Can't believe we missed posting this! It's our super cool Spring 2013 Highlight Reel. We are expanding and doing new things this Fall... Stay tuned this December for our Fall post! Special shout out to all of our amazing clients for allowing the opportunity to do what we do! And, to all of our vendor team members - couldn't do it without your help.
Showing posts with label mumtaz marketing and events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mumtaz marketing and events. Show all posts
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
GUEST BLOGGER: Hillary Harris - Adding Hollywood Magic to Special Events at Warner Bros. Studios
It's always incredible when you get to take time and really connect with fellow industry colleagues and especially those that have been doing what you're doing for so much longer! Loved meeting with Hillary and having established a true beginning to a wonderful new relationship above what's just professional. Here's to good friends and to an amazing blog post below! Thanks Hillary!
A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of having lunch on the lot with Joella Hopkins of Mumtaz Marketing & Events at the Warner Bros. Fine
Dining Commissary. Over our lunch of the chef’s special crab cakes, gazpacho
and burgers, we talked about everything. My favorite part of the lunch was when
Joella told me the story of how she came by the word “mumtaz” for her company.
Guest Blog by Hillary
Harris
What was great about it was the way she pulled me into the
story – describing everything in detail and engaging all the senses. I felt as
if I was with her on her journey inside a pyramid in Egypt. I felt the heat of
the desert and the cold dark environment inside the stone. I listened in the
silence she described and felt the joy she felt when she emerged. And I
understood the word, mumtaz; the exceptional experience – she encountered.
After our lunch, I thought a lot about that word and realized
that mumtaz is something we are always creating on the lot -- the exceptional experience
for our clients and their guests. Here are a few.
ANOTHER WORLD
This is also New York Street, believe it or not! Video digital mapping
allowed the studio façade to be completely transformed. As
you can see, it’s surprising how easily locations with traditional architecture
such as Brownstone and New York Streets can slip into something more exotic.
With the right mood, décor and lighting, guests are swept away into another world
with sight, sounds, feeling and taste, completely enveloping their senses.
And then some other locations are simply exotic on their own
such as the jungle/lagoon area.
Our lagoon can be drained, as it was here, to create a beautiful
and wild setting in the middle of the city! This gorgeous event was the
premiere for Game of Thrones. Or, the
lagoon can remain filled for the perfect Twilight
look, or Cajun Bayou.
HOLLYWOOD MAGIC
Soundstages are a huge part of the studio experience and we
are able to hold events on them between productions. Because it’s so unusual,
the location immediately ensures a memorable, and well-attended, event. Who
doesn’t want to have dinner on a working soundstage? Instant magic.
This event fell right between the wrap of a TV show and the
start of a movie. It was the perfect venue for a hugely successful fund-raising event for
Providence St. Joe’s.
HISTORY
And of course, there is the history of the lot – our 90th
anniversary was this year in fact! To bring all this magic to the guest
experience, events can begin at the SJR Theatre. Here, in the shadow of the
famous water tower, a red carpet greeting and step-and-repeat wall can be done
for charity, association and corporate events as well as Hollywood events. From
here, it’s an easy few steps to Brownstone Street where so many iconic movies
and TV shows have been filmed and where, as you’ve seen, event designers can
create a multitude of fantastic looks.
After lunch, Joella enjoyed a VIP tour with me at the wheel
of my studio golf cart (it’s the only way to get around the lot and a lot of
fun as well). As she learned, Warner Bros. has many more locations for events –
13 in all. And we have several additions underway to the WB experience which
I’ll be revealing in the coming months on my blog. So stay tuned. There’s a lot
happening on the lot and I’m looking forward to sharing it all with you.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
What a Birthday Bash!!!
We
simply loved putting this special event together. On March 7th, Mumtaz Marketing &Events had the pleasure of celebrating Ms. Billie Greer’s rocking 75th birthday
party at the gorgeous 32nd floor of the AT&T Center with about 300 of Billie’s
relatives and close friends including many well known political figures. It was an evening to remember including outstanding views
of Downtown and custom birthday surprises around each corner of the program.
The celebration started with Billie’s grand
entrance in a Harley Davidson motorcycle! Let's not talk about the hoops we had to go thru to get the approvals needed...
The charming Supervisor Don Knabe served as
the MC for the evening where we had family members, elected and government officials, and civic engaged friends recognize Billie for her contributions to each of their respective works. Besides being a Harley Davidson babe, Billie loves the Opera so - we had a very special performance from the LA Opera... Ah-Maz-Ing!
Then to close the program we had none other than the USC Marching Band part the crowd... There's nothing like being up, close, and personal...
Billie thanked everyone for attending, blew out her custom cake candle, and went on to enjoy the evening! Guests got to enjoy none other than Patina's catering while they played with the photo booth featuring the Opera, USC Marching Band, etc.
And, of course as the sun went down the lighting went from nice to awesome! Especially with the city lights in the background... We even had colored gels shooting the outside of the building purple & red!
It was such a pleasure to plan this truly special evening for Billie! What an amazing woman and what a pleasure to work with. Happy Birthday Billie!
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