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  • Directing Authentic Soundbites With These Corporate Video Testimonial Tips

    Directing Authentic Soundbites With These Corporate Video Testimonial Tips

    In this guide, I am going to share my best corporate video testimonial tips learned over decades of directing on set. What separates our team from most commercial video producers is our foundation. Many corporate directors come strictly from local TV news or observational documentary backgrounds. My background is rooted in narrative feature filmmaking. I have spent years directing actors…

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  • Defining the Audience for Video Production Before Rolling Cameras

    Defining the Audience for Video Production Before Rolling Cameras

    Identifying the target audience for video production is the single most important step a business must take before spending a dime on camera gear, lighting setups, or crew hires. A lot of companies waste thousands of dollars creating videos simply because they skip this foundational question: who is this video actually for? Marketing teams frequently get hyper-excited about…

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  • Commercial Video Lighting Techniques

    Commercial Video Lighting Techniques

    Commercial video lighting techniques are usually an afterthought until they’re not. That sudden realization usually hits the moment you review your final footage and realize it looks like it was filmed on a budget smartphone in an ugly, dimly lit office building. How many times have you watched corporate interviews that looked like complete garbage simply…

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  • Multi Camera Interview Setup Is Mandatory for High-Stakes Testimonials

    Multi Camera Interview Setup Is Mandatory for High-Stakes Testimonials

    I will start by saying this, “having multi-camera interview setup is a must for any sit-down interview!” A few weeks ago, a client came to us preparing to capture some of the most critical customer testimonials in their company’s history. They were flying key stakeholders into a Las Vegas trade show—executives and engineers who had…

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  • The Video Post Production Workflow: What Brands Need to Expect

    The Video Post Production Workflow: What Brands Need to Expect

    A few years ago, our team at Indie Film Factory talked our way out of landing a big commercial job simply by being honest about our video post production workflow and timeline. A corporate client came to us for a product launch video. They needed a clean campaign, but their internal marketing team was on…

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  • How to Build a Corporate Video Shooting Schedule Like a Feature Film Director

    How to Build a Corporate Video Shooting Schedule Like a Feature Film Director

    The idea of building a corporate video shooting schedule should be approached with the exact same discipline you bring to a feature film set. To a lot of marketing directors, that might sound like complete overkill. However, treating your media production like a standard, loosely organized office meeting is a recipe for chaos. Over the last two…

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