How To Manage Your Marine Video Production – Part Four: The Approval
This stage is about refinement, ensuring that every element of your video aligns with your intended message and brand identity. As a client, your feedback during this stage is invaluable, applying the final polish that can transform a great project into an exceptional one.
Here are some tips for a smooth sucessful process:
Review with purpose: Approach the review process with your original objectives in mind. Revisit your goals from the briefing stage along these questions:
What exactly is the deliverable you need? This can range from precise (“2 min product video for our stand at the SMM trade show”) to broad (“brand footage for the next couple of years.”
When do you need the final deliverable? Equally important: when will you and the other stakeholders be avaible for decision making?
Who are the stakeholders on your side making these decisions? Who is not?
How do you want the feedback process to happen? Sophisticated online feedback tools are industry standard today ( screenshot frame io)
On the other hand, a good old presentation with the production team and all stakeholders on the client side in one room still has its perks. With everybody together, it is much easier to streamline and consolidate the feedback into actionable items. Alternatives can be explored on the spot. Joint decisions can be made in minutes instead of days.
If you can’t get everybody together, the next best method is to consolidate the client notes into a single, coherent document to streamline the revision process. When providing feedback, be as specific as possible. Highlight what works, what doesn’t, and why.
Clear, consolidated feedback prevents confusion and ensures that the production team has a definitive set of revisions to work on.
Here are some tips for a smooth sucessful process:
Review with purpose: Approach the review process with your original objectives in mind. Revisit your goals from the briefing stage along these questions:
What exactly is the deliverable you need? This can range from precise (“2 min product video for our stand at the SMM trade show”) to broad (“brand footage for the next couple of years.”
When do you need the final deliverable? Equally important: when will you and the other stakeholders be avaible for decision making?
Who are the stakeholders on your side making these decisions? Who is not?
How do you want the feedback process to happen? Sophisticated online feedback tools are industry standard today ( screenshot frame io)
On the other hand, a good old presentation with the production team and all stakeholders on the client side in one room still has its perks. With everybody together, it is much easier to streamline and consolidate the feedback into actionable items. Alternatives can be explored on the spot. Joint decisions can be made in minutes instead of days.
If you can’t get everybody together, the next best method is to consolidate the client notes into a single, coherent document to streamline the revision process. When providing feedback, be as specific as possible. Highlight what works, what doesn’t, and why.
Clear, consolidated feedback prevents confusion and ensures that the production team has a definitive set of revisions to work on.