Tips for Facilitating the Perfect Interview

Tips for Facilitating the Perfect Interview

At Oswego Creative, we often tell stories about real people, working real jobs, providing for real families. The stories are authentic and narrated by the characters themselves through the use of interviews. However, these are non-actors who for the most part have no...
The Struggle

The Struggle

Since joining Oswego Creative as a producer two and a half years ago, I’ve been producing a lot more documentary-style content.  This kind of video focuses the lens on real people rather than scripted actors.  While I started my production career working on mostly...
Collaboration

Collaboration

One of my favorite aspects of working as a producer and director is the ability to collaborate with my team.  While I feel like the word “collaboration” has been pummeled into becoming somewhat of a buzzword, it is a critical component in almost all of our projects at...
The Importance of Pre-Production

The Importance of Pre-Production

The most important phase of the production process is pre-production.  This is where you make your bacon. It’s where your storyboards, shot lists, and schedules are made which are all geared toward one purpose – to make your life easier during the shoot and in...
Turning a Formal Interview into a Conversation

Turning a Formal Interview into a Conversation

Here at Oswego Creative, we tell a lot of stories about real people, working real jobs, providing for real families. These stories are authentic and feature everyday folks who are not actors, and for the vast majority have zero experience in video production, let...