Fire Starter Studios congratulates World Food Program for Nobel Peace Prize

12 Oct: World Food Program

World Food Program Winners of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize “The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is a humbling, moving recognition of the work of UN World Food Programme staff who lay their lives on the line every day to bring food and assistance to close to 100 million hungry children,…

Organized Mind

25 Jan: 5 Tips and Tricks of an Organized Project Manager

As a project manager, there are so many moving parts of every video’s production to keep track of. For any given video, I’m the centralized point person for our clients, sales team, scriptwriters, voiceover artists, storyboard artists, and animators. Now add on top of that 20 other videos in production under my direction at the same time, all at different…

The Future of Entertainment

13 Dec: Futurecast – Fire Starter Studios

Recently I went to a great panel about the future of entertainment and what form it’s taking for members of the Academy of Television Arts and Science (Yep, the ones that give out the Emmy Awards). The whole evening really got me thinking. Now, they asked us not to quote anyone from the panel directly, or mention some of what…

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08 Jan: 10 Tips to creating a magical explainer Video

Creating a Magical Explainer Video BE GENUINE TO YOUR BRAND! – Just because the latest and greatest video you’ve seen was a guy making fun of everything, doesn’t mean this will work for your company or product’s. Take time to REALLY understand who your customer base is. What tone will tell your message the best? Don’t second-guess your brand. PAIN…

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08 Dec: Want Your Video to Be Memorable? Use Non-Realistic Characters.

“Why are their bodies so round? That’s not very realistic.” “Their heads are much bigger than their bodies. Please make them look more realistic.” “Why is this taking place in the jungle? Animals can’t be doctors for other animals. People are going to think our medical group is a vet. Please make all characters human.” “We choose Option 2, but…