Everything OC. Tips to be creative. http://ocimageworks.com/rss.php OC Imageworks produces its first nationally distributed commercial for Proven Winners, the #1 plant brand in the world. The spot will be aired around the country on The Weather Channels traffic report and can be viewed at www.vimeo.com/40022674. The commercial, which was shot at Danville Gardens in Danville, Illinois, garnered the most positive responses among a group of commercials submitted ... to read more visit our blog! Thu, 10 May 2012 12:49:29 -0500 http://ocimageworks.com/module/blog/single.php?id=34 Brian Barrow and I have made an annual tradition of attending the National Association of Broadcasters convention (NAB) and tradeshow in Las Vegas. Its a great opportunity to catch up on industry trends, attend some valuable seminars on best practices and new techniques for video production, and lay our hands on the latest and greatest gear. Two years ago, during our first visit to the NAB, we ... to read more visit our blog! Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:08:56 -0500 http://ocimageworks.com/module/blog/single.php?id=27 Nothing makes the team at OC Imageworks happier than the success of our clients. Imagine our pleasure when we found out that Resource Banks Your Resource for Living magazine was nominated for Best External Publication by PR News, the nations most prestigious information clearinghouse for public relations professionals. OC Imageworks has teamed with Resource Bank for the past three years on ... to read more visit our blog! Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:37:20 -0500 http://ocimageworks.com/module/blog/single.php?id=26 Greetings from the deep end! My name is Lindsay Massie, and Im currently learning to swim here in the OC Imageworks pool. My water-treading abilities are fairly advanced, but I did experience one panicked moment when I thought I might cramp up and go under. I know what youre thinkingenough already with the clichd metaphor (but I had something really pithy to say about a paddle, a diving board, an ... to read more visit our blog! Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:22:05 -0500 http://ocimageworks.com/module/blog/single.php?id=25 The title of this blog probably sounds like a contradiction in terms to some people, but successful creativity depends heavily on rules. Thats because truly creative people dont ignore rules. Indeed, they pay more attention to them than most people, because originality is all about knowing when and where the rules can be broken to create something new. Robert Frost used to complain that wr ... to read more visit our blog! Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:38:01 -0600 http://ocimageworks.com/module/blog/single.php?id=20 Creative people dont like creating estimates. What they really want is for someone to tell them to go out and produce the most amazing thing possible and then charge whats fair. Of course, clients rarely make that kind of commitment, and who can blame them. Give a filmmaker an inch, and theyll take a helicopter shot and two car crashes. Throw in some underwater work for good measure. The d ... to read more visit our blog! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:07:42 -0600 http://ocimageworks.com/module/blog/single.php?id=14 This Sunday morning on MSNBC's Your Business, web video was cited as one of the top five trends for small business in 2012. That's no surprise, considering the benefits web video can bring to your business. Videos are classically "sticky" marketing pieces, meaning that potential customers tend to click on video links more often than other types of links and tend more often to view the entire mess ... to read more visit our blog! Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:00:28 -0600 http://ocimageworks.com/module/blog/single.php?id=11