by Blake Barnett | Dec 1, 2021 | Los Angeles, CA, Portland, OR, Public Gallery, Seattle, WA
Sometimes when we do interviews for clients it’s a difficult thing to get the people to give us genuine, clear and heartwarming sentiment. It’s not that they don’t want to, it’s just that being on camera is not most people’s favorite thing. Cut to Moss...
by Blake Barnett | Oct 5, 2021 | Video Tips
Video production is an intricate process, especially in the corporate world. Not only do your crew members need to be in sync with each other, but you also have the added responsibility of working with clients and making sure they are happy with the final product. No...
by Blake Barnett | Sep 24, 2021 | San Jose, CA
With the rise of virtual meetings, large scale production service jobs for clients from around the world have become a regular occurrence for us – particularly in Silicon Valley. Here at Blare Media we love these jobs. We get to combine all our favorite ingredients...
by Blake Barnett | Aug 18, 2021 | Other
In August we were lucky enough to go to Virginia on a 10 day shoot for the Virginia Department of Health. Our goal was to showcase the many different communities in Virginia and what they are doing to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates. Many groups are...
by Blake Barnett | Aug 18, 2021 | Networking, Video Production
Online directories are the new phone books of our generation with Google being the primary one. There are many, many more directories in almost every niche you can think of which are a great resource in both directly connecting with new customers as well as indirectly...
by Blake Barnett | Jun 17, 2021 | San Francisco, CA
Our client based in Australia asked us to shoot interviews and broll for an insurance company in the bay area. The cameras we used on set were Sony FX6, FS5, Sigma Cine Prime lenses. A new Aputure 600D Pro as the main key light used with a book light technique and...
by Blake Barnett | May 13, 2021 | Public Gallery, San Diego, CA
We worked with Rare Partners from the EU to film interviews and broll for a virtual presentation. We sent the footage via MASV and also did a zoom call during the shoot with the CEO and CTO so our friends from the EU could check the look of the shots and listen to the...
by Blake Barnett | Apr 30, 2021 | Public Gallery, San Francisco, CA
It was an honor to shoot with Najee Harris last week as he did an in-store appearance as part of the Lowes Home Team. He connected with hometown connections in Antioch CA who work at the store and who were a part of his early journey to success. Najee was the...
by Blake Barnett | Apr 7, 2021 | Video Tips
Lighting the Way: From Cave Walls to Modern Day By the Hyphenate Video Blogger Approaching a blog post about lighting, this hyphenate video content creating guy’s impulse is to begin with the first lights used for the first films and proceed safely from there....
by Blake Barnett | Mar 25, 2021 | Video Tips
WHAT CAMERA DO I NEED TO BECOME A FILMMAKER? By Doug Morris THE DAWN OF FILM In 1888 Louis Le Prince recorded four revelers dancing in what many believe is the world’s oldest surviving film – a three-second clip – commonly referred to as the...
