The term “RAW Footage” gets tossed around wedding videography circles quite often. The question “do you sell your RAWs?” is often asked by clients in wedding videography Facebook groups and by brides who were told by their favourite wedding blog to “make sure you get your RAW footage!” So what exactly is RAW Footage and why should you care?

One of my goals was to become the most well known videography company in Winnipeg. The way I intended to do this? By learning and capitalizing on the science of search engine optimization.

“You may have heard it before, but let me say it again for those in the back: having a mentor might be the difference between you starting the company you’ve always wanted to start and you thinking about starting it for the rest of your life.”

This is the story of Prairie Film Co. We’re a young film company who grew fast, and then intentionally chose to be small again. It’s an unorthodox story, but it’s ours.

In Winnipeg, it's not uncommon for videographers to take twelve, eighteen or even twenty-four months to deliver final products to a client. We're embarking on a mission to buck the trend of wedding video backlog while still producing quality films. Our secret: focused time.

When it comes to shooting video on your mobile phone, there are a number of simple tricks that you can use to create stunning motion pictures! We're here to help!

So we're headed to Mexico for a vacation with some friends! We've taken some time to break down all the gear that we'll be packing in our camera bag! 

Over the Christmas season we got our hands on the Zhiyun Smooth Q, a stabilizer designed specifically for mobile devices. Here's our review of the features we love! 

We went skating at the Forks with the intention of testing out the Zhiyun Smooth Q paired with an iPhone 8 Plus and the FiLMiC Pro app!

We're often asked, by family, friends, clients and complete strangers, for advice on buying a camera. We regularly find ourselves reccomending the Sony RX100iii! 

When we moved from Canon to Sony one of the biggest decisions we had to make was whether or not we were going to purchase Sony lenses or lens adaptors for our Canon glass.

Over the past few years we've had many filmmakers reach out to us and ask questions about video production. Questions range from starting your own business and securing clients to the type of gear we use...