I’ve recently been contacted about a large contract I am pursuing for Hotcakes New Media. The contract is fairly extensive, and requires branding, video, photography, graphic design, print, web, programming, and custom Artez design for a large non-profit organization. Because of the size of this contract, and the money involved, I’ve been tasked with writing a full proposal to send to the client. Since all other Hotcakes New Media contracts have been under $5000, I hadn’t written any such proposals yet. As I found out, the most difficult part of writing the proposal was deciding how to approach it.

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CONFRONT Magazine has written an article on the process of making a music video, with anecdotal references to Hotcakes New Media’s production of Ottawa band To The Rescue’s “Are You Bulletproof?”. The full music video is also posted at the end of the article. Please click here to read the article and watch the video.

You can also watch the video on our music video production site at: http://www.ottawamusicvideo.ca