Act Visually: Cases

"Contrasterne"

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:56:48 GMT

A video montage of ”Contrasterne” (“The Contrasts”) – a Danish creative group based in Aarhus. The group consists of four painters and one writer. The video was filmed and edited by Bird & Beenfeldt (www.birdbeenfeldt.dk).

Socialtext

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:36:30 GMT

Socialtext uses video for their tutorials and product demos. They have a video section fully integrated with their website. Socialtext offers enterprise social software, comprising an integrated suite of web-based social software applications including microblogging, user profile, directories, groups, personal dashboards using OpenSocial widgets, and shared spreadsheet, wiki, and weblog collaboration tools. By simplifying people's ability to share expertise, ideas and corporate data, Socialtext removes knowledge silos that have traditionally hampered companies' ability to respond to change and serve customers efficiently. With Socialtext, people collaborate openly around key business processes in a secure, internal environment, and work together to drive new business opportunities.

Next Conference

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:24:58 GMT

Next, aconference on technology and innovation uses video, to gain a long-tail audience and build customer relationships. Having the key note addresses available on video draws in new customers via search engines, as well as builds relationships with existing customers as they can use the site as a knowledge resource all through the year. In addition to this, the online videos make it possible for the, originally offline presentations, to become viral through social sharing.

KILROY

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:03:28 GMT

KILROY uses video to show the real side of this world's exciting travel destinations for young people and students. Using a basic video equipment to create a feeling of un-edited "being there" KILROY counters decades of photoshopped glossy travel brochures and ensures that their customers know exactly what it looks and feels like where they are going.

Seedcamp

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:07:51 GMT

Seedcamp uses video to communicate and share stories, keynotes and learnings from their events all across the world. Seedcmp is a programme created to jumpstart the entrepreneurial community in Europe by connecting next generation developers and entrepreneurs with over 400 mentors from a top-tier network of company builders; including seed investors, serial entrepreneurs, product experts, HR and PR specialists, marketers, lawyers, recruiters, journalists and venture capitalists. Seedcamp acts as a micro seed fund to invest in startup companies, mainly through our flagship event Seedcamp Week, most of our video is from same Seedcamp week.

COWI

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:00:22 GMT

Leading European consulting group COWI uses online video mainly to document their projects, to share their thoughts about the climate and environment, to strengthen their global brand, and it is an important part of their communications. The production of the videos varies depending on the content, the footage is produced in-house by the communications department, but when they are working on a new project or a new product, they we use other resources, either in Denmark or in their offices abroad. Read more about how COWI is working with video.

Corporate Monday

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:31:05 GMT

Corporate Monday is the first film bureau in Denmark with access to Danish and other international TV and video productions. Their work is based on journalistic principles that guarantee authenticity, insight, edge, and humor.

venturecup.tv

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:40:27 GMT

Hear the success stories, meet the entrepreneurs, and learn from the best. This is TV for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. It's non profit and meant to be shared. So get yourself in front row of the startup scene. Check out venturecup.tv! STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD

RoyalBeer.tv

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:02:37 GMT

RoyalBeer.tv is a brand channel and video campaign site, using user generated content as well as own content. This new portal for upcoming rock music was made by Stupid Studio for Royal Beer, the goal is to create a combined campaign oriented and long term brand channel solution. The first campaign is Tak Rock! (Thank you, rock!) - a rock contest with one of Denmark's biggest rock bands, Kashmir. After just 3 months it's the biggest rock contest in Denmark with more than 700 bands participating, 340+ band videos and 900+ songs uploaded. Over 30.000 visit the site very month and view over 33.000 minutes of video & music. And this is just the beginning. Future plans include new campaigns & video driven communication. For more information & details please contact: Bjarne Christensen m: +45 3022 1498 e: bjarne@stupid-studio.com

MiracleChannel.dk

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:08:58 GMT

MiracleChannel is the videochannel for the IT-service company Miracle A/S. The company has about 125 employees that work all over Denmark and sometimes don't come to the head quater for weeks and months - The videochannel helps them to know whats going on at the office

Wedding TV

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:08:11 GMT

Danish wedding TV, Bryllupskanalen.tv is a pioneer within web-tv. The site is used to engage with customers and generate leads for suppliers of wedding and bridal accessories. Also includes expert advice and a chat forum.

HVTV.dk

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:24:53 GMT

HVTV is a free service for home owners and housing associations. In brief and concrete videos experts like bank managers, carpenters, engineers and lawyers answer different questions. An example could be: Which type of loan should I choose? Users can send their questions to HVTV or they can upload their own videoanswers. The ambition is to create a huge database of short and usable video answers.

DR Update

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:23:14 GMT

Danmarks Radio is the Danish public service organization and DR Update is their online news channel. The news segments are not much different from the ones that are broadcast during the evening news shows, but they are produced throughout the day and are as such more relevant on current events.

Unisport WebTV

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:48:53 GMT

Unisport is an e-commerce video case. As a sports shop they have chosen to experiment with video as a way of highlighting new arrivals as well as testing forthcoming products. The host is a young guy that connects well with the target audience while still talking to them on their level. Videos range from tests of football boots to interviews with football players and tricks on how to play better.

Byen I Byen

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:46:54 GMT

Byen I Byen is an initiative by the Danish municipality of Frederiksberg. Instead of having a lot of valuable movies lying around in the basement collecting dust, they chose to digitize the clips. This has increased the viewership manyfold as few people would visit the library every year, but thousands of people have seen clips from the site. A lot of the views have come from outside the site itself as schools and other institutions have begun embedding the clips on their own websites.

Sweet Sunday Web Crunch

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:19:34 GMT

Sweet Sunday Web Crunch is a weekly tech show from Sweden where the host, Björn Falkevik, invites guests to talk about recent events and news in the tech world. The focus is Swedish in both language and scope of news, but the setup is an interesting way of tackling the situation you create with a bunch of guests on a tech show.

Bil Magasinet TV

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:41:14 GMT

Bil Magasinet reviews motorcycles and cars via online video, and has a strong loyal user following demonstrated by a multitude of comments received by every review. After writing about these topics for more than a decade Bil Magasinet has taken to online video to further concept of what is possible for an online magazine. Video has been an effective way for the magazine to attract more engaged users, who log on to get a bit closer to some of the cars they all dream of driving.

Jyske Bank TV

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:12:21 GMT

Jyske Bank is one of the largest Danish banks and a pioneer in mixing journalism with financial information in the investment sector of banking in Denmark. They produce their own newscasts with professional journalists and spend a massive amount of energy on becoming one of the most trusted sources in financial information in Denmark.

Umbraco.tv

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:01:14 GMT

Umbraco is an open source CMS founded upon the principles of openness and strong engagement from developers and users. It is always a challenge to start developing for/with a new platform, but Umbraco has chosen to record videos that will help its users off to a good start. The videos are available for as little as 12.5 EUR per month and samples are available to get a feel for what you can expect.

Poul Stig Briller

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:45:40 GMT

Imagine entering an eyewear store. You browse the store, but can't decide which kind og glasses you want. The shop assistant shows you a couple of glasses that would fit your style and shape. She then records you wearing the glasses so you can share the video with friends and family to decide which glasses fit you the best. This is the scenario at Poul Stig Briller in Copenhagen that has decided to use the technical tools available today to enhance the shopping experience.