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VideoBrand is a digital marketing blog and YouTube channel that helps entrepreneurs learn how to use video to grow their brands. We focus on helping creators, marketers, business owners, and entrepreneurs of all shapes and sizes make better videos.

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Schadenfreude!

Oct 27, 2008 |

A while back I mentioned how I was sort of fired/not re-hired to run the on-campus TV station. Another person wooed the new president with her ideas of new TV shows and contests yet lacked any knowledge on how to actually do that. Well, I just found out that she was...

20 Amazing Movie Posters

Oct 26, 2008 | ,

Movie posters are the main visual representation you have to get someone to see your movie. Most are safe. Some, however, push beyond a simple advertisement to a work of art. These are 20 posters that dare to be different, all from films released in the past year or...

Five Sprockets – Film Production Tools Online

Oct 24, 2008 |

Last month at TechCrunch 50 I was introduced to Five Sprockets. Their mission is to bring all the tools you'd need to write and manage a film online and for free. Good idea, yes, but I don't think the execution is there yet. The main tools of the beta site are an...

Jumping the Gun: 10 Future Cult Films

Oct 22, 2008 |

Perhaps it's too early to predict which films gain cult status, but here's 10 recent movies fighting for the honor. Waltz with Bashir One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. The two men...

Portrait of a Lady Killer: Javier Bardem – New York Times

Oct 8, 2008 |

You grew up in Madrid, loving American as well as Spanish films. That’s true: I don’t believe in God, but I believe in Al Pacino. The other day I was watching ‘‘Dog Day Afternoon’’ again, and I see a man who is so true, so interesting and I understand more...

25 Movies About Music You Haven’t Seen

Oct 6, 2008 |

As the title says, this is a list of movies about music that you've probably passed over or never heard of. They all have some sort of cultural relevance, either about the piece of music history they explore or the film itself. So when you have a free weekend and are...

5 Ways to Become a Future Hollywood Power Player

Sep 23, 2008 | ,

While doing some film book browsing on Amazon, I caught the release of The Hollywood Assistants Handbook and ordered myself a copy. It wasn't long before everyone in school was reading a copy. After all, we're filled with FHPPs (that's Future Hollywood Power Players...

Editing Makeover

Sep 20, 2008 |

I remember back when I interviewed to get into the Film School, I said I was interested in writing and directing because that's where the story is shaped. The head interviewer added the editor to that list, though in a condescending way (I'd later learn that the guy...