When Felipe Marrou completed his documentary on pilots entitled Aviator’s Journey he approached local PBS affiliate WPBT-Channel 2. The station agreed to air the piece which Marrou had produced and filmed himself. Recently, WPBT in turn, reached out to Marrou when the national cooking show Simply Ming was coming to Miami. The show was going to be filming on location and needed a Director/Cameraman and crew. Simply Ming featuresEmmy Award-winning host Chef Ming Tsai who along with renowned guest chefs creates one of a kind East-West pairings.
Marrou agreed and soon found himself out on location with host Chef Ming Tsai. The crew shot for several days at a variety of Miami locations, each with a local celebrity guest chef joining Chef Ming Tsai. Chef Michelle Bernstein as well as 3 others were featured preparing dishes unique to South Florida. Professional golfer Annika Sorenstam was featured in a segment that was filmed at Turnberry Isle golf course.
“PBS requested a specific camera be used, the Panasonic 900, I knew Midtown Video carried it, so I rented it from them,” explains Marrou. “Everything went great, in fact,” continues Marrou,” this particular episode was nominated for an Emmy which was pretty cool.”
Soon after Marrou found himself in the process of a very different kind of production. His company VTM Productions was contacted by client Bupa Health Insurance with a request to do a live studio production and transmit it to locations across the globe. The live webcast went off without a hitch. “It’s great working with the crew over at Midtown, you can always count on them to be on time and do a good job,” said Marrou. “They do live transmissions all the time, they have experience, and you want to work with someone that is able to tackle the issues, someone you can trust.”
Marrou’s most recent shoot was for a local law firm which involved filming in a courtroom and required rapid set ups and break downs. He was pleased with one particular piece of equipment and wanted to share its benefits with others. “We used a new dolly that Midtown is carrying called the Dolly Wolly,” states Morrou. “It is a very helpful tool, very easy to use, set up and transport and at a good price.” Morrou is happy with how the commercial came out and plans to show the client the completed piece before he moves on to the next job. All in a days work for Felipe Morrou.