VideoBrand

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.

Our content includes tutorials on making videos, using YouTube as a marketing channel, and the latest news in the world of video media and marketing.

Driving with Geoffrey Gilmore [Part 3 of 5]

Jul 4, 2008 | ,

This is part three of a five part adventure that involves driving Geoffrey Gilmore (the Director of the Sundance Film Festival) around Tallahassee, Diet Cokes, private jets, The Visitor, tea, a 4 am flight, and of course, coffee. Part one and Part two. Geoffrey, the...

Contests, Permits, Lego Vault, et al [Coffee Break]

Jul 2, 2008 |

Contests Cinema Prosprite - $35,000 in Prizes Awarded to Top Videos Profiling Entrepreneurs Riding on the waves of micro-loans, this short doc contest is for films profiling an entrepreneur (they don't explicitly say, but it seems they want entrepreneurs that live in...

Pre-Production on The Great One [Producing]

Jul 1, 2008 |

As noted before, it's back to producing mode. This is the same director that I produced The Treasonist for (where I got a free bus and Dodge Magnum). Here's the one-line synopsis: A messenger in the Napoleonic Wars contemplates his future after accidentally...

Adventures with Geoffrey Gilmore [Part 2 of 5]

Jun 30, 2008 | ,

This is part two of a five part adventure that involves Geoffrey Gilmore, the Director of the Sundance Film Festival, driving around Tallahassee, Diet Cokes, private jets, The Visitor, tea, a 4 am flight, and of course, coffee. Part one. For the mode of...

Can I Get You Some Coffee, Mr. Gilmore?

Jun 27, 2008 | ,

Geoffrey Gilmore is actually more of a tea drinker. While his name probably doesn't sound very familiar (unless you're thinking of Happy), Mr. Gilmore has had a hand in launching the careers and films of practically every famous independent film and filmmaker that has...

The Magic of the Ikea Big Blue Bag

Jun 26, 2008 | ,

It's back to producing mode, so here's one of my favorite and least expensive tools: the Ikea Big Blue Bag. About a year or so ago, Ikea started charging five cents for plastic bags. So I picked up three of these for 59 cents each (and snuck one of the yellow shopping...

It’s Dailies, Not Weeklies

Jun 24, 2008 | ,

In a perfect film set world (real world), you shoot for the day, send the film to the lab that night to be processed, return the next day, shoot some more, and then during lunch (or beginning/end of the day), you watch what you shot the previous day. These are called...

Making it Sound Good

Jun 22, 2008 |

Since I've been sound mixing for the past three days, with three more to go (a double show), I thought it would be appropriate to post some tips on getting the best audio possible from Christian Dwiggins, Master Engineer and owner of Engine Room Studios, a sound...

Strobist and World Press Photo – Photography Coffee-Break

Jun 20, 2008 |

Here's a collection of links I've been hording relating to still photography. Some things to gain from photography: mastering composition, lighting, quick shooting, and using what's available. Enjoy! Strobist Preliminaries - Gear and Jargon Basics [Pduncan] This video...