Building a Brand Ad That Isn’t Bad
Online advertising can sometimes be a big deep dark hole, into which you can throw lots of your money. As a novice marketer, you can really end up sending the wrong message. Lets face it. Poorly executed ads are one of the biggest issues that small business owners face. We know that we need to […]
What Goes Into Planning a Video Production?
“We already have a script,” you say! “We just need someone to film it!” Oh, ho ho. If only pre-production started and stopped at having great ideas, we’d be rich by now (at least that’s what we’d like to believe). The truth is, planning out a shoot—called “pre-production” in the biz—is a long and complex […]
7 Things to Avoid When Hiring a Video Production Company
Your marketing budget is precious. There are a number of ways to tell your production is going to be a flat-out failure before it even occurs. Here are seven things to look out for during the pre-production process. If you see any of these, run for the hills. When it comes to corporate video production, […]
The Producers
Walkie-talkies . . . check . . . C300 . . . check . . . Teradek and client monitor . . . check . . . microphones . . . check . . . hiring the crew . . . check . . . bed, pajamas, slippers, model releases . . . check . . . 4AM wakeup call . . . check . . . These were the things going through my head as I tried to get some much needed shuteye before my role as producer on the shoot the following morning. Before I made the jump from photography to video production I didn’t really understand what a producer was, and why they always seemed so stressed out.
Why Details Matter
Details matter. The difference between chartreuse and lime makes little difference in our everyday lives. But in filmmaking, there are incredible subtleties that mostly go consciously unnoticed, but subconsciously affect how we see a film or commercial dramatically. Take Breaking Bad, for example. Everyone that watches notices that as Walt “breaks bad” in the first season, he […]
