Hollywood corporate video production company, Seven Pictures, has teamed up with Oscar nominated director, Ian Barnes, to head the  production of a high quality, cinematic corporate branding video. We’ve joined with the film director to enforce our standards of corporate video production. It only makes sense to collaborate with film experts to preserve the cinematic style of Seven Pictures’ video production. Our high standards in producing corporate video with cinematic look and feel, has established Seven Pictures as a well respected production company. To ensure this level of quality in our video, we work with the highest qualified film production experts devoted to producing unparalleled standards in corporate video production.

Ian Barnes is a British director, producer and screenwriter whose film, Wish 143, was nominated at the 83^rd Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short. Commissioned and produced together by Lighthouse and BBC Film Network, the short film was recognized at the highest level of film production and featured famous actors including Jim Carter and Jodie Whittaker.

Oscar Nominated Director Joins Hollywood Video Production Company Seven Pictures

“Ian Barnes is an extremely gifted film director and his unique perspective will only add to and even enhance the cinematic quality in our corporate video productions,” says our Seven Pictures Creative Director, Asbjorn Christiansen. “We are raising the standards of corporate video production because we treat every production with the expertise and standards of film making to ensure the best production value for each and every client.”

Our production company is dedicated to producing corporate videos that present a clearer, elevated message in the best way possible way, establish emotional connection, engage viewers and create relationships, bring pride to employees, and tell the story of who the brand is and what they do that drives them. Seven Pictures’ unique methods and professional film production experts use cutting edge equipment and classic cinematic video craftsmanship techniques for a more impressive and entertaining professional video product. We are in the business of telling the story of our corporate clients; and it’s no different than telling the story within a film script. So corporate video production should be treated the same, with the same expertise and attention to every detail.

“A good corporate video is an experience where viewers are just in it,” says Christiansen. “You understand and you listen to what was said, you remember it and you don’t forget it. We live in a visual, fast-paced world where people demand entertainment and instant gratification. If a message fails to be communicated in a fast and powerful way within the video, it is lost. Our goal is to deliver the message and maintain the high level of cinematic quality in every video.”

From beginning to end, the experts at Seven Pictures video production team ensure the desired message comes across with only the highest quality deliverables that exceeds expectations. From the colors to the warmth, and all other components that determine cinematic quality, we ensure that everything is instilled in each corporate video produced by Seven Pictures. We believe in raising the bar for corporate video. So in the effort to continue with our success, we plan to work with Oscar nominated film directors and other highly renowned individuals to head our corporate video productions. We will continue to set the standards for cinematic video quality.

Hollywood Video Production Company Seven Pictures Joins Oscar Nominated Director to Create Cinematic Corporate Video By Seven Pictures

Marketers have been quick to realize video’s  potential towards increasing brand visibility and have been ramping up production; either by farming out work to independent video production companies or making use of in-house staff with basic production and editing skills. But not all production is equal. And in the race to get something up and out, a vital ingredient often goes missing: quality.

Put any search term into YouTube and the problem becomes obvious rather quickly. Most videos are unprofessional and ineffective, doing more harm than good to the companies they represent. Digital filmmaking has become so accessible that anyone with a cheap HD camera and iMovie can get away with calling themselves a video producer. In these point-and-shoot times, a camera is often treated like a vacuum cleaner, sweeping up everything in its path. “We’ll figure it out in editing! We’ll clean it up in post!” have become common refrains. Details like decent lighting or noticing how an actor’s glasses accidently catches the reflection of the camera get lost.

Asbjorn Christiansen, Creative Director at Seven Pictures, a Los Angeles based Film and Corporate Video Production, reflects, “Progress is great, and it’s terrific that filmmaking is becoming more accessible to amateurs, but there is a certain craftsmanship that is being lost. Editing, for example, is not just a technical skill, but an art. A good editor is storyteller. A bad editor is some one who creates slide shows, not movies — like a writer who puts in a period every five words whether the sentence needs it or not.”

The glut of unprofessional videos is so overwhelming, it’s easy for the pros to get lost. Like reality programming, the crack cocaine of our culture, it’s cheap to produce and often relies on sensationalism, sometimes edging out the higher quality productions.

How then DO we separate the wheat from the chaff? Christiansen says he’d love to see online distributors, like YouTube, create ways to help consumers sort videos by quality. In the meantime, the most effective weapon in a marketer’s arsenal is having a high quality video that stands out from the rest.

“Quality doesn’t go out of fashion,” explains Christiansen. “Having high standards may mean paying a little bit more in the short term, but in the long term the value it creates for a brand, and the amount of time and money saved by not having to do unnecessary reshoots is invaluable. The quality of the video should at least match the quality of your business and, ideally, elevate it to the next level.”

About Seven Pictures:

Seven Pictures takes a meticulous and disciplined approach toward video production. With over 20 years experience in the industry they specialize in creating cinematic quality product videos, corporate videos, training videos, and TV commercials with unparalleled craftsmanship. We make video like we make film: our crew is trained in film production and we apply the same technology and techniques to our video production. The high quality of our videos, with their cinematic look and feel, will elevate your message above those of other lower-quality production videos. Seven Pictures is a pioneer that understands that high- quality video production involved much more than just point and shoot—it’s about delivering visionary ideas and telling a story to its fullest potential. To see what Seven Pictures can do for you and your company, visit http://www.SevenPictures.com.

