Video Talks - Conversations on the Business of Video ‣ Marketing ‣ Filmmaking ‣ Online Video
31 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago -Video Talks helps creators, business owners and marketers learn from experts in their field (of vision) to make the right decisions when it comes to making, using and commissioning video in all its forms. Featuring inspiring interviews with leaders in video & film – across social media video, YouTube, advertising, animation, video marketing, filmmaking, corporate video and brand stories – with your host, director Andy Greenhouse. You'll learn how to create video strategies for every industry, what brands and agencies can do to use video effectively and tips and tricks from creators and commissioners across the spectrum. Video is the most powerful communication tool in today's world. If we can harness it for better results.... maybe we can change our world one video at a time. Run VT...
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How To Be Confident On Camera with Christopher Tester
December 11, 2023 00:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBIf you've ever had a fear of getting in front of a camera, this episode is for you. It's something I've been exploring myself with a 30 day Selfie Video School experiment to conquer my fear of the camera and see where confidence comes from. In this episode I talk (but mostly listen) to the awesome voice actor Christopher Tester as he speaks about how to get over that fear using practical tips anyone can apply. This is full of absolute gold. Listen and grow more confident on camera in the...
15 Surprising Video Tips for Creators, Filmmakers, Animators, Editors & Business Owners
November 11, 2020 23:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBVideo Talks mixes expertise in all areas of video, with tips for marketing, entrepreneurship and running your own business. This episode focuses on actionable, practical and hugely valuable advice from previous guest interviews – all wrapped up into one cosy episode. It’s also a taster of the show for anyone here for the first time. In this episode you’ll discover: Tom Box talks about the secret to running a successful animation business Louise Ford shares the fundamentals of great edit...
How To Look Awesome On Zoom With Aidan Fitzpatrick (+ Camo)
October 29, 2020 17:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBNow we’re all working from home a lot more it’s important to give a great first impression. You set the lighting, checked your background but... have you ever wondered why your laptop camera is such bad quality? Grainy, right? Well now there is a pretty awesome solution. The full title of this episode is How To Look Awesome On ZOOM, SKYPE, TEAMS, LOOM, SLACK, YOUTUBE, GOOGLE MEET, WEBINARS, FACEBOOK LIVE , DISCORD , FACETIME... With Your iPhone! Aidan Fitzpatrick is an award-winning tech...
How To Save Time & Money By Repurposing Video with Daniel Patrick Norton
October 15, 2020 22:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBWhen you’ve shot a video for your client or your business, what happens next? Does it sit on a YouTube channel or company website, pushed out as part of a digital campaign and then disappear? Repurposing video content can be a great way of stretching footage further. If you have a business, one day shooting can feed weeks of social media content – all it takes is a little bit of strategy and planning. Dan Norton is an editor and video repurposing specialist based in New York. Dan’s expe...
How To Be Successful on Instagram Reels & Social Video with Victoria Hutton
October 03, 2020 09:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBIt seems like every 6 months there’s a new video platform to navigate, right? 2020 was all about the TikTok inspired Instagram Reels. But how do you start with a new platform? How do you develop that confidence to record to camera? And how do you keep that momentum going? Victoria Hutton is a freelance videographer and editor based in London. After graduating she started her career as a trained journalist who tapped into video when technology became faster and more available. She qui...
How To Break a World Record on YouTube with Award-Winning Author Rob Biddulph
September 24, 2020 09:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBRob Biddulph is an award-winning author and illustrator who has increasingly used video to connect with his ever-growing audience. Before turning to illustration full-time, Rob had established himself as a leading designer and art director, winning awards and steering the visuals for some of the UKs most iconic mags including the NME and the Observer magazine. Having already caused a storm on social media with his #packedlunchpostits and behind the scenes book development, during the UK l...
PT.2 How to Grow Your Influence & Business on YouTube with Edie Clarke
September 17, 2020 00:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBEdie Clarke is a video & YouTube strategist, based in Brooklyn, New York. She’s also founder of Virtually In Sync – which helps companies and entrepreneurs create brand awareness for their business using videos and YouTube, ultimately helping them reach their audience & grow their business. After studying TV & Film Production at UCLA, Edie went to work for Sony Pictures and eventually founded her own company to provide video strategy, remote video creation, and video marketing services for...
