Video Case Studies

Video case studies give an insight into what you are doing and how it is making a real difference. Each video case study is designed to help you reflect on your own experience and enrich your own practice as well as promote the good work you are doing to your audience.

Inspiring and thought-provoking multimedia presentations allow you to share experiences with others just as written case studies have done for years with the addition of allowing people to actually see and hear from these individuals in a compelling way.

Video Podcasts

Video podcast (sometimes shortened to vidcast or vodcast) is a term used for the online delivery of video content via Atom or RSS enclosures.
A video podcast can be distributed as a file or as a stream from a web server. Both methods have their advantages. Downloading complete video podcasts in advance gives the user the ability to play the video podcasts offline on a portable media player. A downloaded version can be watched many times with only one download, reducing bandwidth costs in this case.

Streaming allows seeking (skipping portions of the file) without downloading the full video podcast and results in better statistics and lower bandwidth costs for the servers; however, users may have to face pauses in playback caused by transfer speeds.

Promotional Videos

Sometimes a product or service can be so complex that a great deal of customer education is needed before they are confident enough to make a purchasing decision. Video can be used to educate your customers on your product, processes and facilities. This is very effective when your company is making big improvements or launching a new product or service. The video can then be posted on your company web site allowing you to concentrate on selling the product.

Training Videos

Training videos provide an effective and economical method of presenting correct working procedures. Creatively produced training videos improve confidence, performance and motivation. Typical types of training video productions include;

    * Health & Safety
    * Staff training
    * Management training
    * Customer support training
    * Sales staff training
    * Company induction training

Training videos can involve humour which is sometimes used to drive the point home. But, it should not be patronising, risqué or obtuse. Often a simple, friendly and direct tone linked to straightforward narrative or dialogue is an effective approach to ensure understanding and memory retention.

Video Encoding

At Giant Leap we know video inside out and we like to watch it as good as it can look without any hassle or waiting around. Whether you need DVD footage converting to stream online or tape formats logging and encoding for broadcast we can handle it quickly and efficiently. Some of our more frequently used codecs include;

    * FLV
    * Quicktime Animation
    * Quicktime H.264
    * MPEG2
    * DVCPROHD

DVD Design

As well as encoding digital video footage for delivery on DVD we can also design menus and integrate special features. Whether your project is simple or sophisticated we are able to produce the perfect presentation of your SD or HD content. This can include;

    * Animated menus
    * Slide shows
    * DVD ROM content
    * Commentary
    * Subtitles
    * Multi region

Flash Video Banners

A Flash banner is a form of online advertising. This type of online advertising entails embedding an advertisement into a web page. The idea is to attract traffic to a website by linking to the website of the advertiser. The advertisement is constructed from an image (GIF, JPEG, PNG) but we can take things one step further and provide animation, sound and even video to maximise impact. All banners are constructed professionally and to eyeblaster specification if required.

Motion Graphics

Before computers were widely available, motion graphics were costly and time consuming, limiting their use to only high budget film and TV projects. With the reduced cost of producing motion graphics on a computer, the discipline has seen more widespread use and the availability of desktop programs such as Adobe After Effects, Discreet Combustion, and Apple Shake has made motion graphics become increasingly accessible. We are fully versed in producing top notch motion effects and are familiar with a number of software packages including that allow us to create 2D and 3D effects, track footage for compositing work and combine all these elements to create stunning video projects. Some of these packages include;

    * Adobe After Effects
    * Discreet Combustion
    * Apple Shake
    * Cinema 4D
    * 3D Studio Max
    * Flame
    * Boujou
    * Maya

Photography

Giant Leap provides photography services. Our shooting style is relaxed yet professional and is able to utilise both artificial and available light.

    * Portfolios
    * Family Portraits
    * Pet Portraits
    * Product Shots
    * Corporate Events
    * Commercial