This Week’s Wow Episode 12 | The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

In the latest episode of This Week’s Wow we produced for The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, we got to take a look behind the scenes at all the offices at the Museum.

View the video below to see what it’s like behind the closed doors…

 

 

 

 

There were so many cool things we got to film during this shoot, but had to cut a lot of it out to keep the overall length of the video down.

I love when Josh and Mookie are dancing at “Club Angie” during this episode – when we were filming it we actually had “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga playing.

To see more of our video production skills, check out our blog!

This Week’s Wow Episode 11 | The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

If you have ever been to Indianapolis, you’ve probably seen it or at least heard of it – the Water Clock at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

In the most recent video we produced for The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, we got to find out how the Water Clock works!

Check it out below…

This particular shoot was difficult to get the audio right due to Josh and Mookie being so far away at the beginning, but luckily we had a third cameraman that day, so we had two cameras downstairs and one upstairs, and it worked out great. :)

As you can tell from the image below, we had some special video editing effects to add to this episode…

Vic The Plumber needed a grand exit, so why not have him fly away!

Videos like this make me love working with The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis – all of our shoots are fun and goofy, but still very professional (well, mostly professional).

Be sure to check out The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Facebook page for all the latest This Week’s Wow episodes!

To read more about our video production, check out our blog!

School On Wheels | Annual Report

School On Wheels wanted to do their annual report in a video format this year, so they had 12 Stars Media help out.  

View the video below…

The video was used to show all those involved, or want to be involved, what is going on at School On Wheels – which it does a great job of, I believe.

“School on Wheels is Indianapolis’ answer to increasing educational opportunities for school-aged homeless children in order to create economic opportunities necessary to break the cycle of homelessness”

In other words, School On Wheels is a great organization that helps homeless children achieve a good education.

Shooting the above video was great.  We got to head over to School On Wheels “HQ” and film Sally Bindley and Brian Schmidt – both were great on camera.  After leaving the “HQ”, we got to film some of the families using School On Wheels services.  It was definitely great seeing all those volunteers donating time to help out a homeless child.

This Week’s Wow Episode 8 | The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

Ever think about who cleans all of the nooks and crannies at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis?

In this episode of This Week’s WOW, we got to film some of the great people who have that responsibility.
 

 
Sure, not the most glamorous job, but absolutely necessary.

Shooting this particular episode was a little tricky – we originally  were going to use the restroom near the cafeteria, but there were too many visitors who needed to use it.  Eventually we went to a less crowded restroom to shoot.

Be sure to check out The Children’s Museum’s facebook page to stay up to date on all the “WOW”s and other happenings at the world’s biggest and best children’s museum. And, of course, if your gears are turning in regards to online video for your organization we’d love to discuss ways to produce real, simple video content for you as well.

How To Add Descriptions To Your YouTube Videos | 12 Stars Tip

In this video, I explain how to add descriptions, titles, and tags to your YouTube video, as well as what type of information they should contain.

Let’s review.

Title: Video titles are important for SEO, as well as the chances of a viewer clicking on your video to watch it from search results – use relevant and descriptive information in your title.

Description: Some viewers will read the description before watching your video, so make sure this field describes what your video contains.  And it never hurts to put a link at the end of your description (be sure to add the “http://” to your link so it is click-able).

Tags: Here you will want to use words that describe what category your video is in.  Tags also affect the related videos that show up after your video is finished playing.

More info about YouTube SEO can be found here:  10 SEO tips for YouTube

Hancock Regional Hospital | Welcome Video

Hancock Regional needed a welcome video for their website that showed some of the personality and technology at the hospital – so they contacted us!

Here’s what we produced for them…

As you may be able to tell, the nurses were a little camera shy that day so Rocky and I got cameo roles.

I love how this video is simple and to the point, but still feels very professional.  It shows the personality of the CEO, Bobby Keen – he may not speak like a Hollywood actor, but who does? (other than a Hollywood actor).  By speaking without a script and teleprompter, you can tell he is being real and honest; he cares about the things he is saying.

As well as showing personality, the video gives you a good idea of the advanced technology that is being used at Hancock Regional.  We worked hard to make sure that people were present in as many of the shots as possible though, because as important as all that technology is, it’s people that warm up and bring life to cold, sterile hospital equipment.

We invite you to find out more about Hancock Regional Hospital or get in touch with your favorite Indianapolis video protection company if you think a real, simple welcome video might be a good place to get your organization started with online video.

What We Learned at IKEA

As you may already know, we’re moving into a new office in Fishers, Indiana – meaning we’ll need some new furniture from IKEA.  Check out the video to see what a visit to IKEA is like when Media for Hire visits.

For those unaware, IKEA is a HUGE furniture store with everything you could ever need for your home or office (or anywhere you need… furniture).  Since there are no IKEA locations in Indiana, we went the Bolingbrook, Illinois location. 

After eating lunch at IKEA (which was actually really good), we made our way around the store to pick a desk and a few other things for the new office.

As far as the mouse at The Marketing Loft, it still lives to this day.  Greg has set out the trap, but hasn’t had any luck catching it yet.

As always, new episodes on Thursdays and teasers on Tuesday at mediaforhire.tv

Big Change and Fond Memories

In the latest episode, we left everyone with a little cliff hanger.   Watch below and find out what I mean by that.

So… what does this mean?  It means we’re moving… kind of.

We’re adding a Fishers, IN location.  We’ll have an office in the Yeager Properties II Fishers Office Suites (located off S.R. 37 and 141st street).  You’ll be able to find out more about the new office in the next episode.

Be honest: did you shed a tear watching the video above?  We’ve been at The Marketing Loft in downtown Greenfield for nearly a year now – and we’re really going to miss it.  Again, we’re not moving out completely just yet, but that is our intention in the near future.  So if you want come check out our Greenfield office, now is the time to do it.

Be sure to check out the new teaser on Tuesday and episode on Thursday at mediaforhire.tv – Rocky and I go furniture shopping  for the new place. :)

Re Branding Yourself

A logo should always feel new, fresh, and exciting.  With that in mind, we decided to re-brand Media for Hire.

Find out what I mean below.

Yes, we’re poking fun at Gap’s recent branding trouble.   Honestly though, who didn’t make fun of Gap’s logo?

What you may find more interesting about our video is my “evil twin“.

I’d like to make a video on how we did the split screen effect, but, ultimately, we took two different videos, both filmed on a tripod at the same spot, one with me at the podium pretending to see Rocky walk towards me, and one with me standing in the background as Rocky walks in front of me.  I’m of course referring to the second shot with the split screen effect.

In case anyone is wondering, we filmed the shot of me apologizing at the Greenfield Chamber of Commerce building (Thanks Retta!).

See all the new episodes at mediaforhire.tv!

The Race

Sweaty palms, paranoia, adrenaline.   Some of the things you feel just before a race.   After working with the Tony Stewart Foundation, Rocky and I wanted to experience these things for ourselves.   Watch the video to see what I mean.

So maybe our idea of racing is a little less exciting than Nascar.  Oh well.  It’s still fun.

I came up with the idea to make a video about racing, but it took the power of Greg (who shares an office with us) and Rocky to think of the slot cars being the punch line. 

We filmed all the scenes of the real cars one evening, and the slot cars the next morning.  Editing took about an hour and a half, which is pretty quick.

The video that we made for the Tony Stewart Foundation can be viewed here.

Be sure to look for our next video on mediaforhire.tv!