It’s been a while since we last did a newsletter but that’s because we’ve been so busy – here’s just some of the things we’ve been up to in the last few months.

User generated media –
engaging your staff

We recently completed a job for Co-operative Financial Services where we suggested the use of some ‘user generated’ videos for the on-screen content in an awards ceremony. We sent out 50 low cost HD cameras along with mentoring instructions and asked each participant to film a single one minute piece. We got the cameras back edited the pieces and gave them a bit of polish then played them in at the ceremony. It was a fantastic way of getting the teams of staff round the company involved and produced some very funny and unique videos. Read more »

Our office with a view

In April 2009 we took over Orchard Communications. Since then we’ve merged them into Speakeasy and moved that operation and Speakeasy’s existing London operation into a new production office based in Covent Garden. If you’d like a wee tour then please just give us a call and we’d be happy to see you and introduce some of the team. As part of our new expanded team Andy Zanelli-King formely of The Edge Picture Company has joined us as Head of Client Development. See more »

Lloyds 2012

“A Journey of Opportunity” was produced to engage and enthuse Lloyds staff about the London 2012 Games.  
 It features three young athletes on the Lloyds “Local Heroes” scheme. We hear their thoughts as we see them training, giving the audience an insight into their aspirations for the future.
 The entire film is shot on the RED camera, to give stunning, high definition footage, which includes slow motion and time lapse sequences. Watch a clip »

Awards

We’ve picked up some pretty amazing awards in the last 6 months- just look at the list on the left. Most recently, in June, we had two videos shortlisted for the best video award at the IoIC (formerly CiB) Gala Awards for video productions made for Lloyds Banking Group and NHS Leicester City. Lloyds won! Read more »

Dept.for Health Regional Events

The month of March kept us extremely busy with the Department of Health's "National Strategy for COPD" regional events roadshow. They were staged in 10 regions throughout England. Delegates travelled from all over the country to listen to Chief Scientific Officer, Sue Hill, and the Clinical Directors for COPD discuss the new strategy. They then voted on the suggested recommendations.