Iacono Productions

Iacono Water Wall in Local TV Spot

April 20, 2011

Recently one of our local TV stations came to us and asked to use our Water Wall as a background in a spot promoting their local weather coverage.  One of their video producers saw the Water Wall in action and knew it would be a great prop for the video shoot. We set up the Water Wall up in our fabrication plant and provided special effects lighting as well as the graphics that would be displayed on the wall during the shoot. You can see photos here. The shoot was a great success and the spot is now running on Channel 12. We understand that Weather Authority Tim Hendricks was very impressed with our ability to control the rainfall during the video shoot.

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By: Dan

Off to Dallas for a Site Survey

April 20, 2011

I recently participated in a site survey for one of our upcoming events and it was a great opportunity to confirm the importance of this critical step in the event production process. Iacono Productions produces events in venues all over the U.S. and each of these venues is unique. In order to insure that we understand each of these sites to the fullest we send a team of experts to the venue to gather critical information. Every aspect of the venue is investigated from an engineering, logistics and design point of view. Power, rigging points, room sizes, loading docks, seating and access are just a few of the items that receive our attention on these surveys. In most cases our clients send their event planners on these visits as well and standing in the center of a large hall or arena w...

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By: Dan

Marine Returns Home!

March 24, 2011

Sgt. Branson Dunlop, son of Daniel Dunlop, Iacono National Account Executive, returns home to Cincinnati after serving the past 9 months in southern Afghanistan.  He has been serving as a Marine Reserve with the 3/25 Marines, Lima Company since October of 2004.

On April 1, the Lima Company returns home to their base in Columbus, Ohio.  The city is planning a public welcome home celebration to honor their service.  Dan and his entire family will be present to welcome the unit and their son home as well. Iacono Productions also joined in the celebration and designed a welcome home banner to be displayed as the ceremony takes places in Columbus.  “It makes what we do even more personal”, says Dan.  “We serve our clients all over the countr...

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By: Dan

Welcome Scott

March 8, 2011

We are pleased to welcome Scott Giska to Iacono Production Services. Scott has joined Iacono as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing.

He brings an extensive list of accomplishments and a proven track record during his 26 years in Consumer Packaged Goods, Financial and Marketing Services. He has held senior level positions in Sales, Marketing, Product Development, Market Research and New Business Ventures. He spent the last 5 years as National Sales Director at Imagitas, a Pitney Bowes Company. He was a 3-time President’s Club Qualifier/Winner, and received the company’s highest honor by being named Vice President, Sales Director of the Year in 2009. Prior to joining Imagitas, he was Director of Business Development/Partnership Marketing at Fore...

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By: Dan

Theatre Fire

March 3, 2011

Flaming drapes at the Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, Indiana on 9 Feb 2011.  Unofficial reports indicate that the SL Main Act Curtain (pictured) caught fire when a lighting instrument was knocked over and contacted the curtain.  Fortunately, no one was hurt—evacuation of the all audience members occurred safely and automatic sprinklers put out the fire.  Cell phone videos taken by audience members are here and here.   

Any theatre fire immediately brings to mind the Chicago’s Iroquois Theatre Fire of Dec 30, 1903.  Fir...

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By: Nels

Solution Set

February 15, 2011

First impressions are undoubtedly the most important. They create a perception that lasts. So keep in mind, as your audience enters the meeting space, unsure of what to expect, the first thing they see is the set. Their reaction is critical. It excites or disappoints; and it either raises or lowers expectations. Meetings need a set that makes a memorable first impression, one that generates enthusiasm, without blowing the budget.  All of which begs the question: how can your set make a lasting first impression when your budget is tight? Well, Iacono Productions has a solution that may interest you – the “Solution Set.”

As a full service event production company, we maintain a fully staf...

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By: Dan

Adding a Little Flavor

February 9, 2011

In the next few days you will see some new names on our blog pages. As you know we are just getting this blog started and now that we have a better understanding of how it will work it seems like a good time to add some more voices to the conversation.

Also to add a little personality and help you become familiar with our folks names and avatars will now be on each post. It should be interesting. The new bloggers come from all parts of our Iacono Production team - Graphic Design, Art Direction, Management, Staging, Producers and Video Production will all be represented.

So check in on a regular basis and see what they have to say. Their different interests and experience in the business of live event production will make for some good reading.

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By: Dan

Off We Go Into the . . .

February 4, 2011

Michelle from our accounting department just received great news! Her son David has signed to play football at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. David is a high school senior and plays Defensive End. He earned 1st Team All Conference for his team and lead his conference with 5.3 sacks.

Congratulations to David and his family! This is a great achievement and we are sure the Air Force Falcons are looking forward to his arrival at camp this coming Summer!

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By: Dan

Tag you're on

February 1, 2011

One of the most challenging and rewarding aspects of today’s business environment is the ongoing and rapidly accelerating impact of technology. This has always been the case throughout history and it will continue. For those of us in the world of event production these changes have had the greatest impact on how we create, produce and present content. Analog to digital has had the greatest impact over the past several years. But now as the digital conversion phase has almost reached its zenith the next challenge awaits.

The manner in which we communicate and interact with each other is changing dramatically and getting more complex. It is having tremendous impact on how information is disseminated and collected. We all see it everyday. Email and social media are now taken ...

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By: Dan