What can a Corporate Video Bio do for your Business?

It creates a sense of familiarity and relationship with clients and prospects in advance that you don’t get from the written word. Video bio provides people an opportunity to actually see who they’re in communication with. It allows them to get information about the business directly from the source. This builds on the sense of trust, expertise and capability.
-Add video content that showcases CEOs, Directors, and leaders to static website
-Send out video bios to prospects prior to meetings
-Build trust and relationship in a visually engaging way
-Package information in an easy to view video

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Video Bio For Business

Video bio for business really brings to life the more important sense of personality and relationship in business practices.

It allows us to really capture engaging bios in video of organizational leaders and team members so others can get the spirit in the purpose and the reason these people do what they do; as well as just understanding their history and their experience. Video bio is an extraordinary tool for setting up positive expectations for the meetings. It also heightens trust by establishing a sense of familiarity. By watching a video bio, the client knows who they’re going to meet with and the customer has a sense of what’s important to this person before the meeting takes place.

Video Bio For Business | Chairman Larry Senn | Senn Delaney

Seven Pictures was hired to shoot and produce a series of engaging video biographies for a global consulting firm, Senn Delaney. The initial meetings involved grounding on Senn Delaney’s goals, meeting the top leaders and developing a strategic approach and a branded look, feel and tone for video bio production. The bios were to be viewed in video by the world’s top leaders and CEOs of major corporations. As with every aspect of Senn Delaney’s brand, there was a need for a very high level of quality.

Jim Hart CEO Senn Delaney | Video Bio

The video bios needed to capture the warmth and expertise of its consultants and CEOs while creating a sense of relationship with the client. A series of personal biography vignettes that highlight not only each consultant’s experience, but their personal purpose and passion for their work, were created and are used on the Web site to complement word biographies. The video bios are also sent to new clients in advance of culture-shaping engagements and are shared in Business Development outreach to prospects.

Diana Ott Partner, CFO and COO Senn Delaney | Video Bio For Business

Seven Pictures spent time fully understanding Senn Delaney and capturing the look and feel of its branding; the colors, the warmth, and ensuring that was instilled in each video bio along with the expertise of each consultant and senior leader featured.

Senn Delaney’s vice presidents, the chairman and president and CEO were captured in video as strong thought leaders. Their individual personalities and their passion for their work have created a stronger connection and level of trust with the viewer.

In video production, each element of shooting was taken into consideration to match the world-class level of quality that Senn Delaney expected. Lighting, location, shooting angle and perspective were all specifically designed to fit the Senn Delaney brand.

Boris Diekmann VP Senn Delaney | Video Bio

Senn Delaney now has a library of branded video biographies for business that introduce their leaders and team members to clients all over world. They are able to simply include a bio link in an email, newsletter, or on the Website and the client is able to view the video bio of a specific leader instantly. Instead of describing who they are, what they do and what their team members are about, they now have access to professionally packaged video bios ready to be sent out at the click of a button. The videos are used to establish an important initial relationship between the Senn Delaney team and prospects and new clients. Senn Delaney uses the videos biographies to create the sense of connection prior to in-person meetings and phone conversations.

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Corporate Video Production Quality

The other day on Facebook, we saw a person having as a favorite quote, “Fake it till you make it.” Unfortunately, this happens too often in the video production business.

Fake it till you make it…I don’t think so. Anyone can buy camera equipment and suddenly be a production company. However, this does not mean they offer quality work. They may even give you a strange quote for your project and when problems arise, they will tend to cover it up with technical talk.

Fake it till you make it…That is not quality. Faking it is not the way out. It is, in fact, the wrong way out. Remember one thing, quality is never going out of fashion!

We are not the cheapest, but we make you look good!

Video Effectively Getting The Message Across

From The Creative Producer at Seven Pictures.

There are a number of things to consider to ensure the effectiveness of your Corporate Video. Hear a helpful tip from the Creative Producer, AC (Asbjorn Christiansen), at Seven Pictures Los Angeles to think about while producing your online videos.

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At Seven Pictures, corporate video production is our main area of expertise. What this means is that we specialize in full spectrum video production for use on your business website or on video sharing sites for optimal exposure. This also might translate to us producing product videos used to educate your staff on how to better do their job, or to teach the public how to utilize your product improving your chances of gaining clientele.

Video Transcript:

“Have you ever tried to watch a video and then suddenly you got distracted, you were thinking about something else? There is nothing wrong with you, there is something wrong with the video. The guy that did the video did something wrong. A video is supposed to grab you, and hold you, and not let you go before the message came across and you got the whole idea about what it is the video wanted to tell you. And then it let you go. And you feel great. And you got it.”

These are just a few suggestions of how to make video work for you, but to get a better idea of what Seven Pictures and The Creative Producer can offer, here are some video samples of our work.

We would like to hear from you! Please contact us at (323) 462-0987 for professional advice or a Quote For Your Next Video Production.

