One of the most down to earth video on this subject I came across in the past few months (I only started to trying to become filmmaker since May 😅). - social media: guilty as charged, hate vertical content, I need to pull my finger out… - gear paradox: happy to report, started to grove it out, but still need to get some good lights - shooting free: so true, everyone telling me in my surroundings that I shouldn’t do free work…so currently I am doing nothing 😂 Where I live at the moment, people do not value free stuff that much ( they think it is bad quality)
Man I really appreciate the compliment, it brings the biggest smile to my face knowing you found value in this topic. Congratulations on starting your journey earlier this year btw! -We’re all guilty of neglecting social media in one way shape or form. I’m focusing on TH-cam but need to up my Instagram game which is a goal going into 2025. Of course vertical content works best for things like reels and TikTok but there are plenty of accounts out there finding success posting horizontal content as well. The biggest hurdle is getting started then you can gain momentum. -In my area, the people who say don’t shoot for free are always the ones doing mediocre work. I guess they’re worried because they know they’re not good haha. The key to shooting for free and people not valuing free work is to approach them like a test client. So you go to a restaurant for example and say “hey my name is so and so, I run a video production company and I’m looking for 3 test clients to build my portfolio. You’ll receive a 30 second commercial, that can be repurposed for vertical social media content. This is in exchange for a review and feedback on the final results, client experience and overall process to better serve my clients.” So you’re using it as an exchange for not only footage to use but to see where you need to get better straight from the clients mouth. The exchange also adds more value to what you’re doing and gives more purpose to remove that ideas of bad quality. Additionally, it leaves the opportunity for them to say, “well what if I needed a 60 second video?” You can make a sale for the additional work involved.
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One of the most down to earth video on this subject I came across in the past few months (I only started to trying to become filmmaker since May 😅).
- social media: guilty as charged, hate vertical content, I need to pull my finger out…
- gear paradox: happy to report, started to grove it out, but still need to get some good lights
- shooting free: so true, everyone telling me in my surroundings that I shouldn’t do free work…so currently I am doing nothing 😂
Where I live at the moment, people do not value free stuff that much ( they think it is bad quality)
Man I really appreciate the compliment, it brings the biggest smile to my face knowing you found value in this topic. Congratulations on starting your journey earlier this year btw!
-We’re all guilty of neglecting social media in one way shape or form. I’m focusing on TH-cam but need to up my Instagram game which is a goal going into 2025. Of course vertical content works best for things like reels and TikTok but there are plenty of accounts out there finding success posting horizontal content as well. The biggest hurdle is getting started then you can gain momentum.
-In my area, the people who say don’t shoot for free are always the ones doing mediocre work. I guess they’re worried because they know they’re not good haha. The key to shooting for free and people not valuing free work is to approach them like a test client. So you go to a restaurant for example and say “hey my name is so and so, I run a video production company and I’m looking for 3 test clients to build my portfolio. You’ll receive a 30 second commercial, that can be repurposed for vertical social media content. This is in exchange for a review and feedback on the final results, client experience and overall process to better serve my clients.” So you’re using it as an exchange for not only footage to use but to see where you need to get better straight from the clients mouth. The exchange also adds more value to what you’re doing and gives more purpose to remove that ideas of bad quality. Additionally, it leaves the opportunity for them to say, “well what if I needed a 60 second video?” You can make a sale for the additional work involved.