FAQ
What’s the difference between one production company and the next?
Production companies vary widely. Some are large, corporate conglomerates with millions of dollars in inventory. Others are small, privately-owned companies with low overhead, a small staff, and carry enough inventory to produce one event.
D A V Productions has positioned itself right in the middle, and has integrated the best aspects of both. We can produce simultaneous events because of our depth of inventory and talent, but we are locally owned and operated and remain focused on our clients and their needs.
We feel that our industry goes beyond plugging in projectors and reading along with a script. Our staff’s diverse experience in corporate communications, event planning and technical production has prepared them to handle any request you may have.
Many production companies—large or small—don’t understand internal structures and the relationships between event coordinators and their clients. We add regular clients to our list all the time, not just because of our expertise with equipment, but because of our creativity, talent, and understanding of corporate and show environments.
One clear advantage we have over many other A/V companies is our own built-in creative department. With D A V, there’s no gap between creative content and live execution.
Do you travel?
Yes. Our creative team frequently travels to shoot video for corporate and broadcast video acquisition. Our technical production team travels when our regular clients have critical events elsewhere that need to run smoothly, and they want D A V’s brand of creativity, quality, and management.
We regularly travel with our equipment and staff to Arizona and California. For projects in other parts of the country, we’ll determine what amount of transporting vs. outsourcing makes the most sense.
Clients who insist on having us coordinate the technical and creative aspects of their event have been pleased to discover that we always negotiate a better deal than they could have with local equipment suppliers.
Our nationwide network of strategic partners deeply discount their pricing to us because we handle the bulk of the work: coordinating all the details with the client, property, and any other points of contact. There’s very minimal work on their part outside of the actual show dates--resulting in the lowest pricing possible for renting equipment.
We can deliver first-class service at competitive rates wherever your event occurs.
Don’t we have to use the in-house A/V company?
Not usually. The catering and sales departments of many properties have a built-in incentive to refer you to in-house A/V, because a portion of the money you spend on in-house A/V typically goes back to the hotel.
In the grand scheme of things, the money that hotels make off of A/V rentals is a fraction of what they make from food & beverage, rooms, and gaming. Making sure that your event goes well and earning your repeat business should be their number one concern.
These are the types of questions that some in-house A/V departments may not be prepared to handle:
“What are your ideas for creating a mood? How will you enhance our theme with lighting and effects?”
“Will the video be broadcast quality? Can you help me re-edit video or change graphics at the last minute?”
“Are you knowledgeable in PowerPoint, and can you help me optimize my presentation with themed backgrounds & an easy-to-read color scheme?”
“Our presenters are showing up at the last minute—one of them couldn’t e-mail me the file because it was too big, and the other has her file on a Macintosh. Can you consolidate them into one place?”
“I’d like to have only one contact throughout this event . . . and I need your help getting some signs made. I’d also like you to coordinate the show flow with the photographer.”
If you have any concerns or questions along these lines, most hotel sales executives will be relieved to know that you’re using someone you trust.
Who are some of your clients?
Because of the popularity of Las Vegas as a meeting and convention destination, we’re pleased to be able to serve a wide, diverse base of clients. Here’s a short list of some of our most high-profile clients:
Automotive: Acura, Ford Motorcraft, General Motors, Toyota
Banking & Insurance: Wells Fargo, Sallie Mae, State Farm
Consumer Products: Bacardi, Coca Cola, Pepsico
Distribution: Amway, HerbaLife
Electronics: Casio, Kenmore, Philips
Food Service: McDonald’s, Taco Bell
Hospitality: Hard Rock Hotel, Hyatt, MGM
Industrial: Kodak, Kohler, Tennant/Nobles
Medical: Abbot Labs, Stryker, OSI
Meeting, Travel & Event Planning: PGI, Maritz
Organized Labor: Teamsters, OPCMIA
PR/Advertising: Golin/Harris, TLP
Retail: Neiman Marcus, Norsdstrom, QVC
Technology: Avid, Intel, Microsoft
Telecom: Nortel, Lucent
Travel: Southwest Airlines
But our list doesn’t stop with high-profile and Fortune 500 companies. Our biggest clients are local destination management companies and advertising agencies with extensive client lists of their own.
In addition, we’re proud to partner with charities, education, start-up companies and “up and coming” entertainers. We are just as committed to those clients and provide them the same high-quality services for them that we do for our largest clients.
What if I have a limited budget?
The good news is that you’re not alone. Maximizing a limited budget and adding as much value as possible has become the norm in our business.
Our experience in this industry and in our market is one way that we add value, but there are other companies who can say that as well. What sets us apart is that we own the equipment outright and have full-time personnel to produce first-rate productions under practically any budget or time constraint.
For example, meetings, conventions and events almost all need some level of production management, audio visual equipment and media production. D A V offers a distinct advantage because we have all the necessary resources in-house and can deeply discount at least one portion of that equation.
Even our Fortune 500 clients are no longer asking for custom productions, expensive sets and videos created from scratch. They want to hear about existing ideas and templates that can be re-purposed to accomplish their goals. They’re looking to get the biggest ‘bang for their buck’ through efficiency and economies of scale.
Another example of how we can add value is in the way we partner with clients to serve their needs when it comes to conferences, fundraisers, concerts and other events which are designed around a self-liquidating budget. We’ll significantly discount a piece of media to help promote the event by attracting sponsors or increasing attendance. That can result in a win/win for everyone.
Do you work with other production companies?
Absolutely. As production companies come to town with their end clients, we often partner with them to provide whatever local support they need. Sometimes it’s just a 24-hour contact to provide them with last-minute needs. Other times a production company will decide that renting the audio, video, or lighting system locally makes more sense than bringing it in from another state.
Those are the same production companies that we depend on when our clients ask us to provide services for them in other parts of the country as well. Our first call will always be to the companies who use us when they’re in our town.
We also have great relationships with just about every other production company and gear house in Las Vegas. Our network of local resources, built on great relationships, means that we can get almost anything at any time--even during our market’s busiest periods.