This is from an insightful infographic "So You Want To Be A Photographer" by Foto Seeds. It could just as easily be about being a Videographer. You will recognize yourself and see what happens when you make it a business. If you've lost some of that passion you had as...
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Here’s An Advertising Style You Could Use
This YouTube Ad is worthy of a look. Forget about the message. I want you to see the style of this commercial. This is a style you could easily adopt for a client. Not at all hard to do. Green screen is the most challenging aspect. Then look at the video that is on...
Financing Your Video Business
by Hal Landen Let's consider all the possible ways to finance a start-up video production business. There are loans, bootstrapping, friends and family, grants, Kickstarter, and saving the money yourself. Loans Banks are in the business of loaning money, but they are...
Ohio Videographer Faces Felony Charges Over Drone Flight
by Richard Edmund Kele Stanley, an Ohio man, is facing felony charges after flying his remote-controlled drone over an accident scene on April 12, 2014 in Moorefield Township, Ohio. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Kele Stanley is charged with misconduct at an...
8 Tips To Keep Your Film Legal
It's not hard to keep your film legal if you follow the following guidelines. 1. All music, even a short riff, must be cleared unless it is royalty-free music. Most royalty-free music has a license you should read carefully to understand how you can use it and for how...
Every Corporate Video Cliche’ Ever Used
"This is a Generic Brand Video" includes every corporate video cliche ever used. It's created entirely with stock footage from company Dissolve. This could be a brand video from hundreds of corporate videos. Use the ideas if you like, but of course not the footage...
Rules For Directors by Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes is best known for directing American Beauty (1999), which earned him the Academy Award for best director. He also directed the James Bond movie Skyfall (2012) as well as musical stage productions of Cabaret and Oliver! At a recent Manhattan theater event,...
How To Show Videos To Clients
In an ideal world the best way to show a video to clients is to bring the client into your office. This facilitates communication and allows you to control the viewing for best effect. If you have some kind of screening room, they'll see it on your best screen while...
FAA Clarifies Drone Flying Issues
As a Connecticut photojournalist moves forward with legal action against a police department after being suspended for flying a camera-equipped aerial drone, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is publishing information on its website to clarify rules and...
Brooklyn Bride Sues Wedding Videographer For $122,000
Monica Nickchemny and her father, David Nickchemny, claim they paid $12,750 to Vizualaz LLC to produce a documentary of her traditional Russian Jewish wedding on September 2012 at the Crystal Palace in Livingston, N.J. Visualaz is run by Igor Boshoer and his wife...
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