Feedback Please: New Business Logo Concept

[Moonliner]

Ahh... Paint. I thought the film had melted.

[Andrew]

"Total Dynamic Studios" sounds like it could be a spinoff of Massive Dynamic, and that can't be a good thing.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Andrew

One other note (you did say you wanted honest feedback...): I suggest using an email address with your business domain rather than mac.com. Using a generic email address (mac, gmail, aol, whatever) for a business says to me "amateur" or at least "didn't bother to set up email forwarding at custom domain".

I'd also suggest when you set it up to keep the 'to' name short since totaldynamicstudios[dot]com is a lot to type. info@, productions@ [firstname]@, [firstinitiallastname]@

[Kevy Baby]

So it appears T that your whole concept and business plan just suck!

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Either that or the whipping post

I thought you were still occupying that?

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I think "Capture. Relive. Treasure" sounds reasonably apt for what you do.

For the wedding services, yes. The wedding services needs to remain as a separate "division", because otherwise I'll be known as just a wedding videographer, and that's a bad reputation to have, unless that's all I ever wanted to shoot (and starve while I'm at it). Showing it as an "additional" service is acceptable amongst the general production world.

However, I don't understand how "Dream. See. Do" does.

Dream up an idea, see/visualize it, then do it. That's what I do overall these days (not just video). So, I'm still trying to come up with a tag line for the main business, although maybe it doesn't need one at all.

This may not be in play, but I think you should change the name of your business. The name Total Dynamic Studios strikes me as 1) grammatically incorrect and 2) a satirical name for a big movie studio one might hear in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

Now that's one thing that will not change. For starters, TDS are my maiden initials. Total Dynamic Studios was based from that almost two decades ago and has a further significance to me. I think there are plenty of studios/production companies out there with silly names. (I had a friend who worked for Pie Town... it's actually a very reputable Hollywood reality production company.) IMHO, I think it's about distinction. Thanks for your input though! It is very appreciated and not unheard.

As for the email, you all make some good points. I think keeping it at "info@" is going to be the best way to go.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

So it appears T that your whole concept and business plan just suck!

If that's the case, do me a solid and get me a beer, will ya?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Have to agree with others above - I did not understand what the film was turning into...and I still don't. Paint, as in paintbrush? Perhaps if it came out more like something beautiful made with paint strokes, for example a butterfly or a flower, that kind of thing might work.

Personally I'm not a fan of the filmstrip idea at all because to me it invokes old technology. I'd only use it in context of film restoration or "film" in the theatrical sense. If you're going steampunk with the website I'd advise against it as well since there is no filmstrip stuff in the Victorian era. Perhaps if you took the filmstrip motif and really went post-modern with it, I could get on board.

You've got some very cool steampunk elements on the site that would work on a business card. I'm a bit of a literalist so personally I might not want to go with something that doesn't convey exactly what you do, though you do include "Creative Services" on there so that might be broad enough.

Whatever style you go with you're going to want follow through. The website should match the business cards should match the letterhead (if you even need some in this day and age) and everything should correspond - fonts, colors, style. It looks professional and will build your brand.

Ooh, just found the image on the right side of this page. Would love to see that on a business card!

[Gemini Cricket]

Should the whole thing be one font, or no?

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

I thought you were still occupying that?

Sadly, no.

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

If that's the case, do me a solid and get me a beer, will ya?

I have not laughed that hard in a long time - thank you so very much for that (and sadly, only you and I will know why).

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Personally I'm not a fan of the filmstrip idea at all because to me it invokes old technology. I'd only use it in context of film restoration or "film" in the theatrical sense. If you're going steampunk with the website I'd advise against it as well since there is no filmstrip stuff in the Victorian era. Perhaps if you took the filmstrip motif and really went post-modern with it, I could get on board.

I gotta disagree with this, although I see a lot of opinions here. Even though actual film is not used, I like using it as a symbol. A bunch of 1's and 0's would have the same impact

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Should the whole thing be one font, or no?

I say no - I like having two fonts for added contrast.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

I say no - I like having two fonts for added contrast.

Then I'd flip the fonts. The 2nd font is more free flowing like the film and the brush stroke, imho.