PT.1 How to Grow Your Influence & Business on YouTube with Edie Clarke
September 09, 2020 23:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBEdie is a video & YouTube strategist, based in Brooklyn, New York. She’s also founder of Virtually In Sync – which helps companies and entrepreneurs create brand awareness for their business using videos and YouTube, ultimately helping them reach their audience & grow their business. After studying TV & Film Production at UCLA, Edie went to work for Sony Pictures and eventually founded her own company to provide video strategy, remote video creation, and video marketing services for solopr...
PT. 2 How To Turn a Passion Project into a Bestseller through LinkedIn Video with Artist Vic Lee
September 03, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBVic Lee is a London-based graphic designer-turned-artist-turned-illustrator, muralist, storyteller, typographer, book publisher and 'wizard of ink’. In the second part of this interview Vic tells the story of how his Corona Diary illustration project went viral with the help of his LinkedIn audience, enabling him to self-publish the book and sell out his first print run. His work can be seen on walls across the UK, and thanks to the success of his recent Corona Diary project, now on coffee...
PT. 2 How LinkedIn Video Turned a Passion Project into a Bestselling Book with Vic Lee
September 03, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBVic Lee is a London-based graphic designer-turned-artist-turned-illustrator, muralist, storyteller, typographer, book publisher and 'wizard of ink’. In the second part of this interview Vic tells the story of how his Corona Diary illustration project went viral with the help of his LinkedIn audience, enabling him to self-publish the book and sell out his first print run. His work can be seen on walls across the UK, and thanks to the success of his recent Corona Diary project, now on coffee...
PT. 2 How To Turn a Passion Project into a Bestseller through LinkedIn Video with Artist Vic Lee
September 03, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBVic Lee is a London-based graphic designer-turned-artist-turned-illustrator, muralist, storyteller, typographer, book publisher and 'wizard of ink’. In the second part of this interview Vic tells the story of how his Corona Diary illustration project went viral with the help of his LinkedIn audience, enabling him to self-publish the book and sell out his first print run. His work can be seen on walls across the UK, and thanks to the success of his recent Corona Diary project, now on coffee...
PT. 1 How To Turn a Passion Project into a Bestseller through LinkedIn Video with Artist Vic Lee
September 03, 2020 01:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBVic Lee is a London-based graphic designer-turned-artist-turned-illustrator, muralist, storyteller, typographer, book publisher and 'wizard of ink’. His work can be seen on walls across the UK, and thanks to the success of his recent Corona Diary project, now on coffee tables across the world. He draws in black and white, simplifying the noise we all experience, and injecting his own sense of humour and personality into each piece. In February 2020 Vic started documenting the Coronavirus ...
PT. 1 How LinkedIn Video Turned a Passion Project into a Bestselling Book with Vic Lee
September 03, 2020 01:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBVic Lee is a London-based graphic designer-turned-artist-turned-illustrator, muralist, storyteller, typographer, book publisher and 'wizard of ink’. His work can be seen on walls across the UK, and thanks to the success of his recent Corona Diary project, now on coffee tables across the world. He draws in black and white, simplifying the noise we all experience, and injecting his own sense of humour and personality into each piece. In February 2020 Vic started documenting the Coronavirus ...
PT. 1 How To Turn a Passion Project into a Bestseller through LinkedIn Video with Artist Vic Lee
September 03, 2020 01:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBVic Lee is a London-based graphic designer-turned-artist-turned-illustrator, muralist, storyteller, typographer, book publisher and 'wizard of ink’. His work can be seen on walls across the UK, and thanks to the success of his recent Corona Diary project, now on coffee tables across the world. He draws in black and white, simplifying the noise we all experience, and injecting his own sense of humour and personality into each piece. In February 2020 Vic started documenting the Coronavirus ...
PT. 2 How Anyone Can Start Using Video for Their Business & Find Their Story With Dennis Morrison
August 26, 2020 22:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBThis interview is split into two parts – the first is geared towards creative entrepreneurs – with part 2 focusing on how businesses can harness video marketing. In part two of this interview, Dennis takes us through his Find Your Story program and his Audience Magnet online platform to help businesses connect with their audiences. There are tips on talking to camera, how video personalisation is a powerful tool, why every business should be using video right now and how to tell the story o...
