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November, 2011

I recently left a job after four years working full-time and I am delighted that I'm finally getting a chance to update the durand productions website. Thanks for checking back again soon for new material. Meanwhile, here are some of my past projects from my years in Pasadena... (Please note: Craftsman Photo and Video is not currently in business.)

Craftsman Photo & Video

About Michael Durand

Affordable Television Advertising / "All the World's a Stage" / Encore Cafe

Photography / Rates / Recent Video Production Highlights / Zorthian DVD

About Michael Durand: From his college days on the student newspaper and yearbook to today's digital images on the web, Michael has demonstrated a unique artistic eye. The only way to judge his work is to take a look! You will find the photography link at the top and the bottom of every page on this site.

In addition to his thirty plus years as a photographer, over the past ten years Michael has worked at virtually every position in video and television production: producer, director, script writer, videographer, on-camera talent, voice-over talent, set designer, lighting designer, make-up, wardrobe, audio, lighting, stage manager, video tape operator, technical director, computer graphics, interviewer, production assistant, teleprompter operator, digital video editor, musician, and the list goes on. Oh yes, and craft service...

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The spring of 2005 was exploding in color

after the rainiest winter in Pasadena's History

Michael Durand loves recording images and can help you get your message across within your budget. durand productions provides creative, high quality photography, video, television and multi-media services at affordable rates. The best customer is a repeat customer, so Michael and his team strive to exceed expectations on each and every project, large or small. durand productions offers everything from "keep it simple" video that can achieve great results for a minimal investment to major productions with extensive crew and equipment, and everything in between.

"The only limit to our imagination is your budget." No matter how much money you have to spend, your project will receive personal attention from concept and design to script writing through videography and music to video editing and replication. durand productions handles it all at a great value price. Call durand productions at (no longer in business) for special Non-Profit, Small Business and Corporate rates.

durand productions' most recent video and televsion project is a DVD of a special presentation of "All the World's a Stage," Pasadena's Television of Arts and Culture. "Jirayr H. Zorthian - His Life in His Words" is a two hour, 22 minute video of interviews with the colorful artist on his 45 acre ranch in the mountains above Pasadena, near Los Angeles, months before he passed away at the age of 92 in 2004. Also, don't miss the fascinating interview with Michael Werner, Spitzer Space Telescope Project Scientist on "FYI @ JPL."

Digital photography keeps getting better. durand productions recently purchased a new Canon 20D 8 megapixel single lens reflex camera.

Watch "All the World's a Stage"

online at www.pasadena56.tv at the times listed below.

If you live in Pasadena or Altadena, try channel 56 on Charter cable:

Thursdays at 3 am & pm

Saturdays at 8:30 am & pm

Pacific Time

Michael Durand - Biography and Experience

Recent durand productions' video highlights

1999 - 2005: Creator and Producer of 61 half-hour episodes of "All the World's a Stage," Pasadena's Television of Arts and Culture, featuring a broad range of topics and events including: Doo Dah Parade; Interview with Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard; Celebration on the Colorado Street Bridge; Chalk Festival; Interview with Rachel Worby, Musical Director of the Pasadena Pops; Wistaria Festival; Lake Avenue Car Show; Architecture of Caltech; Flowering of the "Corpse Flower" at the Huntington Botanical Gardens; FDNY's Ride Across America; Exchange Club Children's Talent Show; Photography of Walt Mancini, Interview with artist Jirayr Zorthian, Interview with Michael W. Werner, JPL's Chief Scientist, Astronomy and Physics, and much, much more.
Clips used by the Travel Channel's "Incredible Vacation Videos," KTLA News, Pasadena Pops and more.
Writer, Director and Voiceover for "Imagine" video for Leadership Pasadena Inauguration
Director, Videographer, Editor and Composer & Performer of original music for a tribute video for a retirement dinner for the headmaster of Chandler School, shown to 300 people at the Athenaeum at Cal Tech.
Director, Videographer, Editor and Creator of original music for Kidspace Children's Museum video
Former Producer of "City Beat" for KPAS, Pasadena's government cable channel 55
Writer, Producer, Director, Videographer, Video Editor and Composer of original music for a series of children's traffic safety videos and PSAs for the Department of Health Services of the County of Los Angeles
Producer, Videographer and Video Editor for a series of promotional videos for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District in San Francisco
Producer, Director, Videographer, and Video Editor for the 20^th anniversary video for Payden & Rygel (managers of $ 50 billion in bond trading.) at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles
Videographer for media training sessions for J.P. Morgan Chase in Los Angeles and Chicago
Featured on Pasadena's Senior Center's "Encore Cafe" television show, KPAS channel 55 and dozens of cable stations throughout Los Angeles. Chalk Festival footage featured on "Pasadena Live," PCAC channel 56, Summer, 2004
Producer, Director, Videographer, Original Music and Video Editor of "Jirayr H. Zorthian, His Life in His Words, " a Special Presentation of "All the World's a Stage," Pasadena's Television of Arts and Culture. The six-part series is being shown in May, June and July on cable television and streaming on the web. Click here for more information: Zorthian
Summer, 2005: Following the Zorthian series, AWS featured:

"FYI @ JPL"
an interview with
Michael Werner, Chief Scientist of Astronomy and Physics
and the Spitzer Space Telescope Project Scientist
at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Michael Werner explains the mission of the pioneering infrared space telescope
and the scientific breakthroughs that have made
Spitzer one of science's most exciting and fruitful endeavors.
for more information, please visit "FYI @ JPL"

Fall, 2005: Director, Technical Director, Video Editor and Video Editing Instructor for a television show called "Pasadena MoveOn Looks at the Issues." Copies of the Special Election show were distributed to markets reaching over 1,000,000 viewers. Recent topics included the November, 2005 special election in California and saving public access television.
AWS # 64 completed in January, 2006, features a slide show of photographs of rose parade float decorating alternately put to big band nusic and soothing piano. Segments are divided by clips of the USC Marching Band. Try to stream the show. (It doesn't always work.)
Spring, 2006: durand productions created a 3 1/2 minute video for The Castle Press, a respected printer in Pasadena since 1931. Call for a free presentation and estimate to tell your story with pictures, interviews, music and more...

Photo / Video Production Rates

Description	Business	Hourly Rate
Photography / Videography	non-profit	$ 60
Photography / Videography	small business	$ 80
Photography / Videography	corporate	$ 125
Video Editing	same as above	same as above
Music Production	same as above	same as above
Limitless Music Rights	same as above	negotiable
Equipment and Supplies	all	Cost + 20% Management and Handling Fee

Crew

same 3 levels

to be determined

Two hour minimum charge on jobs within Pasadena. Slightly higher out of town. All rates are negotiable based on complexity of project, time restrictions, deadline pressures and other factors. Please call for free estimate.

About Michael Durand

Affordable Television Advertising / "All the World's a Stage"

Photography / Recent Video Production Highlights / Zorthian DVD

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