Video of the Week -- John S.

Here's is a beautifully shot piece on a home-cleaning service by John S. Nice detail shots and depth of focus. The interview is also solid. Great work John, we'll be sending you a $50 gift card for having the TurnHere Video of the Week.

Good looking salon video for Yelp

Steven W. does a nice job on this hair salon video. I really like his technique for the opening and closing shots.

Video of the Week -- Viktoras Z.

How can you not love a cafe with a DeLorean car inside? Viktoras Z. serves up this high-octane cafe in a first-rate video and gets inventive shots and memorable soundbites from the clientele and staff. Viktoras, we'll be sending you a $50 gift card for having the TurnHere video of the week!

Call us from the shoot if you have any questions

Filmmakers,

Here is a reminder brought to you by our own Sappho Faires:

Please don’t hesitate to call us from a shoot if there is a question/concern/doubt/issue, we’re here to assist you any way we can. Even if it’s only an inkling of a doubt, we’d rather you check with us at the time of the shoot rather than risk doing something outside our normal guidelines or waiting to check with us afterwards. We'll even be happy to talk with the client directly. Just let the customer know you have to check with the office. This includes:

 

Customer wants to use their own video – call us…

Customer wants you to stay beyond the allotted time – call us…

Customer wants you to shoot something now and go back to finish tomorrow – call us..

Customer has issues with the releases - call us...

 

The moral of the story? Better safe than sorry, so call us! If it’s after hours leave a voicemail or email MyAssignment@turnhere.com

Video of the Week -- Matt W.

This is a superbly crafted Citysearch video by Matt W. on a skin treatment clinic. He expertly intercuts the client testimonial with the owner and shows what the power of strong and meaningful soundbites can do to elevate a video and promote the business. His treatment shots are also top-notch, but the icing on the cake are the impromptu "candid" shots of the staff horsing around under the "family" line. Great work Matt!



We'll be emailing Matt a $50 Amazon gift card for having the TurnHere Video of the Week.

Using music from the TurnHere library? Please read about a small change to our uploader

When clients request changes to their video that necessitates laying in the music track again (this happens often), it can be hard for our editors to quickly locate the same music track in our library. Especially as we continue to increase the number of tracks. In order to continue to grow our business and stay efficient, we'll soon be asking you to upload the TurnHere music track when you upload your other deliverables. You'll notice this because the music track upload will become a required item (just as it currently is for non-TurnHere tracks).

Video of the Week -- Eric S.

This a fantastic video from Eric S. about an Indian restaurant in the Bay Area: Cafe Raj. This was produced for Yelp. Beautiful framing, depth of focus, food shots and more. This video will definitely get you hungry for Indian food. In addition to the superb production, Eric also scores point for pleasing the client. Here is their comment:

I also want to say how pleasant our experience was working with Eric.  Sappho assured us he would be professional and would put us at ease, and she was absolutely right.  We had been apprehensive about the shoot, but Eric made it smooth, easy and worry-free.  We are very grateful for this positive experience.

Great work, Eric. We'll be sending you a $50 gift card for Video of the Week.

Video of the Week -- Nelson N. and Barbara G.

I wanted to give a shout-out to filmmakers Nelson N. and Barbara G. who collaborated on this Yelp project for a child play center, Gymboree. Nelson did the shooting and Barbara did the editing. The result is a wonderful video with nice depth of focus, vibrant colors, great pacing and an all-around good feeling. The shot of the boy with the parachute in the background is priceless.

Great work Nelson and Barbara! We'll send each of you $25 for collaborating on this TurnHere Video of the Week.

Vimeo Awards just announced

The 1st Annual Vimeo Festival and Awards

There's just a few weeks left to enter your videos into the first-ever Vimeo Festival and Awards. If your video premiered online within the past two years, you should head over to www.vimeoawards.com and submit.

We've lined up some seriously talented judges like David Lynch, Morgan Spurlock, DJ Spooky, Lucy Walker and several others. If you win your category, you'll be in the running for best overall Film or Video, the grand prize includes a $25,000 grant to produce your next big hit.

Join us this fall as we celebrate the most innovative and creative films and videos online, Vimeo-style. The Vimeo Festival and Awards will kick off with a preview event in Amsterdam on September 10; followed by a two-day festival on October 8-9, in New York City. Vimeo will bring the realm of online video to life with screenings, workshops, parties, and more – it's going to be a blast! To top it off, we're honoring the best of the best in several categories at our very own Awards ceremony, and you could be a winner.

If you get into a car accident in Berkeley, take your car here

This is a well-shot video about an autobody repair shop in Berkeley, CA. The video is calming, the pacing is appropriate and the shooting superb. Thanks to filmmakers Lara M. (shooter) and Barbara G. (editor) for their excellent work.

Video of the Week -- Ryan G.

An all-around great video on a gym for kids by TurnHere filmmaker Ryan G. All the elements integrate seamlessly -- multitude of excellent soundbites, smiling kids, good mix of people and equipment b-roll and nice framing. Nice shots of the kids concentrating and trying their best to lift weights. I also liked the visual effect he used to get into the interviews.



Nice work Ryan! You'll be receiving a $50 Amazon gift card for having the video of the week!

A video for those who played with toy excavators & trucks as kids

This is a wonderfully shot video by filmmaker Jeff G. about a stone business. I really enjoyed all the shots of the heavy machinery scooping the rocks -- brought back memories of being a child and playing with smaller-scale versions of these excavators.

Well-executed YP video about a fence company

Filmmaker Sean B. does a super job capturing a range of nicely composed shots for this video on a local fence building company, especially the shot with the foreground/background elements and the rack focus. He also shows us some of the noteworthy things that the company specializes in, such as the steel posts.