Visual Lion journal
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Practical guides to campaign video, government production, and bilingual storytelling from a Detroit production team.
How to Hire a Political Campaign Video Production Company in Michigan
How to hire a campaign video production company in Michigan: timelines for the August primary and November general, formats, and cable vs CTV vs social.
Read the guideGovernment procurementA Government Agency's Guide to Contracting Video Production
How agencies contract video production: SAM.gov checks, NAICS codes, micro-purchases, small business vendors, and what to put in a statement of work.
Read the guideBilingual productionArabic and Bilingual Video for Reaching Dearborn and Metro Detroit Audiences
Plan Arabic and bilingual English-Arabic video for Dearborn and Metro Detroit: subtitles vs voiceover, dialects, casting, captions and ad targeting.
Read the guideDearborn video productionVideo Production in Dearborn, Michigan
Dearborn video production in English and Arabic: campaign ads, City of Dearborn public service video, brand commercials and events from Visual Lion.
Read the guideDocumentary productionDocumentary Video Production in Detroit
How Visual Lion makes documentary video in Detroit and Michigan: research, interviews, verité filming, drone work and editing, plus our documentary portfolio.
Read the guidePolitical campaignsPolitical Ad Production in Michigan: From Script to Air
How Michigan campaigns produce political ads: scripts, shoot days, cable and digital deliverables, paid-for-by basics, Arabic versions and rapid response.
Read the guideGovernment videoGovernment Video Production in Michigan: How Cities and Agencies Use Video
How Michigan cities, counties and agencies buy and use video: SAM.gov vendors, capability statements, captions, public meetings, recruiting and PSAs.
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