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Businesses often assume that a successful video starts with the right production company, the right equipment or the right creative idea. In reality, most successful video projects begin with a much simpler question: What are we actually trying to achieve? It sounds almost too obvious to ask, yet it's surprising how many organisations skip this…

Corporate video has a creativity problem. Not because businesses lack talented people. Not because agencies lack ideas. And certainly not because audiences have stopped paying attention to video. The problem is that much of today's corporate video looks and feels remarkably similar. A leadership interview filmed in an office. Slow-motion footage of people walking through corridors.…

When businesses talk about the return on investment of video, the conversation usually starts in the wrong place. Views, clicks, impressions and engagement rates dominate most reporting discussions. Those metrics are useful, particularly when evaluating paid campaigns, but they rarely tell the full story. In many cases, the most valuable outcomes generated by video never…

For most B2B organisations, first impressions are formed long before a conversation takes place, and they usually begin online. A prospective client visits your website, scans a handful of pages and makes a quiet judgement about whether your business feels credible, commercially capable and relevant to their situation. In many cases, that judgement influences whether…

Most business videos aren’t short on quality.  They’re well shot, well edited, and usually signed off internally with a sense that something “good” has been produced. The problem is that very few of them actually do anything for the business. They don’t generate enquiries. They don’t support the sales process. They don’t get used beyond…

One of the most common enquiries we receive starts in a very familiar way. “Hi, we’re looking to produce a video.” And that’s absolutely reasonable. In many situations a single video is exactly the right thing to produce. If you’re launching a product, explaining a service, or promoting a campaign, a well-produced video - whether…

You’ve mastered the YouTube basics — now it’s time to go further. This guide shares simple but often-overlooked tweaks that can give your channel an edge: smarter upload timing, proper use of timestamps, consistent scheduling, and clever ways to repurpose your content. Small changes that help you reach more viewers, hold attention longer, and make…

At Square Daisy we’re always looking to identify areas for growth, to give our videos an edge for our customers. Recently a lot of you have been asking us about 3D and looking into 2022, this is something we’re hoping to include more in our services. So we thought we’d take you through the basics…

You may have heard a video editor use the terms "Colour Correction" and "Colour Grading" but aren't really sure what that means, what is the difference and how it's done. Never fear, read on to find out more...

You've diligently planned your video interview, it would be such a shame to spoil it by making one of these clothing, jewellery or make-up errors, which can be very off putting to the viewer.