Plug-Ins in Audio Production

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Plug-Ins in Audio Production

I’ve decided to go into some depth on the subject of music production and using effects and how you use them for this article so without any further ado, let’s take a closer look at our favorite friends in the digital domain, the plug­in!

As I’ve said before, an effect is just that, an effect. If used sparingly you can turn a piece of audio upside down, inside out and backwards all in one hit if you chose to. The main mistake that is made though is over use of an effect, and I think that we are all victims of this at one point in time or another. I, for one, look at a new plug­in additive to my studio the same way I look at Christmas. I have to get it installed and have to see what great sounds that I can get out of it. This can be a lot of fun and can take up hours and hours, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that as long as you don’t have a paying client waiting in the lobby, so play to your heart’s content.

It’s an additive to your studio’s arsenal; therefore you need to know what it can do. However, look upon this as a kind of research rather than learning about ALL of its functions while you’re on the job.

I can not count the number of times that I’ve been able to tell when a producer has bought a new plug­in or plug­in bundle, by simply listening to the work going to air on a radio station. Everything is plastered with effects, and sadly they use up most of the power of that package in one foul swoop. Always remember, an effect stops being an effect when it is used all the time, it just becomes the norm; nothing special at all.

So let me make a suggestion….
Pick a piece of work that you can use to play around in, and use that for your “plug­in research”. If you’re really precious about the session, you might want to duplicate it first before going to town with new effects though. This is where you get to play with all the settings to your heart’s content, and run it through its paces. A good habit to get into is taking notes or saving different presets under names you’ll recognise and remember later on while you’re actually working. At this point I can see you’re thinking I’ve gone off my trolley and have obviously been in the studio too long without any fresh air, so let me explain.

When I am working with a new plug­in, I need to know what it can do, and I want to put it through its paces, so I experiment, in a recording session or two, and write down all the settings that I find of interest that I’d see myself using by naming the as new settings labelled startupcomp1,2,3 etc so I know that it was an initial idea I had and is still in the making. I’ll even go as far as creating a group of settings titled Potential FX . This can save a lot of time down the track, as you won’t spend so much time sifting thru effect factory settings when you’re lost for ideas.

Don’t be afraid to mess up all the plug-in settings to see what happens. All plug-ins have factory settings and those  are there as a starting point; they help you realize the potential the plug­-in may have, but don’t leave it at that. Put a piece of music or a chunk of a vocal on loop and mess around with the settings to see what happens. When you come across one you like, save it and make sure that you name it something obvious, but remember that I said to write it down!

I have a list of all effects that I use regularly and it’s always within grasp, somewhere around my Protools system. This may sound like I’m overdoing it, but I have a very good knowledge of where all my different kinds of settings are, and it saves a lot of time. Trust me, try it.

Cheap Video Production Services for Online Video Marketing

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Cheap Video Production Services for Online Video Marketing

Today’s pick is: Video Production Services. If you need video presentations produced cheaply then you need to seriously consider Cheap Video Production, a service provided by Online Video Services companies such as Kurb promotions, which you can Google. Talk to Kurb about your needs for videos to be produced cheaply for you. Okay now onto part two of our new little thing that I’m doing right
now which is basically combining two of my worst habits in terms of false productivity – whining on my artist blog cluttering it up with stuff that no one wants to hear about and writing articles and endless statements on my blog don’t really add up to much.

Yes marketing is much better for SEO but the problem is you have to come up with original content that possibly no one is going to read and that’s poses it’s own set of problems. It doesn’t really have to meet a high standard – as long as the spelling is correct and the article is 100% percent non duplicated according to Googles filters then the backlinks from an indexed site such as an article directory is going to give you maximum juice.

So the best way for me to produce such content is just to write whatever I like and slip the keyword of the moment into the article and then it will appear to Google as if it’s an authorities article I mean the key words are mentioned aren’t they? But at some point I’ll get sick of explaining that, I’ll talk about what I want to talk about and maybe you’ll just have to know why I seem to mention Video Production Services repeatedly. I’ll be talking about some emotional breakthrough I wouldn’t – well shouldn’t go near on my artist blog right here and then out of nowhere: “Video Production Services” flying through the air, available from Auckland, New Zealand and around the world, videos produced from .

