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FLP=Concept+FILM+Video+photography


We’re eclectic, we’re refined, we’re edgy, we’re artistic, we’re gritty, we’re sentimental, but most of all, we’re committed!  

FIRST LAUNCH PRODUCTIONS is a fully functioning, state-of-the-art film and video production house based in San Francisco utilizing professional crews and equipment at minimal cost.  We work FAST, we work SMART, and we LOVE transforming ideas into trailblazing visual storytelling!

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FLP=Concept+FILM+Video+photography


We’re eclectic, we’re refined, we’re edgy, we’re artistic, we’re gritty, we’re sentimental, but most of all, we’re committed!  

FIRST LAUNCH PRODUCTIONS is a fully functioning, state-of-the-art film and video production house based in San Francisco utilizing professional crews and equipment at minimal cost.  We work FAST, we work SMART, and we LOVE transforming ideas into trailblazing visual storytelling!

 

 

At First Launch Productions, we create beautifully crafted professional videos.  But moreover, we are focused on creating something much more profound.

We are a collective of filmmakers, producers, artists, musicians and writers.  Our process opens up the forum to create a story that will connect with your audience and last.

Whether your project needs the look of Ultra High-Def 5k or a viral video, we will get it done precisely to your taste.

We Specialize in

  • mobile/web video

  • social media content

  • branded commercials, TV, film & video

  • original series, shorts, & features

  • feature length & micro documentaries

  • music videos

  • corporate films

  • field research

  • education & training videos

  • green screen

  • vfx compositing, color correction & editorial

  • pre production and post production management

  • storytelling & script writing

  • set building

  • art direction

  • photography

  • live conference events

  • crowdfunding videos

Whatever the needs of your video, we've got you covered!

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FLP=Excite+Inspire+Connect


FLP=Excite+Inspire+Connect


Clients:

Wine, Spirits & Food:  Bread & Butter, Bonterra, Fetzer Crimson & Quartz, Little Black Dress, 5 Rivers, Doug Frost, Food Network, Starbuck's, WX Brands

Tech, Brand & Healthcare:  Airbnb, Amazon, Dell, Genentech, Gymboree Play & Music, Horoscope.com, Keen, Method, Mursion, Netjets, Oakley, OBD Diagnostics, OnLive, Patagonia, Roche, SF FILM, SnS Design, Sonos, Subaru, Toyota, The Bohen Group, Upper Playground, Watchissmo, Zipz

Education & Non-Profit:  ACER Foundation, Educopia, Exhale Organization, James Irvine Foundation, The LEGO Foundation, Stanford, Student Achievement Partners, TeachForward, TNTP, The Danielson Group, UCLA

Live Events:  Genentech, Nike, PH Productions, SAP, USA Productions

Awards & Acheivements:

FLP's videos have raised over $3 million in successfully funded Crowdfunding Campaigns.

Creative director, Eric Peltier, has worked on numerous award-winning documentaries, films, including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Harry Potter", & "The Incredible Hulk".

Our talented writes and concept innovator recent awards:

Best Feature Screenplay, LA Comedy Festival

Best Romantic Comedy Screenplay, Broad Humor Film Festival

Finalist, Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards

Semi-Finalist, Television Original Sitcom, Creative World Awards

 

 

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team FLP


team FLP


Shannon Pardini-Owner

Producer-Director-Editor

With 20 years of experience in the medical technology industry.  I was ready for a creative change.  My broad experience managing medical imaging centers, marketing and staffing for Radiologix Corporation transfers seamlessly to the business of running a film set. I got my first taste of filmmaking in 2008 when a director took me under his wing and taught me the craft of storytelling and crewing on set.  From that day forward, I knew being behind the lens and filmmaking was intrinsically a part of my core.  I have had the pleasure of working with many clients throughout the US and globally. Directing and producing, while leading talented teams to bring forth our clients vision.  It is truly a gift to be a part of this creative industry.

Loren Graves

Producer- Creative Director- Cinematographer- Editor

Loren Graves is a Bay Area based filmmaker, educator and artist. With a decade of experience writing, directing and producing for his commercial production company, he has created content for Apple, Google, Toyota and Genentech as well as for the non-profit organizations Women Who Code, Girls, Inc. and Kiva. As an associate professor at San Francisco Film School he teaches hands-on courses in cinematography and commercial production. He also runs the SF Filmmakers collective and is a painter and active member of the Oakland art community.

Lisa Clapper

Yay Collective- Brand Strategist and Content Writer

Lisa’s well-honed sense of intuition comes from 20+ years of seeing possibilities and articulating brand expressions-- in, out and all around a ridiculously diverse set of brands, buildings, and organizations, including Gap, Citibank, Exploratorium, Pepsi, Kashi, Visa, Deloitte, Clif & Luna Bar, New Leaf Community Markets, Modcloth, La Cocina, Karl Strauss Brewing and so many more.

With unbridled positive energy, she excavates insights, connects disparate dots, brings clarity, even when things seem opaque. As an exuberant storyteller, her narratives get at the heart of the brand and define its possibilities. She grounds it with serious business chops (Vassar College BA and NYU Stern MBA) And that smile, oh yeah, it’s real. :)

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Dustin Vance

Post Production Supervisor-Lead Editor

Dustin’s professional background began in his teens operating his father’s construction company. Being groomed in business at such an early age, it didn’t take long before his thirst to expand his creativity set in.

My 20s I ventured forward to Japan where I open my first video production house. My 10+ years of editing and filmmaking is where I get to craft together the smallest details and allow then to be seen. Every shot has a meaning; the way each shot precedes or follows each other in a sequence is a dance and the most important piece to a story. This medium and its many creative processes has always fueled my curiosity. Being submersed in the many cultures, listening to the sounds of all landscapes moves me, tapping into rich colors and the motion of movement will always guide me to push boundaries within my craft of editing and visual story telling. 

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