Evolve Media

Evolve media has a reputation on Unilocal for accomplishing the impossible and demonstrating what it means to be professional in the video production business. I would have to say that they have met and exceeded even that reputation, and I couldn’t recommend them higher.
I approached Evolve with a project with an insanely short timeline and constrained budget, and was given a pragmatic assessment which both met our goals and turned out to be spot on in terms of production timelines to meet the deadline. Their crew worked tirelessly to get things perfect, and that level of artistry shows in the final product.
I would choose Evolve for future work, and would heartily recommend them to others looking for a production company in San Francisco. I would also heartily recommend Daniel, as Tara’s review summarizes his responsiveness and ability to make everything work.

You can’t get any better than Evolve Media. I approached Tommy in January to see if he’d be interested in tackling an off-​beat educational video series with an unusual style, a demanding schedule, and even more demanding clients (my team and me). Tommy made the effort to meet with us in the East Bay on two occasions, figured out a way to make our budget work, and accepted the job.
We are now in production on the third video in the series and Daniel, our producer, has made the entire process so seamless. He’s quick on email, and he always picks up his phone — heck, I even have his attention on Facebook, if need be! Daniel spends an entire day in storyboard meetings with us; the production crew is always on time for equipment set up and take down; the equipment is top notch; the editors are competent and work tirelessly; the visual effects are like BAM!; and all of this work is done with the utmost professionalism and cheer.
As mentioned above, this project is totally experimental – a blend of academic-​style lecturing, improvised art and live-​action sketch. We interviewed many candidates for the job, and many of them were unsure of how to execute these videos. Tommy and his team were up for the challenge, and with every video, they rise to the occasion in terms of execution, creativity and excitement. They love our project as much as we love our project — and we couldn’t ask for more than that.
The best decision I ever made was to hire Evolve Media.

Trevor and Daniel at Evolve are easy to work with and do a great job. They are flexible about our ever-​changing requests and always manage to deliver quality videos within the time and budget set. We enjoy working with them, both personally and professionally. They’re really straightforward and go the extra mile whenever they can.

Evolve Media, specifically Oscar, were a dream to work with. We had 4 videos to do about a tough concept. Oscar & his crew put together intelligent and fun dialog and awesome storyboards to support it all. All done on, time, on budget (Even with a customer who likes making last minute changes!!)
I highly recommend this great group for any project!

This guys are real pros. My company was on a serious deadline and frankly, had the gall to ask the impossible. Evolve didn’t even bat an eyelash. They bent over backwards, broke their backs to meet our deadline, and exceeded our expectations in every department. Their animation is top notch, production is pro-​level, editing skills are incredible, and they do it all with a friendly smile.
I’ll be returning to them again with more business!

Trevor and Tommy of Evolve Media shot a hip hop video in our space this week and did an outstanding job. They used our entire space and couldn’t have been more professional. From their site visits to event day they kept us informed of the entire process and were meticulous in their attention to detail. Evolve Media will be doing a marketing video for us in the next couple months and we are very excited to work with them again.

My partner and I own a small business together. We started with the premise that we not only wanted to avoid the cringe factor from videos often created by small businesses (think fuzzy/​dark web cam on messy desk with crooked diploma in background), we wanted it to look sharp and set a standard that make others jealous.
After searching around, we found Tommy. He helped us kick around ideas and scenarios to cover what we needed in one day. On the day of shooting, the crew was good about setting up and adjusting the sound, lighting, angles and background. Tommy did a great job of directing us as two people that hate the camera and have no familiarity or comfort with performing in front of the camer.
Finally, Tommy was patient with our constant requests for editing and changes at the end. I’m sure we became the very demanding clients that we dread, but Evolve did an excellent job from beginning to end.

The owner, Tommy is really very good at what he does. What he does is produce and direct television spots for a number of my clients. He uses the best of everything, from make-​up to actors to the very creative nature of his commercials. Making a commercial can be made stressful and everyone has an opinion, but not Tommy, he is calm and professional and gets the job done, with perfection!, which I really appreciated. Owning an ad agency, I know what goes into making a great commercial for the client, Tommy knows even more. I really love the work he has done for me and recommend him highly! He as a person is a pleasure to know and work with. A very good person you can trust with your video production.

I have worked with Tommy and his amazing crew on two seperate occasions and could not be more happy with the Videos. My latest project with Evolve included many interviews with individuals who were not so comfortable in front of the camera. Everyone at Evolve made them feel comfortable and were patient with the numerous takes; the finished video is amazing.

«Tommy Maples is a true professional who takes great pride in his work and has an exceptional talent for video production. Tommy’s creativity, dedication to quality and ability to translate business messages into an artistic and effective video piece are impressive. He has become a great asset to my clients and a dependable resource for my business, consistently exceeding all expectations. I have complete confidence in his work and frequently refer his services to my friends, colleagues and clients. It is a continuing pleasure to work with Tommy and Evolve Media.»

We hired Tommy to rework some old materials from shows we were featured in into one streaming PR piece. Wow! I was extremely impressed. The completed work was much better than I expected. And they were FAST — which saved me a LOT of money!!! I thought there was going to be a lot of back and forth, etc. but Tommy was so professional, he knew exactly what he was doing, and it was great working with him!

We hired Evolve to do an instructional DVD for our company. We were nervous in picking a company to work with since we had a negative past experience with a different production studio. We also had some specific needs that we were not sure they would be able to capture.
From the first day working with Tommy and gang we knew that we made the right choice. Our video is amazing, edited perfectly and they make the process seamless.
They are SO professional and can execute to the exact point your brand and desired outcome.
We will for sure use them for all our media needs.