Our second job in Brussels saw us making a film for The University of Kent – Brussels School of International Studies.
The brief was to promote the school from the perspective of getting a job once a student has graduated.
This involved filming career tutors and many former students now working in Brussels.
This was the first time I used my GoPro in a paid job.
The Wi-Fi monitoring came in really useful as I was able to place the camera above the bar before the event and start recording remotely once the venue opened it’s doors.
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Following on from the Harrogate Apartments filming, I was asked to film the newly built Lawrance Apartments in York.
This was an opportunity to use my camera slider a lot more than in Harrogate, as well as hiding small battery powered LED lights around the locations.
The filming took a day and a half and the edit was another day.
This was the first job completed using Final Cut Pro X on my new Hackintosh computer. A hand built computer running a modified version of the Apple operating system.
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While in Brussels on other business, myself, Howard Foster and Nik Wood went to the European Parliament buildings.
We were there using the EUParl studio facilities to make pilot shows for two new programme ideas Howard has been working on.
Nik is a broadcaster maybe best known for hosting the BBCs Working Lunch as well as local and national News TV.
I’d already made VT inserts for two programmes, covering important topics surround European Law and Business. The shows were recorded and brought home for finessing and additional work. I’ve made 3D graphics and name straps for the pilots, and while I’m not a graphic designer by any stretch of the imagination they will do for now.
We’re looking for businesses or organisations to sponsor the production for further programmes in the future.
As Malcolm Harbour MEP said during one of the shows, they are a great idea and much needed.
So please contact Howard at Red Lobster if you can offer any help.
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The Golden Bridge Awards are given to businesses exporting to and from Belgium to the UK. The Chamber of Commerce asked us over to Brussels to film the business presentations at the British Embassy and we had a great day.
Once back in the UK we edited an energetic, fast paced and very loud show video which was played at the awards ceremony in central London on the 15th. The audience of business associates and dignitaries gave the video a huge round of applause, which was nice.
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Leaving Leeds just after 4am and arriving by the Thames at Embankment at 9.02 for a 9.30am start at the headquarters of Care International. A hectic start to the day, but it turned out really well…
I was asked to shoot a series of greenscreen interviews for a TV commercial promoting lendwithcare.org.
It’s a really interesting charity website where you can often get your donation money back!
I won’t explain how it works, it’s best if you have a look for yourself. Here’s the advert:
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VisMedia, London asked me to shoot this fascinating corporate for them.
We filmed in Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds shooting interviews and GVs on my FS100 mostly using my new 28-70 f2.8 fast zoom. As we were very tight for time I lit the job using two of my 512 LED battery powered heads on small portable Dedo stands.
Most of the locations were medical so we needed to cause the least disturbance possible. My flyaway kit is small enough to take on a train and be carried by one person.
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The day involved filming around the city at three venues, as well as establishing shots of some well known Harrogate landmarks. I shot the film on the FS100 using a mixture of tripod and slider, with macro and ultra wide angle lenses.
This year as well as making my usual Toolbank instore video loops in Sterling and Euros, I was asked to get involved in the TV commercials too.
I got the team at Dark Horse involved as together we have years of experience in producing commercials, and they now have an airtime sales expert onboard too.
A perfect match for Toolbank’s needs.
We shot the commercials in the white cyc studio at Prime Studios, Leeds. Vic M. lit it with a bit of help from yours truly.
I’ll post some videos when they’re on air.
(around Christmas 2012)
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