Chicago Crew Knocks Out Spike TV Shoot
During a piece on September 17th for Spike TV’s “Friday Night Lights Out” show, our Chicago team got inside the life of Boxers and MMA fighters. They shot several stand-up interviews with Boxer, Andrzej Fonfara, in his gym just outside of Chicago. The producers of the show allowed the crew to have full creative control […]
Read MoreChicago Crew in Charleston with President Obama
ABC News – Charleston, SC We shot B-Roll, stand ups, sound bites, and MOS of the funerals in Charleston after the shooting at Emanuel AME Church on June 17, 2015. We gathered B-Roll of the funerals of Ethel Lance and Sharonda Coleman-Singleton. The funeral services were packed full of family and friends, South Carolina politicians […]
Read MoreChicago Crew Covers A Certified Disco Legend on Unsung
I traveled from Chicago to Atlanta to shoot interviews for the Unsung documentary series. What I enjoyed most about shooting for Unsung were all the stories that were shared about these virtuoso musicians. This past week’s shoot was focused on R&B legend, Johnnie Taylor, who is best known for “Disco Lady”, which hit record-breaking sales. […]
Read MoreChicago Crew Covers Tornado Aftermath for The Weather Channel
If you’ve been paying attention to the news recently you probably noticed that Illinois had some extreme weather last week. In Chicago, we experienced heavy rain, hail and strong winds while one rural Illinois town had an EF4 rated tornado. The tornado touched down in Fairdale, Illnois and ripped through the town causing incredible amounts […]
Read MoreChicago Video Crew Joins Charleston DP in Kentucky for Fox Sports
On a cold day in February I was assigned to head down to Lexington, Kentucky to shoot a feature with Charleston’s cameraman, Dave Baker, for Fox Sports. We would be interviewing one of the Kentucky basketball’s star players along with his dad then shoot some B-Roll of the two playing some 1-on-1. I jumped in my Suburban and […]
Read MoreChicago Crew Heads to The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
I was recently down in Nashville for a weekend when Go To Team got a call from one of our long time friends at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. They were receiving a donation from rising country duo Maddie and Tae and wanted Go To Team to shoot some coverage for their internal marketing. […]
Read MoreChicago Video Crew rocks out in Cleveland for Fox Sports
With football season in full swing, I’ve been getting some great opportunities to shoot some cool interviews with NFL players from all over. This time I had to make the trek to Cleveland, Ohio for Fox Sports to interview Brian Hoyer the quarterback for the Browns. I arrived at the Browns training facility near the […]
Read MoreChicago Video Crew teams up for Fox Sports Features in the Midwest
It’s always fun getting to work with some of the other Go To Team crews and getting to share ideas and expertise. I had the chance to work with with our crews all the way from Miami and Charleston on a feature in Madison, Wisconsin as well as our D.C. crew and Nashville crew in […]
Read MoreGo To Team Crews Venture into Bengals Country with Fox
Fox Sports brought GTT crews from Nashville, D.C. & Chicago to Cincinnati for an interview with Bengals QB Andy Dalton! The two-person interview required set assembly, three cameras, audio and grip. The team shot on Sony PMW–F55 cameras, each equipped with its own Sound Devices Pix 240 external recording device (so as to capture the […]
Read MoreChicago Video Crew spends the day in Madison for CBS Gamechangers
As Autumn fast approaches, Go To Team Chicago is in full swing traveling throughout the Midwest covering all sorts of sporting events. Today we were in Madison, Wisconsin to shoot a basketball camp run by Wesley Matthews of the Portland Trailblazers. I grabbed my 5D and headed out early that morning from Chicago and made the […]
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