Benefit Cosmetic's Glamouriety Film Premiere

Photo by Gustavo Fernandez

This spring we had the pleasure of working with Benefit Cosmetics (acquired by leading luxury brand LVMH) to produce the premiere of their original film “Glamouriety”. With only a little bit of time, a TON of ideas, and a lot of hard work, our team was able to pull it off: a night of over-the-top glamour and fun. Glam was certainly the word of the month for us leading up to the big day. Red carpet isn’t quite glam enough – make it pink! (We had a custom pink carpet made to match the PMS colors of Benefit's special tone.) Those centerpieces are pretty but they need some bling—glam it up (a HUGE thank you to Blueprint Studios for doing just that!)! We need some gals to check coats but maybe we could have them look like 1920’spinups? GLAM! 

Wham bam glam, we took off running working with the perfectly powdered and glossed benefit power-women. Their creativity is boundless, and their tireless dedication to fabulous is inspirational. The point wasn’t just to create something pretty, it was to create a “once in a lifetime” feeling. What’s more, it had to be a roadmap of sorts. This event would shape the design and production of the international premiers to follow.  We had to design a lighting scheme that would transform the iconic black and red hued Bimbo’s 365 Club into a Benefit-wonder-land: pink everything! Our lighting team, Entire Productions AV, was amazing, washing the façade in dramatic hues, shining star gobos across all the walls, and splashing the Glamouriety logo across the pink carpet for a dramatic entrance.  Aside from the clear goal of premiering the film with crystal clear audio and picture, we aimed to have champagne in hand, smiles on faces, and feet on the dance floor. Careful planning and timing was everything. Mission accomplished. 

Benefit is a unique brand, it’s luxury with a quirky twist. We can jive with that. As guests arrived in white limousines, they were greeted by a solo sax player playing outside of Bimbo’s on the pink carpet, gorgeous show girls offering makeup touchups, and gallant men in tuxes directing the benefit staff and VIPs to their seats.  We parked a vintage Rolls Royce Silver Cloud out front, later joined by a striking vintage Bentley. Adding to the drama was the VIP trailer parked out front. Pink-hued and "benefitted" with decals depicting art from the film, the two stars of the evening got dressed and relaxed in style before their big debut. Original film costumes were flown up from LA, and we had character actors from the movie interacting with the crowd.  Fabulous food from Melons Catering piqued guests’ appetite after the film, and Kelly Park Jazz Quartet played the film’s theme song live. We had over 30 different entertainers throughout the evening, ranging from DJ Matteo spinning as dancers in tuxedos did back-flips across the dance floor, to vintage paparazzi cracking jokes with the guests. All I can say is we were thanking our lucky stars for clearcom headsets, nice weather, and amazing talent.

By the end of the night, with the last guest safely tucked in a town car, we looked at the glorious mess we had on our hands: empty champagne flutes, pink ostrich feathers strewn on the floor, TONS of lighting to strike, custom made lipstick stanchions that needed to be repacked in their crates (crates that were delivered and subsequently torn open by frantic Entire Productions staff minutes before first guest arrival). Relieved to slip into flats and that my sense of humor was intact, I donned the feathered and jeweled headdress worn by the Bimbo’s Mermaid at the step and repeat, rolled up my sleeves, and we cleared the space. It was a long, fabulous, exhausting night. And we’d do it all over again! Thank you to Benefit Cosmetics for trusting us with your vision and letting us be a part of your special night. We certainly created memories and made friends that will last us long after I finally get the Glamouriety theme song out of my head.

-Elise Everett

Photo by Gustavo Fernandez

Restrooms decorated with Benefit items. Photo by Gustavo Fernandez

Showgirls and Silvercloud Photo by Gustavo Fernandez

Photo by Gustavo Fernandez

Vintage Paparazzi photo by Gustavo Fernandez

Photo by Gustavo Fernandez

Custom centerpieces by Blueprint Studios photo by Gustavo Fernandez

Custom Ice Sculpture by ChiselIt photo by Gustavo Fernandez

Photo by Gustavo Fernandez

Custom Gobo light, lipstick stanchions, pink carpet. Photo Gustavo Fernandez

Hair/Makeup Trailer for the Stars! Custom static stickers Photo by Gustavo Fernandez

Check out the time-lapse video below!!!

Entire Productions Audio/Visual Launch Bash!

Well... we did it. After postponing it two times in a year, we committed to making a party come to life on May 1 to showcase our audio/visual division. It was so much fun!

Our own Elise Everett planned the event and knocked it out of the park! A HUGE thank you to our sponsors:

One Liedesdorff

Blueprint Studios

Napa Valley Linens

Colson Griffith Photography

Jane Hammond Catering

Zipper Promotions Event Marketing

Michi's Catering

Wish Social Events

Mission Minis

Colección Internacional del Vino- Opera Prima Wine

SVEDKA VODKA 

Foley Family Wines

Classic Party Rentals

Some of our favorite moments were watching people get their digital portrait done by fine-artist Jeremy Sutton and "graffiti" painting their photobooth photo's on the scribble wall.

