2723 Curtiss Street, Downers Grove, IL, USA
Concept One Media is a full service video production company located in Chicagoland. For over 35 years we've been offering our clients creative, effective video that gets ATTENTION and results. Full service includes writers and producers, fully equipped 8K and 4K HD camera crews, indoor/outdoor drone, Ronin/stedicam for moving shots, 2 comfortable edit suites, a small green screen studio for shooting, audio booth for recording voice-over narration, updated graphic and animation stations, even video transfer and duplication of DVDs and USBs.
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25 customer reviews
Armando Rodriguez
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Patricia Kelsch Vallos
Great place for any kind of services that they provide. The staff is friendly, kind helpful prompt couldn’t say anything but great things about them. I’ve used them several times doing some several several important things that were near endure to my life and they did a wonderful job. I’d recommend them anytime for any service. More...
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Scott Harris
Great service
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Cohava Golden
Event Videography
Although we didn't use Concept One Media, I enjoyed the interaction with them. Very quick to response, very professional.
Water of Life
Great business. Highly recommend
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Sidney I Barrow
Will see
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jonathan becker
Good
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Becky Dudzik
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Dave Cripe
They did a great job of converting our old VHS into DVD's. They will even sell you a Groupon to save $55. Nancy was very nice to deal with.
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Jenny Lopez
Nancy went above and beyond for me. Excellent place for transfer tapes to dvd. I drove an hour to get there it was well worth it.
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Linda Wawrzaszek
Took in 21 VHS-C tapes at one time to be converted to DVD's and they allowed me to use two Groupon Coupons. They are all very friendly and worked with me on the time frame of when I was hoping to get them back. The DVD's turned out great and I was very happy with them. Would highly recommend!!! More...
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Kate
We loved working with Concept One Media! This was our first video production and they took the time to walk us through the process. The videographers captured shots that fully told our story and were great at interviewing people for fantastic testimonials. Working with the editing team was enjoyable and a breeze! More...
The Century Foundation
Linda and her team were professional, responsive, and wonderful to work with. They did a great job of guiding interviews we conducted to make sure we had the clear soundbites and feel we needed. I'd honestly highly recommend them. This team felt like such a find. More...
Linda Livorsi
Great service
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Kathy L.
Nope....only use Concept One Media. I needed 100 copies of an mp3 file of my wedding video (1.1GB/10mins) duplicated fast to give to guests. At The Digital Convert, I was quoted a $15 authoring fee (still not sure what that is) + $2.25-$3.50/disc (they finalized w/$2.25) + a 20% rush fee if needed w/in 48hrs, for a total of: ~$287.75 + an additional fee if I wanted an image printed on the dvd. I also would have to bring a copy of my wedding video contract and all my materials in person to them. At CO, they literally sent me a link to upload all my materials to them so I wouldn't have to travel, offered to make an mp3 to DVD p no comparison.... and they guarantee awesome quality. Yes CO is a bit out of the way in Downer's Grove, IL, but they deliver for cheap. I gave DC 2 stars bc the the customer service rep was very amiable, but at CO the personelle, price and timing is right! More...
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Linda Livorsi
Great service
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Vicki H.
We hired Concept One to do our photobooth for our wedding f! We had a fantastic experience!! We got married on 7/21 and our photobooth attendant, Anthony called us earlier that week to finalize details. Â From the first time I spoke with him he made me feel confident that our photobooth would run smoothly. I asked questions and he was extremely nice with answering them and gave us good advice about which option of photobooth we should choose. When Anthony arrived at our wedding, he looked extremely professional and was very accommodating. We requested to put pictures of our dogs out for people to use as photobooth props and he made sure to get them from us and keep them out for people to use which was important to us because we love our dogs and wanted to incorporate them in the wedding. My guests also commented on how nice and patient he was since many of our guests went back multiple times to take pictures. I never had to check in with him about the positioning of the camera or if things were working right. As a bride, you are pulled in so many different directions in your wedding day and it's so helpful when you can trust your vendors to make things run smoothly. My husband and I took photobooth pictures with our dog props at one point during the night because we wanted a "family" picture together on our wedding day. As Anthony left at the end of the evening, he showed us that he had taken one of shots we took, blew it up to a bigger size and told us that he was putting it on the front of our wedding scrapbook. Wow!! While this seems like no big deal, it spoke volumes to us. The fact that he picked up on something special to us and went the extra mile to include that in such a personal way meant so much to us! Throughout the whole process Anthony was polite and so awesome to work with! We told him we ordered a meal for him at the wedding and he said, "Thank you so much! I really appreciate that!" It wasn't as if he felt that we owed him that, as many vendors do, he knew we didn't have to and was very gracious that we paid for a meal for him. The whole time we felt as though he was honored to be there as part of our special day, and not that he just HAD to be there because it's his job. Anthony was absolutely awesome to work with as our photobooth attendant. Â He is everything a bride wants in a vendor for her wedding day. Â We were very impressed! Sent from my iPhone More...
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Frank Livorsi
Produced commercials and web videos for my company. Outstanding quality and great service
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Frank Livorsi
Produced commercials and web videos for my company. Outstanding quality and great service
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Deonne Howard
I transferred only 2 VHS tapes. The lady there was very friendly. She took my order and had them ready when promised. The copies to DVD were awesome. I will use them again. The process was cheaper than advertised!! More...
