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We Won an Award!

Regan — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:37:03 +0000

Tam Communications is proud to announce that a recent promotional video produced for the Mineta San Jose International Airport has won 3rd place in Video and Film Productions for the Airports Council International – North America. This video was produced for and in collaboration with Creative Director, Jim Barnes of Los Gatos-based Barnestorming Advertising, to [...]

Loyalty…Good Business Practice

Regan — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:56:38 +0000

Customer loyalty is something we all strive for. Going above and beyond, delivering consistent quality time and time again, regardless of the size of the project or request, is something that clients have come to expect from us. And, it’s been rewarded with their loyalty. Certainly, it’s a fragile relationship that must be nurtured. We [...]

SHIPWRECK!

Regan — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:04:14 +0000

Tam Communications’/Coast Guard Channel’s Video Featured at Philadelphia Museum of Art A few years ago, we were on the East Coast developing stories for our Coast Guard Channel, web-based news and entertainment network. Part of that trip included a stop at the Chicamacomico Life Saving Station on Cape Hatteras. Long-since decommissioned, the Station is now [...]

Up, Up and Away…

Susan — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:29:37 +0000

We weren’t flying by the seat of our pants but there were definitely times over the last few weeks when we worried about running out of gas, on-time arrival, and missed connections. All puns intended…our work for Mineta San Jose International Airport was, at times, challenging (because of the very effects-driven creative treatment), crazy (because [...]

Dream Big

Susan — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:01:54 +0000

As many of you know, back in 1999 Coast Guard Channel Co-Founder Tam O’Connor Fraser fulfilled a childhood dream when we sailed from Portland, Oregon to San Francisco, California on America’s Tall Ship, the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle. We weren’t simply guests of the Coast Guard. We were on board with an HD camera and [...]

The Boardwalk and James Durbin

Regan — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:45:09 +0000

This past Saturday we shot our annual television program to kick off the summer events. Our “Look Live” production included our talent Lex van den Berghe and Julie Courtney, a performance by Chinese acrobats and finished with a concert with James Durbin. Of course there was a ton of shooting, interaction with Boardwalk and beach [...]

Pretending Can Be So Much Fun!

Regan — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:41:19 +0000

We were hired by our client International Culture Exchange Group to create a television commercial campaign to promote the upcoming event, Global Winter Wonderland, which took place in Santa Clara over the 2011 Holiday Season. (See Susan O’Connor Fraser’s blog post Global Winter Wonderland – A huge marketing success! to read more about the project.). [...]

5 Things to Think About Before You Build A Web Site

Tim — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:23:54 +0000

When we embark on a new web project, everything is possible. Well, everything within the schedule and budget! But beyond the nuts and bolts, there are still innumerable possibilities, so where do we start? How do we bring a field of possibilities into fine focus, allowing the most important and most interesting possibilities to emerge? [...]

The Lab Burned My Neg

Susan — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:45:45 +0000

The year? 1989. The place? The beautiful Filoli Estate in Woodside, California. We were working on the trade show video “Amadeus” along-side Cadence Design Systems’ in-house Creative Genius (not his title but what he was), Larry Eberle. My stomach was turning, hoping we were going to pull off what was one of our biggest and [...]

Finding Great Voice Talent

Regan — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:47:32 +0000

When I first started working full-time for Tam Communications and took on the task of arranging auditions and booking voice over talent for our digital media projects, I worked strictly through talent agencies like Stars and JE Talent. Between the two of them, they provided access to the amazing variety of talent in the San [...]