SERVICES
ACHIEVE EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS
Black Pearl produces media for a wide range of clients – Fortune 500 corporations, tech start-ups, small firms, campaigns, foundations and universities. We’ve earned a reputation for crafting effective, cinematic programming and efficient, value-added productions that exceed our clients’ expectations.
CREATIVE
It’s about trust and working to earn yours. We’ll dig into your story, understand your audience, confirm your objectives, and go beyond the obvious to find the most effective means to achieve your goals. We’ll provide a detailed proposal, budget, script drafts, and schedules, then add pre-visualization tools as needed – storyboards, location stills, casting clips, design thumbnails, animation samples – essential items that keep the process transparent and optimized.
PRODUCTION
We have a right-size approach. It’s defined by the creative and the broader project goals. It can range from one person with a camera to a large team of skilled technicians, actors, sets, props and more. We apply the appropriate technology – cameras, lenses, audio, lighting, support – to capture dynamic HD imagery and crystal-clean sound.
- Sony and Canon digital-cine HD camera packages
- Angenieux, Ziess, Canon, Nikon optics
- Nikon DSLR time-lapse w/Time Machine motion control
- Arri, LTM, Mole and KinoFlo HMI, quartz, florescent & LED lighting
- Los Mandy Jib w/dual-axis remote head
- Matthews Dolly
- ½ to 3 ton lighting/grip packages
- Sound Devices mixers
- Neumann, Countryman, Lectrosonics, AT mics
- Tabletop & Insert Stage
- Sets & props construction shop & storage
- Additional equipment, resources and facilities available
EDITORIAL
It’s more than cuts and dissolves. It’s the art of storytelling with images and audio; having the sensibilities of a writer, a photographer’s eye, and the musician’s instinct for the beat and note. We marry those skills with powerful video editing technology and a passion for crafting visual narratives.
- Avid Media Composer
- Adobe Premiere and Media Encoder
- Custom-Built, Intel-based Workstation
- 24+ TB, fiber & eSata RAID arrays
- LTO Archiving
- Additional equipment & resources available
VFX
Anything goes. There are few boundaries between what can be imagined and what can be realized on-screen, or on screens – as in multi-screen exhibits, super-sized projections, or odd-shaped configurations – all of which we have created imagery for.
AUDIO
Hear it all. In surround-sound or a full stereo mix. We’re sticklers for a great track – a fresh music score, richly textured sound effects, crisp dialogue, nuanced voice-over – all combining to add greater dimension and impact to the visuals.
- Avid ProTools
- Focusrite, ProTools, and Soundcraft mic-pre’s
- Soundcraft Ghost 24x8 console
- Adam P33A monitors
- Neumann, AKG, Sennheiser, EV, Shure microphones
- Foley, Narration, and Music studios
- Additional equipment & resources available