If you “like” Michigan Creative Video on Facebook or follow us on Twitter, then you’ve probably seen our “Film Tip Friday” posts every week. We like to post quick little tips that we think of for shooting, editing, audio, etc., and we hope that these tips help you out, if even just a little bit. Even though we post a …
We all know that social media is a key component to the success of any business, driving increased traffic to your website, generating leads, improving your search ranking, and much more. We have also seen, especially recently, that video is another key factor in this area. Videos engage potential clients, more so than text alone, because they are (or at …
When your favorite show goes to a commercial break, do you change the channel until it comes back? Mute your TV? Make yourself a snack? Anything to avoid those 5 long minutes of boredom while you wait? If you don’t do any of these things, or anything else for that matter, and you just sit and try to pay attention …
For so long people and businesses alike have been using YouTube for both personal and professional use. Recently Michigan Creative Video found Wistia, and we love it. Wistia is different from YouTube in a lot of ways, and we will be using it a lot in the future, but we also will not be abandoning YouTube any time soon. Being …
A lot of people think that their business is doing just fine without videos, but have you ever thought about how much better your business might be doing if you did have video? It’s been shown that people actually spend more time on a website or a page if it has a video. A lot of people prefer to watch …
What editing program do you use? Why do you like it? What do you hate about it? Do you ever just wish that you could take components from several different programs and combine them into your own, perfect, personalized video editing software program? Yeah, me too! I have always used Final Cut Pro 7 and I love it. One of …
I love Lansing. To me, and to a certain group that are reading this, it may sound cliché. Even though most of you may know I am not one to really mind if I am saying the correct thing or writing what I should. However, I hope that saying “Love Lansing” is cliché and over used. That means that it …
When you watch videos, even the very shortest ones, do you think about just how much work actually goes into making them? The long hours of shooting, editing footage to make it look perfect, going over audio and video over and over again until it’s burned into your brain, so that every time you hear a certain song all …
