Comments on: The Secret To Powerful Videos That Showcase Your Art

By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:46:14 +0000

Thanks, Yvonne! Anyone can purchase the recording and get everything included other than the live call.

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By: Yvonne Charneskey

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:49:03 +0000

This event was so helpful in so many ways. Daniel had insights that will help me with my business…hope it’s offered again for those that missed it the first time.

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By: R. Daniel Foster

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:49:09 +0000

Hi – sorry hadn’t checked the email notification button, so missed these posts. (duh) Rachelle – quite welcome! Glad you enjoyed. Alyson – thanks for mentioning my art-profile videos. Cathleen – loved that link you posted – clever & engaging. Funny – in the seminar I mentioned that the completion rate for a 30 second video is 90%, which drops to 50% for a two minute video. Although engaging – the video you linked to (Plein Air Event) is 1.30 minutes. And even then – I started to click ahead in the video, and thought, “Okay, yes, I get the concept of this, okay, I’ve seen enough now.”) My total overall viewing time: about 15 seconds. Granted, I’m a video professional – but it’s also a good lesson in brevity & impact! And that doesn’t have to spell all pow, wow bang. What actually didn’t work in that video you posted was when the screen kept going to black. If I had to revise it, I would create a faster edit at the start, and also trim the total time to about one minute. It’s a fast and furious video world! And again – not to say you can’t create incredible depth and even silence in a video that can be stunning – one that you can’t tear your eyes from. Hope that helps & happy creating. – RDF

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By: cathleen

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:15:26 +0000

oh yes, just noticed (duh) the one above! about the middle eastern art, it is very arty and entertaining.
Here is one that I thought was good too. It is obviously not created by just one artist, but maybe it will give someone some ideas…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?client=mv-google&hl=en&gl=US&v=0hRNEAz8y-g&nomobile=1
It’s promoting the Easton Plein Air event (just in case the link doesn’t work you can search for it on You Tube). There are actually several about this event and they are all short. That is an interesting idea, that Daniel brought up too, a series of videos, so that you can keep them all short.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:08:44 +0000

In reply to Rachelle Meagher.

Thanks, Rachelle. What do you think was best about the seminar?

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:08:03 +0000

In reply to cathleen.

Cathleen: For others who might read this, I’ll note that you’re referring to the PDF from the seminar.
And I’ll chime in here and say that Daniel’s video here is a gold standard. Don’t you think it’s powerful?

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By: cathleen

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:04:12 +0000

Hi Daniel, I am a total newbie to the video process. I did watch all of the videos that you mentioned in the pdf. I noticed all of the errors you mentioned in the seminar. I liked the Clean Square video too. Although it was a little long, like you said. It seemed like all of the others had at least one major flaw, that you talked about.
I would like to know, if there are any videos by artists that you would highly recommend, as a sort of “gold standard” of what a great artist video is? Something to aspire to? Something that you produced or someone else produced, that you think is great, and doesn’t have any of the detractions you have mentioned, such as too long, distracting noises, bad lighting etc. Thank you!

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By: Rachelle Meagher

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:25:27 +0000

Great seminar. Thanks Daniel!

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By: melissa

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 07:31:34 +0000

Oh wow, thanks for this post, it opens up a whole new world.
I’ve been doing the standard “paint in journal then speed it up” youtube videos for a while which is fun. But I never really considered making a video of a finished painting. Just… the painting, in real time, just BEING.

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By: R. Daniel Foster

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:07:17 +0000

Kerry – knowing what to say (as you write) or how to brand and “voice” videos is really key. And rather than a more general message, there are numerous specific and detailed messages and ways to convey those – that are really effective – and that can create a lot of buzz. Not many are doing this – so you’re way ahead of the game!

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