We're going to Barbados!!!!!!!

well maybe not this time, but it felt like it, we were filming the finals of the Bahamas film challenge last week for Visual Media, we had to cover the event for a promotional video of the night. Check it out here, I wish I had seen this competition, wow! what a prize and just getting over there and filming would have been good enough for me, but a camera and 14K as well, good luck to the winner Robin Schmidt good stuff mate.

Fashion, turn to the left.........fashion, turn to the right..........

Have a few very busy day's recently and hard to keep up with the blog - but slowly getting back to normal- having shot the pilot fashion series last week for a potential new client of Tapestry (lOndon). The model - was great really easy to work with and had a good attitude, as we're al the crew, thanks to Mal at Shoreditch Studios, worked really well even tho' the paint was wet , but the bacon butties where top pig!

Not so Shychlo more milo

Using the EX1 to film and music video in Camberwell studios for a new band of pranksters called ShyChlo- their new single will be big it's called Mental Confusion and the shoot had that element about it, having quite a big cast and crew we did good for the 10hr day and got alot done, Del will be putting it together, brup and biguns trip hopsters!!!@£££ ping ping peng?

Insulating Sheep..... get in that loft

Well it's been a fraught couple of days, we came back from the back of beyond on friday - filming a new promo video for Rockwool in a very secluded part of Wales in Pembrokeshire. I have to say beautiful scenery and (there's) lovely people,but trying to get a mobile signal reception, forget it! not even in the town we where staying! (Haverfordwest). The Rockwool intaltion engineers were a great fun, Alan kept us laughing and we got some great footage, need your loft insulating? get in touch ca be done in less than an hour!  All shot with the EX1 and thanks to Jake for beingthe last minute sound man.

A group a day keeps the doctor away!

Having had a very busy week last week it's reassuring to know that all my funds are well looked after by Group 4 Securities, I went with Mal from Malachy Molloy Associates to ask Trevor Dighton, Chief Financial Officer a few probing questions - well Helen did actually, we went down to their Head office in Crawley and remember the Sony Z1, yes we shot on DVCam using a couple of radio mics, shock horror! 3 point lighting with blue gels making daylight without down lighting and air conditioning switched on in offices is the bane of my life at the moment, sound wise I just turn down the sensitivity of the Sony diversities to -15 dB. What's your solution?

Crowning around....

shot the Crown Estate's latest announcement for wind farm generation off the Orkney Islands last week, headed over to New Burlington street with Scott from Visual Media to interview Roger Bright, Chief Executive of The Crown Estate. A quick set up with the EX1 and a few lights, the only trouble we had was putting up the display board in the back ground, should be available on the web site pretty soon.

East to Vest

Made some films for WebVideos in the studio at Camberwell, this time using presenter Cat Cubie (National Lottery BBC1) as the face for some promotional work against the green-screen for WebVideos - also supplied with an autocue - we also went out to East Dulwich and got some Vox Pops from the GP about their views on web video and which content they would be interested in seeing, all shot with the EX1 and a couple of mics (radio and shotgun). Director Andy Roberts-

Boxing Clever

well we just covered another white collar boing event for City Warriors at the Troxy, east London on Thursday night, everything went according to plan and there were a few fights, but no one was thrown out, for brawling! We even had a pair of ladies in the ring, which proved a great success, if you wish to take part please see the info here, talk to get Gary + punch UP! WebVideos covered the event for the filming and we had a 2 camera shoot + I'm going to put the DVD together.

Hana B - roc un roll

WELL MARK HENDERSON AND TOM FINALLY FINISHED THE HANA B VIDEO WE SHOT AT CAMBERWELL STUDIOS IN EARLY FEBRUARY - very happy with the results congratulations to all the guys and best of luck for the release of the new album! for more information about the shoot see FEB 6th Blog entry.




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Viva Aviva

just fininshed filming a couple of days work at Aviva previously Norwich Union - "we won't make a drama out of a crisis" insurance etc.
Shooting from a great vantage point in the city off Leaden Hall street we had various top executives and the CEO - Lord Sharman all giving their take on Aviva's performance and future. It was a 2 camera shoot with at least 4 crew, various 3point lighting and autocue, with sound from radio mics. Look on the web site soon for the films.