This podcast clip will encourage you to be inspired to create from seeking sources of inspiration. Woody’s Produce talks about how not to be intimidated when improving an already existing product because you can put your spin on it. He further goes on to recount how certain products evolved into new and improved designs that later became different than the original. More from episode 13 on Creative Haven on iTunes here: Being Your True Self To Stand Out From The Crowd While Consistently Learning & Practicing To Find Flow State
Increase Your Engagement on Video Content Marketing with These 14 Reasons
You may see advertisements and commercials while browsing through social media or when catching up on your favorite show. Wondering how you can reach your audience through multiple social media platforms and increase your brand equity? Skeptical about video marketing and don’t understand how it can be beneficial to you and your business? This article explains all about that! In addition to sharing important statistics and insights surrounding video marketing, the article also shares 14 reasons in the form of infographics that help you understand why this marketing tool is important. These infographics explain the multiple ways videos can be used for your business, the benefits of using video marketing, and the increase in sales, leads, and organic traffic that can result from implementing videos onto your website pages, blogs, and social media pages. The article also shares three closing tips to keep in mind when creating videos such as your audience’s engagement and how they are viewing your content. These visuals help you see why you need to implement video marketing in your business!*
Credit: Ramona Sukhraj 14 Reasons Why You Need to Use Video Content Marketing [2019 Infographic]
Create Videos Without Needing Film School
You don’t need film school to be great at video content.
Have you ever stopped yourself from making videos because you thought you weren’t educated enough to create something people would watch? As a film graduate and Youtuber, I’ve found that film school isn’t necessary to create amazing video content. I’ve found that you can become an outstanding video creator if you watch classic and current films and TV shows, study trends online, find a mentor or experienced crew to teach you, and learn by practicing consistently.
What if you just want to make videos for marketing your products? Sometimes the most viral videos come from an iPhone - what matters is your message and if it resonates with your audience.
Not to mention the breadth of online sources to learn from, you can become a powerful video creator without the film school debt.
Achieve Results In Your Career Or Business By Making A Physical and Psychological Space For Creativity To Nurture Ideas Through Mindfulness
Check out our interview with Cameron Brown! Cameron is a musician, speaker, and executive coach who has spoken at events across four continents with some including a grand piano live performance, has music streamed to millions of people across 195 countries, and delivered the closing talk at Italy’s largest TEDx. In this episode, we talk about creating a space, physically and psychologically, to encourage creativity and use the ideas and thoughts that come from tapping into that vulnerable space as inspiration for your business or career. We also talk about using creativity and curiosity to become adaptable to change in business. To listen to episode 17, go to Creative Haven on iTunes here: Achieve Results In Your Career Or Business By Making A Physical and Psychological Space For Creativity To Nurture Ideas Through Mindfulness
Watch This Lively Special Effects Style Come to Life in this Edit
Watch this lively special effects style come to life in this edit by VideoReX below🥪!
How To Act on Your Creativity- Marcus Gray Podcast Clip
Hear more inspirational words from Marcus in episode 5 of our podcast! In this clip, he defines success by loving and working on your creative impulse, work, and vision. He believes that by working on your creative vision and work, you will allow yourself to examine your passion as well as yourself. For the full episode, go on iTunes under Creative Haven here: Hip Hop Culture As A Male Rite of Passage, Celebrating Parenthood In Hip Hop, and The Connection Between Creativity and Spirituality
Reasons You Need Video Marketing in Your Business
Curious how you can drive engagement and increase brand awareness to your business? If you’re a business owner or creative and you haven’t implemented video marketing yet, then you’ll need to read this article! Video marketing is growing rapidly, and utilizing it for your business is necessary for 2020 as it gives consumers a story behind a product, brand, or event. This article lists out six reasons why video marketing is essential for your business and marketing strategy because not using video could make your business miss on securing connections and opportunities with consumers. The 6 reasons summarized are that people prefer to watch videos as it helps deliver your message, strengthens your brand identity, helps with your search engine optimization, and any metrics you’ve been working on like conversions or lead magnets. Your consumers will remember watching the videos you make and can share it on other social media platforms. The article lists a few statistics to further explain why video marketing is important. Two that stand out are that “72% of customers prefer to learn more about a product by watching a video.” and “81% of businesses are using video as a part of their online marketing strategy”. These statistics should give you motivation and ideas on what to create. The videos you create don’t have to look professional; instead, there are apps and tools to assist you in creating a simple good quality video. Reach your audience better through consistent videos that tell a story.
