Routledge Corporate Video Production: Beyond the Board Room (And Out of the Bored Room)

Product Description In this updated edition of Corporate Video Production, Stuart Sweetow teaches aspiring and seasoned videographers how to make imaginative corporate videos with eye-catching designs, rhythmic editing tricks, and essential scriptwriting and interview techniques. Readers will learn how to shoot on location or in a studio, work with employees-turned-actors, find new clients, and produce online videos and podcasts for corporations, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. Additionally, this new edition has been updated to include discussion questions, chapter summaries, and professional tips, and to cover live webcasting, mobile devices, shooting in 4K, micro-videos, micro-cameras, and storytelling techniques for corporate social responsibility programs. A companion website features downloadable forms and further resources. Review "For half a decade, Stuart Sweetow’s Corporate Video Production has been essential reading for corporate video producers―novices and veterans alike. The new edition, updated for our 4K-ready, microcamera-savvy, mobile-centric moment, sets the new standard. With the invaluable perspective of a seasoned producer who knows how to build a versatile, profitable corporate video business and keep it rolling through changing technologies and times, Sweetow provides easy-to-follow insight on corporate video from every angle: how to pitch it, plan it, cast it, direct it, shoot it, deliver it, and get it seen." ―Steve Nathans-Kelly, Editor, Streaming Media Producer "A practical, real-life compendium of what every corporate video professional must know to succeed. From banking to high tech, Sweetow shares up-to-date universal truths, revealing them through dozens of little known secrets of corporate production that will help jump start any career. Highly recommended!" ―Greg Snyder, Former Senior Vice President of Corporate Video, World Savings About the Author Stuart Sweetow is a video producer specializing in corporate video production and informational videos. His career started in 1970 when he won first place in the Southern Illinois University Film Festival, after which he worked as a staff video producer for corporations for several years until he founded Audio Visual Consultants, a video production company specializing in producing training and marketing videos for corporations and nonprofit organizations. He taught video production for seven years at the University of California Berkeley Extension, and he has written over 100 articles on video for various magazines.