Happy Birthday SHAY!

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Ralph and Bailey's Radio Spot

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One of Bailey's Shorts

Bailey started his film career with a $350 Canon Elura mini DV camera. By spring of '07, he was hooked. Here is a short film Bailey made with his friend, David. Be patient as it sometimes is slow to load. Without further ado, here's Bailey's debut in visual storytelling. "Choices"

Bailey's Edit Skills

I'm not one to toss around compliments willy nilly, but dang, Bailey is getting good on final cut. Here he shows some fundamentally sound editing skills. Not a bad little story, either.

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Flip side

Should have made this post first. The colors are off for some reason. The logo is a light blue as is the print on the black backgound. Should have mentioned that we also had our letterhead and envelopes printed. We have made an effort to maintain some continuity in our promtional efforts and overall image. Ha....we've yet to make our first dime. We also have a web site for Oxford FilmWorks that needs some serious updating. All in due time.

So why blog about a dinky start-up business? Well, maybe we'll be a Fortune 500 company someday and this will serve as a decent little history. Actually, I'm trying to get Bailey thinking about everything we do and forcing him to make posts on a regular basis might sharpen his writing skills.

Note to all readers, especially those with a business background. We are open to all suggestions and recommendations.

Oh yeah, another reason for the blog (using Google's Blogger tool), is the fact we may move up a slot or two on a Google search of Oxford and video or photo production.
We should probably begin to focus on developing a real business plan.

Anyone interested in investing in Oxford FilmWorks? Or perhaps someone will buy us out for a cool $million or two.

Big Step

Spent $471 dollars designing and printing 2,500 4X9 rack-size cards (18 cents per card) for publicity. We will put these under wiper blades, on front porches, give them to strangers on the street and "paper" out little Oxford hamlet. We don't really know, but the design and message looks good to us. The bio info on the backside may be a waste of space, but in a small town like ours, people will want to know who we are. That this is a father/son project may make it more appealing. Be interesting to see what the result is.

Dad's Post

 

So here's the question. How long will this last? Will Bailey have the ability to sustain the energy to actually get this thing off the ground. If so, the little dude can write his own ticket. I think the key will be to focus on the low-end work to start with. Legal video and insurance work. The art and movies come later.