Corporate Events

Shaun Forsdyke · October 31st, 2012, 05:47 PM

Hi all.

What is the general consensus here?

I film live music and music videos but have recently been looking into the corporate events market. I asume they arent too fond of digital video files for internal stuff. Or may be they are.

I guess what it boils down to is, should I be investing in a bluray burner?

Im guessing not, but DVD is relatively pointless and digital only might cause problems for smaller companies.

Chris Harding · October 31st, 2012, 05:54 PM

Hi Shaun

It all depends on your client. I have yet to get a request for BD from corporate clients..it's usually an embeddable video so they can put in on their website and the same footage on DVD to show clients. I haven't seen any board rooms that have a BD player! I would of course ask how they will be showing the video to clients (if they are) More often than not it's not even a "sit down" showing but just the same video on the salesman/director's laptop so a progressive file is preferred if they will be doing that..Sadly they go for convenience of a laptop/notebook so all your carefully tweaked audio comes thru two tiny 1" speakers!!

All clients will be different but I must admit I haven't added a BD burner to my setup either as yet!

Chris

Don Bloom · October 31st, 2012, 09:14 PM

For me, I rarely make any form of finished product for my clients. They hire me to shoot it and turn it over to them. Tapes or cards their choice.
When I DO edit a product for them it's a DVD. Never had a request for BD.

Chip Thome · October 31st, 2012, 09:31 PM

Tablets are creeping more into corporate slowly replacing laptops for some. But, you have to offer it "backward compatible" so that means DVD. Because the tablets are starting to show up, I also would offer as a digital file on a thumb drive/SD card or even digital download from a Box.net or some other file site. No one is going to beech if you give them a DVD to watch on the HD flat panel. But, you give a Bluray to someone who doesn't know it won't work in his laptop, and just wait for the screaming to begin. :-)

Shaun Forsdyke · November 1st, 2012, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chip Thome

But, you give a Bluray to someone who doesn't know it won't work in his laptop, and just wait for the screaming to begin. :-)

haha.

thanks everyone.

Garrett Low · November 1st, 2012, 09:36 AM

90% of my corporate videos are for direct upload to their website or intranet for internal distribution. I have had a couple of clients who want DVD's to send to their field representatives who don't have hi-speed internet connections available all the time. Those are actually very profitable since reproducing DVD's is very quick and easy and a high rate of return. I've never had a request for a Bluray from a corporate job.

Roger Van Duyn · November 1st, 2012, 09:55 AM

Same here as for Garrett. At least 90% want file based, usually an H264 MP4, for internet or their company intranet.

Chris Davis · November 1st, 2012, 01:41 PM

Been shooting corporate exclusively for six years. Only once have I had a request for Blu-ray. Delivery requests seem to be about 50% digital files and 50% DVD. DVD may not be the best quality (I'd say most of my clients don't even know you can't play HD video on DVD) but DVD players are ubiquitous in the business world. Every meeting room has a DVD player.

For the past few years, I've been making "hybrid" DVDs that will play standard-def in a DVD player, but will play HD video through Windows Media Player when inserted in a Windows computer.

Noa Put · November 1st, 2012, 02:13 PM

Quote:

For the past few years, I've been making "hybrid" DVDs that will play standard-def in a DVD player, but will play HD video through Windows Media Player when inserted in a Windows computer.

Can I ask how do you do that and what software is being used to achieve that? Do you use a regular dvd to play the HD content on the pc?

I have been doing quite some business events the past years and here also always a dvd or a mp4 file they can upload to youtube or embed in their website and I don't expect that to change soon.

Chris Davis · November 3rd, 2012, 01:40 PM

No special software required. I author a normal DVD, then add the HD version in WMV format as a data file (most DVD authoring software allows you to do that.) I create an autorun.inf file that instructs the computer to play the WMV file when the disk is insterted.