What about my needs? Well I need to sleep right now to be honest, and this way, once I’ve flushed the boring SEO stuff out of my system and worked out some kind of tagging technique, then I can begin to wonder about some different stuff which would be good because this stuff I’m working with right now isn’t that good. I am happy I found a way to channel this energy. I will probably post a lot of these on my artist blog anyway to bare testimony to what I ended up doing just kind pawning out my emotions, farming them if you will for pig feed for the search engines.

But y’know, good pig feed means fat pigs. So we farm away on our keywords, and we write away on a strange compromise between art, commerce where ultimately, each road leads back to the ego, which is totally why you need to search Kurb for Online Video Production services which you can hire cheaply to produce Online Video for you tube marketing which is also offered to increase views on your
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Comparing Marketing Strategies for Video Production Services

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Comparing Marketing Strategies for Video Production Services

If you’re looking for marketing strategies, small business advice, online marketing and cheap Online Video Production services be sure to check out Kurb promotions, because right now I am still testing out lots of new marketing ideas for getting my newest small business ideas of the ground.

When starting a new business I think one of the most important things is to gauge your enthusiasm for the project. There are lots of ideas that will work, but are you going to be able to maintain the commitment required to see the project through to profitability and sustainability? Also I think it’s a good idea to compare your marketing strategies and consider which combination of marketing strategies and new business development ideas are most likely to be successful. At the moment I have 3 main business ideas which I am attempting to develop:

Online Video Production, Colour copying services, pirate children’s

Entertainment is the main 3. But the idea of pushing small business marketing still lingers because there is no reason to do small business marketing in place of music marketing to make more money, as the market is bigger and has more to spend. I just need to create a service that is worth 0 p/week. And also my music marketing product, which isn’t really a wholly new business idea in need of a marketing campaign development but rather a branching off of my existing music marketing service, which I don’t feel needs to be developed otherwise. Before we compare marketing strategies lets consider the ceiling for these ventures both in terms of profit and commitment on my part, and long term potential.

Online video could be highly profitable but will be hard work long term to get there, mainly in establishing a reputation for quality, there’s great potential but requires high commitment to the marketing and administration on my part. Colour copying is quite similar to video except there’s a lot of power in establishing a strong local market that can be sustained. The difference between the two is quality and reputation for video and trust and service for Colour copying, that’s the key to growing each businesses market. Both these businesses have a lot of potential for easy and long term earnings however with the pirate entertainment I have to invest my own time to a greater extent, I only really want 2 jobs per week so I can charge 0 for each.

But if we compare the other ideas in terms of marketing strategy, first we must weigh up the contribution of Google search ranking and Google adwords advertising. Immediately I see seo being more effective for video’s international audience whereas ppc is much better for the locally based printing services, and the pirate entertainment. That’s probably why this will end up a Video Production Services article. I will still do seo, but I’ll be putting my online advertising money toward the printing and building up a strong local base 100 people who spend 0 a year is ,000 and that’s about where I would like to see us kicking off.

With the pirate entertainment I only need 2 jobs per week and I’m booked. I think p/week on Google should cover that. Video marketing is a marketing strategy worth evaluating and will obviously need to be improved in order to reflect quality with our cheap Online Video Production services. But the pirates could also benefit from improved Video Production Services also. What about other marketing strategies such as a flyer? What about a flyer with cd/dvd duplication, Colour Copying and pirates on it? Perhaps even Online Video Production services also? The point is the first 3 are all dependent on local goodwill and knowledge and I have already seen how a base of clients builds up over time through word of mouth and repeat purchases, this is why the flyer campaign may be effective.

