Richard Fomo provides production and editing services for all types of media projects in the greater Boston area. I make story-driven videos for corporate communications, training, product demos, commercials, community outreach, PSAs, fundraising and any other media that will support your enterprise, whether for profit or non-profit. I view myself as a creative professional and would like to help you realize the full potential of your next video production for TV, DVD, mobile devices or the web. I can work with unscripted content as easily as with scripted productions. Either way, story structure is the key to connecting with your audience and making your message memorable. I'm also an editor with motion graphics, color grading and audio mixing skills. When appropriate, I can craft your entire project.

I aslo provide video support of meetings and conferences; documentation of public events and performances; and creative support of company/employee entertainment.

The core approach for me is to always be telling a story and a video has to work that way in the viewer's mind no matter what budget it came in at. I construct the story by breaking it down into specific shots, composing things in the frame and in space with the camera. The companion to the camera's composition is the lighting because the lighting doesn't just make things look pretty, it determines what in the composition is most important to take in. And there's a logic to all of this that needs to be followed so that your viewer doesn't wander off into extraneous thoughts. Telling the story isn't the minimum that you should get in producing a video; it's the whole thing. So even if the budget is limited (e.g., no green screen, no dolly and crane shots, no SAG actors, no teleprompting) and there's just a camera and some lights, the story should come through clearly and engagingly.

I work with well-known companies, such as Ropes & Gray, Atrius Health and Genzyme; award-winning independent filmmakers, such as Laurel Greenberg (94 Years and One Nursing Home Later) and Lucia Small (My Father, the Genius); and prominent non-profit organizations, such as City Year and Episcopal Divinity School.

I record interviews of people from all walks of life, from former US Surgeon General Julian Richmond and visual artist Lynda Benglis to people who were in front of the camera for the first time in their lives. I light interviews to have a warm, naturalistic look. The lights are never intense, the sound is always crystal clear and the interviewee is made to feel at ease. The task that I'm given over and over again is to capture as authentically as possible the experience and the thoughts of an employee, an executive, a patient, a user of a product, a person learning a new skill, a person seeking change. For me, this is a speciallty.

“Business Casual” video has been reported to convert more sales pitches than any other marketing format. This kind of video is second only to word-of-mouth in effectiveness. This means video on your website, in your social media accounts and in your email campaigns. Timeliness and smart targeting are the hallmarks of “business casual” video, more than high-end production values are. But “casual” or “Do-it-yourself” should not mean amateur or unflattering. My aim in every production is to communicate the essentials in your message and achieve that without sacrificing esthetics or your budget.

Located in Boston, MA.

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