For our second episode of ‘Tools of the Craft’, we take a look at Basecamp with two of our producers, Stephan and Cody. Since the early years of Demo Duck, we’ve been using Basecamp to keep our creative project communication in one place and make sure we’re hitting our video production deadlines.
For our first ever episode of ‘Tools of the Craft’, we reviewed one of our favorite software tools that help make our lives easier during the video production process. We’ve been using Airtable for the past year or so and it keeps us organized and on schedule across all of our various projects.
For those considering internal communication videos, we wanted to share our experiences in producing them these past few years. More specifically, what makes the production process and experience different as compared to outward-facing videos like product demos or explainer videos.
As a Chicago-based video production company, we’re surrounded by comedy. Ever since 1959 when The Second City took root, our city has become a hub for all types of comedic performances, including standup, sketch, and improv.
Pour some hot cocoa, turn on that Mariah song and swathe yourself in a snuggie. It’s time to look back on the year that was. Well, more specifically, the year in video production. We’ll leave the top albums list to Pitchfork.
Check out our recent interview with Boords Co-Founder James Chambers where he regaled us about how they got Boords up and running, why they felt like it would resonate with creatives, and what the next few years may look like.
Back when Demo Duck was in its infancy, we grew up right alongside something that would help define our identity. Explainer videos. Our clients loved them, and we loved making them. But we started to feel a little like Oprah. “You get an explainer video! And you get an explainer video!
When we ask people to appear in customer testimonial videos, we get one of two responses: “YES! Now I can start my IMDb page.” And the others that say, “Uh, sure? I don’t really want to, but I like you guys, so … I guess I’ll do it.” Customer testimonials are important. Like, really important.
We’re going to talk about the three Cs: Creativity, Complexity, and Cost in animated videos. Today, I’m mainly going to focus on Complexity in animation. It’s quantitative yet ignored, which makes it interestingly different from Creativity and Cost, but all three are very connected. What do we mean exactly?
So how do you create an exciting video for a boring subject? Here are five techniques to engage viewers for a boring topic.