Video Effectively Getting The Message Across by Seven Pictures

Seven Pictures recently produced a welcome video for the website of international fine art gallery, Galerie Michael.

Galerie Michael is located on the renowned Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California.
From Rembrandt to Picasso, this gallery is committed to exhibiting centuries of top quality European art. The gallery carries a worldwide reputation for its collection of French pre-impressionist works. The gallery is lead by founder, Michael Schwartz, who holds solid relationships with the families and working colleagues of prominent European artists.

Michael Schwartz describes the elegant atmosphere of the gallery while expressing his knowledge. In a few powerful sentences Schwartz welcomes the viewer into his gallery while they feel the passion, enjoy the aesthetics and experience a captivatingly artistic side of corporate video.

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A welcome video is an opportunity to make a positive first impression. Seven Pictures worked to create a video that would captivate the viewers’ attention and lead them into the site while remaining informative.

CEO Michael Schwartz from Galerie Michael

The main focus around the welcome video for Galerie Michael was to introduce the gallery and its CEO, Michael Schwartz, with a cinematic look. Being that this video is presenting a fine art gallery and a CEO with a keen eye for aesthetics, it became Seven Pictures’ goal to present the video with both professional and artistic taste.

Galerie Michael

It was important for Seven Pictures to match the video with the gallery’s company image. This video is the first preview of the gallery that the viewers will see on the Galerie Michael’s website. Therefore, the video had to be attractive, informative, and alluring.

Galerie Michael

Under 2 minutes and 20 seconds, Seven Pictures presented a very attractive and captivating welcome video for Galerie Michael. After a few hours of filming, an impressive amount of material was collected, which brought so much depth into the video and helped to deliver a powerful impression.

The footage was carefully selected to relate the philosophy and expertise of Michael Schwartz to the gallery. Seven Pictures also featured the friendly faces of the staff at Galerie Michael. The gallery atmosphere was elegantly portrayed and highly developed.

With the completion of their welcome video, Galerie Michael is able to launch their new website! On the face of their website, they are able to display a cinematic video business card that features the CEO, Michael Schwartz, as well as a preview of the gallery environment. The video allows viewers to see the CEO and hear his philosophy about art collecting, which gives the viewer a more personable relationship to the gallery.

CEO Michael Schwartz from Galerie Michael

The final results inspired Michael Schwartz to change their gallery presentations and scholarly material into video. After viewing the final product, Schwartz and the gallery staff immediately projected several potential video projects to be produced by Seven Pictures.

We would like to have you as a client! Give us a call at 323-462-0987 to receive a Video Production Quote today.

Online Video Marketing.

By now it seems to be a no-brainer: people are inherently attracted to material that is visually stimulating more so than text alone. Unlike text, a quality made video not only has the power of attraction, it can also hold a viewer’s attention, which is vital in getting your message across. This is critically important when it comes to product demonstration, advertising, training, informing, and especially online video marketing to a growing audience of prospect buyers.

Images from a Online Video Marketing Production

By combining corporate video content with the escalating success of social media marketing, you increase your business’s web presence as well as generate a buzz.  Social media marketing opens the opportunity for your company videos to be shared through different web communication platforms.  According to a survey entitled 2011 Social Media Marketing Industry Report: How Marketers Are Using Social Media to Grow Their Businesses, by Michael A. Stelzner (sponsored by Social Media Examiner):

• “88% of all marketers [3,342 surveyed] say that social media has increased exposure for their business and 72% report increased traffic to their website.”
• “72% of the marketers reported improved search engine rankings as a result of social media marketing.”
• “Overall 51% of the respondents have reported an increase in leads and 43% have improved sales.”

Images from a Online Video Marketing Production

It’s crucial for your business to utilize all aspects of web communication available today. According to a survey of over 300 C-level executives done by Forbes entitled Video in the C-Suite: Executives Embrace the Non-Text Web, “Over 54% of senior executives share work-related videos with colleagues at least weekly, and almost as many receive from colleagues.” However, age is an important factor to take notice because younger executives under the age of 40 are more likely to share and receive videos daily. This conveys an obvious trend of where the social web is headed.   The Forbes survey also shows that 69% of executives under the age of 40 post links to work-related videos to “networking” sites weekly.

If you want to make a striking impression on the web, Seven Pictures will create a professional corporate video with cinematic quality for you to share virally through social media marketing. It’s that easy. Call us at (323) 462-0987 and one of our award-wining video producers will be happy to give you professional advice on your next video project as well as a free quote!

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Video Production with a cinematic look is our passion

Seven Pictures Film & Video Productions has been in business since 1982. In our video productions we are adding a cinematic look and feel to it where we can.

We love to make your Video Production look like a movie and with a storyline like a movie (where it permits it). In that way it’s more impressive and entertaining to watch. See some video clips here!

It’s a must to produce videos matching the client’s images and quality level by adding a cinematic look to the video, there by bringing the video production to a much higher level. There only one way to go is a professional made video production, and if you get the feel that is very similar to a movie you will see in the cinema you’ve accomplished a lot.

Video Production with a cinematic look

Video Production with a cinematic look by Seven Pictures