Credit: Ted Sellers Why is Video marketing so important in 2020
Which Cameras to Buy for Video Content
Good videos don’t require expensive equipment.
Have you ever stressed about which camera to buy for video content?
Many people think that you need the newest brand name camera to get the best video quality. Common knowledge amongst cinematographers and filmmakers is that the tech doesn’t always matter, and that you can make gold with high quality lenses, proper lighting, solid composition, and adhering to camera basics like shutter angle, aperture, ISO, and white balance.
Learn the fundamentals of filmmaking or hire someone who knows - you can make magic on a low budget.
What camera do you use? Type in the comments below and share this with one person you know that’s thinking about buying a camera.
Building Teams You Trust to Execute Big Creative Ideas While Working On Low-Budget Projects to Prepare for Million Dollar Commercials
Check out episode 16 of our podcast! Kelly Gunning is a production designer who has worked on national commercials for brands such as McDonald's, Toyota, and Amazon. In this episode, learn more about production design and how building and working on an effective team with members from different departments can help you gather inspiration from outside sources. He also mentions how working on low-budget projects can prepare you for the big-budget projects as you learn and grow in each project. Listen this episode here: Building Teams You Trust to Execute Big Creative Ideas While Working On Low-Budget Projects to Prepare for Million Dollar Commercials
Fresh Behind the Scenes Shot
Fresh behind the scenes shot by @stormstudiosnorway 🌊 Check out the video below:
How To Be Excited About Your Work- Flekz Podcast Clip
Enjoy episode 11’s podcast clip with Flekz as he talks about how he gets excited about his work. He mentions how seeing his work as his passion changes his outlook on preparing to work. Listen to more on Creative Haven on iTunes: Channeling Your Emotions With Music To Create Art And The Importance Of Freestyling Your Creativity For Authenticity!!
Discover the Top Free Video Editing Software
Filmed an amazing video and are looking for video editing software to edit on? Why should you have to spend money on an expensive video editing software, when you can edit on quality apps and software for free? This article offers you 24 of the best free video editing software for desktops and mobile devices! The desktop editing software lists a range of desktop software perfect for beginners and advanced video editors. Most of the software included in this list have a pro or paid version; however, the features in the free version should be enough for your video editing. Most of the software is compatible with Windows, Apple, and Linux systems. If you’re editing on the go, the video editing apps, available on iOS and Android, also have features and functions to help you edit and share easily. There are also apps designed specifically to edit videos on Instagram. Each editing software has a pros and cons list, as well as a notable features section to help you further in your downloading decision. The software you used to edit will make your videos stand out on your website, social media, or marketing campaign!
Credit: Tom Wells 24 Best Free Video Editing Software Programs in 2020
Balancing Creativity, Spirituality, and Entrepreneurship to Make Money As A Creative With Purpose
Listen to this episode on how to align your purpose with your creativity, while also getting compensated for your work. Our guest, David Nichtern, is an Emmy award-winning and Grammy nominated composer and musician, entrepreneur, Buddhist teacher, and author of “Creativity, Spirituality, and Making a Buck”. This episode explores topics such as how to get into your creative flow state to receive creative ideas, the role of commerce has in creativity, and the connection between creativity, spirituality, and entrepreneurship. Check out episode 15 on Creative Haven on iTunes: Balancing Creativity, Spirituality, and Entrepreneurship to Make Money As A Creative With Purpose
Terrific Behind the Scenes Shot of an Office Commercial
Terrific behind the scenes shot of an office commercial by Movie Effects VFX. Watch the video below!
Relaxing in a Busy Life- John Lee Dumas Podcast Clip
Come listen to this clip from episode 9 of our podcast with John Lee Dumas! In this clip, he talks about how he doesn’t force work or creativity to occur and does a relaxing activity instead; when he’s in a rut. He also mentions how pushing through certain activities may not feel as difficult to do as originally thought. For the full episode, go to iTunes under Creative Haven:Optimizing Your Creative Flow State And Productivity With Meditation, Journaling, and Getting Out Of Your Comfort Zone!