So the end result is that the pirates are easy for now, all I have to do is run the ads and grow it slowly. The Colour copying I am favoring slightly more because I can establish a robust local market with advertising and already have the posturing and some graphic design stuff going. The printing isn’t quite as profitable as the video but I think I will have no problems making the sales in Colour copying to meet the target with a modest Google adwords campaign. I think with p/week I can generate 0 in profit. With video it’s probably more a matter of chipping away with the writing, article marketing and SEO there and I think that will be the path to picking up lots of international traffic for Online Video Production services long term and picking up jobs worth 0-600 ever week, and branching into our youtube promotions services. So a split marketing strategy is the winner on the day! Its Google adwords for local transactions and services and it’s a slow building seo and link building campaign for cheap Online Video Production services to get to a point in 6 months where there is video work every week. To know more about Marketing Services visit us at: www.CheapVideoProduction.com

Adobe CS4 Production Premium buy cheap

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Adobe CS4 Production Premium buy cheap

There’s been big changes in video since Adobe announced the release, two years ago, of Creative Suite 3 (CS3). Even in the months since Adobe released its moving-image editing suite Production Premium CS4, things have moved along apace in videoland. High resolution video has become ubiquitous across the web, from Old Media newspaper web sites to bedroom vloggers.

What’s more, the variety of recording and viewing devices continues to grow with solid state media recorders becoming the norm, and increasingly more traditional filmmakers looking to the web as a mainstream distribution channel.

Adobe has tried to tap these trends in CS4, which means greater emphasis on meta-tagging content so that media is visible to search engines. There’s more support for capturing and processing content for multiple scenarios. You can record straight to disc and edit non-tape formats such as AVCHD (if your computer hardware is up to scratch). Adobe has also tried to find new ways to speed up the workflow, whether it is harnessing the potential of speedier computers with 64bit processing, enhancing integration between different Adobe apps, or streamling the user interface.

CS4 re-inforces Production Premium’s position as a solid and very capable professional editing suite where increased integration of programmes boosts productivity. For serious videographers there should be more than enough power to cover off almost all your video tasks.

For users of Production Premium CS3, a suite that was designed to take on rival Final Cut Pro on the Mac side – and did it well, by most accounts – the question of whether to upgrade will depend largely on one’s needs and budget. This isn’t a massive upgrade, like the introduction of the first Premiere Pro, where the whole application’s engine was rewritten, but if you’re doing a lot of videowork then it’s worth the additional expense.

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The Importance Of Editing Film And Tv Production

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To the uninitiated, editing may look like a monotonous task that is both mentally as well as physically taxing. To be honest, the appearance of the complex mechanical and technological equipment, along with the never-ending reels of film can easily intimidate a wannabe editor. However, unlike the popular conception of editing being a stark and tedious job, it is actually a very interesting career path, and involves oodles of creativity and ingenious innovations.In fact, the film editor has the job identical to a cook. He has all the raw materials at hand (the film reels), he has a precise plan and storyboard treatment in mind (the recipe), and has the utensils (technical equipment) to prepare the same too! And as every cook has his own indigenous flavor and garnishing styles, every editor too has his own approach and technique while treating a film or a TV show. And for anybody who has had an interest in the technicality and the post-production segment of films, editing perhaps is the most alluring aspect of all.The film editor is often called the ‘Off-Set Director”, as he is in charge of what happens to the raw reels of footage shot in production. Most often than not, actual shooting of scenes does not happen as scripted in the storyboard. To cut costs and adhere to strict time schedules, shots with common frames are shot together. This also applies to dialogs, where all scenes of each actor are shot in succession. It is then, up to the editor to edit, cut and join each reel of footage and rearrange them in the sequence required by the actual storyboard. Therefore, right from the sound to the aspects of incorporating music in the background, a film or TV production editor is what stands between a great film and an amateur collage of shots.The importance of editing dates back ages, chronicled in the book “The Technique Of Film And Video Editing” by Ken Dancyger. It upholds some of the finest examples of editing imparting the narrative of the film through silent shots, music and jump shots involving ordinary objects. Alfred Hitchcock’s filmmaking (in films like ‘Vertigo’ and ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’) is considered to have some of the finest editing work by the erstwhile standards, and can easily exemplify why editing is considered so integral to the success of a film or TV production.In the earlier ages, editing was physically done, with the help of mechanical equipment that sliced, spliced and appropriately put together ‘linearly’ edited reels. The digital revolution and technological advances like the Firewire have magically simplified the post-production process. With software applications like Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro and Windows Movie Maker, editing is not restricted to professionally trained editors and apprentices. The ease of use and interactive applications has made it possible for film students, amateurs and one-time users to edit their own film or video productions.The advent of computers has also allowed editors to enhance the creativity of their work. Unlike the mechanical equipment which was used on the original reel and did not warrant a liberal creative license or room for error to the editor, digital editing offers a huge scope for improvisation. The latter has opened up avenues for experimentation, much better treatment and quick editing procedures. Off late, films have been centered on editing and the whole post-production process, rather than the filming of the same. Recent examples can include ‘The Lord of the Rings Trilogy’ and ‘Avatar’, the latter incidentally being the highest revenue-grossing films of all time!With technology advancing in the speed of light-years, editing in film and TV production has gained a pivotal role. And every filmmaking unit, irrespective of size, style, location or budget, has already acknowledged the same!

