Inspired by Sir Chris Hoy we took to the velodrome with Team Sky and lots of cameras for this corporate video.  Mounted GoPros delivered fantastic shots and some unique perspectives on the cyclists.  Exciting stuff.


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Sky 2012 Sizzle

 


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Sky – The Journey


When the team at Sky were looking for a short film to present at a conference for senior managers they gave us a buzz. The remit – to present a positive customer journey from the point of view of a potential customer thinking about getting a Sky package to installation and post installation customer service. And, most important it had to have energy and be emotive and inspirational.

The challenge – we had just over a week to come up with a concept, shoot it, edit it and deliver it!!!

As the finished film was to be shown on a massive cinema screen at the O2 Cineworld we shot it HD using the Canon 5d with Red Rock rig and a variety of lenses including a very nice 50mm prime.

In order to pull the narrative together and to provide a bridge between scenarios we devised a 3d graphic animation to visually represent the journey – a galaxy of Sky customers, contact centres, engineers and retail stores. The galaxy shows the communication between the customers and these various points of contact – whizzing through cyber space as neon glowing fibre optic points of light!

Great fun in spite of exceptionally quick turn around – shot in London on Monday & Tuesday, edit, post production, colour grade, audio FX, audio dub on Wednesday & Thursday and delivery on Friday. Phew!

 


Web Video Production, TV Ad Production, 2D and 3D Animation, 
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Super Slow-mo FX

Really love the effect of super slo-mo on these shots.  This is so slow it’s stretching frames!

We used this technique on selected shots as part of a job for Sky and tried various things. These shots are just a few examples of the super slo-mo mixed up with some time re-mapping.

 


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The thing about timelapse is it involves a bit of a mathematical equation in order to get going…..if you want your final timelapse film to have a duration of 1 minute and you’re filming activity over the course of 4 days how many frames should you shoot per day?……1 frame per second….1 frame every 30 seconds….oh the horror of stepping back in time to your 0-Grade maths exam…..Anyway, once you get over that bit it gets EXCITING as you chose your camera position and rig up all the kit and then it all gets a bit SLOW again as you wait…and wait….and, well you get the picture…..but it’s worth all the effort and the patience and the changing camera positions and the standing around just waiting because the end results are very compelling and have huge energy.

This particular piece was commissioned by Sky to use online to advertise their forthcoming Skyfest event. They wanted to build up a sense of anticipation and excitement around the event amongst their troops and in doing so sell tickets. Our client was delighted as the ticket uptake went stellar!

We shot this using our Canon EOS 550d with a wide angle lens. For timelapse projects that span over much longer periods we can monitor remotely, meaning the waiting can be done over a nice cup of tea in our lovely edit suite!

So, in summary, the equation you need to get going is:
maths + shot position x waiting = lovely timelapse