Food has the strange and amazing ability to transport us to different places.  Not literally of course — airline companies would surely be involved in a mess of lawsuits if they introduced meatball airplanes.  But maybe you’ve taken a bite of lasagna the way Grandma use to make it, and felt transported back to the motherland.  Or perhaps it’s the smell of a chili cheese dog that sweeps you off your feet and into the ballpark.  One way or another, we all know that feeling of leaving this tangible world behind when our taste buds are tantalized. When Saratoga Olive Oil company came to Galileo in need of a video production company to produce a commercial, they needed to tell a story that didn’t just…

Standing in the lobby of the new Saratoga hotel, 50 cast and crewmembers bustled about, all going in a different direction, each with their own goal to be accomplished. Soon after, we roll a few takes on the shot. Later that day, a different location within the hotel; same people, different look. The hours melt away, with set up after set up, take after take, and shot after shot. Organized chaos, as they say. Moments like these just don’t happen – it takes months and weeks of long term preparation to make a busy shoot day go off, seemingly, without a hitch. With a hefty shot list and a very tight schedule, there’s only one way to get it done: prepare. 80% of any production…