Description
Go beyond the bland talking-head and PowerPoint slide-style of most corporate videos and learn how to land coveted corporate contracts with these comprehensive techniques from an industry veteran. Stuart Sweetow teaches you how to make imaginative corporate videos with eye-catching design, rhythmic editing tricks, and essential scriptwriting and interview techniques. Learn how to shoot on location or in a studio and how to work with employees-turned-actors. Also, discover how to get contracts and to produce online videos and podcasts for corporations, government agencies and non-profit organizations.
*Learn the ins-and-outs of producing high-quality corporate videos - including training videos, conference videos, podcasts, and interactive training - and learn how to land coveted corporate freelance contracts
*Written by an industry veteran who has written over 100 published articles and taught video production for seven years
*Enhance the quality of your current corporate videos with these tips and tricks on developing engaging scripts, shooting on location, and how to interview subjects - also includes forms and guides that you can use in your own work
Reviews
"[A] terrific guidebook for filmmakers and videographers who have honed their shooting, editing, and business chops in other areas of professional production and who want to make inroads into the corporate world.. [v]ital information for any producer who develops relationships with corporations that are just beginning their forays into video-based communications and online delivery."--EventDV.net
Contents
Introduction; In-House Video Department; Marketing Yourself as a Professional Producer; Government Video Contracting; Budgets; Role of Producer; Role of Director; Role of Production Coordinator; Scriptwriting; Genres for Corporate Video; Legal Considerations: Talent; Studio Shooting; Location Shooting; Interview Techniques; Aesthetic Considerations; Production Techniques; Post Production Techniques; Training Videos; Marketing Videos; Conferences, Corporate Events, Meetings; Non-Profit Organizations; Media Training; Interactive Video; Online Video; Podcasts