Welcome to the VPV club! What’s a VPV you say? It’s what we call a video production virgin – or someone who decided they wanted to start running a video production house without knowing what the hell they’re doing. The VPV is common among 25 – 35 year old males with beards who are against the…
Reddit Video Pros Answer – Most Cringeworthy Mistake Made on a Job?
This week we took to Reddit’s Videography subreddit in search of the most cringeworthy VPV screw-ups, and the web didn’t disappoint.
Guest Post: Filmmaking Lifestyle – How to Make $1k in 5 Hours
This week we are super stoked to have been featured on Filmmaking Lifestyle’s blog. Our post covers how packaging your content can help you make boat loads of cash by packaging your video services. In our post, we break down how you can create a $1k package with just 5 hours of work. That’s hella…
What to Do When Video Clients Don’t Pay
Here’s how to get your client to pay up on time. Struggling to get clients to pay on time and what was agreed upon is one of the most common pain points.
Find Video Clients the Easy Way (Mind=BLOWN)
‘Sup virgins. It’s time to get down to business. After doing some polling on the interwebs, we found that getting work and finding people who actually want to pay you for your video expertise isn’t as easy as some of you thought it was going to be in your college years. While building up a…
5 Top Video Production Blogs You Should Be Following
Staying up on the latest and greatest in production, gear and video best practices. What a time to be alive, virgins. You are running a production company in a day and age where every single question you may have about production, gear, running a business, vitamin D deficiency symptoms or the height of Kevin Hart (he’s…
8 Interview Questions that Set You Up for Video Gold
Simple brand videos are great for building up a reel as you get started out. So what should you be asking?
The Best Video Client to Win in 2017
Here’s the best video client you can snag this year, and how to actually win their business. Alright virgins, it’s time to go preppers on this bitch and plan. No no, I’m not talking about Trump destroying the world (political talk is banned here people!). I’m talking about your plan for booking clients this year….
5 Video Stats that Seriously Matter in 2017
Why 2017 is the year of video for small businesses. If you’re starting a production company, you’ve got quite the year ahead of you. Video is kicking ass and taking names moving into 2017. Brands need great videos, now more than ever. Your Facebook feed is filled with a billion cooking videos shared by your aunt (seriously…
Life of a Production Coordinator: 3 Things I Learned on my Last Video Shoot
Whaddup virgins, it’s been a little while since we’ve had a post. But I swear, I have a good excuse! The past 5 weeks I’ve been traveling with the BOSSES at Spirit Animal on a corporate production that’s taken us to Portland, OR and Montreal and Toronto in Canadia land (pretty sweet, eh?), New York and Chicago….
6 Video Stats that will Sell your Video Services for You
Virgins, it’s time to sell. I know what you’re thinking, “I’m just not experienced enough to sell myself!” Well lucky for you, the stats are out, and video is practically selling itself nowadays. Do a simple Google search of “video statistics” and you’ll find 1 billion blog posts telling you about video usage and performance…
The One Thing You Need to Know About Video Production That Nobody Tells You
You’re not an artist, you’re a business owner. Fact: 93.75% of video production virgins (VPVs) are never told this simple, yet crucial tip. Okay, maybe that’s not a proven statistic, but it’s definitely the most common misconception we see in VPVs young and old. People seem to avoid talking about this. It’s not some huge, top-secret piece…
Make $1k in 5 Hours on Your Next Video Project
Everyday in cities across the world, video productions virgins (VPVs) are working 12-hour production days for a mediocre day rate. Regardless of how awesome your footage and end product are, if your wallet is chafing from being empty, it can make for a super sad career in video production. So I ask all of you VPVs… Are you looking…
