Today I filmed and edited a Royal visit by HRH the Duke of Kent to the Glenn Dimplex factory in Merseyside. HRH was presenting Glenn Dimplex with the Queens Award for Export. And it was a double celebration as Belling, who are part of the Glenn Dimplex group, are one hundred years old this year! […]
The phone rings: “Come to Sheffield. We’ll brief you when you arrive” – Sounds like a secret mission. PHD called me in to shoot a promo for their new startup Pr1ntingbynet A few hours filming and a day of editing later…
In the far northern reaches of the Yorkshire Dales you’ll find Swaledale and Arkengarthdale. These were to be my filming locations for the next few days, and with beautiful sunshine every day it was a fantastic place to be. I was making promotional videos for two local Inns, the Charles Bathurst Inn and the Punchbowl […]
Today was the first proper job using my new camera – the Sony NEX-FS100 camera. Staff from the Rezidor Hotel Group were part way through a charity bike relay taking in all of the company’s 32 hotels in the UK. And I was asked to shoot and edit the Yorkshire leg. I met up with […]
It’s my birthday… So I treated myself and bought Apple’s Final Cut Pro X. There’s lots to learn here it seems, yet after a few hours I’m feel I’m getting comfortable with it. The first job is to convert my showreel, edited in Final Cut Pro 6 onto a X project. That’ll keep me busy […]
A new client – TheBusinessDesk.com asked me along to their ‘Go For It – Exporting for Beginners’ seminar in the amazing Lion of Vienna suite at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton. Leaving Leeds at 4.30am for a 6am get-in seemed like a distant memory by the time the bacon butties and milk came round at […]
Appeal PR asked me to film the ‘Asset Based Lending Charity Dinner’ at the Queen’s Hotel in Leeds tonight. The swanky event was hosted by the legendary Harry Gration from the BBC and raised £15,000 for the Leeds Children’s Hospital Appeal. The shoot was challenging with very low lighting levels and a huge crowd, not […]
Ideasbynet wanted to redesign their website to include demo videos for 37 of their best selling products. So over the course of two days I filmed Carla doing her very best QVC style presentation. I used two camera to save time, and synced them up in post production. I also created opening and closing graphic […]
The guys at Ideasbynet.com created a cool scrapbook, which together with a variety of props and practicals was brought to life for this fun video. In the end it took eight of us, and a morning of rehearsal to get the final take. I found some suitable music tracks, sound effects and light leak flashes […]
This morning I launched a new website: LeedsLocalTelevision.co.uk is a domain I’ve bought recently to help local businesses find me. I’ve added basic information about scripts and filming techniques, so visitors have a better understanding about what I offer and what to expect from any video production.