PT.1 How To Be a Successful Creative Entrepreneur & Find Your Story with Dennis Morrison
August 19, 2020 22:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBThis interview is split into two parts – the first is geared towards creative entrepreneurs – with part 2 focusing on how businesses can harness video marketing. Dennis Morrison is a serial entrepreneur, business storyteller and founder of Audience Magnet, which helps businesses and professionals to communicate authentically and effectively. When he’s not lecturing in post production at The London Film Academy, Central film School or Ravensbourne University, he’s helping business owners an...
Be An Awesome Drone Pilot & How to Build a Successful Lifestyle Business with Tom Middleton
August 12, 2020 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBTom Middleton is a director, cinematographer, drone filming specialist and co-founder of SMN Film – a video production and video marketing agency. He’s also one of the BBC’s 'go-to' drone cinematographers. In this interview – loaded with advice for aspiring and established filmmakers and creators, Tom gives us his best advice for drone shooting, how he connects on a personal level with businesses and what it takes to truly find a work-life balance. Tom runs the business with his wife Miche...
How to Build a Successful Lifestyle Business & Be An Awesome Drone Pilot with Tom Middleton
August 12, 2020 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBTom Middleton is a director, cinematographer, drone filming specialist and co-founder of SMN Film – a video production and video marketing agency. He’s also one of the BBC’s 'go-to' drone cinematographers. In this interview – loaded with advice for aspiring and established filmmakers and creators, Tom gives us his best advice for drone shooting, how he connects on a personal level with businesses and what it takes to truly find a work-life balance. Tom runs the business with his wife Miche...
How To Be An Awesome Drone Pilot & Build a Successful Lifestyle Business with Tom Middleton
August 12, 2020 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBTom Middleton is a director, cinematographer, drone filming specialist and co-founder of SMN Film – a video production and video marketing agency. He’s also one of the BBC’s 'go-to' drone cinematographers. In this interview – loaded with advice for aspiring and established filmmakers and creators, Tom gives us his best advice for drone shooting, how he connects on a personal level with businesses and what it takes to truly find a work-life balance. Tom runs the business with his wife Miche...
How To Help Businesses Grow Trust Through Video with James Lee
August 06, 2020 00:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBJames Lee is a director and photographer based in Richmond Virginia. He runs Journey Seven – a creative video & photography business with a purpose to specialise in working with non-profits and NGOs. At the age of 19, James knew that being an entrepreneur was the only way he could pursue his dreams so for the past fourteen years, James has been through familiar successes, failures and the challenges of running a businesses day-to-day. He knows how important it is for other businesses and or...
How To Use Sustainable Filmmaking for Your Business with Tom Baker
July 29, 2020 22:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBTom Baker is a director, cinematographer and editor who specialises in inspirational documentary and story-led brand content. He explores new ways of storytelling using experimental approaches, seeking out original and unconventional choices of lenses, music and editing techniques. You’ll find his work across commercials, corporate, adventure films, as well of course as YouTube and IGTV. He is driven to create authentic and inspirational films with meaning at their heart. Tom loves researc...
How to Focus & Build Your Video Brand with Lex Johnson
July 22, 2020 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBLex Johnson is an animator, director and founder of design and animation company Dazzle Ship. His career has grown from a passion to create and innovate. At 18 he created his first animated TV series for European music channel 'Channel U’. He went on to work in computer game animation, he’s created short films and music videos that have been shown at international festivals and he likes to teach – lecturing at renowned Swedish motion design school Hyper Island as well as several London uni...
How Great Audio Will Transform Your Videos with Chris Evans Roberts from Ithaca Studio
July 15, 2020 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBChris Evans Roberts is an award winning creative composer, sound designer, light artist and founder and Managing Director of Ithaca Studio. Ithaca combine art, music and technology to make innovative experiences with sound and light. Founded in 2010, Ithaca became known worldwide for audio-visual remix and music production, winning multiple awards in audio, advertising and interactive video. In 2014 Ithaca’s work expanded into sound and light installation and light art. Ithaca have been sh...
