Have a look how Realtor Hillary Caston gets creative with her Video Marketing. Rather than go for the standard walk and talk through of a property she plays the role of a burglar! One way to get more views and get more google juice is to make your videos shareable.
I mean who shares a standard slide show or standard lame video of a property? Using humour gets people to share and comment, case in point I just shared this with you.
If you want to get creative with Video Marketing for your business please check out my Pocket Video training course.
Have you been watching the launch of Andy Jenkins’ Video Boss programme? There are some awesome videos in the sequence.
Here’s a short clip, the takeaway for me is how Andy matches real world filming with screen capture. This breaks the video up visually, you get to see the face behind the product. I watch too many back to back powerpoint videos with a voice behind them as if the person selling you the product is hiding. You don’t need to be on screen for a lot of time if you are camera shy just a glimpse is good enough.
Also note how the music and the pace of cutting lifts everything from the bog standard to a video full of energy you want to stick with.
YouTube have introduced an awesome tool to help improve shaky Videos. It’s not easy keeping lightweight Flip Video cameras steady even with the image stabilisation features of the new Flip Versions 3rd generation. Using the YouTube Editor you can drag in your Videos to the timeline and apply the You Tube Image stabiliser.
The Video on top is before stabilisation and the video below is the Video after correction. It makes a massive difference.
Recently I told my Flip subscribers to expect an exclusive free Video from me. I did a quick survey and the Video the majority wanted was some tips on filming themselves. So I’ve shot the film (still from the shoot above) and I am halfway through editing it. Looks like it will be about 8 minutes of useful content.
If you want to access the Video when I release it this week you need to subscribe in the sidebar!
I spotted this video via @FlipVideoBrand. This is a great example of a creative Flip Video called:
“Kassandra and Sean’s Eco-friendly Save The Date Video”
In their words:
5 hours of filming
4 hours of editing
3 legged tripod
2 crazy people in love
1 flip camera
PRICELESS DAY!!!
ENJOY!
So I got in touch with the creator and here’s some background info:
From Kassandra Taylor: “I edited the entire thing and we both directed it spontaneously throwing out ideas for the next take. Honestly, we didn’t really act…that’s how we are in real life. We basically headed out of our apt with a flip camera and tripod and were open to see where the day would take us. After we decided on a good shot, we would set up the tripod and camera in the right place and then both run to get in the shot (hoping nobody would steal the camera in the shots that were a little further away from us…but Sean was prepared to run, haha )
What inspired us…Our wedding is coming up in June and we wanted to create an eco-friendly/green way to do a save the date for all of our friends and family without wasting so much paper. So with both of us being performers, Sean-a musician, and I a professional contemporary ballet dancer…it seemed like the perfect solution to take a day and head to downtown Greensboro. We shot this on one of the first gorgeous days we had here in North Carolina and I came home that night and edited on Imovie with the antique filter. We are having a vintage indie DIY eco-friendly wedding in Atlanta…so it fits in perfectly with our theme.
We did this video as a unique and original save the date for only our family and friends…but if it inspires others to think about going more green with their weddings-that would be the ultimate bonus!”
Check out this Rap Video shot on, you guessed it, a Flip camera. Pretty nice looking, the great thing about shooting music videos on a Flip is you don’t need to worry about audio, it’s added separately afterwards of course.
“Holdin’ On” – Fokis Ft. RJ Swift, Potent & Rasheeda Wallace (Prod. by Real McKoy)
I spotted this Video where YouTuber KiwiKnowsKarate seems to be having trouble uploading her Flip Video. Answer: the easiest way is to use flipshare. Watch my video below, you might want to hit the full screen button. Please Facebook Like or Tweet if you found it useful.
Amazing use of a Flip Video camera by Kiana Wilson who shot this for Video ad for jeweller to the stars Jason of Beverly Hills.
If you need to make in house promos or ads for your business just grab your Flip Video, pick up some Video skills and you can make cool Video Marketing ads at the fraction of the price of hiring a crew. It’s a great way to test your market out first before investing in a big campaign.
See Pocket Video Powerfor my new interactive Video Marketing training programme comprising over 35 Videos, pdfs, and storyboards plus direct feedback on your work.
I know a lot of you guys use your Flip Cams to film events like birthdays, parties, and the like.
I’ve filmed some pretty big events in my time for TV shows. One big event I covered was a Wedding as Director for the BBC show ‘Don’t Tell The Bride’. It’s a hit Reality show where the Groom arranges the whole Wedding out of sight of the bride to be.
Another hectic show I made was an episode of MTV’s ‘My Supersweet 16′ where a rich teen gets the Birthday party of a lifetime.
"Your programme is absolutely first class and I wish I'd seen it before I spent £3,000 on professional video production! "
Scott Watson, Summit Training
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I know a lot of you guys use your Flip Cams to film events like birthdays, parties, and the like.
