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Starr Video Employee Profiles


 
Michael - President

Michael Strycharske

President

After working for 15 years as a photo-journalist on Long Island, New York, Michael changed his location and career by moving to Tampa, Florida to become a software developer. He quickly moved into management but always yearned to return to his creative roots. Never far from a camera, Michael began taking on video projects in 2005 and, along with his wife Vicky, created Starr Video in 2006.

  • Phone: (813) 765-6355
  • Fax: (813) 991-4431
  • Email: michael@starr-video.com


Vicky - Vice President

Vicky Strycharske

Vice President

Vicky worked for the federal government as a contract specialist for 25 years before moving to the other side of the table when she opened her own consuting firm - Starr Solutions. As a business consultant and proposal writer she was tentative about the video production company idea, but once behind the camera she was hooked. Vicky is now a very active member of the Starr Video team.

  • Phone: (813) 765-7655
  • Fax: (813) 991-4431
  • Email: vicky@starr-video.com


Life at Starr Video

The average project takes four months to complete. First there are client meetings and planning sessions. These include full story boarding, location screening, crew cast acquistion and may involve scrpt writing. Production of the event always seems chaotic, and often is. Post production takes the most time. Depending on the services chosen by the client, the editing process can take from days to many weeks. Finally, completed components are burned to a DVD and presented to the client.

Company founder and owner, Mike Strycharske, is quite a prankster. Nothing tickles his funny bone more than catching a client or actor doing something stupid or odd. Whoopie cussions have often been involved. His wife Vicky is his favorite subject though. She is good natured about it but it is rumored that she is plotting revenge of a major sort.