Creative Filmmaking for Brands
Testing Ideas with Videos
A course by Thalia de Jong , Filmmaker
About the video: Testing Ideas with Videos
Overview
“Next, I will teach you how to test out your ideas before building an entire production around it. This can be quick and fun! ”
In this video lesson Thalia de Jong addresses the topic: Testing Ideas with Videos, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Filmmaking for Brands. Learn how to design, shoot, and edit playful videos that capture an audience's attention, from the initial concept to the final cut.
Partial transcription of the video
“Testing Ideas with Videos In this lesson, I will show you how you can test out your ideas to see if what's in your brain actually also works in reality before you make a whole production out of it. This test, you can shoot on your laptop or on your phone even. Just anything that isn't your actual, fancy DSLR or film camera because you need to test out if this idea works, and it needs to be quick. It's not about the image. It's not about the aesthetics of the image. It's really testing, "Does it work or does it not?" If it doesn't, then you move on to the next idea because if it doesn't work...”
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Course summary for: Creative Filmmaking for Brands
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Premiere -
Areas
Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Video

Thalia de Jong
A course by Thalia de Jong
Thalia de Jong is a Dutch filmmaker. During her design studies, she realized her passion lay in creating videos that look like posters. Nowadays, she specializes in making fresh and simple films with a twist, featuring lots of bright colors and the occasional furry creature. She focuses on portraying art, fashion, and design with an eye for detail and a smart sense of style.
Thalia has directed commercials, advertorials, music videos, and short films, on both large-scale and smaller sets. She has collaborated with high-profile clients such as Chanel, Ellis Faas Cosmetics, and HEMA, and received awards at the Barcelona Fashion Film Festival, the Berlin Fashion Film Festival, and A Shaded View On Fashion Film Festival, Paris.
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