About Us - Stages Video Productions

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Diane DeVaughn Stokes & Chuck Stokes

Founded in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 1989 by Diane DeVaughn Stokes and Chuck Stokes, Stages is a full service production company specializing in marketing/training videos and television commercial production. We are the first production company in Myrtle Beach to offer High Definition video in in 1080i or 720p along with Standard Definition in Beta SP. EFP packages include wireless audio, and Lowell lighting. Post-production is centered around Apple’s Final Cut Pro HD software, Panasonic’s HD1400 DVCPRO HD studio VCR, Adobe Photoshop and After Effects. DVD duplication and packaging are also available.

Diane has been hosting and producing television shows since 1973 for WBTW-TV13, WPDE-TV15, Cox Cable, and Time Warner. She has been a spokesperson for hundreds of television Commercials throughout the Carolinas and Georgia, and a national PI, "TEA Time At the Masters". She has also won Addy Awards for commercial and video production and is a professional emcee, speaker and writer for area publications. She currently is the host of "Diane At Six" on WEZV FM 105.9

Chuck was the former production manager for WBTW-TV 13 in Myrtle Beach, and a commercial producer for WPDE-TV15 in Florence, South Carolina. He has won numerous Addy Awards for commercial production and marketing presentations, including "The Phoenix Award" presented in Atlanta, Georgia by their chapter of The Public Relations Society of America. He has also produced a documentary on the life of astronaut Ronald McNair, now on exhibit in The Library of Congress in Washington D.C., along with local documentaries on Hurricane Hazel, The History of Myrtle Beach, The Myrtle Beach Pavilion and the life and influence of Simeon B. Chapin.

Diane and Chuck have both been awarded the prestigious “Silver Medal Award” for outstanding service in the field of advertising. Coastal Advertising and Marketing Professionals presented the award to Diane in 1994 and to Chuck in 2006. This is the first time the Silver Medal Award has been presented to a husband and wife in the history of CAMP.

Chuck & Diane On Location

On the scene with ABC’s Extreme Makeover

Chuck on location with Baseball Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripken
Photos By Joe Carr Photography

Diane as "Volunteer of the Year" for the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
Photo By Jack Thompson Photography