Essential Smartphone Apps to Edit Any File
Editing on the go? Need to tweak something, but don’t have the appropriate app to edit or view the file? No need to feel limited and restrained to your laptop or desktop. Whether you need to edit files, images, audio, or videos, if you have the app version or substitute for the website or desktop software, you should edit the file. This article shows apps suitable for editing Microsoft Office files, PDFs, audio, images, and videos for Android and iOS devices. If you have built-in apps such as Photos for iOS and Google Photos for Android, it’s easy to use those apps for your editing tasks, but they may not provide all the tools you need. The article also lists the top options for each editing task, for those wanting a simple editing app or those that require more advanced options such as annotating, warping objects, and adding filters for videos. Some apps mentioned in the article are Microsoft Office mobile, Keynote, Google Docs/Drive for word files, Xodo for PDFs, WavePad Audio Editor for audio, Adobe Photoshop Fix for images, and Adobe Premiere Clip for videos. The article also explains which apps may not be available for Android or iOS and which apps are free or are not.
Credit: David Nield How to Edit Nearly Any File on Your Phone or Tablet
Focus & Depth of Field
Can’t see the shot you just took clearly? Don’t know which camera functions adjust the focus? Understanding focus and depth of field will provide that control you need to affect the sharpness of an image and that creative push in the details of your photos and movies. We’ve got a detailed video that should help you improve the image clarity on your shots in film production.
One of the worst feelings as a filmmaker is to spend hours getting a shot just right, only to discover that it was out of focus. Having sharp focus is absolutely quintessential, and draws the line between seasoned and beginner filmmakers. There are several factors that affect focus, and we’re here to help you understand them, so you can get the sharpest image possible.
Before we even talk about the factors, what exactly is depth of field? Essentially, depth of field is a measurement of the range of acceptable focus in a frame. So if your depth of field is 9m, anything outside of that 9m will be out of focus. The placement of this range is based on the 1⁄3 - 2⁄3 rule. This rule states that if you focus on a subject, 1⁄3 of the depth of field will be in front of the subject, with the other 2⁄3 behind. So going back to the 9m, if you were to focus on a subject, 3m in front of them would be in focus, and another 6m behind them would also be in focus. Now that you know what depth of field is, we can talk about the 3 factors that affect them.
#1 - Aperture. The aperture of a camera is how open the lens of the camera is, and so how much light can be registered. When a camera’s aperture is more open, the depth of focus will be less, or more shallow. If the aperture is more closed, the depth of focus will be higher, or deeper.
#2 - Lens / Focal Length. Different types of lenses have huge effects on the image a camera produces. The wider a lens is, or the lower the focal length, the deeper the depth of focus will be. The longer the lens, such as telephoto lenses, the deeper the depth of field.
#3 - Distance of Subject to Camera. If you focus on a subject, the distance of them to the camera affects the depth of field. The closer your subject is, the shallower the depth of field. The farther they are, the deeper the depth of field.
Film Lighting & Camera Department Basics, How Photography Helped Him With Lighting Films, and Using Film As a Companion
Welcome our next podcast guest, Valentin Salembier! As a director of photography and owner of Oseku Lighting, Valentin shares his knowledge of lighting in films and the roles the camera department plays in film production. He also reminisces on his journey with photography and film, and how watching movies helped him during his tough times. Listen to episode 14 on iTunes on Creative Haven here: Film Lighting & Camera Department Basics, How Photography Helped Him With Lighting Films, and Using Film As a Companion
Watch How This Captivating Storyboard Came to Life in the Final Version of a Commercial
Watch how this captivating storyboard came to life in the final version of a commercial by Stanislav Krainik.✏️
How Technology Affects Creativity-Alec Ross Podcast Clip
Hear the impact technology has done to creativity in this clip from episode 10 of our podcast. In this episode, Alec believes technology will enhance creativity as technology has led to more creators and artists to create with advanced tools and be accessible to the world. For more on this intriguing topic, listen to the full episode on Creative Haven on iTunes here: Using Creativity To Distinguish Humans From Robotics and AI, While Utilizing Technology To Enhance our Artistic Expression.