PT.1 How to market yourself & your film for commercial success with Hasraf HaZ Dulull
July 08, 2020 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBVideo Talks Podcast: Episode 06 Hasraf HaZ Dulull began his career as a VFX compositor, moving to producing and supervising VFX teams. After a period of creating several sci-fi short films, in 2017 he directed his debut sci-fi indie feature film - THE BEYOND, which premiered at #2 on the iTunes charts, before trending on Netflix. His second feature film 2036: ORIGIN UNKNOWN, which starred Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica, Another Life) had a limited theatrical release in the US before al...
PT.2 How to market yourself & your film for commercial success with Hasraf HaZ Dulull
July 08, 2020 23:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBVideo Talks Podcast: Episode 07 This is the second part of the interview with director Hasraf 'HaZ' Dulull. Listen to Episode 06 for Part 1 of the interview. HaZ used every trick in the ‘thinking outside the box’ book to go from compositor to eventual movie director. In Part #2 he talks about how the right sales companies can really help you decide on what film to make, how to reach out to industry contacts, his own online course on filmmaking and how filmmaking is changing with the late...
How to make a documentary in a worldwide lockdown with Will Shears
July 01, 2020 23:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBWill Shears is a Brighton-based filmmaker who has already made his fair share of short documentaries in the travel genre. in 2019 Will released the documentary Europe In A Tuk Tuk, which has gone on to be shown at numerous festivals and won best documentary at the Ribbon of Dreams Festival. The film is available to watch on Amazon Prime Video. At the time of recording – the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown, Will was embarking on his latest project – a documentary about Coronavirus and the...
How to make a one-man feature film & beat procrastination with Geoff Searle
June 18, 2020 09:00 - 51 minutes - 71 MBIn this episode director, animator, magician and 3D audiophile Geoff Searle talks about meeting self-imposed deadlines, what businesses can do to help themselves with video and what it was like to make his 'one-man feature film'. There's also a taster of his new 3D audio project. You’ll learn how he beats procrastination and finds the drive and motivation which helped him create the world’s first one-person feature film. Geoff acted, directed, produced, shot, edited, was the VFX department,...
How I Built My Editing Career with Editor of The Witch & The Lighthouse Louise Ford
June 17, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBLou Ford is a feature film editor, based in Brooklyn, New York. Her signature style of editing for films like The Witch, Thoroughbreds and more recently The Lighthouse have been influential in those films’ success, gaining Lou the critical acclaim she deserves. At the time of recording, Lou recently wrapped on Cory Finlay's latest movie Bad Education. In this interview Lou explains how she pivoted from a publishing career in her 30s to become a successful feature film editor from scratch, ...
How I Built My Editing Career from scratch with Editor of The Witch & The Lighthouse Louise Ford
June 17, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBLou Ford is a feature film editor, based in Brooklyn, New York. Her signature style of editing for films like The Witch, Thoroughbreds and more recently The Lighthouse have been influential in those films’ success, gaining Lou the critical acclaim she deserves. At the time of recording, Lou recently wrapped on Cory Finlay's latest movie Bad Education. In this interview Lou explains how she pivoted from a publishing career in her 30s to become a successful feature film editor from scratch, ...
How to Grow an International Animation Studio with Tom Box from Blue Zoo
June 16, 2020 16:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBTom Box is co-founder of the internationally-acclaimed BAFTA award-winning animation studio Blue Zoo. In this incredibly layered interview, Tom delves into the mindset and values of what built Blue Zoo into one of the most successful animation companies in the UK, how animation has changed over his career and what makes a successful business. You'll learn how Blue Zoo went from 3 uni-graduates to an internationally successful animation business with over 200 staff. He talks openly about cha...
Welcome to Video Talks – An introduction & What to Expect
June 16, 2020 11:00 - 4 minutes - 3.19 MBVideo Talks Podcast : Episode 01 Video Talks helps creators, marketers and businesses learn from experts in their field (of vision) to make the right decisions when it comes to making, using and commissioning the power of video in all its forms. In this episode I introduce the Video Talks podcast and explain my background – as a creative director in magazine publishing, while hosting film events and festivals to now, running a successful video agency since 2013. Inspiring interviews with l...