Author:Paul Hamerton-Kelly

When clients ask us to create video assets to support their marketing efforts, they often have a pretty strong idea of what imagery they want. But that’s really only half the recipe when it comes to making a compelling video. In addition to great visuals, you need great audio to make a complete video experience.

So we packed up the truck full of lighting gear, microphones and our Canon 7D (with lots of RedRock Micro rigging) and hit the road to interview teachers and administrators in three different Oregon public school districts.  Over two days, we conducted a dozen interviews and collected B-roll footage from schools and administrative offices in Sherwood, Forest Grove and Tillamook.

Mambo Media has recently completed a number of short video production projects to support both external  and internal messaging goals for our clients, and it has struck me how much time it takes to develop the script for even a short (2 minute) video.

Last week the Mambo creative team spent a long day at a Portland production studio shooting several short videos for one of our clients. The videos were scripted, cast and directed by Mambo personnel, then produced using a professional camera crew and actors.

Our client in this case is a large telecommunications firm that wants to promote its online customer service products.