Innovators in live capture, broadcast and event film production.
As one of the first companies to use cinema cameras in live broadcast and multicamera environments, Emmy-nominated Colvin Media (formerly Colvin Theatrical) is an innovator in multicamera and live event filmmaking, having been featured in Reuters for broadcast innovation, and with films syndicated on streaming, broadcast and television.
Founded by Cody Colvin as a tool for live theaters to stay open during the pandemic, we streamed our first concert in 2020. Since then, we have produced dozens of captures and broadcasts, collaborating with outlets like PBS and Broadway on Demand.
We subscribe to a simple philosophy: bring the best attitude, preparation, savvy, creativity and ingenuity to our projects and our partners; make our projects highly profitable, helping bring investment into the event film industry; and, keep innovating: push the boundaries of what is possible in performing arts, concert and live event filmmaking.
CASE STUDIES
CASE STUDIES
2021: 11-FILM SLATE WITH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY THEATRE & BROADWAY ON DEMAND
In 2021, Colvin Media produced, directed, and synthesized an internationally-covered live show capture series for the American Association of Community Theatre, premiering during AACTFest 2021 on Broadway on Demand. Colvin’s digital solution helped empower AACT’s biennial festival - the largest community theatre gathering in the world - to move to a virtual space after facing the possibility of pandemic-forced cancellation. For AACTFest, Colvin traveled to 11 theaters across the country - from Boston to Seattle - and captured 11 full-length, one-take film captures in under 27 days, completing post-production on all 11 films in under 14 days. The festival was sponsored and supported by Disney, Concord, Broadway Licensing, and more - and featured many of Broadway’s biggest names as keynote speakers.
2024: FIRST OPERA FILMED ON CINEMA CAMERAS WITH PBS
Filmed in 2022 and broadcast in 2024, Colvin Media’s cinematic capture of Opera Grand Rapids’ Stinney: An American Execution broke ground as the first full-length opera capture shot on cinema cameras.
Shot in 6K with 40 channels of original audio, Colvin Media worked with Opera Grand Rapids, WGVU PBS and the PBS national office to create the film, which tells the true story of George Stinney Jr., the youngest person ever legally executed in the United States.
Filmed in Michigan, the film won the Michigan Association of Broadcasters’ Best - Independent Producer award for best public television program by an independent producer in the state, and is currently nominated for a Michigan Emmy.
