YouTube is the place for all things web video. We don’t expect polish or production-quality work, just what will get it done and help spread word.
Making professional-grade HD videos requires a crew (people to hoist cameras, hold boom mikes, produce in the field). For those times, hire pros. I got a great referral a few weeks ago through LinkedIn for a corporate video assignment in New York City.
Leftfield Pictures and its co-founder Colby Gaines have delivered a beautiful piece that will provide 2,000 employees around the globe an experience and emotion they couldn’t get otherwise. Thank you, Colby and the crew who did the assignment.
When you don’t need professionally shot, produced and edited video but want to add a nice touch to your internal marketing work (or external), check out istockphoto.com.
Besides photos, the popular microstock photograhy site has searchable illustrations, flash, and video in suitable compressed format for bring more life to company Intranets or leverage as b-roll in that next HD video production.
Need a time-lapsed shot of Seattle skyline? Type in the city and click video box. Birds-eye view of flying at 30,000 feet on tips of clouds? You’ll find several options. Big Ben in London? Tiananmen Square? Times Square?
To do just pure video search through iStock, go directly to istockvideo.com.
New to re-use of microstock photos from flickr and Creative Commons protocol, see this detailed blog post on TeachStreet.
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