About

About

A commercial production company for emerging brands.

Independent commercial production studio. 2101 Pearl Street, Boulder, Colorado, since 2009. Senior crew in San Francisco, New York, Austin, Denver, and San Diego. ARRI Alexa and Sony Venice on every shoot. Films for Sutter Health, Discovery, Smithsonian, BET, Google, and Uber.

Start Motion Media produces brand films, DTC product video, and crowdfunding campaigns for the teams building what comes next. We’ve shipped work for Apple, Amazon, Google, the Smithsonian, and more than a hundred founder-led companies since 2014.

Production runs out of San Francisco, New York, Austin, Denver, and San Diego. Small crews. Fixed scopes. One team from concept through final delivery.

Leadership

Michael Zeligs — Founder & CEO. Stanford. Casting Producer, The Archivist (1971 historical fiction, Sonoma County). Has directed campaigns for Sutter Health, Discovery, Smithsonian, BET, Google, Uber, and top-funded Kickstarter and Indiegogo launches. LinkedIn · IMDb.

What we make

  • Brand films and founder stories.
  • DTC product video — hero film plus paid-social cutdowns.
  • Crowdfunding campaigns engineered to fund on day one.
  • Motion graphics and explainer video.
  • Launch-day asset packages: stills, cutdowns, vertical, retail.
Cinematic, Strategic Video Ads
Cinematic and strategic. Frame-grade since 2009.

Selected clients

Sutter Health. Discovery. Smithsonian. BET. Google. Uber. Apple. Amazon Advertising. Airbus. Plus more than a hundred founder-led launches on Kickstarter and Indiegogo.

A brightly lit film set featuring a person standing in front of a glittery backdrop, surrounded by lighting equipment and a camera crew in a large indoor space.
On set — film crew, dramatic lighting, sparkle backdrop.

Press & recognition

Client work featured on The Today Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, CNN Money, TechCrunch, Mashable, HuffPost, and USA Today.

Start a Project

San Francisco · New York · Austin · Denver · San Diego

A photographer captures two people dressed in black and white garments standing in a desert, with professional lighting equipment set up nearby.
BTS — photographer, two talent, and a tungsten kit in the desert.

Off-set: Michael composes for an analog modular synth. Chris drives a 1973 Land Cruiser. Most of the team has crewed weddings, funerals, and at least one Burning Man wedding-funeral.

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