Customers often understand something much faster when they can see it.
This is one reason product and brand video have become such useful marketing tools. They allow businesses to demonstrate, explain and create an impression within a relatively short amount of time.
But product video and brand video are not quite the same thing.
A product video usually focuses on what something does.
It may show how the product works, demonstrate an important feature or place it in a realistic situation.
For physical products, this can help customers understand size, movement, finish or use. For software, video can demonstrate the interface and show how a task is completed without asking the viewer to read through several paragraphs.
The best product videos generally avoid explaining every feature.
They focus on the part of the product that matters most to the intended customer.
Brand video has a different job.
It may not explain exactly how a service works or list everything the company sells. Instead, it communicates character.
A brand might want to feel energetic, premium, innovative, approachable or ambitious. Video can use locations, people, music and visual style to communicate those qualities much faster than a standard company description.
This is why two businesses offering similar services can produce completely different brand films.
A new product launch may begin with a strong brand-led campaign film designed to attract attention.
Once somebody becomes interested, shorter product videos can explain individual features or use cases.
Paid advertisements can focus on specific benefits. Social clips can show the product in action.
Planning these assets as part of the same campaign creates a more complete customer journey.
An experienced production team such as Fearless Media can build different video formats around the same underlying campaign while keeping the creative direction consistent.
Product video is not only useful for public marketing.
Sales teams can send demonstrations before meetings. Customer support teams can use explanatory video. Website visitors can understand products without arranging a call first.
In other words, one piece of video can potentially support several parts of the business.
The strongest product and brand videos have something in common.
They begin with the audience.
What does the customer need to understand? What might make them hesitate? Which part of the product is difficult to explain? What should they remember about the brand afterwards?
Answering those questions before filming usually produces stronger video than starting with a list of shots.