They want fast, on-the-go, single-person operator solutions. That is people who are in front, behind and sideways to the camera. AdvertisementsĬontrary to this, Joby is firmly aimed at creators. It also has a degree of flexibility between video and stills solutions. That’s people who are less ‘run and gun’ and more about taking the time to really think in advance about their shots. Manfrotto is aimed squarely at composing. That’s the person who wants to capture the real world, in real-time, as it happens, documentary style, for example on a safari. Gitzo’s tripod will be aimed at ‘framing’. By this he is also referring to the end use of the product, and also the user that each product will attract. To illustrate, Chris says that they divide their brands into framing, composing and creating. So yes, all of those brands create tripods, but they are all aimed at different users. How does that work?Ĭhris explains that once again, they are user-centric, not product-centric. And it all starts with product innovation, it’s a cyclical feedback loop which benefits everyone.īut what about all those different brands that are under the Videndum umbrella? Surely there are conflicting overlaps of products? For example, Gitzo, Manfrotto and Joby all make tripods. It needs to be placed in the user’s hands and have them tell the story.” Chris says that a lot of their marketing content is actually being created by their users.
“To be authentic you need someone who is doing it day in, day out. The user experience and feedback play a pivotal role in both product development and marketing these days. “Ultimately it’s fantastic for everyone in the industry,” Chris says. There will always be film crews, however, the newcomers are shaking up the traditional way of doing things, and refreshing everything in the process. People have an iPhone in their pocket and they can create content.Ĭhris assures us that actually, this change is a positive thing. “I had to have a physics qualification to be a photographer,” says Chris, “that’s not the same now. The barriers to entry are much lower now, we now inhabit a world where everyone from your personal trainer to your nan is creating content. Chris explains that the industry has already seen huge shifts from large specialised film crews to much smaller productions, and the days of the Mad Men era advertising campaigns are largely gone. “We’re in a unique and lucky place,” Chris continues, “we need to replicate the physical world with content, but we need to speed up the workflow.”Īnd that is exactly where Videndum Media Solutions steps in. It’s about the digital reality blurring with the physical,” he adds. In 5 to 10 years that’s where it will begin to impact us in a big way. As those lines blur, the Metaverse will demand content that is more than we’re seeing today. “We’ve seen VR recently,” says Chris, “but not to the degree that we’re going to see it in the future. According to Chris, the next big thing will be products in and around creating content for the Metaverse. The company has moved with the changes in the industry and continues to look ahead to the future. And by that, they mean anyone working by themselves with an iPhone, to larger film crews. The content creator is Videndum’s target market. Adding paper backdrops was a natural addition,” he continues, “we will continue to look for adjacent products to help the content creator.” “the microphones, the light stands, the supports, sliders, lighting, reflectors. “We have everything to help the end user,” says Chris.
He tells DIYP about how Videndum has positioned itself to help content creators at every step along the journey. That is actually the company’s over-arching philosophy, explains Videndum’s Chief Marketing Officer Chris Carr. In fact, you could completely kit out a photography or video studio using products that are only produced by the Videndum umbrella. Videndum Media Solutions is the name behind all of these ‘household’ photography names, and more.
You may not be familiar with the name Videndum, but for sure you know the brands Manfrotto, Lowepro, Joby, Gitzo and Savage Paper. Like the Valencians who sent death threats to the chef Jamie Oliver for putting chorizo in his paella, surely an Italian brand like Manfrotto would not support pineapple on pizza? In the interests of culinary world peace, DIYP spoke to Manfrotto’s parent company Videndum Media Solutions to find out, along with other more photography-related things. The world is officially divided into two types of people: those who like pineapple on pizza, and those who are vehemently against it.
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