’t wait to work with more BTO alumni on set. As we’re excited to be forging relationships with partners like BTO to level-up all of the work that we do and show what is capable of💪

We got to train some Marines in video production… While working on a documentary for a veterans organization, we got to ...
03/13/2023

We got to train some Marines in video production…

While working on a documentary for a veterans organization, we got to interact with Entertainment Office and Commstrat teams to make sure we had permission to film on base and not capture anything we weren’t supposed to see. We had such a great time with them in production that they invited us to host some workshops with part of their own team that does video, photo, and graphic work. We had a blast going over the tools and techniques they can use in their roles now or in the wider industry should they choose to continue working in media as civilians.

As a company, we strive to use the skills and resources we have to give back to our community and this was definitely a highlight of that extra-mile journey.

02/22/2023

The color grade 😍. . .

Filming with the U.S. Marine Corps for a documentary project on behalf of a veteran's organization has definitely been a highlight of the last season… and not just because the shots look cool. Be sure to follow as we unveil more soon 👀

02/11/2023

We filmed a "TED" stage in virtual production!
Well, not officially for TED, but that was the look we were going for. Last month, Day 5 of an interview series with a CEO was rapidly approaching and location after location after location was falling through. Less than a week before the shoot I brought up what the creative team wanted in the first place–to put our subjects on a stage that made them look like thought-leaders–and said, “Hey, we’re trying to develop this LED stage for virtual production, let’s embrace that to make a setting that better matches what they’re talking about. It will push us and I don’t know how we’re going to solve every problem, but I think we can do this.”

So, in record time, the team pulled together to pull this off and the client was super happy. As with every new test on The Volume, we had to problem solve and learn some new things. For this one in particular, we added some practical trusses to the wings of the volume to extend and help blend the Unreal set since the LED wall was too small for our 3-cam shoot. And, we didn’t have time to construct a floor, so for the seam we used a ring of tube lights to imply and bloom out an edge to the stage.

-Andy, Creative Producer/Partner

We created a mini-doc in 3 weeks using virtual production...Right before Christmas in 2022, one of our favorite agency p...
01/26/2023

We created a mini-doc in 3 weeks using virtual production...

Right before Christmas in 2022, one of our favorite agency partners, , got a last-minute call. One of the founders of , John Palmour, tragically passed away and his company was organizing a massive celebration of life event in Reynolds Coliseum at NC State in less than a month.

Creative Visions brought us on to produce the keynote piece of the structured program, a 42-minute mini-doc of eulogies from family, friends, and colleagues of JP. So, in the span of about 3 weeks, we brought the project from discovery to delivery hand-in-hand with CV. We collaborated to help get all 11 subjects into the LED studio over 3 days and make that space a safe environment for them to process and share about their memories of JP. We contracted in an Unreal artist and, in the span of days, accelerated the design and construction of a custom 3D space that was “warm and cozy” per the client’s instruction and gave us some visual variety with minimal interruptions on set between subjects.

Then, in a week of post production, we gathered, sorted, assembled, edited, revised, edited, and revised 14 hours of media and a pool of hundreds of photos into a polished, 43-minute piece that played for hundreds of people at the event.

We strive to take pride in every project we work on, but it was extra special to have a part in honoring someone who transformed so many industries (including our own) and who is still so well loved by countless people.

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Producer: .j.brewster
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Watch a  episode we helped make on ! When the team for Where We Call Home came to   we got to help source local crew and...
01/19/2023

Watch a episode we helped make on ! When the team for Where We Call Home came to we got to help source local crew and resources! Look for S2 E14, “The Hospital” (link on our portfolio page, see our bio 👀)

Have a production coming to town? We love to line produce for out-of-state producers and prove what NC crews are capable of!

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Did someone say virtual production? 👀 Directing the inaugural production on Raleigh’s first-to-market LED volume stage w...
12/05/2022

Did someone say virtual production? 👀

Directing the inaugural production on Raleigh’s first-to-market LED volume stage with Unreal Engine and camera tracking for was… unreal We’re so thankful Creative Visions is leading the way in with this revolutionary technology and we’re thrilled to support them as a production partner. Much more to come early next year.

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1st AD/541co partner: .j.brewster

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Sound: Ben Turney

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While most of our productions are local to     we love getting on location and got to take a crew to Massachusetts to fi...
11/18/2022

While most of our productions are local to we love getting on location and got to take a crew to Massachusetts to film for Salem State University last week! Thanks to the dozens of people who came together to film an entire suite of videos in under a week. From our agency partners, the SSU staff/faculty, all the subjects, and the throngs of extras that filled in to make the campus come alive, it couldn’t have happened without you.

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⏳Producer: .j.brewster
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