October 31st, 2012, 05:47 PM	#1
Shaun Forsdyke Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: England Posts: 49	Corporate Events - Preferred Medium. Hi all. What is the general consensus here? I film live music and music videos but have recently been looking into the corporate events market. I asume they arent too fond of digital video files for internal stuff. Or may be they are. I guess what it boils down to is, should I be investing in a bluray burner? Im guessing not, but DVD is relatively pointless and digital only might cause problems for smaller companies.

October 31st, 2012, 05:54 PM	#2
Chris Harding Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 8,441	Re: Corporate Events - Preferred Medium. Hi Shaun It all depends on your client. I have yet to get a request for BD from corporate clients..it's usually an embeddable video so they can put in on their website and the same footage on DVD to show clients. I haven't seen any board rooms that have a BD player! I would of course ask how they will be showing the video to clients (if they are) More often than not it's not even a "sit down" showing but just the same video on the salesman/director's laptop so a progressive file is preferred if they will be doing that..Sadly they go for convenience of a laptop/notebook so all your carefully tweaked audio comes thru two tiny 1" speakers!! All clients will be different but I must admit I haven't added a BD burner to my setup either as yet! Chris

October 31st, 2012, 09:14 PM	#3
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	Re: Corporate Events - Preferred Medium. For me, I rarely make any form of finished product for my clients. They hire me to shoot it and turn it over to them. Tapes or cards their choice. When I DO edit a product for them it's a DVD. Never had a request for BD. __________________ What do I know? I'm just a video-O-grafer. Don

October 31st, 2012, 09:31 PM	#4
Chip Thome Major Player Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Green Bay Wisconsin Posts: 553	Re: Corporate Events - Preferred Medium. Tablets are creeping more into corporate slowly replacing laptops for some. But, you have to offer it "backward compatible" so that means DVD. Because the tablets are starting to show up, I also would offer as a digital file on a thumb drive/SD card or even digital download from a Box.net or some other file site. No one is going to beech if you give them a DVD to watch on the HD flat panel. But, you give a Bluray to someone who doesn't know it won't work in his laptop, and just wait for the screaming to begin. :-)

November 1st, 2012, 09:36 AM	#6
Garrett Low Trustee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Novato, CA Posts: 1,774	Re: Corporate Events - Preferred Medium. 90% of my corporate videos are for direct upload to their website or intranet for internal distribution. I have had a couple of clients who want DVD's to send to their field representatives who don't have hi-speed internet connections available all the time. Those are actually very profitable since reproducing DVD's is very quick and easy and a high rate of return. I've never had a request for a Bluray from a corporate job. __________________ Garrett Low www.GLowMediaProductions.com

November 1st, 2012, 09:55 AM	#7
Roger Van Duyn Major Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Lakeland Florida Posts: 690	Re: Corporate Events - Preferred Medium. Same here as for Garrett. At least 90% want file based, usually an H264 MP4, for internet or their company intranet. __________________ Roger My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAp...2AHr_pHFID5LDA

November 1st, 2012, 01:41 PM	#8
Chris Davis Trustee Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Willmar, MN Posts: 1,400	Re: Corporate Events - Preferred Medium. Been shooting corporate exclusively for six years. Only once have I had a request for Blu-ray. Delivery requests seem to be about 50% digital files and 50% DVD. DVD may not be the best quality (I'd say most of my clients don't even know you can't play HD video on DVD) but DVD players are ubiquitous in the business world. Every meeting room has a DVD player. For the past few years, I've been making "hybrid" DVDs that will play standard-def in a DVD player, but will play HD video through Windows Media Player when inserted in a Windows computer.

November 3rd, 2012, 01:40 PM	#10
Chris Davis Trustee Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Willmar, MN Posts: 1,400	Re: Corporate Events - Preferred Medium. No special software required. I author a normal DVD, then add the HD version in WMV format as a data file (most DVD authoring software allows you to do that.) I create an autorun.inf file that instructs the computer to play the WMV file when the disk is insterted.