Production Suite

Above All Video is a professional production and editing company that creates local television commercials and industrial promotional pieces. On a given day, the employees at Above All Video might find themselves creating a point-of-sale video for a software production company, a 30-second spot for a local feed store, or perhaps even a short piece for a local TV station's news broadcast.

When owner/operator Steve Braten decided to start Above All Video, it gave him the chance to assemble the professional editing environment of his dreams, a full-blown production house with two broadcast-quality edit suites--one linear, and one nonlinear.

Steve Braten has run his production and editing company successfully for the past eight years, but he does remember what it was like to be a beginning videographer. To all novices, he gives this advice: "Video is like anything else. The more you put into it, the more you'll get out of it. If you're a video student, I suggest you get yourself an internship. To anyone who wants to get a good solid background in video, I suggest finding a place where you can hang your hat and sit next to people who have good video production and editing skills, and observe how they do it. There's no substitute for hands-on time with the equipment…