Lauren & Andrew Wedding Film

BEYOND Films recently had the pleasure of filming Lauren & Andrew’s wedding day. Lauren has been a special part of our owner, Ryan Kelley, and his wife, Kate’s life. Below they explain how Lauren came to be a big part of their lives and their daughter’s lives. Ryan tells how he decided on the lighting design for their wedding at Sixty Five Hundred. In 2007 BEYOND was growing by leaps and bounds. Ryan and I moved to…

Dallas Contemporary 40th Anniversary Room Transformation

Dallas Contemporary celebrated their 40th anniversary this past September and BEYOND was there to celebrate along with them by helping to transform their space into a ruby room. The color ruby was chosen since it symbolizes the gift given for a 40th anniversary. Driven by the design and planning of Jason Vadivia with Valdivia Ventures BEYOND was able to transform the room into a red hot event with our lighting. We rigged lighting from the ceiling and…

BEYOND’s Gold Disco Balls

Looking to add some dazzle to your holiday party this year? Consider BEYOND’s gold disco balls. One of our newest lighting features are our gold disco balls a lighting element that will make your party sparkle. For this New Year’s Eve wedding at the Crescent our clients chose to suspend the disco balls within florals. Once they kicked off the party we had our moving head lights project onto the disco balls for added disco…

BEYOND Lighting and Audio-Visual Design for MTV ReDefine

As summer comes to a close we are reminiscing about one of our favorite events last spring, MTV Re-Define event at Northpark Center, produced by the Dapper Diplomat, Julian Leaver. As with every event there are logistics that can be unique, like overnight installation in a public space, but we did not let that slow us down! The BEYOND team provided multiple screens through out the tent so no sight line was obstructed, this was…

Bingo, Beer & BEYOND

Last week BEYOND had the pleasure of hosting several planners we work with in the DFW area for a night of bingo and beer out at Peticolas Brewery. We had a blast socializing and playing games and even celebrated the owner of our company’s birthday! Congratulations to out winners Carra Freeman of Proper Catering who also supplied the yummy treats that night, Heather Bradford of Donnie Brown Weddings & Events and Lindsey Wolf of Ultimate…

BEYOND Lighting, Audio-Visual and Video Design at the Hyatt Regency

While BEYOND offers unique options when it comes to the production design of an event most of our clients come to us for our expertise in a lighting, audio-visual and video set up for a ballroom or larger event space. Being familiar with the majority of the venues in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area and event prodcution expertise  is why, when Texas Tech University was hosting an Evening with George W. Bush at the Hyatt Regency they…

BEYOND Live Streaming at Cafe Momentum

Live streaming video was one of the many unique event elements BEYOND worked on with Cafe Momentum on North Texas Giving Day this past year. For this event BEYOND set up live streaming for Cafe Momentum to raise funds for the non profit. Cafe Momentum trains at risk youth who have spent time in juvenile facilities in the restaurant industry as well as life skill training such as financial responsibility. BEYOND provided live streaming to the Cafe…

BEYOND Is Not Only A Lighting Company

With being in business for over ten years many people know BEYOND as a lighting company. But what we want you to know is that BEYOND is not only a lighting company. When BEYOND started  in the events industry the primary focus was lighting but as we grew our events have become more focused on the audio-visual and video production aspect of event production. When it comes to the audio visual design for an event BEYOND takes into…

The Importance of Ceremony Audio

At BEYOND one of our primary focus is first-class quality audio-visual for your event.  It has come to our attention that it is quite common for brides and grooms to forget about including audio for their ceremony!  We were interested to see if what we were seeing was in line with what a few of our favorite wedding and event planners in the DFW area were experiencing and what advice they were giving their clients….

Winner for Best ILEA Team Effort over $150,000

BEYOND was honored to be a part of the winning team for the Texas Star Awards for Best ILEA Team Effort over $150,000 for the Cirque du Carolina event that took place at The St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio last year. Take a look at the video to see how the team of Wilkinson Rhodes, Marquee Event Rental-San Antonio, Game On, Jerry Hayes Photography, PTE Production, Artisan Oddities & Entertainment, Groove Labs and AFR…