Many organisations have archive material stored on video tape. The tapes themselves have no commercial value but the recordings on them may be very valuable. Most of us are aware that video cassettes deteriorate with age but there is another issue. Your old tapes could be in great condition but the playback equipment will almost… Read More: Video Archiving Options »
Manchester Video’s website now uses HTTPS for improved security. You should now see the padlock symbol in your browser address bar. Encrypted pages do take a little longer to load but the benefit for visitors to our site is a more secure connection. The website runs on the WordPress platform and relies on various “plug-ins”… Read More: HTTPS Server Upgrade August 2014 »
We made a simple one minute, text and voice only video to promote our home video transfer service. The running time is 63 seconds including a 5 second hold on our contact details at the end. The video consists of a voice-over, eight key messages and a call to action. The eight key messages we… Read More: Short Promo Video for a B2C Service »
Smartphones are incredibly convenient for social photography and video but is the quality good enough for your business videos? We make extensive use of the cameras on our phones in all sorts of situations from documenting the condition of a courier package to images for our blog. In this article we look how these handy… Read More: Video for Business – Using a Smartphone »
Press and PR coverage extends well beyond traditional print media. Demand for video coverage of news and public relations events is on the up. This demand is expected to continue to increase in the long term as visitors to websites expect to see more and more video alongside news articles and press releases. Our… Read More: ROCfest 5.0 Press & PR Event Video Production – Manchester »
DMC Distribution wanted a promotional video for their new website. The aim of the video was to show prospective customers the company’s warehousing and fulfilment operation from start to finish over a working day. Following a pre-production meeting a simple storyboard was created to help visualise DMC’s ideas in advance. We took the storyboard and… Read More: Corporate Video – DMC Distribution »
Betacam SP (BetaSP) was launched by Sony in 1986. It became the dominant acquisition and post production format in large areas of broadcast television and corporate video production. If you’re working on a project today which includes footage from the last three decades there’s a good chance it may have been shot or edited on… Read More: Integrating legacy video content into HD productions »
If you’re reading this there’s a good chance you’re interested in getting better search engine position results for your local business. You’ve probably heard from people like me that search engines love video, web video is the best thing since sliced bread and that video should be an integral part of any Local SEO strategy… Read More: How we got on the front page of Google »