r/videoproduction

Hi so here I am, cause I don't know what to do with my current situation right now. I a 23yr (M) from the Philippines started my Video Production Agency after 5 years of being freelance. It's more a last push on my dream and what I really Love to do, which is Filmmaking. Here's the situation I started this Business of mine with my friend who share the same passion of mine but we started without camera gears, I know what you gonna say, but hear me out. This was actually something that happened unexpectedly this is some thing we talked like 6 month ago in a mountain an unexpected meeting while hiking it was casual then just a month a go in a street we just suddenly decided to take action because of this 1 client of mine. But due to personal crisis about 2 months ago i had to sell my personal gears to work outside my hometown but things didn't work. So we just move things forward and rented camera gears for about a week which our budget can handle, we shoot multiple clients which some are free and been receiving positive response since then. We did receive potential clients and talk with business that wants to create videos for there business but here where the problem is.

We rent our gears from my Co workers in the event industry so we only shoot when the gears is available, and it's been affecting our creativity so I decided to find someone willing to invest in us. But it's really hard to find someone thats willing to risk in our ideas, we do understand why. But here the thing the investment were looking for is somethings that's not so big just enough to buy us the equipments we need. So any advice on how we can move forward in our situation?

Should we stop or continue it's like a loop in our situation right now.

We do a lot of doc-style video productions for healthcare and healthcare adjacent industries.

The biggest hurdle i'm finding over and over when working with founders during an interview is getting them to understand how to talk about emotional impact.

I had this one guy who created something like a injectable gel that help regrow tendons. He could speak on the technical specs and science for hours... which is great. BUT the video is for future patients... not people who understand all the jargon.

I asked him to speak about the emotional impact their technology; it's almost something he didn't understand.

Incredibly bright healthcare entrepreneur... but blind to the feelings he's producing in his clients/ patients.

How do you communicate this to your interview subjects?

So I finally sat down and listed out every AI subscription our team is paying for — ChatGPT, Claude, Midjourney, a couple writing tools, some video tool we tried once and forgot about.

Found out we had 3 tools basically doing the same thing, and one $20/mo seat literally nobody had touched in over a month lol. Not like anyone decided to waste money on purpose, it just happens — someone signs up for a trial during a busy week, gets forgotten, and the card keeps getting charged.

Did this whole thing manually in a spreadsheet and honestly it took longer than it should've. Not something I want to redo every month.

Anyone here got a system or trick for tracking this without it becoming a whole chore? Or is everyone just winging it like we were lol

Hello everyone,

I hope this post doesn't violate any community guidelines, but I’m looking for some industry-specific guidance.

I recently came into possession of some specialized, high-end video equipment. While I do photography and video as a hobby, this gear is studio-grade stuff that is way beyond my hobby needs.

Equipment along the lines of Canon J35ex15B4 IASD lens and other high end lenses and cameras.

Are there specific industries (like professional production studios ) or specialized forums where I should look to connect with the right technical directors or engineers? If so who and where?

Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated!

I’ve noticed a lot of founders in this space come from a CD background. From a purely creative standpoint, do you find that mixing animation and live footage creates a more striking result than sticking to one medium?

I’m in animation production, and I’m trying to gauge if video production houses actually enjoy these collaborations.

1. Does it help you solve visual problems that live-action alone can't?
2. Is the collaboration between two separate houses usually seamless, or does the pipeline usually break down?
3. From a business perspective, does offering mixed-media make your agency look more premium?

Hey, fellow editors, i have three questions, my first question is how do you get ideas for every new video? second question is how do you manage to pull both short-form and long-form when clearly they are very different from each other, my third question is how do i get clients because i believe i am very good at editing, and want to start earning, i am 16 years old. If you can help me answering these questions it'd be highly appreciated.

this is for a class assignment, and since I was abandoned by my group, I wanted to ask for help from someone if they could help me create a 60 secs Ad/video of Fritz-Kola that would be introduced into the Chinese marker... Much help would be appreciated!!

Hi i just launched a new item iv been working on and dont have any money or a job i maybe have like a bit left but am wondering how to make a commercial or a infercial for cheap? Any suggestions z
Help i already have the whole Script ready to go? And any tips please would help

Hi All, would you agree with me that after years of it being the gold standard for filmmakers, Vimeo has become a bloated mess of upsells and ads. The interface that used to just work now buries the actual video content behind pages of promotional clutter.

Curious where people have landed. I'm seeing Kinescope, Livid, FrameRate, and Skippz come up a lot as alternatives.

YouTube is the obvious fallback but it feels like a step down for serious work.

Anyone made the switch? What's actually worth it in 2026?

hiii everyone, ill try to keep this short

i wanted to build a tool that understands a product and creates videos for things like launches, feature releases, demos, and announcements and instead of just turning a URL into a generic video, it researches the product, understands the messaging, builds a story, and creates a video around it following your brand identity

ofc giving you the ability to edit in the story board and creative direction before even generating the video

would this be something you'd actually use? If so what would be the one feature you'd want to find the most?

i'd really really appreciate all of your help \^\_\^