Tell Your Story Through Video!
{Writing, Cinematography, Sound & Editing}
Attention is a commodity difficult to come by. Your customers' eyes are always roaming; holding them long enough to tell your story is one of the biggest challenges in marketing today.
High Definition Videos carefully crafted with humanity and life are what Charles Lauren Films is about! Moving images are capable of creating memorable messages that are both informative and emotionally appealing - even hard facts and dry numbers come to life when presented in this format.
We would like to introduce ourselves, we are David and Kelsey Pluskat, and we've had a great time making useful films for businesses and institutions since 1995! We would love to find a way to help your project out and offer our services to you. Please look around our site and let us know about what kind of video you are interested in making!
We started doing video work for institutions and non-profits in high school in 1995. We did work for the city of Lakewood TV Channel and the Bellflower School District. During college, David worked at Sony Pictures in editing and Kelsey worked for Huell Howser Productions as a segment producer for shows like California’s Gold and Visiting. After college, we wanted to start a company and work with our own clients. We started spending half of our time doing weddings and half of our time on commercials and films for places like the Arts Council for Long Beach, We Tell Stories and California State University, Long Beach and Los Angeles, Goodwill, the CSU and others.
Marketing
We specialize in telling an organization's story. Through voice overs, interviews, great b-roll and a clear narrative, we will work with you to get the heart of your purpose and message. See more marketing videos here!
Documentaries
For concepts that are just too important to leave to a powerpoint, we will work with you to create a compelling documentary of your message. Let's get your story on PBS!
Education
Charles Lauren Films has worked with educational institutions for over 20 years. We know the needs of these specific organizations. All films involve some element of education, but we are available to create fitness films, training videos and more!
Time Lapses
If your long term construction project or one night event needs a time lapse, we are fully equipped for multiple rooms and setups. Almost anything can be more easily explained with the temporal distortion of a time lapse!
Lectures
We love learning new things! We have filmed hundreds of important lectures and conferences. Whether you have multiple rooms that need coverage, or multiple cameras in one room, we are ready to help. We can film any live event, from city council meetings to university power point presentations.
Corporate
Corporation, NGOs and Non-Profit organizations need to get their purpose and message out. The National Center for Sustainable Transportation needed to educate their audience about the urgency of their environmental research. What's your number one goal?
Events
If you need your fundraiser or party captured on film, we are ready. We can film your event as a complete video ready to go online, or even create vignettes and slideshows to show during the evening.
Social Media
You need lots of quick fast paced content to keep your social media fans engaged! We can create loosely scripted films about anything you need to promote or share. Our Newlink series for the College of Continuing and Professional Education covered all of their programs on offer with only informal interviews and a day of editing.
Commercials
Put your idea out there with professionally crafted commercials. Your offerings will be catchy and ready for Youtube or cable airings!