After the shooting stops … (the cutting begins) This is a wonderful book by Ralph Rosenblum, who edited six Woody Allen films. He also edited The Pawnbroker, The Producers, and Goodbye, Columbus. The book is a great insight into the world of feature film editing. It’s unlikely you’ll be editing a feature film, but once you’ve […]
Category Archives: Starting a business
Working with your clients One of the most important relationships you have when you’re shooting corporate video is the one you have with your client. After all, they’re the one who has contracted you to produce the video, so you need to get along with them and ideally involve them in the process. Now that […]
How much do I charge? Working out how much to charge for your services is not always easy. Whilst you may want to keep your prices low, so businesses will contract you to shoot their video, low prices can put some potential clients off. “If it’s that low, then it can’t be any good,” can […]
Marketing Starting your business is easy, it just costs money. Getting ‘business’ is the hard part and there is no right way to go about this. If you have taken the leap and decided this is the business you want to be in, then odds on you already have one or two (or even more) […]
So, what do you need to run your own video business? Like any business you need the tools of the trade. Here’s my start-up list: Tools of the trade Mid-range video camera and good quality tripod. You may already own a camera, but it needs to be able to shoot the sort of projects you […]
This is the first in a series of blogs about starting your own video production business, based on my experiences over the past 11 years. My hope is that you’ll find these posts helpful and that they’ll get you on your way to running your own successful and fulfilling business. So – where to start? […]