Why Do We Choose the Lens We Choose?

Why Do We Choose the Lens We Choose?

Filmmaking and cinematography is, in its essence, storytelling. It’s how we choose to tell those stories that makes it a creative and artistic endeavor. How you choose to present your imagery to your audience will determine how they emotionally, consciously or...
The Importance of Color Grading

The Importance of Color Grading

“There is no Beauty without Color” Years ago, in the corporate communication world, video production meant hitting the record button on a camera hundreds of times during a shoot and hoping that the information captured on tape was captivating enough to tell the...
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...
5 Tips for Recording Quality Audio

5 Tips for Recording Quality Audio

When it comes to film making and video production, the story is the first priority, no questions about it, but a close second is good audio. As the audience, we can forgive, and may even overlook, errors in continuity, bad lighting, and all the other art forms that...
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...
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint by Trese Bros. Games

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint by Trese Bros. Games

I’ve been an avid video game nerd for the duration of my existence on this cosmic rock, so when I had an opportunity to work on a Kickstarter video for Cyber Knights: Flashpoint – a squad based RPG by the Trese Bros. – I was more excited than Link in a...