The Future of Online Video Marketing & the Benefits of Video Production

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Video Production & Market Penetration

There are now some 43,221,464 internet users in the UK alone (Dec 2008 InternetWorldStats), representing a staggering 70.9% penetration for consumer opportunities. It’s no surprise then that the past few years have seen an increasing presence of internet strategies incorporated into business marketing plans. According to a recent survey 1 in 5 companies say that they now spend more than half of their total marketing budget online. However, it has become increasingly difficult for companies to differentiate themselves from the competition, prompting online marketers to explore ever more creative ways with which to attract new visitors and convert them into customers; and with the rapid improvements in streaming technology, companies are now sitting up and taking note of the potential marketing possibilities that online video marketing has to offer. The US has taken a demonstrable lead over the UK, and the online market in the US is predicted to be worth $3 billion by 2010 (E-consultancy). Clearly, online video production is set to explode in the marketing world as a lucrative and essential tool for both large corporate businesses and SME’s.

Dynamic Logic is a leading independent research company that specializes in measuring marketing effectiveness and the impact of online video. It regularly publishes results showing an overall increase in the effectiveness of online video in terms of breakthrough and communication, when comparing video with overall online marketing results. Specifically looking at areas such as message association, brand awareness and favourability, but most importantly purchase intent, they found that placing video online proved to be far more effective than standard internet advertising. ComScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni, for example, has recently revealed that his organisation has detected that exposure to online video advertising can lead to a 40% increase in buying a product or service.

Applications

Compared to text, graphics and illustrations, video has the ultimate power to engage and hold the viewer’s attention. The latest technological advances mean that video clips now play instantly, and with perfect sound and picture quality. Video delivers the information quickly and simply, and at its best, creates emotional pull that leads viewers to take action. It’s worth remembering that people relate to people more than anything else, and even the simplest messages can really help to bring a website to life. So what are the applications for video?

These are just some ideas and the list is limited only by the imagination, but how effective can these videos be? Well, take client testimonials. Most websites seem to carry quotes from happy customers in predictable and repetitive text format. Customer testimonials are a great way to endorse a company, service or a product, but in this written format, does anyone truly believe them? Are they genuine, and do they reach out and grab your attention? Now imagine how much more persuasive it can be when a customer speaks live on camera and uses his own words to say how good you are and how great you are to work with. Now that really does have impact.

A current hot topic is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Good corporate governance is under the spotlight and companies are falling over themselves to promote their social and environmental credentials. Most large companies will now have a CSR section prominently displayed on their website, and usually supported by lengthy PDF documents of their policies and reports. The problem is that very few people open them or download them. The easy solution is to provide a video that features highlights of good business practice, whether it be the CEO planting trees, or senior managers visibly involved in running local charity events. Communicating a difficult product or service, or maybe a new concept, is not best served by a barrage of text and graphs, yet it’s amazing how many websites still do just this. Financial institutions and technology companies are often the worst culprits. Yet a filmed presenter, describing a service supported by explanatory animated graphics, or providing a live product demonstration, can really help to get the message across in an interesting and informative way. It can make the difference between a bored visitor clicking on to another site, or an interested visitor who gets the message and responds to a call to action there and then.

