Category Archives: Featured Business

Shryock Fabrications is an Oklahoma-based business that uses metal, wood, foam and plastic to fabricate your movie needs and dreams into a reality. The company also recently acquired a Mark Roberts Motion Control Robot (Bolt X), one of the fastest motion control robots in the world and one of eight available to the film industry in the United States. Can you tell us how and why you started your business? Shryock Fabrications started as an… Continue Reading Featured Business for March 2023: Shryock Fabrications

Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Church Studio is a world-renowned recording studio. Originally constructed in 1915 as Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Leon Russell purchased the church in 1972 and turned it into a recording studio and home office for Shelter Records. Many acts have recorded, collaborated with or visited The Church Studio, including Tom Petty, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder, Freddie… Continue Reading Featured Business for February 2023: The Church Studio

Allsweet has a 3,000 sq. ft. studio and a big stack of film gear for rent. Allsweet also makes brand videos, movies, music videos, cool experiences and other art-stuffs in Oklahoma City. Can you tell us how and why you started your business? When the Oklahoma film industry started to gain momentum, we noticed two major deficiencies – not enough crew, not enough gear. We saw an opportunity to help. Additionally, we wanted to build… Continue Reading Featured Business for January 2023: Allsweet

The Oklahoma City Philharmonic is the flagship arts organization in OKC and the largest orchestra in the state. Can you tell us how and why you started your business? Our roots trace back to the city’s first professional orchestra in 1924. Our mission is to provide joy and inspiration through orchestral music, and we are proud to be a part of the community. What services do you provide within the film/music industry? Over the last… Continue Reading Featured Business for December 2022: Oklahoma City Philharmonic

Owned and operated by Brandon Jones, Filthy Grip Co. supplies all your grip equipment needs, when you need it. Can you tell us how and why you started your business? I started my business when I saw a desire for more equipment to be available in Oklahoma. While I had down time during COVID, I took the risk and bought my first truck and grip package. I ended up having just enough time to set… Continue Reading Featured Business for November 2022: Filthy Grip Co.

Cadenzo is an end-to-end booking platform for local music venues and artists. The platform helps venues and artists spend way less time booking so they can spend more time building their businesses. Can you tell us how and why you started your business? We started Cadenzo while in school at the University of Oklahoma. We were really interested in entrepreneurship/startups and combined it with our passion for live music. What services do you provide within… Continue Reading Featured Business for October 2022: Cadenzo

Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Midwest Drone Productions, LLC, is involved with the film and music industries as well as working with production companies on documentaries and marketing projects. They also provide services for network television. Recent credits include the feature films “Minari,” “Unplugging” and the forthcoming “Fancy Dance” as well as two seasons of the hit FX series “Reservation Dogs.” Can you tell us how and why you started your business?  I was a photojournalist… Continue Reading Featured Business for September 2022: Midwest Drone Productions

OK Sounds Good is a boutique audio post-production company that specializes in sound design and immersive mixing in Dolby Atmos for film, television and music. Can you tell us how and why you started your business? We’ve always been extremely passionate about sound. Starting out as musicians helped us to train our ears, which led to an obsession of crafting “the perfect sound.” We know that the perfect sound is subjective, and may be ultimately… Continue Reading Featured Business for August 2022: OK Sounds Good

Based in Tulsa, AMP EQUIPMENT and its subsidiaries have been the leader in Oklahoma film equipment rental for decades. Can you tell us how and why you started your business? AMP EQUIPMENT was created in 2011, from the merger of Oklahoma’s two most experienced film equipment rental providers, Bulldog Film & Video and New Millennium Productions. AMP is an acronym, which stands for “Advertising and Motion Picture” Equipment, which is at the heart of the… Continue Reading Featured Business for July 2022: AMP EQUIPMENT

Based in the Oklahoma City suburb of Bethany, a film friendly certified community, Last Looks Pro specializes in providing professional makeup and hair products that industry artists are using across the world. Can you tell us how and why you started your business? Co-founder of Last Looks Pro, Sharon Tabb, has been a makeup department head on many Oklahoma-based films and has worked with many other makeup and hair department professionals throughout her career. In… Continue Reading Featured Business for June 2022: Last Looks Pro