The Pre-Production Checklist: 7 Things Every Business Needs to Do Before a Shoot
Introduction: Rushed shoots get expensive fast. Crew waits. Talent wanders. Stakeholders ask for “one more take.” The antidote is a sharp pre-production plan that turns chaos into a clean day on set. Whether you’re a tech startup filming a founder story, a hospital capturing patient education, or a university coordinating multiple locations, the path is […]
From First Call to Final Cut: A Step-by-Step Guide to Powerful Nonprofit Testimonial Videos
If your organization wants to turn real-world outcomes into donor momentum, nothing beats a well-crafted testimonial. This guide walks you through the full process—from prep to publish—to ensure your nonprofit testimonial videos feel human and look cinematic. Our video production services near you can help move supporters to act. 1) Clarify the mission of the […]
How to Create Medical Training Videos That Actually Stick
What the Top Hospitals, Schools, and Health Systems Get Right—And How You Can Too If your medical training videos look good—but fail to improve staff performance—you’re not alone. Most healthcare organizations rely on outdated training formats or overproduced content that lacks instructional impact. The most effective medical video production doesn’t just explain procedures. They reduce […]
The Power of Storytelling in Patient Education Videos
In today’s fast-paced healthcare landscape, effectively communicating complex medical information to patients is more crucial than ever. While traditional methods like brochures and lengthy consultations have their place, a modern approach is transforming patient understanding and engagement: storytelling through patient education videos. This powerful medium, often seen in the form of healthcare explainer videos and […]
Using AI for Audio in Video Production
We’ve been inundated with talk of artificial intelligence, and I hesitate to jump on the bandwagon. Still, AI-based audio tools have created tremendous efficiencies in video production and post-production. AI audio tools aren’t brand new. They’ve evolved over the last few years. They started as helpful, although sometimes frustrating, but AI tools have become more […]
Elephant Productions – 30 Year Milestone
I see on social media that Elephant Productions has been in business for 30 years thisyear.I know the date and I know that it’s true, but I still have a hard time believing it. If not for the social posts I wouldn’t be giving it much thought. In lots of ways these are just more […]
Press Release : Elephant Productions Announces 30 Year Milestone: Sites Strong Professional Relationships as Key to Success
Elephant Productions is proud to announce their 30th year in business. They are a testament to the success of the video production industry. The secret to success? They value their relationships with their clients, with creative partners and with each other. The company was founded by Quincy Lowman and Jeff Hastings. It was established to “bring […]
How Video Production Service Brings Us Together in More Ways than One
If you conduct a simple Google search about video production, Wikipedia will tell you: Video production is the process of creating video content for television, home video or the internet. That sounds simple enough, right? But being a media production company is so much morethan that. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it’s safe to say that a […]
Post-Production Options That Improve Media Production Company Functionalities
Like pre-production, many of the remote tools our video production house uses in post-production have been a part of our process for years. Receiving elements from clients or working back and forth with graphic artists or music composers usually involves sharing via Dropbox or receiving larger files using WeTransfer. Transcription usually involves one of the online services […]
Effective Options for Boosting Your Remote Video Production Service
Part 3 of this series will focus on the production aspect of remote video production. I have already shared one of the techniques we used last summer to socially distance our crew and client. Elephant Productions did a live stream from the output of the camera and used Zoom to communicate with our client. Our video […]