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Deonne Howard
I transferred only 2 VHS tapes. The lady there was very friendly. She took my order and had them ready when promised. The copies to DVD were awesome. I will use them again. The process was cheaper than advertised!! More...
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User4552014
Concept one did an amazing job as our videographer for our wedding. Linda and her team were extremely professional and had some great equipment. They filmed our entire ceremony and reception. They even did a highlight reel of the day with photos and music that we chose. They don't just do weddings, though. However, I wouldn't let that concern you. You can tell they are a very successful media company. More...
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Colleen Schmidt
I purchased $200.00 worth of Groupons for this company to transfer old VHS tapes to DVD. The owner said that she would accomodate me and agreed to transfer all of my VHS tapes for this price after I had explained that I would return the Groupons if my tapes would cost more than this $200 Groupon value. They proceeded to charge me $70.00 extra after the fact, completely negating the value in purchasing a Groupon deal in the first place. On top of this, they had originally called me and said that my videos were ready to be picked up and that they had completed the job. Upon arrival, they then said they were not actually finished and would have to call when the remaining videos were completed. I was forced to drive back and forth on multiple occasions as a result. There is a clear lack of organization and communication within this company. I would avoid at all costs. Definitely do not purchase a Groupon, which seemed to be used as a bait and switch tactic to get me in the door and charge overages when the videos "took longer than they expected them to." As this process can be relatively easily done at home with today's technology, I would try that or a different company if you have a similar task as me. More...
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Colleen Schmidt
I purchased $200.00 worth of Groupons for this company to transfer old VHS tapes to DVD. The owner said that she would accomodate me and agreed to transfer all of my VHS tapes for this price after I had explained that I would return the Groupons if my tapes would cost more than this $200 Groupon value.
They proceeded to charge me $70.00 extra after the fact, completely negating the value in purchasing a Groupon deal in the first place. On top of this, they had originally called me and said that my videos were ready to be picked up and that they had completed the job. Upon arrival, they then said they were not actually finished and would have to call when the remaining videos were completed. I was forced to drive back and forth on multiple occasions as a result.
There is a clear lack of organization and communication within this company. I would avoid at all costs. Definitely do not purchase a Groupon, which seemed to be used as a bait and switch tactic to get me in the door and charge overages when the videos "took longer than they expected them to." As this process can be relatively easily done at home with today's technology, I would try that or a different company if you have a similar task as me.
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Katie
I had no problems at all with this company. They are very experienced and professional and I have friends and family who have also used their services and would recommend them. They also put together a slide show to music of pictures of my husband and I, which they played at the reception and also included on our wedding DVD. More...
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What do you love most about your job?
Variety, no day is the same. Although I work a lot in sales, marketing and in the office, I still go out on shoots and do some writing. I also take pride in the growth the company has seen over the past 30 years. We are a full service video production company and I have 11 full time employees to produce creative and effective videos for our customers. I'm proud to offer my employees the opportunities to travel all over the US and work on a variety of projects for our clients.
What inspired you to start your own business?
Not a lot of women in this business and I didn't want to be limited in opportunities, so I made my own. I started out as a camera operator, shot a lot of professional sports and TV commercials, did a lot of editing and grew the business to the production company it is today. I've also been able to offer others opportunities including in camera operation, graphic production and editing and duplication. Good jobs for talented people.
Why should our clients choose you?
We strive to give you the most value for your video dollar....creative, effective video at a great price.
We also look to use the video we shoot for you over multiple platforms to add value - your web-site, Facebook, YouTube, USB copies for distribution
We also want to offer suggestions as to where to show your video for the most effective exposure for your desired audience. We can help you optimize video on your web-site, for training, at trade shows and in your marketing. We offer the experience (over 30 years) but also the freshness of new ideas, new technology to optimize the value of your video productions.
Corporate Video Production
Camera Crews (8K and 4K fully equipped) for -
Multi-camera shoots - conferences, case studies, branding, recruitment, training -
Interviews -
B-roll -
Drone -
Studio (including Green Screen) -
Teleprompter services -
Post Production - Editing and Graphics -
2D and 3D Production -
Ronin Stedicam for moving shots -
Film, Video, Slide and Photo Transfer
Transfer your old pictures, slides, movies and video to a digital format - DVD - USB or Hard Drive. We do all transfers at our Downers Grove office.
Web Video
Produce videos for your website, social media
Full Production and editing services
Studio Available
For video or photography, Vlogging, Podcast -
Green screen / White or Black background -
Teleprompter services -
Single or multi -camera
Audio booth available for voiceover recording
Streaming
Video and audio streaming - single or multi-camera
4K indoor and outdoor Drone
Licensed drone pilot for photos and video. Great for real estate * Construction * Indoor industrial or manufacturing * Warehouse
2D and 3D animation
Motion graphic production *2D and realistic 3D animation
Great for whiteboard animation * Manufacturing * Demonstration
Post Production
Full service editing * Audio booth * Licensed Music Library * Motion Graphics (2D and 3D) * Color correction * Audio sweetening