Category Archives: Speakeasy Company News

(Thunder)Bolt-on Wonders

At Speakeasy our post-production systems are based around a huge storage system where we keep all of the footage that we’re working on. This system is connected to all of the edit suites via fibre optic cables, which keep everything …

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Cox Up

 

 

Brian Cox that is.

Not the endlessly awestruck Mancunian particle physicist, but the craggy-faced Dundonian actor. And what was the star of two Bourne films ‘up’ to?  Well he certainly wasn’t expounding on the infinite wonder of the …

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Enter the Matrix

Here at Speakeasy Laboratories we’re always on the lookout for new technology to make life easier for our clients, and our latest piece of kit is a perfect example. We’ve invested in a MatrixStore, one of the best near-line storage …

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If you want something done…

“…ask a busy person.”

It’s a good quote, although there is some disagreement about who first coined it. Some sources say Benjamin Franklin, others say Margaret Thatcher, but there’s a strong evidence that it was Lucille Ball.

Whatever.

We agree: …

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Speakeasy No.1 for Scottish Government Commissioners

OK, not the wittiest headline, but technically accurate and, for us, very exciting…
Following an eight month selection process we’ve been awarded top spot in the Scottish Government’s new Video Production and Post Production Services framework.  It’s a bit of …
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Engineering Opportunities

Engineering has always been a male dominated discipline. So when it comes to creating opportunities for women to break into this world, perhaps Abu Dhabi is not the obvious choice of location.

But Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi is leading …

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We Want YOU!

…if you are a Corporate Film Producer and would like to work in our Scottish office.

We’re busy and maybe you can help.

You will have the experience and professionalism to develop and retain close and trusting relationships with our many

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Insider Training

Everyone condemns the practice of price fixing as unfair to the consumer.

Yet what happens when price fixing is not so clear cut?  What if you work in an industry where you  are not working directly in the financial markets? …

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Child’s Play

It’s been said about our event and video production that we make it look easy. But it really was child’s play last week, when our Managing Director’s son, Arran, and my daughter, Rachel, popped in for the day (It was …

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I’d like to thank the Academy…

We all know it’s not the winning that counts, it’s the taking part.

And we all know it definitely IS the winning that counts.

As the Oscars, Golden Globes and BAFTAs fade away for another year, we enter our own …

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