Why Vertical Drone Footage Is a Game Changer for Ads and Social Media
If your brand isn’t creating for the vertical screen, you’re missing the majority of your audience. Vertical drone footage helps you meet them where they are - on mobile. Mobile is now the dominant platform for content consumption, which means vertical drone footage is quickly becoming a game-changer for advertisers, marketers, and influencers alike. Whether you're a brand or a creator, investing in drone video for content creators can significantly boost your visibility and engagement...
Why Social Media Reels Build Stronger Brands
As digital feeds move faster, capturing audience focus is more challenging than ever. With shrinking attention spans and an overwhelming flood of content, social media reels for branding have become one of the most effective strategies to stand out.Whether you're a small business or a well-established brand, tapping into the power of short-form content marketing through reels is no longer optional—it's essential. At Blue Ocean Productions, we specialize in creating compelling video content that...
Why Blue Ocean Productions is the Best Video Production Company in Ventura, CA
If you’re looking for the best video production company in Ventura, CA — one that understands your project, captures your vision, and delivers results — look no further than Blue Ocean Productions.We’re proud to be the highest-rated video production company in Ventura, with more 5-star Google reviews than any other production company. We’ve earned that reputation by consistently delivering powerful, high-quality videos that help businesses grow and connect with their audience.We’ve been in business for...
Professional Drone Pilot Services in Ventura | FAA-Certified Local Experts
Looking for top-tier local drone pilot services in Ventura? Blue Ocean Productions is your trusted partner for aerial excellence. Whether you're a real estate developer needing high-resolution images or a business owner seeking stunning aerial videography, we offer comprehensive drone solutions that meet your needs with precision and professionalism. Our team proudly serves Ventura County and extends services to nearby areas including Santa Barbara, Oxnard, Camarillo, Thousand Oaks, and Ojai, ensuring broad coverage across Southern...
The Benefits of Professional Video Production for Small Businesses
In today's digital world, video content is king. Businesses of all sizes are leveraging video to engage their audiences, build brand awareness, and drive conversions. However, small businesses often struggle to produce high-quality videos due to limited resources. This is where Blue Ocean Productions comes in. By partnering with a professional video production company, small businesses can create compelling video content that enhances their brand image and attracts potential customers. This blog explores the numerous...
Emotional Marketing Videos that Touch the Heart
When I produce videos for clients I find that emotionally engaging videos have the power to connect with viewers on a profound level. So, I wrote this post to help explain why emotional marketing videos that touch the heart help you reach your audience and get a better response from your call to action. Memorable Branding: Marketing videos that touch the heart create lasting memories. When your audience feels a strong emotional connection to your...
Commercial Drone Pilot
Jim Knowlton is an FAA Part 107 licensed Commercial drone pilot that shoots aerial photos and video for corporate films, commercials, documentaries, real estate, construction, weddings, inspections, and more. Knowlton is licensed and insured. If you are searching for a drone pilot you know how valuable aerial images are for your project. Contact Jim for a free consultation to discuss how to get the aerial photos or video you need. https://youtu.be/bYRLQaeOtkE Video caption:...
Event Livestreaming with Blue Ocean Productions
Livestream Your Event Blue Ocean Productions can livestream your event so that your guests can view your event on their computer or phone. People from across the globe can tune in to see your event that we present using professional cameras and audio equipment. So, call us for your Event Livestreaming. You can choose to have your livestream event available only to those who receive your private link or we can broadcast live to the...
Branding Video for Umishi Oysters
I traveled to San Quintin in Baja California to create a branding video for Umishi Oysters, a product of Kasmart, USA. Umishi Oysters are farmed in shallow, pristine waters where strong tides and nutrient rich waters produce the finest oysters in the world. 60 FPS Video for Slow Motion and a Drone I drove to San Quintin with Kasmart, USA owners Giovanni Vogliotti and Kasim Molina where we met with...
Ocean Futures Society Virtual Film Festival
During Covid-19 I found that many of my clients wanted to broadcast LIVE to continue to reach their followers and clients. Together, we broadcast LIVE events and presentations on YouTube, Facebook and Zoom. I worked with Jean-Michel Cousteau to create the Ocean Futures Society Virtual Film Festival on the Eventive festival platform. I created the Festival webpages, uploaded films from his library and planned LIVE events with Jean-Michel and his guests. You can...
