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How We Film Live Videos
As an agency we do a few event videos for various clients that are on our books, however recently we have acquired the technology and the expertise to take event filming one stage further in a really efficient way. Used for the first time during the recent EU referendum debate with senior politicians, we used our new Vidiu unit and live streamed the whole event to the wider membership of the UK200 Group, allowing members who couldn't get tickets to the live event in London, to still take part in the debate, by watching it and engaging through a twitter hashtag. Read how we did it and see the final outcome.
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Illustrator Tips – Preparing Assets for Animation
In this post we will see how we can use Adobe Illustrator for 2-d Character Development which can be exported into a program like After Effects where they can be brought to life. One video where we demonstrate this is Shippo video. Before an animator can do their work they need something to work with, so we build the assets in Illustrator.
We have now entered the world of drones!
One of the most exciting developments that we have seen in the video world is that of aerial filming. With drone technology becoming cheaper and more affordable, the ability to weave in aerial videography from drones into 'normal' edits is becoming more prevalent and can really help to make it stand out against the competition. We now have a drone and took it out for a spin last week!
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TECH TALK: Mounting Cameras to Cars
Mounting cameras to cars is something I’ve played with for ages. In the early ’90s I remember bolting a Super8 onto the bumper of my mate’s Beetle. After a few miles the mount worked itself loose and the camera swung upside down filming the road and the chassis - great shot, wish I still had it!
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Aerial Demo Reel 2013
Here is some cool drone video footage which gives a great insight into what is possible with this new and accessible filming equipment.
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Creativity at its very best
Sometimes you see a video that just blows your mind, which is beyond our capability but we can still appreciate the creative and technical accomplishment of it. This is one of those times and we want to bring it to you so you can appreciate it too!
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How does bread end up in a bag? – ANSWERED!
Have you ever been in the supermarket buying a loaf of bread and then thought to yourself, "who has the really rubbish job of putting sliced bread into bags....it must take ages!?" It's all automated and we managed to film the whole process for your benefit- a product video.
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How to Make Viral Videos
This post is all around how you can achieve additional reach for your video production beyond just the initial 'eyeballs' that you'll get from your networks. By leveraging other people's networks you can reach far more people, more efficiently. Do you know how to make viral videos?
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Pegasus Shoot
Here are a selection of images demonstrating how we make our business videos. Through a mixture of filming somebody talking about their business and a series of still of products, or services we can create something unique and engaging to help you sell. We also offer training and explainer videos.
Tricky Brief – Creative Solutions – Great Edit!
The brief was to get soundbites from five talking heads who each had a very limited amount of time to deliver their bit and all the interviews were to be done in the same room which we only had for four hours. Tricky. So there is potentially the same backdrop for ten minutes of soundbites, no time for cutaways of the individuals to break up the edit and a pretty serious subject matter so no chance of funky motion graphics to spice the edit up. How can you make an edit that will be watchable?
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