Dylan McIntosh, our director of the Entire Productions A/V division worked tirelessly to set up a beautiful display of LED uplighting, pattern washes, our custom gobo light, a truss system for the stage lighting (moving head lights, lasers) as well as pin-spots, video screen, LED TV screens and other fabulous A/V magic.

See our NEW website with all of the options we offer.
Entire Productions A/V

Want to see the photos? There are some here, and on our Facebook Page (you'll need to "like" us to see them, but you already like us, so just click it!)

Eileen, Leon, Dylan, Elise, Natasha, Terry

Come on baby, light my (source)fire

Photo courtesy of Amy Harrity

Entire Productions had the pleasure of working with a fabulous client for their corporate event this past Leap Day. Sourcefire was a great group to work with--we got to bring in some of our wackiest acts! Our lighting team did beautiful work with the tent, to boot. Plus they make me laugh.









We had sexy showgirls greeting the guests and whimsical lumi-light dancers mingling with the crowd. Can't forget the showstopping hoop dancer and the unbelievable contortionist. I saw a ton of videos being taken!

These costumes get HOT but our LumiLight dancers never stop  twirling and shakin' it!  Much love to you girls!
Photo Courtesy of Amy Harrity

She really couldn't be cuter, right? Photo courtesy of Amy Harrity

Caused a few empathy pains. Photo Courtesy of Amy Harrity

Showgirls were samba dancing through the crowd! Photo courtesy of Amy Harrity.

The tented terrace of the W Hotel served as a perfect canvas for Entire Productions AV lighting team:

Photo courtesy of Amy Harrity

As always, Blueprint Studios' decor was perfection! Aces Up provided an authentic casino experience for the guests--what a blast! We brought in fabulous MC Calvin Ku and had one of my favorite DJs spinning--DJ Jason Mitchell. Gotta love a man in a suit :-)

DJ Jason Mitchell
Photo Courtesy of Amy Harrity

We *heart* Reason To Party

We were honored to be a part of this amazing event held at the W San Francisco. It was the Reason to Party Gala, and was attended by 600+ good looking' Bay Area movers and shakers!

7 x 7 magazine wrote an article about it here, and gave us a great shout out! For this one we brought in cool lasers, hazers, uplighting, as well as the sound and had DJ Dylan from BLVD spinning AND playing drums!

We worked right alongside one of our favorite production partners Blueprint Studios  It is such a joy to work with fantastic, creative and NICE people! Love to Kaia!

This is a great organization, very worthy of their name, Reason to Party. Check them out!

lighting by Entire Productions AV (decor by Blueprint Studios)

Hazer Lighting

Uplighting

DJ Dylan

Fall Excitement (Lights, Lumi, and Love!)

Doesn’t it always feel like just as you’ve finished digesting Thanksgiving, the winter holidays are upon you? No different for us here at Entire Productions. We’re happy to report that we had an amazing fall season and we’re moving forward into the holidays with a full plate! Here are some of the highlights of what we’ve been up to the past few months:


We had a blast in October working with the W San Francisco for their Restyle Launch Event on October 19th. (See the Photos here) Providing all the lighting and sponsoring an eclectic mix of ambient entertainment, the Restyle event was so much fun to work on. We had aerialists twirling above the guests’ heads, contortionists perched on top of revolving doors, stilted walkers interacting with party-goers and illuminated dancers weaving throughout the crowd. Our lighting team headed up by Dylan McIntosh built an 18'  custom truss for the aerialists to dangle from, and tailored a sensational lighting design to compliment the newly remodeled bar and lounge area. Not to mention the serious wow-factor they delivered lighting the exterior of the hotel. (But really, these guys are like an army of super-creative, tech-savvy spider-men).

It was amazing working with the W team, and we were lucky enough to be there again in November!

Photo Courtesy of Gene Choi Studio

November 11^th, Entire Productions partnered with the W Hotel to execute a client’s 35^th birthday party. This client pulled out all the stops for his costume party and we helped him do it! We brought in creative event lighting and over ten performers to interact with the crowd and set the tone of the party. Sometimes I can’t even believe how awesome my job is. Being up way past my bedtime is totally worth it when we see how happy our clients are and how much fun our performers and guests have!


Happily, we got to share how passionate we are about what we do when our Founder and Creative Director, Natasha Miller, was asked to be a speaker at the first ever ISES MPI joint meeting on November 15th, "The Big Bang: How to Produce Events with Impact," at the Nob Hill Masonic Center.

Natasha was part of a panel of meetings and special event industry professionals coming together for the first time in Northern California to share insight about creating sensational events—corporate or social! She gave the audience the inside scoop on what it’s like to be an entertainment vendor in our industry, and the ways in which planners can maximize the utility of their vendors. It was our pleasure to sponsor all the lighting and musical entertainment during the networking reception, as well. We were in good company with Cort Event Furnishing who supplied the lounge furniture and Global Gourmet who catered the event.


