New work from Long Haul Films– UPPAbaby + Leslie Osborne just in time for the Women’s World Cup

We’re excited to formally introduce our new photo shoot studio in Los Angeles and video production studio in Los Angeles. We’ve named it Be Here Now, and it’s a flexible, colorful, airy, and light-filled space for video content creation, head shot photo shoots, web video production, wardrobe fitting, production…

Our most recent collaboration on video content with long-time client UPPAbaby was for a video to support the launch of their JADE Rabbit stroller, to commemorate the Chinese New Year, and 2023– the year of the rabbit. This special edition stroller launched in the US, Taiwan, and China– which…

After more than a decade of sending written updates to share our favorite work with our community, we finally got around to using our video production super-powers for ourselves! Check out our first video newsletter, featuring projects we loved working on in 2022, including… Starring our co-founder and Director…

Back in 2022, Long Haul Films was invited to collaborate with the team at Society Brands, a tech-enabled consumer products company that acquires e-commerce brands and evolves them into household names.

If you have decided that your business or cause needs some video mixed in with its marketing andadvertising, it may be time to look for a video production company to help you out. In our previouspiece, ‘Why Hire a Video Production Company?’, we discussed the reasons why a video productioncompany…

We already posted 5 questions to ask your video production partners. We thought of 5 more and these are questions you really need to ask to make sure YOUR areas of liability and exposure are fully covered. Question 1: What is the file backup plan? There are two types…

After doing this work for more than a decade, I am drawn more than ever to be of service to those who are driven by a deeper purpose. Consider this reel a call to those dreamers, guides, teachers, founders, community builders, activists, artists. For the ones forging new paths,…

A guest post from our friends at Soundstripe on why video production skills matter for modern marketers

With the rise in popularity of video as a tool to convey your organization’s mission and values, chances are that at some point, you’ll have to sit down for an on-camera interview. Recently, we shared 5 tips to help you prepare for your interview, and we wanted to delve…

We wrote a book! Going Deeper is for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of how to craft engaging, truly entertaining videos that will catch people’s attention and communicate something meaningful about their product or service. This is a guide for marketers, entrepreneurs, business owners, social media…

This post is part of an ongoing series called Going Deeper where we look at branded content production through the lens of the world’s most important question: why. Last week looked at how to conduct interviews as one part of a successful branded content shoot. The counterpart to interviews is b-roll, the…

This post is part of an ongoing series called Going Deeper where we look at branded content production through the lens of the world’s most important question: why. On many branded content shoots, the production phase will be split up into two main parts: interviews and b-roll. Let’s take a deep dive…

This post is part of an ongoing series called Going Deeper where we look at branded content production through the lens of the world’s most important question: why. Last week we started to look at some of the on-set roles you can expect to see during a branded content shoot. This week…

The key to a seamless production phase is having a clear division of roles and responsibilities, so let’s break those down here. Director The Director is the ultimate decision-maker when it comes to executing the production. While they will certainly seek advice from other key personnel, the buck stops…

This post is part of an ongoing series called Going Deeper where we look at branded content production through the lens of the world’s most important question: why. Last week we started looking at what the pre-production process can look like for branded content. This week we’ll wrap up…

This post is part of an ongoing series called Going Deeper where we look at branded content production through the lens of the world’s most important question: why. As we’ve seen, there are many types of branded content, and just as many ways to approach them. But there are…

This post is part of an ongoing series called Going Deeper where we look at branded content production through the lens of the world’s most important question: why. If you have a specific budget you’re looking to stay within, don’t be shy – tell your prospective production partners. We…

This post is part of an ongoing series called Going Deeper where we look at branded content production through the lens of the world’s most important question: why. As we mentioned last week, you should be prepared, at the bidding stage, to provide a written brief. Not only is…

This post is part of an ongoing series called Going Deeper where we look at branded content production through the lens of the world’s most important question: why. When you have a shortlist of companies you might want to work with, it’s often best to meet up in person…

iRestore is a laser hair therapy company based in Orange County, and just last month they launched their newest product, the iRestore Professional – a new, higher-end device that represents a step-up from their original laser helmet device. This shoot was all about the up-level. The client had produced…

Creativity is our word of 2019 and nothing is more creative than making a music video. That’s why we decided to hold a competition this year and choose one artist to work with FOR FREE on a music video. We received some incredible submissions, and the decision wan’t easy….

Sometimes the only way forward is to go back. I’ve been asking myself a lot about my influences, and how the art and culture of my youth shaped the stories I need to tell. I’m a 90s kid, and as I was coming of age, the art that blew…

The day we filmed Orchid Quartet’s music video Summertime felt like the first day of spring after an unusually cool and rainy Los Angeles winter. Two days before the shoot, the city was doused by an all-day storm. Yet, somehow, the day of our shoot broke clear and sunny….