Office of Communications & Marketing

Videography Services Guidelines

Our aim at the Office of Communications and Marketing is to capture subjects in their best light while meeting deadlines. Therefore, we reserve the right to select images for publication. To ensure an efficient process enhancing subjects’ marketability, please adhere to the following:

• After a videographer has captured footage, a selection of recommended options will be shared with the subject.
• Subjects have 24 hours to choose their top 5 to 10 images, with selecting more than one photo strongly recommended.
• Requests that unnecessarily prolong the editing process won’t be honored, as our focus is on marketing Dillard University as a whole.

Videography of student groups is arranged at the discretion of our office, typically as part of student organization group activities. Requests should be managed by the group’s faculty/staff advisor, who is required to be present for scheduled sessions. We reserve the right to deny student groups’ and students’ videography requests.

All video content produced by our office is the property of Dillard University, and we reserve the right to utilize group or individual video at our discretion. Video of individual student group members will be distributed at the discretion of the group’s advisor.

Please note that our photographers and videographers respect the wishes of students and employees who do not wish to be on video or in photography. We review the goals and scripts of proposed videos and all Dillard marketing and promotional photography. Rough cuts of videos should be reviewed before final approval.

We collaborate with on- and off-campus video production resources to produce promotional and informational videos for external viewing. When appropriate, we refer members of the Dillard community to outside vendors for video production. All approved University video productions must use University marks and graphic standards.

Requests from outside movie or video production companies to film on University property must be referred to the Office of Communications and Marketing or the Office of Auxiliary Services for consideration and approval.

Please be aware that the use of copyrighted music in any University video is prohibited. We provide access to an extensive production music library and can assist with sourcing royalty-free music online. Contact the Office of Communications and Marketing for assistance.