I Love a Funny Commercial A few weeks ago the cedar pollen hit Austin. That’s when I stumbled across this hilarious commercial. Using humor to make it’s point about catching cold, it represents the way a lot of us Texans feel when we get “hit” with those cedar allergies. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-z-kifrdaA&w=640&h=480] This is a terrific example of educating your audience about … Read More
Happy New Year!
It’s a Wrap on 2013… Roll Camera on 2014! At Expressions in Video we are lucky to work with so many wonderful friends, clients and partners. Oftentimes the lines between those three categories blur. Clients become friends, partners become friends, and so on. In 2013, a lot of fun things happened for both us and our friends and clients. Texas actress, Mary … Read More
The Art of Collaboration Part 3: The Finished Product
The Game is Our Lives – WebGem 60 Second Spot A few weeks ago I posted about the importance of client collaboration when creating a TV commercial, web commercial or corporate video. Expressions in Video recently finished post production on two versions of a high impact commercial for our client WebGem and I wanted to share the finished product. This … Read More
Sizzle Reel for Maxwell PR
Sizzle Reel – Impacting your Audience Do you want to captivate your audience? Do you want to motivate your client base? Then a sizzle reel may just be what you need. Expressions in Video has been producing sizzle reels for its clients for over ten years. We recently completed this reel for our client Maxwell PR and Travel Oregon. … Read More
The Art of Collaboration Part 2: Client Collaboration
Client Collaboration I mentioned in the last blog post that Expressions in Video has many creative partners. But there is one creative partner that I didn’t mention: the client. As an Austin video production company tasked with bringing ideas to life, we work with many talented people. These talented people include cinematographers, set designers, storyboard artists and many others. But … Read More
The Art of Collaboration Part One
The Art of Collaboration: Ideas Expressions in Video has many creative partners. If you read our blog, you know that we work a lot with Zane Rutledge at ZaneTV. We also work with BW Films and Writing and Shooting. There are great DPs that we hire on a regular basis, including Tom Hennig and Andrew Barrera of 360 Studios and … Read More
Top Ten Home Video Tips
Want to Shoot Better Home Videos? Here Are Our Top Ten Home Video Tips As quality gets higher and price gets lower on great video cameras, there is no reason not to record those special moments. Here are our top ten home video tips. Use these tips to make your home videos more enjoyable to shoot and more fun to … Read More
Austin Video Production Amongst the Bluebonnets
Austin Video Production Amongst the Bluebonnets As the summer comes to a close, we wanted to share this sweet commercial that we recently shot amongst the spring bluebonnets of Austin, Texas. Featuring Austin based actors Katie Folger and Devin Bonnée, both from Emily Hagin’s “Grow Up Tony Phillips,” this is part of a series of commercials for Trillion Media. … Read More
Video Production Austin Style: Animation Fun for Dell
Video Production Austin Style: Animation Fun for Dell Expressions in Video and strategic partner ZaneTV are always looking for ways to bring the “fun” and “funny” to video production Austin, Texas style. Sometimes the ideas lead to a combination of fun characters and physical comedy, as in our “Abused by Tradition” TV commercial for Carino’s Italian. Other times it … Read More
Austin Animation: Protect Eddie with Dell Encryption
Austin Animation: Animation is Alive and Well in Austin, Texas Here is a fun piece written by Zane Rutledge and Jeff Stolhand. This short, entitled “Protect Eddie with Dell Encryption,” was created for Dell and BW Films. It features classic voice over by Rolf Saxon juxtaposed to the goofy “geek-culture” animation by Zane Rutledge. The corporate video delivers its message with … Read More