Producing during the Pandemic
Get a behind-the-scenes look at our pandemic production response.
June 15, 2020
Blog & Resources
COVID-19 Safety Video
What’s your “new normal” look like? Our COVID-19 lobby video outlines important coronavirus safeguards for employees and visitors. We designed it to be easily adapted for our clients’ use too!
June 11, 2020
Streaming Guide
Is it realistic to think you can still sustain strong connections with audiences, colleagues, and students right now? Yes, you can actually deepen them, in fact, if you know how to do it right. Streaming is a necessary new way of life — anywhere, anytime, at any budget level.
June 4, 2020
Small Screen, Big Impact: Production Reimagined
In this episode, we share production innovations for any resource you have at the ready — whether an iPhone or an Arri cinema camera — along with some exciting post-production and visual effects developments.
May 8, 2020
The 2020s | New Rules. New Tools.
“What’s truly essential” is worth analyzing more deeply these days. Since 1984, the company has defined it in business-like terms, based on shifting client production needs.
May 1, 2020
Three Rules for Transforming Virtual Events
Wondering how to transform your virtual events? Check out our fast-paced show where we share the three fundamentals of engagement needed to make a big impact — even on a small screen.
April 30, 2020
The 2010s | The Secret
Two events over the past 20 years have had the most impact on the company. One was scary and the other existential.
The Great Recession was the first event. Some of Mills James’ competitors washed out quickly, especially those with unreliable cashflow, weak balance sheets, or too much dependence on one client.
May 1, 2010
The 2000s | Resilience
Y2K. A computer bug caused the world to fear the internet would crash on January 1, 2000. And all of Mills James’ millions of dollars’ worth of computer tech would go with it.
May 1, 2000
The 1990s | Making History
Cameron has dyslexia, a diagnosis he didn’t receive until he was 36 years old. “My first-grade teacher called me stupid, so I thought I was. But as I grew up, I learned to identify my talents,” Cameron reflected.
May 1, 1990
The 1980s | Founded May 1, 1984
The Columbus production world in the 80s was just like today, kinda. Long days and late nights for sure, but the technical issues were analog, and the carryout came from Frisch’s Big Boy or GD Ritzy’s unless you were flush enough for a business dinner at the Jai Lai, a Woody Hayes favorite.
May 1, 1984