Eklektika Video Production Company

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am Marketing Event Coordinator and Volunteer Manager at Cochlear Turkey.

For what projects/services did your company hire Eklektika Video Production Company?

We partnered with Eklektika for their video expertise. Every year Cochlear brings together members of the Cochlear community and Cochlear Family to celebrate, share and learn all around the world.

For our Cochlear Family meeting in Turkey, we hired Eklektika Video Agency to shoot the event, create a highlight video, and many more deliverables in various formats to share on our social media channels.

What were your goals for this project?

Our goal was to have a nice memory from the Cochlear Family event to share with our members, encourage other members to be more active in the community, and increase the participation rates for the upcoming years.

How did you select Eklektika Video Production Company?

We had already worked with Eklektika on a few projects for our marketing department. We did appreciate the work they put together before, and we decided to go with them for different projects of other departments.

Describe the video(s) and the process in detail.

Eklektika team visited the event venue a few days earlier to decide on how many cameras, what lenses, and other equipment to use to truly capture the essence of the family event.

Since there were so many activities in a big event venue, it was a bit challenging for the Eklektika team to catch up and shoot all the activities going on. However, they pulled it off. And they pulled it off very well.

What was your vendors' project management or feedback process?

Eklektika video production team on-site consisted of 3 videographers, 1 coordinator, and 1 project manager. They ran the filming phase flawlessly.

Project manager and coordinator were in great harmony with the Cochlear team as well and constantly kept us up-to-date about how the filming is going on.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Our team and Cochlear Family members loved the event highlight video and other short deliverables. Highlight video has been great content with the highest engagement rate on our social media platforms up to now.

Our colleagues from the headquarter and other offices all around the world appreciated our videos. It significantly increased our lead generation rates for the 2020 Cochlear Family Event but due to Covid-19, unfortunately, we had to cancel the event.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

The workflow between Cochlear and Eklektika was flawless thanks to E-mails and Trello. For instant feedback on draft videos, Eklektika generated Vimeo review links for us to view and write our revisions for the videos. Our collaboration was fast and easy.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

We really appreciated the calm and expertise Eklektika brought to the family event venue, adapting to changing circumstances and making sure that we got the footage we needed.

Their team was very sensitive in their interactions with the people with hearing difficulties they filmed. Most importantly, the final works were excellent, a real testament to Eklektika's set of skills and expertise.

Are there any areas for improvement?

To be honest, nothing I can point out so far.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the marketing specialist at Cochlear's Turkey office, a global medical device company that designs, manufactures and supplies implants headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

For what projects/services did your company hire Eklektika Video Production Company?

We wanted Eklektika to shoot clean and crisp testimonial videos of our implant users to showcase how Cochlear implants improved their life for better.

What were your goals for this project?

Our goal was to produce a series of testimonial videos with strong storytelling that clearly demonstrates the benefits of our implants.

How did you select Eklektika Video Production Company?

Eklektika is a company we've been working on various video projects of Cochlear Turkey office since 2018.

Describe the video(s) and the process in detail.

Eklektika crafted our initial script and vision. They were meticulous and very responsive during the whole process and made sure we were satisfied with each milestone before we moved on to the next step. Thanks to their flexibility andf fast-pace work, we could travel all over Turkey shooting inspiring stories of different implant users.

What was your vendors' project management or feedback process?

Eklektika video production team on site consisted of 3 videographers, 1 coordinator and 1 project manager. They ran the filming phase flawlessly. Project manager and coordinator were in great harmony with Cochlear team as well and constantly kept us up-to-date about how the filming is going on.

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Eklektika appointed us a project manager, creative director and video editor for this project. Be it script, moodboard, casting, video editing, motion design, coloring, deliverables in different formats etc. we could deliver our feedback for every step of the project and they were very responsive.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

I would describe the communication between the two teams as flawless. Eklektika talked us through exactly what they would need and what they would provide, they were well-organised and professional. They accommodated and executed our input in the editing stages and we couldn’t be happier with the final results.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Since we already worked with Eklektika before, we knew what to expect. They're very professional and fun to work with. They made everything so smooth. No communication issues. Professional approach. They know how to make you happy. Most importantly, they know how to keep you happy during the whole process.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Nope! Eklektika has done a great work and made me & my department look cool and get lots of credits among the other departments. Grateful to work with them!

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a video producer at BuzzFeed. We’re a media company that has numerous offices around the world, and I’m primarily based in the Los Angeles, California office. I produce content for our YouTube channel which also gets published on our main website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts. We have a collective following and audience of around 30 million. My job takes me around the world and I make fun and exciting projects.

What challenge were you trying to address with Eklektika Video Production Company?

