Brella Productions

01/01/2025

We have big plans for 2025! Happy New Year, one and all!

12/23/2024

Season’s greetings from Brella! Hoping the holidays bring you everything you wished for.

12/11/2024

We are excited to announce that Brella's Executive Learning Strategist BERNADETTE BURKE is presenting at the upcoming Training Conference! If you're attending, let us know. Bernadette would love to meet you!

11/28/2024

No slogans. No platitudes.
Just a whole lot of gratitude.
Happy Thanksgiving from Brella!

11/13/2024

Trust stems from a mutual understanding of what is important and who is accountable. Presenting our clients and their stakeholders with a clear and comprehensive strategy assures them that they are safe in allowing us to handle the project’s details.

11/07/2024

Preparation is the essence of dealing with the unexpected. Buffers and crumple zones built into our budget and timeline can ensure that a project stays on the path to success when conditions change on the ground.

11/04/2024

10/29/2024

The best antidote for panic is preparation. Setting aside resources for shifting circumstances allows us to keep our clients feeling secure and supported when the unexpected inevitably occurs.

10/24/2024

High-stakes projects often have a lot of moving parts. A vital part of our project management is ensuring that our clients and their stakeholders are looped in and clearly informed so they can make educated decisions without overwhelming them with a flood of details.

10/22/2024

Camera movement energizes and elevates any video production, embracing the kinetic essence of the medium. This might mean using dollies or cranes for complicated tracking shots. Or it might mean Spencer chasing after forklifts to follow the action as Robert Love and his crew unload pallets for their solar install at the Skokie Park District Weber Leisure Center.

10/17/2024

A tired but inspired Brella Co-Founder exits last week’s IMEX America Expo in Las Vegas. So many incredible exhibitors, presenters, and at this show. So many astounding insights to process and put into action. Looking forward to next year’s event.
Next stop on the Brella Fall Tour: Rome!

10/08/2024

It takes a lot of power to keep a facility like SkokieParkDistrict’s Weber Leisure Center running. We spent a few days shooting footage of Robert Love and his installation team getting the ball rolling on the facility’s exciting new solar upgrade. So cool to witness what goes on behind the scenes of a project like this.

10/04/2024

Vegas, baby! Brella is thrilled to send our Co-founder Bernadette Burke to Mandalay Bay for next week’s tradeshow. Can’t wait to meet and mingle with the more than 10,000 global meeting and event professionals who are projected to attend this amazing exhibition.

10/03/2024

“Speak softly and carry a big stick” applies just as well to video production as it does to politics.

Getting a high-angle, bird’s-eye view of the action doesn’t always require a drone or a scissor lift. As Spencer shows here—on location at Love Energy’s solar install for the Skokie Park District—sometimes all you need is a telescoping rod to get the shot you need.

09/26/2024

The Skatium Ice Arena is the crown jewel of Skokie Park District's Weber Leisure Center, hosting hockey leagues, ice shows, and community skating year-round. They are also a prime beneficiary of the center’s solar upgrade. We were on-site recently to capture Robert Love and his crew loading in the panels and peripherals that will help keep the ice available for years to come.

09/18/2024

When documenting a project, what can you do to get your audience invested in the story you are telling?

Point-of-view (POV) shots are an invaluable tool for visual storytelling, pulling viewers into the story and adding a layer of empathy.

By setting up a GoPro on the frame of this forklift, Spencer puts the audience in the driver’s seat as the Love Energy crew moves pallets of equipment for their solar install at the Skokie Park District Weber Leisure Center.

09/12/2024

Brella was among 39 businesses honored last week by the Evanston Legacy Business Alliance at a City of Evanston Illinois Government- sponsored reception at the Evanston History Center. Brella Co-founder Bernadette Burke enjoyed the rarefied air alongside the owners of landmark Evanston institutions like Hecky's Barbecue, Vogue Fabrics, and Comix Revolution. See Evanston RoundTable's photos of the event at https://shorturl.at/yCqrl