Website Template for Video Portfolio?

I'm starting my own production business, and in need of a website to showcase my work, provide information, etc. I'd love to hire a quality designer to build a custom site, but I'd rather get something up and running quickly, so that I can have a web presence without having to wait for the time and money needed to build the custom stuff.

So, I'm looking for a decent template service. I work with photographers, and I know of many good services aimed at photographers that are almost what I'm looking for , but most have 2 fatal flaws: they don't support video (well), and/or they're Flash-based. I would really like to have something mobile-friendly.

Anybody know of a website template service that is NOT based on Flash and still handles HD video beautifully?

TIA!

Kiera Faye

http://www.kierafaye.com

Jakfoto Productions
{handcrafted video for photographers}

Put your demo on youtube now.
Buy a domain w/hosting.
Hire a web designer to create your site.
Put you video on your site.

Chris Tompkins
Video Atlanta LLC

Thanks - that's an interesting service! It looks pretty sharp, but I was thinking of more of a full website template. Something like ShowIt, which is actually a great service (aimed at photogs but does beautiful video) but operates on Flash. Maybe that's the best I can get.

Kiera Faye

http://www.kierafaye.com

Jakfoto Productions
{handcrafted video for photographers}

Because what you sell is creativity, the last thing you need is the handicap of a template. My site could not be simpler. It's just an image with 3 links. Nothing more. Nothing more needed. It's no template though. If you need help with some simple html, I can help you out. I just started copying code from sites I dug until I understood what I was doing. I don't sell web design but I do know a template when I see. So will your perspectice clientel. They'll bail if they see you can't think outside the box.

Thanks to everyone for your input. I found a Wordpress theme (from Themeforest) that I think will work great - very customizable, lots of widgets, support for Vimeo embeds, etc. I'm excited to get it up and running!

It does make me a bit sad that nobody has created a website service for filmmakers that offers the same sort of features that many photographer services have. Maybe it's just because for so long, film and video have been expensive and thus dominated by larger companies rather than individual artists?

Kiera Faye

http://www.kierafaye.com

Jakfoto Productions
{handcrafted video for photographers}

Sorry this is so disgracefully late. If you're still interested, the theme I chose was Pai, and with the help of a friend (with more knowledge of graphic design and code), I turned it into this: http://jakfoto.com

Kiera Faye

http://www.kierafaye.com

Jakfoto Productions
{handcrafted video for photographers}

Press75 has several templates that work well with video. Might want to check it out and see if it fits your needs. http://www.press75.com

Scott-

Scott Whitney
Whitney Media Productions