Mile 80 History - An interview with the founder, Ryan Sheffer

A creative storyteller with multiple decades of experience - Ryan has been sought after by the world’s best companies. Starting as an editor and technologist, Ryan’s technical and storytelling skills allowed him to quickly pivot into producing and directing.

Artist Spotlight: Theodora Măgureanu

She always had an inclination towards art. She got serious about video editing 7 years ago when she enrolled into the University of Art, studying photography and video art. There she was able to learn the basics. Before working at Mile80, she was a gallerist in one of the oldest private art galleries in her city and there she had the chance of interacting with all types of arts and artists.

We do Live Action Production

When people think of commercial or video production - they’re usually thinking live action. This means you’re partnering with us to set up a camera or two somewhere and capture a story that relates to your product, service, or story.

We do 2D and 3D Animation

These days - when we think brand storytelling and animation, we often think of the “explainer.” This is the low budget 2D flat animation that nearly every startup does before they have a big enough budget to tell their story the way they’d like to. However - Apple is the most prolific company in size and scale of marketing and virtually all of their launch videos feature sexy 3D animation of their new product line.

We do Creative Direction

Often a client has a rough idea or story they want told, but they can’t make sense of the best way to express it. In this case, Mile 80 will often come in as a creative agency and put together concepts and ideas for how to best tell the brand’s story.

We do Post Production

Mile 80 was built on the back of a talented team of post-production artists. Key to this is the creation of a rock solid data management system that not only ensures global distribution of not only working files, but final deliverables without delay.

Stop Wasting Old Creative - Up cycle your asset library with montage

Artist Spotlight: João Miguel

I've always been interested in learning different art forms. I consider myself a generalist because of that. I've been a musician since a very young age. For example, as a hobby, I like playing the guitar. But it was only in college, around 2015, that I started working with video professionally. It took me a long time to feel comfortable with the idea of calling myself an 'artist' though.

OnePlus KSP Videos - Case Study

January has ended, and all is quiet. But there’s a good reason why.We partnered once again with XD Agency to create videos for the the launch of the OnePlus 11. Shout out to XD Agency for once again trusting us to bring the client vision to life. We were tasked with creating a product launch trailer, as well as, four commercials outlining the product KSPs.

Artist Spotlight: Juan Mendoza

Juan started animating when he was just 7. He used to “animate” his toys on his family computer, when internet was not even a “thing“ yet in his country, Venezuela. Skipping to 2016, just after graduation, he finished an animation course which opened his eyes in this particular direction.

Amazon's 2022 Devices & Services Event

Amazon’s 2022 Devices & Services was an online event that took place on 28 September 2022 and Mile 80 had a massive role in making this event possible.

Artist Spotlight: Ryan Lopes

Ryan has worked professionally in video media production for about 5 years now. He always enjoyed shooting videos for his friends growing up and completed many projects for his high school, however it was not until he reached college that he realized he could make a career from his art.

Storyboards: Leading the Way

Explaining the why storyboards are so important for video production.

Amazon NewFronts 2022 Case Study

A review of Mile 80's live event production project for Amazon.

Keep Your Files Clean

Tips for one of the most important elements of video production you probably never think about. Why effective asset management is crucial to video production on a global scale.

Cutting Music for Video

I am Tudor, the lead video editor for Mile 80 and I'm gonna go through my process of making various songs fit the length of a video even when they don't want to. However, before we delve into the actual chopping of music, we need to go into some...