SWAINS ISLAND – One of the Last Jewels of the Planet
I had the awesome privilege of traveling to tiny Swains Island along with Jean-Michel Cousteau and a team of scientists. Swains Island had been recently added to the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa and NOAA wanted to survey the Island to find clues to its past use. I filmed the expedition and returned to write and edit a full-length documentary, SWAINS ISLAND – One of the Last Jewels of the Planet that won...
Protect Goliath Groupers in Perpetuity
When Jean-Michel Cousteau heard that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) would be presenting a proposal to allow harvest of vulnerable and protected Goliath Groupers again off Florida, he told me he wanted to make a video statement. So, I contacted Don DeMaria, a former Goliath Grouper fishermen turned-conservationist, and two of the top Goliath Grouper scientists in the world to learn about the issue so I could write a script. Dr. Christopher...
Green Screen Video Production in Ventura
Blue Ocean Productions partners with a nearby sound studio to offer a large spacious green screen studio for your shoot. The green screen room has sound proofing to allow quiet recordings and there is plenty of space to set up equipment and for crew. Director of photography Jim Knowlton has directed many green screen shoots and will shoot video for you so that you can place any background behind you, such as a spacious office,...
Camposol Cares from Farm to Family
I recently helped produce this short video with Christie & Co. for Camposol, a global company that works to produce the highest quality and the freshest, most tasty and delicious fruits to major supermarkets worldwide. I traveled to Lima, Peru to shoot video at the Camposol farms, packing plants and offices. I shot with a Canon 1DX Mark ll so that I could shoot 4K video at 60 frames per second to allow smooth slow...
Scenes of the Central Coast – Shot on RED Scarlet-W
I shot these scenes of people and places on a RED Scarlet-W camera using my Canon EF 24-105mm f 2.8, a Yongnuo 50mm f1.8, and my collection of vintage Nikon lenses including Nikon 55mm f1.2, 24mm f2.8. and 80-200mm. I shot in 23.98 and 59.94 fps. Length: 4:34
Quinceañera
The Gomez family asked if I could shoot video at their daughter’s Quinceañera. Little did I know that Camila Lorena’s quincieñera would be a huge celebration with many bands playing live music, dancing, waves of great food and lots of happy friends and families. I hired Hunter Godfrey to be my second camera and then I produced three videos for the family to enjoy. What a celebration! Call us for Professional Videography, editing...
In Loving Memory of SSgt. Adam K. Erikson
I shot aerial video for the Erickson family whose son was laid to rest following a skydiving accident and I created this video to help memorialize his passing. On September 18th, 2019, SSgt. Adam K. Erickson was laid to rest at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park following a police escort through Ventura by the Ventura Police Traffic Unit and the Oxnard Police Department. One of Adam's final wishes was to be honored with a symbolic Viking...
Climate Change
Jean-Michel Cousteau says that climate change is the greatest challenge in human history. Across the planet, many places are experiencing extreme climate events and disasters, such as larger and more intense hurricanes, more frequent and record setting forest fires, record size rainfalls and floods, prolonged droughts and more. As sea levels rise, many people will need to find new places to live, especially on low lying Pacific Islands and the Maldives. Many cities...
Birds of Los Banos
I created this short video to promote the documentary film Birds of Los Baños that premiered in the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on January 19th, 2020. An endearing look at some of Santa Barbara's most extraordinary birds and their nesting site near the City's Los Baños del Mar swimming pool. Movie trailer Length: 2:01 A young Black-crowned Night Heron tells about her life in the ficus trees by a defunct wading pool. We...
Ambassadors of The Environment At Ritz-Carlton Reserve Resorts
Branding videos allow companies and organizations to share what they do as well as the image they want to project to the world. Branding videos placed on the internet present your corporate message to the world, 24 hours a day. Ambassadors of the Environment is an active, hands-on outdoor education program developed over the last 15 years by Jean-Michel Cousteau, Dr. Richard Murphy, and the education team at Ocean Futures Society. Ritz Carlton Reserve resorts...
