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Every story we've published. Production insights, strategy breakdowns, and the work behind the work.

Video production and photography concepts for brands NYC - Raised Media Co.
Video Production

Want a free creative concept for your brand? Well, here you go.

Finally, a warning label for fake people
Branding

Finally, a warning label for fake people

Fanatics Fest Brand Activation Video and Photo Services NYC - raised media co
Video Production

Your booth isn't the content. The fans are.

Everyone planted the same flag
Social Media

Everyone planted the same flag

a-close-up-of-a-video-editing-setup-featuring-a-mechanical-keyboard-and-color-gr - jakub-zerdzicki (pexels)
Editing

30-Second Recap Video, 10 Hours of Editing. Here's Why.

Cannes Lions: a heatwave with a guest list
Video Production

Cannes Lions: a heatwave with a guest list

From the sales floor to the director's chair: how Tymel Young built Raised Media
Opinion

From the sales floor to the director's chair: how Tymel Young built Raised Media

The rise of the intellectual influencer. Brands, take notes.
Strategy

The rise of the intellectual influencer. Brands, take notes.

How to choose a video production company you'll want to keep
Video Production

How to choose a video production company you'll want to keep

Engraved-poster cover on a burnt-orange field: a fanned stack of etched photo prints spills off-center across a bold deep-navy circle that gently breathes, with a slow light sweep across the prints — the library produced by one content day. Raised Media Co.
Commercial Photography

One content day beats a year of one-off shoots. Here's the math

How to build a photo and video campaign for outdoor advertising

How to build a photo and video campaign for outdoor advertising

The healthcare video your marketing team isn't budgeting for

The healthcare video your marketing team isn't budgeting for

Bold animated cover: world currency symbols (dollar, euro, yen, pound, rupee) drifting and pulsing in a layered cluster, in electric blue, coral, and ivory on a deep midnight indigo field — commercial licensing fees. Raised Media Co.
Commercial Photography

Commercial licensing fees look like chaos. There's a system, whether it's photo or video.

Bold abstract poster of two large circles, emerald and clay, breathing together on a cream field into a shared deep-green overlap lens with a bright spark at its heart — agency and production partner connecting. Raised Media Co.

Outsourcing video production without losing creative control

Founder and CEO led video production for brands - Raised Media Co.

How to Film a Founder Without Making Them Look Like a Founder

Foldable phone unfolding from closed vertical to open widescreen with emerald video filling the screen on warm rose cream — horizontal video resurgence in social media. Raised Media Co.

How Horizontal Video Is Making a Resurgence in Social Media

Flat-design serpentine black film strip with visible frames and sprocket holes winding across warm travertine cream — long-form brand content. Raised Media Co.

Attention Spans Aren't the Problem. Long-Form Brand Content Is Having a Moment

Music Festival Video and Photo From the Pit to Backstage

Music Festival Video and Photo From the Pit to Backstage

Event Video Production Services NYC - Raised Media Co.

Three Ways to Cover a Corporate Event That Don't Look Like a Recording

Bauhaus plan-view of an event room with stage slab, dense crowd dots, and sweeping camera cones in cream and hot orange — event video production. Raised Media Co.

What Good Event Video Production Looks Like Now

The Brand Launch Film That Carries a New Identity Into the World

The Brand Launch Film That Carries a New Identity Into the World

The Light Hits Different on the Water

The Light Hits Different on the Water

Nardos Didn't Just Show Her Collection. She Made It in Front of You.

Nardos Didn't Just Show Her Collection. She Made It in Front of You.

Your Reference Deck Is Not a Strategy. This Is.

Your Reference Deck Is Not a Strategy. This Is.

The Brands That Won Cannes International Festival of Creativity Weren't Just There. They Were Producing.

The Brands That Won Cannes International Festival of Creativity Weren't Just There. They Were Producing.

We Don't Do Revisions. We Work Until It's Done

We Don't Do Revisions. We Work Until It's Done

There Is No Half-Day Rate in Video Production

There Is No Half-Day Rate in Video Production

Your Spring Campaign Is Two Shoots When It Should Be One

Your Spring Campaign Is Two Shoots When It Should Be One

How Long Does a Brand Video Really Take?

How Long Does a Brand Video Really Take?

What Should Actually Be in Your Video Production Contract

What Should Actually Be in Your Video Production Contract

 Pop, Country, Hip Hop, and a Producer Walk Into Two Studios

Pop, Country, Hip Hop, and a Producer Walk Into Two Studios

The Clients Who Made Us Better (Whether They Know It or Not)

The Clients Who Made Us Better (Whether They Know It or Not)

The Price of Reliability

The Price of Reliability

The Cost of Storage Is Too Damn High

The Cost of Storage Is Too Damn High

The Event Ends. The Content Doesn't

The Event Ends. The Content Doesn't

Video Podcasts Aren't Content. They're Infrastructure.

Video Podcasts Aren't Content. They're Infrastructure.

Your Event Is 6 Hours. Our Job Started 2 Weeks Ago.

Your Event Is 6 Hours. Our Job Started 2 Weeks Ago.

 Nonprofit Video on a Real Budget. No Sob Story Required.

Nonprofit Video on a Real Budget. No Sob Story Required.

In-House Video Person vs. Production Company: The Math Nobody Shows You

In-House Video Person vs. Production Company: The Math Nobody Shows You

Livestreaming Is Not Hitting "Go Live" on Your Phone

Livestreaming Is Not Hitting "Go Live" on Your Phone

I Run a Production Company. Here's How I'd Vet One

I Run a Production Company. Here's How I'd Vet One

Stop Calling Every Video a "Brand Video"

Stop Calling Every Video a "Brand Video"

NYFW Is a 14-Hour Sprint and Your Crew Gets One Take

NYFW Is a 14-Hour Sprint and Your Crew Gets One Take

You Sold Video to Your Client. Now You Need Someone to Actually Make It.

You Sold Video to Your Client. Now You Need Someone to Actually Make It.

Your Video Shoot Is Only as Good as Your Prep (Sorry, Marketing Teams)

Your Video Shoot Is Only as Good as Your Prep (Sorry, Marketing Teams)

White Label Video Production: How Agencies Scale Without Hiring a Crew

White Label Video Production: How Agencies Scale Without Hiring a Crew

Girls Auto Clinic x The Female Quotient

Girls Auto Clinic x The Female Quotient

Stop Saying Video "Builds Awareness." Your CFO Wants Numbers.

Stop Saying Video "Builds Awareness." Your CFO Wants Numbers.

One Shoot Day, 25 Pieces of Content. Or One Video. Your Call.

One Shoot Day, 25 Pieces of Content. Or One Video. Your Call.

Your Activation Looked Incredible. Your Content Didn't.

Your Activation Looked Incredible. Your Content Didn't.

White Background or Real Life? Choosing the Photography That Actually Sells

White Background or Real Life? Choosing the Photography That Actually Sells

More about what good healthcare video looks like vs dunking on bad ones

More about what good healthcare video looks like vs dunking on bad ones

We Charge $3K to $30K. Here's Why the Range Is That Wide

We Charge $3K to $30K. Here's Why the Range Is That Wide

Beeps, Swooshes, and the Invisible Cheat Code Your Video Is Missing

Beeps, Swooshes, and the Invisible Cheat Code Your Video Is Missing

We Put Our Prices on the Internet and Nobody Died

We Put Our Prices on the Internet and Nobody Died

Stop Throwing Money at Events and Start Making People Feel Something

Stop Throwing Money at Events and Start Making People Feel Something

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