Web Designers

Should web designers be recommending video for all their clients’ websites from now on? Every site has its own unique functions and desired outcomes, and video certainly isn’t for everyone. Added to this, clients will have their own ideas about how they want their website to look. But web designers should certainly be aware of the power of video. They should be educating their clients about new trends, and helping them explore every avenue to ensure that the website reaches its full potential. There are big financial benefits to using online video, and companies can save a considerable amount of money in manpower, travel, and DVD mail outs, by communicating to an unlimited mass audience instantly and simultaneously. It’s worth noting that consumers are far more likely to view a video online than they are to put a DVD in a machine and watch it. After all, if they are already on a website and fired with interest, it’s easy to click onto a video whilst they are there. By contrast, a DVD requires interest to be re-kindled, and for new time to be set aside for a viewing.

Web designers too have a vested interested in using video. It will give progressive companies an edge over competitors who prefer to remain within the safety of their comfort zones. Video is a good driver for SEO with the potential to push a company up the search rankings. And video is, of course, a value-added product that clients will pay for over and above the conventional costs of the web design and build. Finally, video is an evolving new product that allows designers to re-visit existing clients with a new offering to upgrade the website.

Many companies shy away from the perceived complexity and costs of producing professional looking video. Video production is a specialised area in which most web designers have little or no expertise, and a good working relationship with a video production company is usually a good idea. A production company will be able to advise on content and oversee the video project from beginning to end, delivering edited media to the web designer, encoded and ready for streaming. The precise nature of the relationship will depend on individual circumstances, but whether a web designer introduces the job to the production company or vice versa, a commission fee would be considered normal.

Case Study: Spectrecom Films

Spectrecom Films is an award-winning London-based video production company with a strong track record working for clients across the public and private sector. They have recognised the growing potential of online video and often recommend that even their largest projects are streamed online rather than sent out on DVD. Recent projects include an ongoing series of over 35 promotional films for the Durham University website, 16 recruitment films for Google and a vast quantity of short presented clips for 247Spares, the UK’s top online car parts network, which resulted in a massive 80% increase in sales. Spectrecom’s unique advantage is that they own their own film/TV studio where they can produce highly professional video work in-house at very low cost.

What would be considered low cost? Spectrecom’s MD, Andrew Greener, reckons they can produce studio-presented video for under £1,000 a day; “There are many variables, but we try to keep it simple. So a client could be here in the morning, presenting to camera, and we could edit and encode the material, and upload it to the web designer by the end of the day.” Spectrecom also film on location anywhere around the world, often at very short notice. “We have an American client that often gives us just one or two days notice to film, usually interviews with supporting ‘B’ roll footage, and it could be anywhere in the UK. We haven’t let them down yet”, says Greener. And does Spectrecom work with any designers already? “Yes, there are two companies in particular. We’ve received good projects from them, mostly studio work, but we’ve been able to pass high value work out too.”

Spectrecom practice what they preach, and much of their website carries examples of their video work. Not only that, but it also features videos about themselves in a way that could be adopted by any other company. What’s interesting is that the most popular page navigated to from the home page is the team page, with 25% of all traffic going here first. And the reason? The team page features a video of every member of staff and, quite reasonably, visitors to the site want to find out who they are dealing with.

The Future

Online video is here to stay, and its presence is set to become one of the key elements that differentiates websites. After all, if you could watch a video of a new product or concept online, or read about it, which would you choose? Picture size and quality will only continue to improve, and marketers will dream up new ways of grabbing audience share and delivering key messages with real impact. If you are going to take advantage of this developing phenomenon, you need to understand the benefits and you need to be thinking of the many creative opportunities at the concept stage of new web design.

Web Video Production for Business – A Simple Guide

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It is now the beginning of 2009 and we, the ardent users of interactive technology are riding the crest of a Golden Wave of web video and corporate website video possibilities. I have no doubt that in a conceptually altered Chinese calendar this would be the ‘Year of the WebVideo’ in all its’ various forms and methods of deployment. Anyhow, i’ve been reading up on the subject and this is the impression i’m getting from people in the know.

