Webcasts

film and video lighting magic

Video and Film Lighting Magic

Our 19th Webcast where we discuss Video and Film Lighting Magic. What lights? What diffusions? What technologies? What does it matter? Join us for this week's Crew Talk as get some incredible insights and hard-fought anecdotes from some video and film industry rock stars about the magic of lighting. Sarah Marince: Hello everyone. Happy Wednesday. Welcome to crew talk brought to you by shoots.video. That was an awesome intro. Thank you, Justin. For that intro. I'm Sarah Marince. I'll be… View the Video

positive thinking

Positive Thinking in a Murky 2021

Our 18th Webcast where we discuss Positive Thinking and How to See Clearly Through a Murky 2021. So what do we do every year during the holiday season? We make outlandish, unattainable, and often ridiculous resolutions that almost all of us already know we will not keep. Interested in a better video / film success plan for 2021+? To help find a more useful solution to this New Year’s ritual we invited the authors of You Can Choose to share… View the Video

indie film distribution

Indie Film Distribution 2021 - Movie makers meet with Independent Film Distribut

Our 17th Webcast where we discuss Indie Film Distribution with Filmmakers & Distributors. From Amazon to Sundance how do you get more eyeballs to see your flick? To answer this and other related questions we reached out to both filmmakers and distributors for guidance. Have your questions ready and let’s all learn how to better distribute our documentaries and feature films. Indie Film Distribution Panel Independent Film Distribution: Discussion with Indie Film Distributors Sarah Marince: Hello, everyone. Happy Wednesday. And… View the Video

Promote Video Production Services

Promote Your Video Production Services

Our 16th webcast where we discuss the best ways to promote your video production services. On this webcast we discussed the best ways to reach your target audience in order to gain more business. Below is a summary of the topics we discussed: - Website Design & Development - Email Newsletters - Social Media - Internet Marketing (SEO) - Communities, Forums & Directories - Testimonials & Reviews - Content Marketing (Blogs & Articles) - Google Ads Sarah Marince: Hello, everyone.… View the Video

Drone Cinematography

Drone Cinematography for Hollywood and Commercial Productions

Our 15th webcast where we discuss Drone Cinematography. On this episode of Crew Talk, we discuss drone cinematography with the people that fly cameras for Hollywood as well as for commercial projects. Have you added yourself as a resource in our production community? If so, we'll be giving away a $100 prize to whoever is at the top of the home page leaderboard on Dec 1st. Justin McAleece: My name is Justin McAleece. This is Crew Talk, and we are… View the Video

Seattle Summit 2020

2020 Seattle Film Summit Goes Virtual

Our 14th webcast where we discuss the upcoming Seattle Film Summit. Discussing the upcoming 2020 Seattle Film Summit with, Ben Andrews, the founder of the event. The Seattle Film Summit combines the art and business of filmmaking to advance the funding, creation, and distribution of stories that reflect the thriving, socially aware film culture around the world and in the Pacific Northwest. Plus this year is the 1st time the Seattle Film Summit goes digital so virtually anyone can attend!!… View the Video

Video editing

Video Editing - How to Specialize and do what you Love

Our 13th webcast where we discuss the topic of Editing. Panelists: Sarah Marince Mauricio Tapia Kyra Uniejewski Awni Issa Aaron Tharp Andy Matthews Sarah Marince: Hello, everyone happy Wednesday. And welcome to crew talk brought to you by shoots.video. I'm Sarah morons, and I will be your host this evening. And today we are talking about editing. So we have a wonderful panel here to tell you all about it. As always. I have my list of questions with me… View the Video

Crew Talk Directing

Directing on a budget - How to put the money on the screen

Our 12th webcast where we discuss the topic of directing. Panelists: Justin McAleece blaremedia.net Rickey Bird www.hecticfilms.com Jean-Luc Slagle wearescope.com Craig Teper parentheticalpictures.com Chris Lofing tremendum.com Travis Cluff tremendum.com Justin McAleece: Justin McAleece here with Shoots.Video crew talk coming to you live from Fresno, California. Wow. Hey, how are you guys doing? What's up? Good, good. Excellent. All right. So in my upper left, I don't know how it looks on your end, but we got the man the myth,… View the Video

Acting 101

Acting 101: Movies vs Commercial

Our 11th webcast where we discuss the topic of acting in movies vs commercial projects. We explored the topic of acting in movies vs commercial projects and answer the questions of how to get paid acting gigs, how to secure an agent or be in a talent agency and what to expect in your career as an actor. We also focus on the demands and perks of the different types of projects actors typically do including narrative, commercial, corporate, etc.… View the Video

corporate script writing

Tips for Writing Corporate Video Scripts

Our 10th webcast where Sarah is discussing the process of script writing for corporate videos with 5 talented writers. Corporate Video Script Writing Topics: - How they got into the industry. - Their natural script writing style. - Multi-column video scripts. - Tips for writing great scripts & best practices. - Audience Q&A. Panelists: Mike Kirby Willie Pena Scott Davis Terri Marie John Kelly How to Write a Corporate Video Script Sarah Marince: Hello everyone. It's Wednesday. So that means… View the Video