#storytelling

CURIOUS & PRESENT

Drury Bynum

COCKTAIL MANIFESTO: IS STORYTELLING DEAD?

Shine Creative puts brands in the context of human experience through video storytelling. YES. STORYTELLING. The marketing buzzword that...

Drury Bynum

MAKE EMOTIONAL MOTIVATIONS THE ‘NORTH STAR’ OF YOUR BRANDED CONTENT

As a challenge to advertising that puts products before people, brands are abandoning the coercive, interruptive format in favor of...

Drury Bynum

HOW BEHAVIOR UNLOCKS THE POWER OF VIDEO

This evidence of your ability to effect change in the world inspires the viewer to follow your behavior and transform their own lives. When

Jamie Campbell

BREAKTHROUGH: THIS IS NOT OUR JOB.

The first two weeks of January gave us a luxurious amount of time to do a bunch of things—not just reclaim the house from Christmas decor...

Drury Bynum

CAN WE KILL THE TALKING HEAD ALREADY? (OR: How a chance collab ignited a new style of brand video)

Switchblade Lemonade writes killer bios for entrepreneurs. We recently collaborated on a project and it changed the way we make films....

Drury Bynum

TURNING SMALL STORIES INTO BIG ADVENTURES

Live Baltimore Case Study: How We Transformed Negative Perceptions By Finding Emotional Value In Unexpected Stories. Q: How do you tell...

Jamie Campbell

CASE STUDY: R. HOUSE CHEF STORIES BRING BIG HITS

This is the story of a 'reluctant client'—a video non-believer and a transformation story of the best kind for us.

Drury Bynum

THE HERO'S JOURNEY; A ROADMAP FOR STORYTELLING (VIDEO)

The Hero's journey is a roadmap for the viewer to enter and become a participant in the story. This is why this approach is so good for

Drury Bynum

HAS YOUR BRAND VIDEO LOST ITS PLOT?

Think of plot as a verb, as in, to draw a plan or map. You are simply defining the beginning, middle and end of your film and drawing a line

Jamie Campbell

VIDEO CONTENT BY COMMITTEE

Our day went from zero to shitshow in 1 minute. We needed some additional shots to accompany the interview of an exec for a very...

Jamie Campbell

WE MADE A VIDEO. NOW WHAT?

When it comes to video, one is the loneliest number. As we were wrapping up the final details on our video project, our client remarked,...

Jamie Campbell

YOUR STORIES ARE YOUR CURRENCY

“You can’t sell something until you’ve entered someone’s mind.”- Beth Comstock, CMO of GE. We were shooting an interview of a C-Suite...