I am so excited that you have visited, and I hope you have requested the Free Mobile Filmmaking Video Project Starter Guide.
LightsPhoneAction aims to further the inspiration, knowledge, interest, and confidence in utilizing mobile filmmaking as an income stream. Regardless of your background, you have the most essential tool right in your hand—your smartphone to enhance, build, and promote your brand, product, company, or service.
So the beginnings of my own personal transformation began back in late 2018. As a professional creative content developer for over 20 years, I have designed a plethora of web and print materials for clients across various industries, from small businesses to large healthcare organizations. Over the years, I have seen how video has become an essential medium to communicate. A case in point, YouTube is the #2 search engine next to Google. If you remember the early days of YouTube and video content on the web, it has grown exponentially, and the quality of the tools has gotten more sophisticated, economical! This brings us to LightsPhoneAction.
Back in 2019, I met with a client discussing a special event they were holding six months down the line. The premise of this event was the 50th anniversary of their organization. Initially, their request was to create some additional elements to their websites, such as an article and a web banner, and call it a day.
My experience in client communications and creative content briefs guided me to ask a few more questions about the history of this organization. I waited for my client to pause telling their story. My reaction was, " This is a fantastic story that needs to be said of your commitment and longevity is helping thousands of families over the decades. This story is deserving to be told not in words, but on film/video".
I realized that due to budgetary constraints and logistics, this film production could be done using my iPhone XS Max and me handling all of the pre-production, filming, and post-production. The flood of doubt, confusion, questioning myself, how can I do this project for a reasonably profitable fee and yet deliver a truly incredible product that my client would be proud of once it was presented to over 100 people at the event.
As the months passed, as my trials and tribulations ran their pace, a light bulb became clear to me. Why not help and nurture others to achieve a similar satisfaction with their end product and their bank accounts. From there, the genesis of LightsPhoneAction.com became my passion.
Taking on a video project can seem daunting at first. It is only natural to feel you are "not" ready, or that how could a client pay you to do a video project with an iPhone or smartphone.
My fees ranged, of course, based upon the complexity, timing, and style the client was looking for in the final video project. But in the end, two things happened. First, my appreciation and amazement at what we can achieve with the right mindset and tools using mobile filmmaking, and second, the positive impact it can have on you financially.
My goal is to take you on a journey that will do just that for you!
Thank you for coming on set to LightsPhoneAction.com
Gil Velazquez