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Towers Productions

Towers Productions

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Location549 W Randolph Suite 300
Chicago, Illinois 60661
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Seneca Lester

Towers Productions-Sr. Production Manager

Description

TOWERS POST serves the needs of the the Chicago and national corporate, television and new media industries with skilled technicians and state-of-the art video and post-production facilities. Offering services in the areas of HD mastering, audio, graphics, and editing, Towers Post brings together an expert staff and advanced equipment under one roof.

TOWERS RENTALS is a premiere production and post-production facility that offers solutions for any and all of your equipment demands. Outfitted with the latest in high definition technology, we meet all the requirements of your production schedule, whether that be shooting in standard or high definition - editing, finishing, and HD mastering - audio mixing in stereo or Dolby Surround Sound - or creating impressive graphics.
Or all of the above.
Towers Rentals is your one-stop shop for production and post-production work. Start and finish your project with us, so that you won't have to go anywhere else.

TOWERS PRODUCTIONS has produced over one thousand hours of factual and entertainment programming for US and international television networks including A&E, Animal Planet, bio. - The Biography Channel, CNN, Discovery Channel, History, ID: Investigation Discovery, Lifetime, MSNBC, NBC, National Geographic Channel, PBS, TLC, Travel Channel, tru TV, VERSUS, WGN and The Weather Channel. Among the Company’s signature series are American Justice and Biography (A&E), The Final Report (National Geographic Channel), Storm Stories (The Weather Channel) and the syndicated comedy series Sports Action Team.

Towers Productions has been in the industry since 1989.

Equipment / Gear / Software

  • Offline Suites
  • Nine Avid Media Composer Adrenaline Workstations
  • Visual Effects Package: Boris Continuum Complete 5
  • Peripherals: Yamaha Stereo Speaker Monitors
  • Sony 20” CRT Professional Studio Monitor
  • Mackie 16-Channel Mic/Line Mixer
  • Finishing Suites
  • Four Avid Symphony Nitris Classic Workstations
  • Visual Effects Package: Boris Continuum Complete 6
  • Peripherals: Genelec Stereo Speaker Monitors
  • Cinetal Cinemage LCD Professional Monitor
  • Yamaha 01V Digital Mixing Console
  • Videotek/Omnitek Multiformat Monitor
  • Capture Workstations
  • Four Avid Media Composer Mojo SDI Workstations
  • Visual Effects Package: Boris Continuum Complete 5
  • Graphics/Final Cut Pro/Avid Media Composer Workstations
  • Eight Adobe/Maya/Final Cut Pro/Avid Media Composer Workstations
  • Software Packages: Adobe Photoshop CS3
  • Illustrator CS3
  • After Effects CS3
  • Autodesk
  • Maya
  • Final Cut Studio 3
  • Avid Media Composer
  • Visual Effects Packages: Red Giant's Trapcode 3D Stroke AE
  • Particular AE
  • and Shine AE
  • Peripherals: Sony 14” CRT Professional Studio Monitor
  • AJA Kona LHe Card
  • Audio Mix Suites
  • Three Pro Tools HD3 Accel Workstations
  • Software Packages: Pro Tools 7 HD
  • Avid Video Satellite (PC)
  • Audio Effects Packages: Waves Broadcast & Production Bundle
  • Digidesign MassivePack
  • Peripherals: JVC 20” Studio Monitor
  • Panasonic Plasma Display
  • Digidesign 192
  • Sync I/O and V1
  • Mackie Universal Controller
  • Yamaha Digital Recording Console
  • Genelec 5
  • 1 Stereo
  • Speaker Monitors
  • dbx 386 Dual Vacuum Preamp
  • Dolby Surround Sound and Dolby E Encoder and Decoder
  • Media Storage Network
  • Avid Unity ISIS 2.0
  • 3 48TB Media Storage
  • Video Deck Peripherals
  • Sony Betacam SP Recorder (UVW-1800)
  • Digibeta Recorder (DVW-A500)
  • HDCam-SR/HDCam Recorder (SRW-5500)
  • HDV Recorder (HVR-1500)
  • DVD Recorder
  • (PRV- LX1)
  • DVCam Recorder (DSR-2000)
  • ProCAP Non-Linear Closed Captioning Authoring System
  • Teranex VC300 Format and Standards Converter
  • featuring imageConvert
  • Content Deliverable Peripherals
  • Root 6 Content Agent Transcoding Hardware and Software
  • Digidesign DigiDelivery Server GT

Clients / Credits

  • A&E
  • American Public Televison
  • Animal Planet
  • BBC
  • Biography Channel
  • CNN
  • Discovery Channel
  • History Channel
  • HD Net
  • Investigation Discovery
  • Lifetime
  • MGM
  • MSNBC
  • NBC
  • National Geographic
  • PBS
  • Reelz
  • TruTV
  • Versus
  • The Weather Channel
  • WGN
  • Chicago Auto Show
  • Chicago Board of Trade
  • Chicago Parks District
  • NASCAR
  • SAP
  • University of Notre Dame
  • Westfield Mall
  • YMCA

Awards / Honors

  • 2012 Best Television Entertainment Programming – International 3D Society’s 3D Creative Arts Awards
  • 2010 Silver Telly Award – Videography/Cinematography – Undercover: “Mark Whitacre: Operation Harvest King”
  • 2010 Silver Telly Award – Editing – “Undercover: Mark Whitacre: Operation Harvest King”
  • 2010 Bronze Telly Award – Documentary – “Inside the Iraq War”
  • 2010 Bronze Telly Award – Set Design – “Undercover: Heidi Landgraf: Operation Green Ice”
  • 2010 CINE Golden Eagle Award – “Inside the Iraq War” for The National Geographic Channel
  • 2009 Telly Award – Runaways: Chicago – MSNBC
  • 2008 Silver Telly Award – When Weather Changed History “Challenger” – Weather Channel
  • 2008 Silver Telly Award – When Weather Changed History “Battle of The Bulge” – Weather Channel
  • 2008 Bronze World Medal for the New York Festivals – Runaways: Chicago – MSNBC
  • 2007 Hugo Awards – Commitment to Excellence – Towers Productions, Inc.
  • 2006 Emmy Nomination – Best Documentary – Inside 9/11

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