Marketing video tips 4 – appearance and locations

By David StrelitzNo Comments
We are now ready to shoot our video, so in this 4th part of the marketing Video Tips let’s look at appearance and locations. Appearance. If you are appearing in front of the camera, even if you are just doing a testimonial for another business, do think about your dress attire. From a technical viewpoint, do not wear check or polka dot shirts / blouses etc as the camera will produce moiré patterns. Appropriate clothing will vary depending on the content, trade, profession and just like going to meetings you can never get it totally right. Clean and smart, is mandatory, even if you are a car mechanic! From an aesthetic viewpoint, dare I say ...and I will anyway – hairy chests, ample cleavages and tattoos should not appear within a business orientated video, so keep them covered up...unless of course you are a hairy cleavage tattooist then I suppose it may be the way ahead! I have to just mention make-up. The...
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Video production tips

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Video communication is great for websites and SEO and here are some practical video production tips. I will formulate a top 10. However, in the meantime if anyone has any questions regarding video production, feel free to post here or contact me. Many people like to film themselves for their websites. Invariably what lets these videos down is the audio. On board mics on cameras and phones won’t cut it, so invest in a proper mic. A wired tie clip mic will give you clearer sound and reduce the 'boomy' effect that comes from the mic being non directional and too far away. If you intend to work with a professional company, get some ideas together about your business before you meet them. You know more than they ever will about your business. If it is a simple presentation to camera, don’t expect it will take five minutes. Allow plenty of time. Don’t just take the back of a flyer/brochure and think that it will...
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