Our equipment list is constantly expanding, and capable of satisfying the most demanding of productions, whether for television, corporate films or specialist events.

We rarely have to rely on hiring kit in, as we carry virtually everything in house, including:

Polecam, Sony DSR 450 Broadcast Camera, 2 x DSR 250's, Mobile Lighting Equipment, An Easyrig, Handheld and Tie Clip Radio Microphones, Onboard Mini Bullet cameras, A Teleprompter For Presentations to Camera (Ideal For Executives Wanting to Record a Company Message).

Whatever your requirements, we have solution to suit your budget, particularly if you have a requirement for regular video content for your website, or for distribution on DVD to your Customers and/or Personnel. Nothing makes an impression quite like watching a spoken message, perhaps with film footage (commonly referred to as "B Roll") to support what is being said.

Interviews, product demonstrations and launches, training guides or perhaps a live event, maybe a presentation to an invited audience recorded for distribution worldwide on DVD... Moving images deliver every time.

THE FULL PRODUCTION OF SPORTS EVENTS FOR TELEVISION IS OUR CORE BUSINESS, BUT WE ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN MANY OTHER PROJECTS

Combining the performance of high quality broadcast cameras and allied  equipment delivers the finest image quality with unprecedented flexibility for full motion video to DVD.

The addition of the Polecam (an investment of almost £33,000) has revolutionised the production values we can offer, whether for in-house projects or when filming for other production companies. You may decide to opt for a preferred production company for your project, but want them to incorporate the sort of images the Polecam can capture. If so, you can hire us to film specific elements of a production, which we can forward on for editing.

We engage the services of broadcast professionals with vast television experience as required for each production, depending upon the complexities of the production and working budget. Specialist graphics can be developed from basic on screen text-based images to highly complex animations. Whatever you need, we can organise a solution that delivers every time.

Recent Clients include
SSL Group
Motors TV
Flintshire County Council
MBKC Ltd
Sherwen Studios
CO-VER
The Wirral NHS Trust
Wirral PCT
Wirral Borough Council
Bebington & West Wirral NHS Trust
Birkenhead & Wallasey NHS Trust
Health Links
Health Start
Hamilton College, Leicester
Cheshire County Council (Education)
Tal-Ko Ltd
Rye House

THE COLOUR GRADING PROCESS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT

'Isn't it just about shooting the images and editing them together... how hard can it be?"

A burger and chips will satisfy an appetite, but is hardly gourmet cuisine. The art of video production is the same. For example, a large part of the editing process should always be the colour correction and grading process, something which can take a significant amount of time to achieve the look that is pleasing to the eye. Every Hollywood movie has its colour "graded" to avhieve a look. Think about films like "The Matrix", and more recently "The Bourne Ultimatum", not to mention the brilliant "Sin City" and "The 300". Each of these films have a signature "look" to them, achieved through the manipulation of colours, particularly the last two films in the list. What you see on screen in the final edit was certainly not all achieved in the camera on set. Check the list of credits at the end and you will see the title of "Colorist" (American spelling!).

The job of the Colorist is to correct everything from bland skin tones (common in video cameras where white balance is set to pure white), to creating those signature looks in the final edit.

Your finished edit will also have this process applied, as it is vital to achieve a satisfying final look. Have a look at the examples below. The first showing the original image and the graded image used in a final composite. This is an extreme example of grading to achieve a highly stylized look. The second image from a wedding is an example of secondary colour correction, where the red bodice in the dress has been selected to retain its colour and the rest of the image desaturated to black and white, an effect you may have seen in the film Schindler's List, where the little girl in the red coat is always shown with a red coat despite the rest of the film being in black and white.

The process is as relevant with less stylized projects where correction and grading has to be applied to every individual clip in the project in order to make your film look exactly right. Add to this modern, stylized and creative editing of the images with three dimensional graphics and you end up with something that sets your film apart from the rest.

THE ORIGINAL IMAGE AND AS USED IN THE FINAL EDITED COMPOSITION.

THE IMAGE HAS BEEN COMPOSITED WITH GRAPHICS & GRADED BY CRUSHING THE BLACKS AND BLEACHING THE IMAGE TO  GET A STYLIZED LOOK FOR THE TITLE SEQUENCE OF A MOTOR SPORT PROGRAMME.

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THE RED BODICE HAS BEEN SELECTED TO RETAIN ITS COLOUR AND THE REST OF THE SCENE DESATURATED TO BLACK AND WHITE. NOT THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY HERE, BUT WE COULD EVEN HAVE CHANGED THE COLOUR OF THE BODICE TO ANY OTHER COLOUR OF OUR CHOOSING.

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