Technology has again moved forward and new encoding procedures coupled with a general awareness of narrative have brought the great and fantastic possibilities of video, online and into the hands of the common man. His or her under £150,000 gross operation is obviously crying out for an effective means of one on one communication and somewhere along the line I read that potential customers are 4 times more likely to become actual customers if your web presence is graced with the luminance of video. People buy off people! CEO’s everywhere have, for some time now been scrambling to put into place the most efficient systems and operations that will fully exploit this ardently touted paradigm shift in online visual expectancy.The figures are all there. Findings in the American market have indicated that the number of consumers who actively engaged in the viewing of online video rose by 18% in the second half of 2006. A total of 3.7 billion streams having been watched. Male to female ratios stand close to even on a 52-48 percentage scale. Surprisingly in 2006 it was Yahoo Video that led the pack with around 21 million visitors a month.

MySpace came in a close second with around 20 million a month. So with the stats in mind I guess it wasn’t that surprising to see Google swallow up YouTube which was getting around 16 million faces a month. According to Jack Flanegan, executive vice president of ComScore Media Metrix who, amongst other things provide detailed analysis of online consumer activity is quoted as saying: “Consumers clearly view video as one of the most accessible, interesting and entertaining sources of content on the web”. And, well…I completely agree. Video has an accessible grounding in reality, and… all things considered… there’s a thirst for it. We are all obsessed with peeping through the crack in the doorway, watching without ‘being watched’.

Video was built for this kind of mentality. There’s no way I would be writing this blog about some useless, defective communication format sent to the archives of history to hang out with smoke signals. Oh no, not me! I am here and now and so is online video, and in this here and now if you want to make some money through your online presence, WebVideos are the progressive medium you should employ.Ditch the expensive call centers and put your customer service rep on your site in an interactive video display for first hand guidance. Why have a static image of your product when a WebVideo can shift more units. Go ahead, make that play for a full grasp of socially relevant media deployment, move forward, gain the edge. This is the 21st Century in the history of the fine beast that is man. What? You don’t have video on your website?

How to do you maintain peoples interest? Things must be so tough for you. How are you coping? Anyhow that’s what people were saying about websites and that soon caught on. Now look where we are. If the internet is just another room to peer into then it stands to reason that it’s gotta have a TV in the corner.So how do you go about employing video on your website? What is the right format? More importantly, what should it look like? Obviously with the advent of new encoding procedures it has become incredibly easy for web deployment of video. At the forefront of this new wave of encoding is the On2 VP6 codec which is used primarily by Macromedia Flash 8 and up. The ‘flash player’ is freely available for download and is reportedly on 96% of all internet configured Windows & Macintosh computers. Which is pretty high as far as stats go. Java (84%), Windows Media Player (87%) and Apple Quicktime (59%) all trail behind.Flash enables anyone to stream videos from their browsers cache at a fraction of the size of other formats thanks to the On2 VP6 compression. Also it has a whole different level of options for interactivity that none of the others have. With flash you can play a hundred videos through the same file without leaving the page and tag a form on the end of the video asking for comments. This is sure to keep people immersed in an interactive video experience. WARNING – Ideas not supplied. Well… not for free that’s for sure. Flash was built for the active medium of the internet and it’s flourishing.Micro-sites or the huge rise of .tv sites are the high end of video usage for a lot of companies, but high end means high prices, maybe six grand upwards is not in your budget. The average business will probably find use for a handful of videos for an initial outlay of a couple of grand. Obviously there will be niche markets out there where the businesses will have to have video on their site and cannot function without it. Soon enough though it will all be like that. As prophetic as that sounds, I can only image this sort of thing snowballing. Remember the Golden Wave. Ride it and flourish. For if you don’t, it will drown you.Anyhow, there are companies out there that will put together a 1 minute video for you for around £500, but i’ve seen these videos and from a professional standpoint I know they are operating on a second rate level. The obvious lack of perfectionist ideals and aspirations belongs only to the guy who amazes himself too easily. Another form of online video is the 30 second slot on the homepage. This is fast becoming the successor to the animated header.