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Kelp Forest Series
A popular TV show when I was a kid was Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. Host Marlin Perkins and his naturalist sidekick Jim Fowler brought nature and wildlife into our living rooms. Starting in 2013, Wild Kingdom premiered a series of webisodes that featured new host Stephanie Arne, a new format and new stories about the world’s wildest places and creatures. In 2017 I had the pleasure of shooting underwater video for their new series...
In-flight videos for Fiji Airlines
Fiji Airlines is presenting a new series of videos about eco-tourism in Fiji on their in-flight entertainment system. The videos include stunning footage of some of the most beautiful places and resorts in Fiji. The videos are produced by Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society and Tourism Fiji and were filmed and edited by Jim Knowlton of Blue Ocean Productions and Jahmin Lerum. In-flight videos for Fiji Airlines Jean-Michel Cousteau is an Ambassador for Fiji Airlines...
American Samoa Culture and Ocean Conservation Film Series
I worked with Jean-Michel Cousteau and the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa to create this series of videos about the unique culture and rich ocean resources of American Samoa. Jean-Michel Cousteau says, “Diversity is synonymous with stability.” He says this because ecological communities that have many different species are more able to withstand adversity than ecological communities that have less diversity. Jean-Michel says cultural diversity also helps make our world healthier, since different cultures...
Gulf of Mexico Marine Protected Area Network
“The Gulf of Mexico Marine Protected Area Network” promotes the importance of collaboration between marine protected areas and national parks in the countries of Cuba, Mexico and the United States. This new Gulf of Mexico Marine Protected Area Network will facilitate the sharing of science so managers can better prepare for and respond to ocean changes and threats due to human induced impacts from overfishing, invasive species and climate change. The ultimate goal of the...
Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Birthday Cruise
I was honored to celebrate Jean-Michel Cousteau's birthday Cruise recently aboard the Condor Express Whale Watching boat off Santa Barbara. Jean-Michel invited 100 of his family and friends to celebrate the ocean together. It was a beautiful day on the ocean with reasonably calm seas, clear skies and very cooperative wildlife. Soon after leaving the harbor we encountered a playful pod of common dolphin that rode the pressure wake on our bow, much to the...
New Video To Promote Dolphins Protection
After a year in the making, the International Marine Mammal Project recently released a short video about dolphins that I co-wrote and edited. Lives of Wild Dolphins shows how dolphins are highly intelligent and emotionally advanced - and how they deserve world-wide protection from human harm and captivity. Dolphins should not be held captive for our entertainment and profit. Check out this inspirational short video about Dolphin Protection and please feel free to share it...
Video Series Promotes Ecotourism in Fiji
The recent UN Convention on Climate Change (COP 23) was held in Germany and was presided over by the Government of Fiji. Tourism Fiji wanted the world to know that Fiji is one of the most beautiful countries in the world and that eco-friendly resorts help restore and protect the environment. So, Tourism Fiji worked with Jean-Michel Cousteau and Ocean Futures Society to produce a series of promotional travel videos about Fiji. Jim Knowlton, who...
Tribute Video To Honer Tim Trabon
Tim Trabon was a long-time friend, team member and supporter of Jacques and Jean-Michel Cousteau and Ocean Futures Society. Following his passing early last week, I edited this short video to say thanks for all of his years of support and to honor his amazing life. Thank you, Tim Trabon! Watch this video to hear Tim Trabon's inspiring message. While on expedition on the Amazon River, Tim says to Jean-Michel Cousteau, "When I look...
Video Production with Green Screens
Several of my recent projects benefited from use of green screens. After shooting in front of a green screen, I can remove the green background in post and place any background behind my subject that I want. One of my shoots was a promo video for SECRET OCEAN 3D, an IMAX film Produced by Francois and Jean-Jacques Montello and Directed by Jean-Michel Cousteau. I set up a green screen at the office of Jean-Michel Cousteau's...
Pool Shoot with Live Video Feed to the Surface
I recently shot video and photos of a pool cleaner as it cleaned the bottom of a pool to create media a pool company could use to promote their products. It was a great opportunity to use the live HDMI output of my Canon 5D Mark lll (5DM3) camera. Canon recently updated their firmware to Version 1.2.3 and one of the upgrades is that the 5DM3 now allows video to be displayed on the rear...
