Understanding a Discovery Call with Vast Whisper Productions
The discovery call is the beginning of our partnership with you. It allows us to gauge whether or not we are the right production company for you and whether or not you are the right type of client for us. The most important reason we want to schedule a discovery call with every client is because many companies who approach us have no idea what they actually need. This is a time where we can walk through the types of videos that can best achieve the goals you are looking for with your video project.
Video Production
Video production is broken into 3 phases, Pre-Prouduction (planning), Production (filming) and Post Production (editing). Each of these phases has many tasks involved to make a video project a success. We cannot guess when it comes to planning each one of these phases which is why the discovery call is so important.
Video Production can be very expensive and in order for us to be able to give you an accurate quote that can fit within a specific budget we need lots of information. Many times you are unable to give the information during the discovery call but you will walk away from the meeting know everything that is needed for us to give you an accurate estimate.
Video Marketing
We need to understand your goals for the video we are producing. A video that is 5 minutes long wont work on social media when it should be 15-30 seconds long. The same goes for a landing page video that should be 2-5 minutes long instead 15 seconds. The same is true for a video campaign versus a stand along brand film. The end goal for your video project determines the style, runtime, and type of video we produce.
A well lead discovery call can save you money and time
Our goal is for you to walk away from the call feeling well informed and prepared to either move forward with your project or go back to the drawing board. Videos take time and can be very expensive. Our goal is that your project would be stewarded well which means we are fine telling you that the project should be postponed until it will be a success for you.
If you are having trouble coming up with ideas, we would be happy to partner with you in creating a Brandscript using the Storybrand framework. This will help you clarify your messaging and give you a plan for how to market yourself to your target audience.
Here is a list of some of the questions we ask during a discovery call.
What is your budget range?
Who is your primary target market or audience for this video? Please describe their demographics, interests, and any other relevant details.
Have you worked on any video projects in the past? If so, could you provide some examples or references to help us better understand your preferences and style?
Are there any competitors or similar companies in your industry whose videos you admire or would like to differentiate from? Please provide their names or examples if possible.
Are there any other stakeholders or team members involved in this project that we should be aware of? If yes, please provide their names and roles.
How many employees do you have? (We need to know this for licensing purposes)
Do you have a timeline for this project?
Do you have a marketing team that we will be working with to produce this content?
Will you be writing the scripts or will we?
Could you please provide a brief description of the project and each individual video deliverable? (video topic, estimated run time, all animation, animation mixed with camera footage or all camera footage, voice over or filming one of your team members talking) It is alright if you don't have answers for all of these yet but this will help us better understand the nature and scope of the videos.
What is the primary goal for these videos?
How many interviews do you expect there to be?
How many locations will we film at?
How many days of production do you anticipate?
Will the video production be in Houston or out of town?
Hopefully you feel a little more prepared to start talking your video production project! If you don’t know where to start or need help with a marketing video for your business in Houston or anywhere else in the country, click this link!
Vast Whisper Productions is a Houston based video production company creating videos for non-profits and corporate business. Scott and Jess are the owners and have been producing videos in the Houston area for over 10 years. Their combined experience and passion for storytelling allows them to see your project goals through to the end!