by roryrmg | Jul 8, 2021 | Latest Thoughts, News, Production
Is producing your own promo video a good idea? Well maybe. It all depends on your content and how you want to be seen by your client. I am reminded of a customer who came into our office in the late 1980s. He had shot a video with his camcorder to promote his company...
by roryrmg | Jul 8, 2021 | Latest Thoughts, News, Production
It takes more people than you might think to make a quality production. Just watch the movie or TV show credits sometimes, you will be amazed. The other night I was watching a documentary on the filming of a TV show that I have watched for a while on the History...
by roryrmg | Jul 8, 2021 | Business Operations, Latest Thoughts, News, Production
Technology is great and can certainly make our lives a lot easier,when it works. When it does not, or at least not as we expected, it can be frustrating and sometimes embarrassing. My favorite “technology gone astray” moment was in the 1990s. My flight to...
by roryrmg | Jul 8, 2021 | Latest Thoughts, News, Production
Some video shoots are more interesting to shoot than others. This is a shot taken in 1990. We were shooting this in the S-VHS format, and it was a memorable shoot for me, because the product we were promoting (MaxiMit), was one to help prevent prisoner escapes. It was...
by roryrmg | Jul 8, 2021 | Business Operations, Latest Thoughts, News, Production
Zig Ziglar once wrote in one of his books about a little girl getting on a jet plane for the first time. As she boarded, she looked down the aisle at all the seats and the massive cabin. With wide-eyed astonishment, she said, “Wow!” That is what he called...
by roryrmg | Jul 8, 2021 | Allied Video Services, Latest Thoughts, News, Production
One of the perks of being in the video business is being involved with many different companies. By working with each, you learn a lot that you just did not know or never really thought about. This was the case with a client in Norfolk, VA that we were shooting a...
