We are busy setting up an office in the states, within indent studios. There will be more info online soon.

For now, check out these great video portraits, shot and edited at the new US base: Indent Studios, LLC

www.14orso.com

We have just finished a video with Shaw Gibbs for their new YouTube channel. Videos like this offer your company a unique way to connect with your audience, put a face to a name and present information in a professional and engaging manner. If you would be interested in creating video for your company either on a regular basis or to create a bespoke promo – please give us a call on 01865 842525 or email info@studio-8.co.uk.

As soon as you land on a webpage and see the ‘play’ icon on a page – you can’t help but click it. It is because everyone likes entertainment and the play button has become synonymous with entertainment ever since the first video recorders were used at home. We instinctively know that video on a website is going to provide us with moving images and hopefully sound in the way of speech or music. It is a very engaging and easily digestible way of receiving information.

If I presented you with a page of text content about a subject such as how to fix a problem on your iPad and provided you with an option to watch a quick 2 minute how to video on the subject – which would you prefer to use?

We are becoming increasingly busy these days and mobile. Information is available to us now 24 hours a day, 7 days a week no matter where we are. We surf the internet on our mobile phones, ipods, iPads, Laptops, Desktop PC’s and now even digital TV such as the Apple TV.

It is because of our busy lives, that we enjoy the ease of video content. It is quick, easy and entertaining.

Online Video is now the most rewarding tool for any business wanting to increase brand awareness and traffic back to their website.

Take the following video we created recently for Blenheim Palace. It was designed to be a social media video showcasing the Brompton World Championships 2010 at Bike Blenheim Palace.

Look what Google has done for a user searching for information on this, see how the Video result to the right has come up – this is a Video by Blenheim Palace – click that video, and you are on Blenheim Palace’s Youtube Channel. You now watch the Video and are interacting with the Blenheim Palace brand. Next you might visit their website, share the video or watch more content. This is the glue every business needs.

You can see the video here:

Oxford Brookes understand the power of video and social media very well. They use it to their advantage and are able to embrace searchers looking for information on the University.

Take a look at this video we created for their Facebook and Youtube Channel. It is designed to show potential students thinking of coming to study, what it is like for a fresher. It has received many hits as it is of great interest and because users want to understand the process and this will get them the information fast.

Did you know YouTube is the World’s 2nd largest search engine after Google and being owned by Google, this is why video results show up on Google searches you perform. We suggest videos are added to your company youtube channel as this is the easiest way to embed to your website, share with others and embrace the endless clicks waiting for a well optimised video.

Here are some interesting facts about online video:

1.) 77% of adults have viewed videos online. About 33% of these adults are in college or have completed a degree.

2.) YouTube has an average of 100 million unique visitors per day, viewing about 6 billion videos.

3.) An average viewer watches about 273 minutes of online video.

4.) More businesses have invested in online video ads in 2009, growing up to 45% in 2009

5.) After viewing an online ad, about 46% of viewers take action, whether through visiting the company’s website, asked for further info or purchasing a product or service.

6.) 65% of viewers watch online ads all the way to the end.

7.) By 2011, it is expected that $4.3 billion will be spent because of online video ads.

8.) Most people (about 65%) who watch online videos are between 35-64 years of age and 67% of these have middle to high incomes.

9.) Online videos account for 60% of Internet traffic.

10.) Of the Top 50 Internet Retailers, 68% have videos on their site.

11.) 60% of web traffic is video

12.) Nearly 31 billion videos were viewed in the month of December 2009

13.) YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine and at times gets more visits than Google.

source: Google

Call us on 01865 842525 or email info@studio-8.co.uk to find out how we can help create hd web videos for your business plus full broadcast quality hd videos.

PRESS RELEASE

Colin Dexter and PD James video interview

Studio 8 are pleased to announce the forthcoming video interview to be filmed in Oxford between world famous authors Colin Dexter and Baroness PD James.

This will be a rare and unique opportunity to see two of the world’s most acclaimed authors in conversation relating to Inspector Morse and more.

The interview will be part of a forthcoming documentary to be created by studio 8 and will capture, in High Definition, scenes of Oxfordshire which appeared in the Inspector Morse books and TV films together with the full interview and more exciting extras to be announced nearer its release.

Also present will be Barrington Pheloung composer of the original theme of Inspector Morse.

Shot using the latest RED cameras – which are used in Hollywood  – this will be unlike any footage ever seen and is broadcast ready.

The interview will take place on the morning of 15th May 2010 and we can have the footage with you by the afternoon – please make us aware of any deadlines you have.

If you would like a copy of the footage to showcase on your channel please contact:

Clark Wiseman on 01865 852525
Email: clark@studio-8.co.uk

(Early requests will be appreciated to confirm delivery)

Further information:

Studio 8 Oxford – www.studio-8.co.uk
Colin Dexter  – http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223294/bio
PD James – http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth193
Barrington Pheloung http://www.pheloung.co.uk/
RED Cameras – http://www.red.com/

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