On December 2^nd Entire Productions was proud to donate the entertainment for the Symphonix Holiday Party at One Leidesdorff. For those who aren’t familiar, The Symphonix League is the young professional association of the San Francisco Symphony, dedicated to raising funds for the Symphony's music education programs while cultivating the next generation of symphonic music enthusiasts. Americano Social Club provided the perfect backdrop for sipping cocktails and spreading holiday cheer.

Entire Productions AV -Oakland City Center 

…And speaking of holiday cheer—we’ve been busy all over the bay area bolstering holiday spirit with music and entertainment. You may have seen our performers and musicians at the Westfield Centre on November 25^th—we had ladies dancing, pipers piping (well actually trumpeters heralding but close enough) and dancing candy canes and elves! We also had the pleasure of producing the Oakland City Center tree lighting ceremony on December 1^st in partnership with CBRE and Lake Merritt/Uptown and Downtown Associations. This free, community event featured cookie decorating, photo ops with Santa and his elves, adorable snowball ballerinas from the Oakland City Ballet, roasted chestnuts, and of course amazing music. D Lucca warmed up the crowd with holiday favorites before Mayor Jean Quan helped us light the tree.  We finished up the evening with a fantastic performance from the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir. Have I mentioned that I love my job?

If you’re kicking yourself that you missed it—never fear! We still have more holiday entertainment scheduled at the Oakland City Center. Wednesday, December 14^th come to the plaza at noon to catch West African Highlife Band and enjoy the Red Hot Chachkas on December 21^st! We also have another holiday gem coming up in San Francisco on the 19^th...our very own Natasha Miller is performing her annual holiday concert at Yoshi’s on Fillmore, not to be missed.

From all of us at Entire Productions we wish you a colorful, joyful, musical, feastful (it’s a word, I swear) holiday season!

W San Francisco Restyle Launch Party

We were so excited to be hired by the W San Francisco to do all of their lighting, and also sponsor this event with talent. What a fabulous night!!! We love working with great people on amazing projects!

To see more of our lighting/sound work, go to EntireProductionsAV.com

Lumi Light Dancer

Trapese Artist on Hoop

Our Whimsical White Stilt Walkers

Our Contortionist

Elise and Dylan of Entire Productions

Unveiled Was So Sweet!

We were part of the first-time ever in San Francisco Unveiled show produced by the gals at Plan A from Los Angeles. It was so much fun, lovely and featured Stanlee Gatti and a Vera Wang fashion show. Sponsored by San Francisco Brides and Martha Stewart Weddings, it was a well-attended event. Everyone had a great time!

Natasha and Elise © Gustavo Fernandez

It was a more intimate bridal "faire" than most, and the vendors were all pretty super-duper amazing, talented and creative. I had the pleasure of being next to Blu Bungalow and photographer Gustavo Fernandez who took a few shots of us and our booth.

We gave these CD's to our guests. © Colson Griffith

Many thanks to Heather from Wish Social Events for doing the floral for our booth. I would NEVER be able to do anything with flowers, except put them in a vase. And they wouldn't look right no matter what I did... thank God for floral designers!

We had pianist Ben Stolorow play the baby grand at the venue (Terra) as people were milling about sampling the decadent chocolate from TCHO and other bites from the caterers. My favorite were the appetizers by The Other Woman and the cake from The Whole Cake. A-mazing! My favorite Fork & Spoon Productions were there too with their usual amazing yumminess!

See photos of the show and the booths from photographer Colson Griffith here.

We had DJ Jason Mitchell spinning for the Vera Wang fashion show.

DJ Jason Mitchell © Colson Griffith

One of my favorite gowns by Vera Wang!

Blu Bungalow Grand Opening: Saturday March 12 from 10a-7p

We've just joined forces with the amazing Hazel Bourget and Blu Bungalow. We couldn't be more excited! It's such a beautiful space catering to brides (and grooms) who are planning their wedding. Located on the bustling Union Street in Cow Hollow, you're surrounded with fabulous shopping (for both wedding and not), restaurants and coffee-shops. What a perfect Saturday afternoon it will be!

We'll be giving a workshop on how to choose the right musicians/bands and music for your wedding and reception at 4:00pm. Register here for the presentation.

Come by the spot if you can or visit online if you can't.

Blu Bungalow, a new event planning resource in the Bay Area, is proud to announce the grand opening of its first concept boutique in the upscale and trendy Cow Hollow neighborhood of San Francisco.

The general public is invited to visit the 2100 square foot showroom.

Come ready to meet the premier industry professionals that make up the Blu Bungalow collective.

The first 300 registered guests will receive a fabulous swag bag full of goodies.

Blu Bungalow is a high-end, complimentary planning experience where brides, grooms, and anyone planning a special day can create their dream event with the knowledge and assistance of experts. Founded in 2010 by Hazel Bourget, Blu Bungalow is comprised of a boutique and website to showcase and access the best vendors in the event industry. San Francisco marks the flagship location for the company, the first of its kind in the region.