A Michael Conti Video Production » Internet Streaming http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog Produce>Shoot>Edit>Distribute Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:36:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Because laughter really is the best medicine. http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/video-advertising/boomer-alley-spots/ http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/video-advertising/boomer-alley-spots/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:15:16 +0000 Michael Conti http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/?p=133 Here is the two part online episodes of very comedic and entertaining Boomer Alley which features the work of Marc Sotkin, the writer of The Golden Girls and Laverne and Shirley. Marc delivers some funny stuff with his real-life experiences. A Michael Conti Production was hired to lens these short and funny videos which are available online at REAL Powered by Humana. It also features the acting talents of Don Kraus, Michael Sotkin, Macleish Day.

Part 1 On Work

Part 2 The Job Market

Marc is a really funny good and a great comedy writer to boot.  It was a real pleasure working for him on this video shoot along with my directing partner Alan O’Hashi.

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Video is a natural marketing tool

A Michael Conti Production is a regional contractor to shoot videos for FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business,  one of the world’s leading provider of online legal information and Internet marketing solutions for law firms.   Here are links to the videos of the firms where videotaping took place in Denver, Colorado.

Coppola & Marlin, P.C.

Greenwald & Hammond, P.C.

Litman Law Firm, P.C.

If you are a lawyer, and are interested in learning more about Lawyer Marketing, I would suggest you visit the online experts at FindLaw.  Here is summary from one of their blog articles:

“Online video presence has become the word of mouth of yesteryear, a substitute for a referral from a friend or a neighbor. You are really communicating your own personal image, presence and character, just like a referral would be, but going out to a huge audience and making an opportunity to really get out there in front of your prospective clients.”

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]]> http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/marketing-videos/high-impact-marketing-tool-for-attorneys-video/feed/ 0 REELBiz: Videos for Colorado BETR Project http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/marketing-videos/colorado-business-and-education-talent-readiness-project/ http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/marketing-videos/colorado-business-and-education-talent-readiness-project/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:00:40 +0000 Michael Conti http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/?p=77 Reel_BizA Michael Conti Video Production was awarded a REELBiz contract with Workforce Boulder County in the August 2009 to shoot and edit over 18 videos highlighting some of Boulder County’s larger employers.

The focus of these ten minute videos is supporting the Colorado BETR Project a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineer, Math) Business and Education collaboration effort created to facilitate the promotion of STEM education and practices into meeting Colorado’s need for homegrown applicants to workforce careers.  Additional support for this project comes from Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.  Their intended audience is K-12 along with current job seekers to the Colorado BETR Project website.

Generally using a two hour window at each company, A Michael Conti Video Production would arrive to setup and light a location for conducting the 3-4 interviews that would commence over the first hour.  The second hour would involve capturing additional B-Roll footage which was used in editing to help create a flow between the interviews and establish material for the opening scene.

Each video highlights through interviews and location footage how employees perceive their job,  how skills in science, technology, engineer, math impact their work day; what inspired them to go further, and finally what a typical day is like on the job.

Here is the list of companies involved in Boulder County.  The links are active on the Colorado BETR Project website as well as the Workforce Boulder website. For more a higher quality presentation of these same videos, visit WFBC on Vimeo.

1. Marriotts of Longmont
2. Elevations Credit Union
3. Namaste Solar
4. Roche
5. Renewable Energy Resource
6. 2B Technologies
7. Micro Motion
8. Medtronic Navigation
9. ITT Visual Information Solutions
10. Boulder Labs
11. City of Longmont
12. Longmont Vance Brand Airport

1. Marriotts of Longmont

2. Elevations Credit Union

3. Namaste Solar

4. Roche Colorado

5. Renewable Energy Resource

6. 2B Technologies

7. MTech Mechanical Technologies

8. ITT Visual Information Solutions

9. Boulder Labs

10. City of Longmont – Power and Communications Company

11. Longmont Vance Brand Airport

12. Q.S.C. Systems Inc.

13. Meadowlark Optics

14. Interface Communications

15. University of Colorado-STEM Teaching

16. City of Longmont Water Treatment Facility

17. City of Longmont GIS

18. Design Concepts

In conclusion, Boulder County has some amazing companies doing amazing things with some real great people working for them.

]]> http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/marketing-videos/colorado-business-and-education-talent-readiness-project/feed/ 0 The Future of Video is Now: Streaming Video Advertising http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/video-advertising/the-future-of-video-is-now-streaming-video-advertising/ http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/video-advertising/the-future-of-video-is-now-streaming-video-advertising/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:16:00 +0000 Michael Conti http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/?p=13 A Michael Conti Production has been busy shooting internet ads for one of the national online phonebook companies–YELLOWBOOK.

As they say: Who better to describe your business to potential customers than you?

A video ad online is a high impact way to speak to your customers and stand out from traditional online directory ads. Video ads provide you the opportunity to reach out to potential customers who are ready to buy, giving them a chance to see, hear and experience your business before calling or stepping out to make a purchase.

Here are recent spots that A Michael Conti Production shot.  All the videography was done by Michael Conti whereas the editing was completed by Pixel Fish in Torrance, California.

Video ROI Is Much Stronger Than Yellow Pages

“A number of years ago we’d spend 1 dollar [on Yellow Pages] and we’d probably get a 4 to 5 dollar return on that.  And then, over the course of the last several years, Yellow Pages, with the advent of internet advertising, has taken a back seat.  And now, if we spend 1 dollar, we probably only get a $1.25 return.  So, the return on investment that you hear about, is just not there like it used to be. Well, we have obviously moved our dollars into internet marketing and the Web site, and for that, we have been seeing 3 to 4 dollars for every 1 dollar.

Now here is the good news: for the last couple of months that we had video up, we have seen a 6 or 7 times return, per month, on what we are spending for the cost of the video versus the amount that is coming in.  Online video is certainly the vanguard here and it is something that the dollars are backing it up, for what you spend and what you getting in return as well.”

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]]> http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/video-advertising/the-future-of-video-is-now-streaming-video-advertising/feed/ 0 Storage Markets uses video to showcase market services http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/marketing-videos/storage-markets-uses-video-to-showcase-market-services/ http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/marketing-videos/storage-markets-uses-video-to-showcase-market-services/#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2006 02:35:00 +0000 Michael Conti http://michaelcontiproductions.com/blog/?p=5 Rich Pappas and John Ives of Storage Markets contracted with A Michael Conti Video Production in October 2006 to produce a quarterly vblog that would highlight their predictive market services.

By using a green screen in which the actress could be placed in front of, the costs for shooting on location was greatly reduced. All the background plates were added in post production along with the motion graphics and charts. Katharyn Grant, a Denver-based talent, provided the expertise for the presentation.

A Michael Conti Productions hosted the vblogs on a Flash Server for the best quality presentation, and to insure that there were enough streams for the 1000 plus views that occurred quarterly to their separate hosted site.

Founded in 2006, Storage Markets is at the forefront of providing predictive market services to the technology industry and beyond. Storage Markets is headquartered in Boulder, CO. For more information, please go to http://www.storagemarkets.com/.

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