Brian Pilgrim.

Twenty years in commercial video and brand production. Currently leading video production at Vonage — a role I built from the ground up over the past decade. Series credits include Whipnotic and YourLA (NBC), Player Style Files and Tailgate Fan: College Edition (CBS). Member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA).

Starting Frame is the production suite I wished existed when I was running shows — and my proof of work building one. The whole pipeline in a browser tab: free creative tools to make the graphics — stream scenes, kinetic text, transparent exports — and paid tools to run the show, a teleprompter and a live run-of-show with real-time crew views. Designed and shipped solo. The creative side is genuinely free: no watermark, just a quick sign-in — you pay when your stream becomes a show. A working product with real users, not a slide. The right tool should take seconds, not a full software launch.

Most organizations treat video as a production problem. It is a strategy problem. The difference between footage and communication is rarely about the camera.

Start before you're ready. That's the whole thing.