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That Other Company…

There’s another video company out there (gasp…whaaaat)…yes, readers; unfortunately for our sales team, we’re not your only option. So this other company – let’s just call them smimpeo smudios (we are so not going to increase their SEO, pahlease). They’re kind of a big player in the world of video productions; they can do some…

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When it’s OK to Go Beyond

We tell you time and time again: Keep your video short! So now, we’re going to completely contradict ourselves and tell you that sometimes its ok to let your explainer videogo beyond the 90 second mark…sometimes. Online video content can range from a full television show (lasting 30-60 minutes) to a online video ad (lasting…

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How to REALLY Pitch a Client with Video

So what do you do when you find yourself pitching a top company to help launch their latest product? Probably get a great slideshow together, put on your suit, make sure you’ve memorized your PowerPoint, etc. Now what do you do when you find yourself pitching a top company and you’re Revolution Productions? Make a…

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Cha ChaChaChaaanges: How Revolution Productions got its Name

We have a pretty awesome name, I know. So you’re probably wondering why we chose it or how it came to us (however you want to look at it). Well, you’ve already heard about our Founder and Head Producer Anish Patel and his journey to founding Revolution Productions, but why Revolution Productions…why not something else?…

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Storyboarding Round Two: The How-To Blog Post

Last week we discussed what storyboarding is and from where it came.. So this week, let’s talk about how you actually go about putting together a storyboard for your product or service explainer video. There are many different ways to go about this process, but since this is a blog post, I’m going to keep…

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From Disney to Mad Men: Storyboarding Uses and Evolution

You’ve probably heard the term ‘storyboard’ before, and it probably evokes an image of cartoon pictures on a large white board. So what is it? And does anyone still use it? Well, storyboards are illustrations or images put in sequential order for the purpose of pre-visualizing a movie, motion graphic picture, animation video or any…

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A Review of Airtime: The PG-version of Chatroulette

Chatting with absolute strangers has always been a part of the Internet since the early days of message board systems. Text-based chatting continues to dominate many chat rooms, while video chat has never really taken off. However this could all change with Sean Parker’s (Facebook guy, Napster guy, The Social Network movie played by Justin…

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Educational Videos: Learning from the Best

Though we have spent much time highlighting web videos for advertising, today we’re going to talk about a different kind of web video service: the Educational Video. Sometimes called e-learning videos, this type of video can be dated back to 1942 when the US government showed a film series to military recruits called, “Why We…

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Video in Banner Ads: Creating a Web Banner with Video

Have you ever seen a web banner ad? Obviously. Have you ever seen a video in that banner ad? Maybe…but you probably didn’t click it. How do I know that? Banner ads have an average click-through rate of one in 1,000. Eeesh. However, Mashable put together a list of 10 Amazingly Clickable Banner Ads and…

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No Longer King of the Castle: Is YouTube Falling?

YouTube has been undergoing many changes in the past couple of months, including a redesign that launched the new “professional content” pages on the site. The company has also rumored to have been scrubbing accounts, even deactivating dead YouTube accounts. Many of the most popular YouTubers have reported a decline in their viewership since these…

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