The web has for the most part been a silent affair, with users choosing to listen to their favorite band whilst surfing away. Video is changing that and users are becoming used to a little noise. Over time the expectancy values will change and sound on every website will no doubt become a normal affair. This is why a 30 second, dynamic montage based intro will succeed.Next up is the talking head which can run anywhere from between 20 seconds to 3 minutes long. The talking head can offer a much subtler welcome message and when combined with the use of graphic elements and transparent backgrounds it can still retain an element of entertainment. It has a keen simplicity that doesn’t overload the user and can be acquired for around a grand a minute and upwards, depending on your demands for graphics or titles.

Product or service explanations are very popular uses of the talking head by many companies from insurance to mobile phones. A sort of very subtle advert or showcase to watch at the users discretion. I mean why have bunch of still photographs taken from every conceivable angle when for a little extra cash you can have a 30 second video of someone showcasing the product.

No doubt the usual link to ‘enlarge image’ will change to something like ‘view product video’. A handful of these could be produced for around £500 a pop and considering the ‘click through’ rate you’re bound to make your money back shifting extra units.All this of course is small change in comparison to what the majority of people are responding to. That my less than inebriated readers is of course, entertainment! By far the single most popular use of video ever. Billions of people, like fragmented herds of hedonistic swine, completely alienated from police state politics are lining up with baited breath for the latest ‘close shave’ video or some pair of seventeen year old girls trying their hand at singing Whitney Houstens’ “I Will Always Love You’. This is bedroom theatre at its’ greatest. This is where the mainstay of WebVideo opportunity lies. Well… where does this leave the average website I hear you bleat? Simple. Format popularity has very specific impacts on everyday habit and culture. Just look at how far the viewing screen itself has come in all its’ varying forms. The impact entertainment video has on the web is perfectly aligned with a certain expectancy. Users grow through saturation of an idea to expect an element of it in all aspects their everyday lives.

The majority of the world still have boring day jobs and they still yearn for excitement and entertainment. The more saturated we become with online video entertainment as it stands the more demanding we will become. Static websites will always be around because some things need to be static, but hey… if it can be brought to life it better be, cause otherwise i’m outta yer. Boring!!!

The web may well be conceptually as a whole a fascinating work of art, but individual sites are but a mere brush stroke on a gigantic canvas of information. There are a lot of people in the world, maybe 7 billion in all and a few billion of these have internet ready computers, a thirst for entertainment, short attention span and a pocket full of cash to spend on anything that can hold their interest long enough to get their bank card out. If you haven’t got video on your website in one form or another, well… what have you got?

Maximise Your Marketing Potential With A Web Video Production

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If you are looking to maximise the marketing potential of your website through the use of a web video production then look no further than us.Corporate video production has moved online and businesses of all sizes have realised it’s inherent marketing potential of a web video production for getting their business proposition across in order to sell their products, services and to build their brand purpose in service of their customers.There are many sites out there that claim to be able to do what we do, but our web video productions speak for themselves. WebVideos are the industry leaders and consequently we can offer you a much higher level expertise than your standard corporate website video production companies. After All, Why Compromise When It Comes To Your Online Business?

At WebVideos we believe in Professionalism & Affordability and aim to deliver the highest possible value for money video production possible. If your production company cuts corners, your business is cutting corners. This is why time and time again companies like BT choose WebVideos as their standard web video production company.

As well as the video itself we can provide you with a custom flash based video player, additional graphics, feedback forms, additional links, share facility, contact forms and more. All of which is embedded into the final flash based video production.

At WebVideos we understand that you may want your final video to fit perfectly with your current website look and feel. After an initial consultation, we’ll provide you with a couple of mock-ups that will help ensure your web video production is seamlessly integrated into your current website platform.

If you don’t see the kind of video implementation you require please don’t hesitate to call us for a free consultation on the matter. At WebVideos we pride ourselves on being able to create and implement web based video productions in any style and in anyplace on your website. Smooth, seamless integration into any website platform comes guaranteed.

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“Video Production – The Most Effective Way to Promote Your CSR Credentials. 10 Reasons Why

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Video production & CSR – The main topic under discussion at the recent Corporate Register debate was the effectiveness (or otherwise) of written CSR reports. Several members of the panel, including heads of communications from Shell International and Virgin Media, made the point that to get your message across, organisations need to depart from traditional print media and engage with digital media, video production and online platforms. Here’s a list of 10 reasons why.

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