aka ltd - DVD, Video and Multimedia

This is what we do

No, not ride motorbikes! This is a slideshow of stills taken from a selection of programmes that we have produced over the last few years.

Corporate communications

Whatever the method of delivery, DVD or webcast more and more companies are using the moving image to get their message across.

ENG, London Fashion Week

We can get in where other crews can't, we get the footage and get the questions answered. ( For ENG see glossary )

Documentaries

An animator explaining about the creation of the CGI dinosaurs for the TV series "Prehistoric Park".

Computer animation

They said "could you make the lights come on and glow as the boy walked past?" So we did !

3D animation

Part of a campaign for a client that was eventually shown on the big screens at Piccadilly Circus.

Video for your website

This is an increasingly popular use for video. You have to pay particular attention to things like file size, download speed and aspect ratio. Techy stuff, but we can advise you on all that. See the "Links" page for some examples.

Video for your show stand

Video is also used to enhance presentations at trade shows. This is used particularly well by the motor industry.

Drama

A spooky ghost hunting spoof filmed on location in somewhere in deepest darkest Oxfordshire, he's giving you a funny look !

Sales promotion

If you have a production process you want to demonstrate. Big.....

or small

These are credit card chips being manufactured. The crew were required to provide 2 forms of identity, passport and driving licence, to be allowed in.

Motor sport

More motorbikes, but they do look good.

Location, location, location !

Over the years we have built up an extensive network of contacts that can get us some spectacular locations for your production.

And there's always football

Filmed in a park somewhere in east London. Can any one identify the team ?

Getting close

Close up shots like this and not upsetting the model or makeup artist at a crucial moment is quite a skill.

Occasionally

we see someone on the telly and we all say "who's that ?" Answers please on a post card.

And celebrities

Sophie Ellis-Bextor being interviewed during London Fashion Week.

This guy needs no introduction

Interviews with the sporting sensation of 2007 Lewis Hamilton during the filming of the F1/ Vodafone TV advert.

And his team mate Fernando Alonso

or arch enemy depending on your view point !

Naomi Campbell

Looking stunning on the catwalk for Julien McDonald at the 2006 London Fashion Week at Battersea.

We will be

inserting some video here for you to see. In the mean time go to the " Links " page where you can be directed to some of our clients webites that are showing some of our work. Or get in touch and we'll send you some samples .

Vroooooommm !!!

One can but dream. Answer to film quote - Groucho Marx

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Glossary

Glossary

Pre Production

This is the period of time at the start of a project that is used for planning before initiating and video project.

Storyboard

A series of hand drawn sketches produced by a specailist artist used to illustrate how the programme will look and how the shoot will progress.

ENG

Electronic News Gathering.

This is a small tape based digital video format which is low cost and usualy shot on something like a Sony PD170 camera. Although it is said to be broadcast quality, the resolution is not high enough for high end production. Its very good for Vox Pops or fly on the wall type work though. Great for low budget productions.

DV Cam

A format similar to DV, but uses a slightly higher quality tape stock and will give slightly better definition. Generally this will be shot on a slightly bigger camera such as a Sony DSR500. Also slightly more time consuming to process.

HDV

A much high definition version of DV which can provide greta results. Normaly shot on a sony HDV Z1. This is also a compact format.

Beta SP

This format is used less and less although it can still be found. SP is an analog version Beta which was the predeccessor to Digi Beta.We would not normaly use this format.

Digi Beta

This is the current standard format used for broadcast work in the UK. Tape based but provides relatively high quality. This is our most popular format.

XDCam HD

A new format providing high end results and is widely accepted to give better results than Digi Beta. However we do not currently use this format.

High definition is rapidly becoming popular. Although more costly it is worth the expense particularly as HD ready TVs are now available in the shops and a number of broadcasters are soon to be transmiting progammes in HD. We are able to produce HD programmes.

Film

8mm, 16mm and 38mm formats, film has always been the most expensive and highest quality format. Normally used for commercials, movies and some high end broadcast and corporate work. Detailed pre production and planning is required to avoid wastage and film proccessing itself is also more complicated, but the extra effort and cost can be rewared by some stunning results.

Stock

Blank tapes for use on a shoot or edit. Used also for mastering and additional copies.

Logging

The process of recording and giving each shot on a tape a start and finish time code number. This is made available for use throughout the edit.

Aspect Ratio

Aspect ratio is the width to height dimensions of the picture. The two most popular are 16:9 and 4:3. Old TV sets are 4:3 ie 4 units wide and 3 units high. Nearly all new TVs are 16:9 (wide screen) 16 units wide and 9 units high. This is particularly important as the finished programme may be used on a web site and shown on computer screens (4:3) or on a widescreen TV (16:9). Also 4:3 is still used on the continent. There are other ratios which are normaly used for film and are described as a ratio to 1 ie 2.35:1 (feature film) or 1.66:1 (most Disney cartoons).

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