Buzzfeed doesn’t traditionally produce too much travel-oriented content the way I have. When I wanted to film something while I traveled overseas in Turkey, our company didn’t have the resources to send a crew with me. I needed a team to help me on the ground, speak the language, become handlers, and help me acquaint myself with the people there.

What was the scope of their involvement?

I had an all-encompassing relationship with Eklektika Video Production Company. I was set to film two videos during my stay in Istanbul for over two days. The team got in touch and helped me prepare beforehand. For day one, we filmed at a Turkish hammam, a local bathhouse. The team coordinated and made sure that our shoot would run as smoothly by communicating with the contacts in their language.

Eklektika Video Production Company then helped me shoot the second video at Grand Bazaar, which is one of the largest and oldest markets in the world. The team set me up for the preproduction of that hectic shoot. They operated cameras and sound equipment during the shoot.

The team made sure that everything was set and that I understood where we were going. This was evident on the second day, which was a run and gun guerrilla-style shoot. Because they knew the area, they led me through the right places during the shoot.

They not only helped with pre-production, but they were on set with me with their whole team. They served as a jack of all trades; they did translation work and other tasks related to the shoot’s needs.

What is the team composition?

A team of three worked there with me and my primary contact was Serdar (Co-Founder). The budget I had wasn’t a lot and that was indicated on the job listing I posted. I thought that I would only work with 1–2 people but they were willing to work with my budget and gave me a team of three. 

How did you come to work with Eklektika Video Production Company?

I posted a job listing on ad boards online and they were the ones that stood out because they enthusiastically responded.

How much have you invested with them?

My budget was $300. Typically, Buzzfeed regularly produces content, and depending on the project, our budgets aren’t astronomical for this reason. 

What is the status of this engagement?

The project ran through late June—July 2018.

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement? 

I’m thrilled with the results. The first video that we filmed is my highest performing video for Buzzfeed. It got around four million views on Youtube and it encompassed a fun look into the Turkish bathhouse culture.

The team’s eagerness and expertise were shown on the set — they handled the shoot with ease and they made my job easier. I’m indebted to the team and I speak highly of them because I had a great experience.

How did Eklektika Video Production Company perform from a project management standpoint?

They stuck with me during a late-night shoot and they never complained. They did a great job in terms of project management. Eklektika Video Production Company did a lot of pre-production beforehand, which they didn’t even need to do. I didn’t want them to overextend themselves considering the budget but they were happy to do so.

All in all, their project management was great and our communication took place electronically leading up to the shoots.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Eklektika Video Production Company's ability to alleviate a lot of pressure from a travel shoot impressed me. Shooting at a different place with a different culture and language is difficult. On top of that, I didn’t know the policies and filming restrictions, and luckily, they made it seem easy for me. I focused on delivering the creatives and they also helped me with that.

I have worked with many crews and I could tell when a crew is eager because they take initiative. Eklektika Video Production Company took the initiative and went above and beyond to make sure that my experience was as pleasant and as successful as possible. 

The three team members were fun to work with and I’m happy I had the opportunity to work with them. They even took me to a delicious Turkish restaurant before the shoot; they were a great crew to work with. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

I couldn't think of anything they could have done better. Truthfully, I only worked with them for a short amount of time and there were no issues. Maybe if I worked with them longer, there may have been but overall, I’m happy and I wouldn’t change anything on the engagement.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work in Realweb Partners as a Project Director. We help the brand go the way of building its own marketing teams. Create a strong department that works on the best conditions and for the best results.

For what projects/services did your company hire Eklektika Video Production Company?

On September 13 a marketing conference were in Istanbul, where my team was performing one of the presentations. Eklektika Video Production Company supplied us video and audio recording of event and our team presentation

What were your goals for this project?

Main goal - to make business posts on facebook and social media. Eklektika Video Production Company were recording our team on presentation during whole event

How did you select Eklektika Video Production Company?

There is some main deciding factors:

• good feedbacks
• high-quality cases
• speed of response and order acceptance
• high level of communication
• competence and availability of technical equipment
• flexibility

Describe the video(s) and the process in detail.

Once we selected this partner, they started working with us to ger to know our goals of video recording. They worked with us to make a video and audio recording of our presentation on marketing event in Istanbul in September 2020. The end-product is a set of some footage for our video editor. Their team provided one static camera shooting the presenter from a wide angle and a second camera shooting the presenter from a closer distance. And they are attached one wireless 2 mic to the our speakers from Realweb Partners and Google.

What was your vendors' project management or feedback process?

Team of 4 people for footage. The team was super qualified

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Everything was perfect.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Great communication

What did you find most impressive about this company?

• Qualification
• Experience
• Flexibility
• Cost