Moving Photographs
DSLRs (Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras are taking the world of TV and video by storm. What used to be a camera for a Professional stills photographer, is now incorporating the ability to record HD (High Definition) video.
With the footage achieving the look and feel of high end film, it is no wonder there is an array of extensions to turn the still cameras into full HD rigs, which would not look out of place on a film set. The use of interchangeable lens and filters is also a plus to giving your video it’s own personality before it hits post production. For example, the use of a tilt-shift lens which allows for selective focus and used from above in the right way, can create the appearance of a miniature model. This technique was used recently in the BBC take on a modern day Sherlock Holmes.
Recently at iceni we used a Canon 5D MkII and a selection of lens around the UK to film a mix of interviews with Everest customers in a case study of how happy they were with the service and living with the products. The camera produces rich beautiful images and still allows the portability of the camera in tight spaces, a film camera wouldn’t be able to get into. For this reason and the shallow depth of field, US television series ‘House’ used three Canon 5D MkII’s in their season finale.
Posted: September 1st, 2010 in
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Web Broadcasting
iceni produced a short animation for The Royal College of Nursing to help promote their new UK-wide campaign, Frontline First.
The message is to empower nursing staff to speak out against the NHS cuts harming patient care, expose where they see waste in the system and champion nurse-led innovations and ideas that are saving money whilst keeping patients safe.
The animation has been broadcasted on several websites such as the ‘Frontline First’ campaign site, YouTube and the BBC News Online website. The video is said to be a success with over 1000 views within the first week? The characters created in-house featuring in the animation also made their way onto the campaign site as well as a downloadable screensaver.
The animation was also accompanied with some green screen filming to have a hand interact with the animated characters.
Frontline First campaign website
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Posted: August 26th, 2010 in
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Silver Screen Award in Hollywood
The Hong Kong Revealed project for HKTB, Cathay Pacific and Travel 2 wins the Silver Screen Award at the 2010 US International Film and Video Festival.
http://tiny.cc/m7cpb
The campaign demonstrated a complete ‘Online Production’ to scoop the award, including a TV show, a competition website, a national search for 3 star presenters, videos on youtube, tweets from the shoot as it happened, blogging directly to the Travel Trade Gazzette, and a swanky launch at an exclusive West End cinema.
The 2010 US International Film and Video Festival attracted entries from 25 countries.
The client commented, ‘I would not hesitate to recommend this professional, organised and talented team to colleagues within the Travel Industry… the finished film is amazing!’
‘iceni were a pleasure to work with. The end result is spectacular.’
The U.S. International Film & Video Festival, which was founded in 1967, recognizes outstanding Corporate, Documentary, Educational, Entertainment and Student productions.
Posted: June 2nd, 2010 in
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Tuesday. All Together Week
This is All Together Week. A DVD resource in 5 languages, produced for the National Deaf Children’s Society and supported by Big Lottery Fund.
Today is Tuesday, the second day of All Together Week, and we’re off to visit the audiologist, and later we’ll be colouring in and learning about the parts of the ear.
All Together Week is five days of fun activities from colouring in to ball games. It’s a series of films featuring interviews with grandparents, mums, dads, brothers and sisters talking about being in a family with a deaf son, daughter or sibling.
Click here to watch Tuesday
Come back tomorrow for another clip…
Visit the NDCS website
Produced by iceni. A video Production Company
Posted: May 11th, 2010 in
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2010 New York Festivals – Double Nomination!
2010 New York Festivals – Double Nomination!
We are delighted to announce that our films for Birmingham City Council and Kleeneze are shortlisted at the New York Film and Television Festival.
Entering these awards isn’t just to fill an empty wall at the office, or a trophy cabinet, we measure our work with the best in the business and entering top awards means the quality of our work stands up to peer review. The award schemes we choose are tough: you don’t even get a mention if you can’t show you’ve achieved real, measurable business results for customers.
Our film work has been included in the New York Fesitvals since we first entered in 2007, and we’re the only UK company outside London to have consistently taken home awards every year for the last 4 years. That’s something we’re very proud of.
The New York Festivals is one of the world’s largest international competitions dedicated to both the TV and film industries and showcases the “The World’s Best Work”. Now entering its 53rd year, and with entries from over 30 different countries it’s one of the most well known and widely respected competitions on the globe.
Our promotional film ‘The Adventure Starts Here’ has been short listed in the Corporate Productions / Internal Comms category. Shot by an Emmy award-winning crew, the film raises excitement, motivates sales teams and promotes Kleeneze’s 2010 Conference event in Cape Town.
‘Making a Difference for Children in Care’, a short film exploring the challenges looked after children face, and the agencies that are there to help them, is one of only three finalists from the UK in the ‘Instruction & Education’ category.
The results are announced in early April so we’re all keeping our fingers and toes crossed…watch this space.
Watch ‘Making a Difference for Children in Care’
Watch ‘The Adventure Starts Here’
Posted: April 1st, 2010 in
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Highly Commended at the 2010 IVCA Awards
The iceni team enjoyed a fabulous evening on Friday at the 2010 IVCA Awards, held at the Grosvenor Hotel in London.
Our innovative sales training film produced for Everest was highly commended in the Practical Training category.
The event was hosted by Declan Curry, presenter of the BBC’s working lunch.
Thanks to the team at IVCA for a great night.
Watch the winning film here
Posted: March 31st, 2010 in
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iceni Delivers 12th International Award for Kleeneze
DSA Approved Supplier iceni has delivered a 12th creative award for DSA member Kleeneze.
The latest award is for The Adventure Starts Here, a promotional film, shot by Emmy award-winning crew, to launch Kleeneze’s 2010 Conference event in Cape Town South Africa.
This award at the Communicators in Business Northern Awards follows last years success, where Kleeneze’s Caribbean Conference film, The Ultimate Destination, won video of the year. The judges commented on its “…excellent script and high production values…” and awarded it the top prize for being “extremely successful as a motivational tool.”
Since 1999, iceni’s creative team have been delivering film and video for Kleeneze and this is the 12th international award iceni’s promotional, recruitment, incentive, event and training programmes have received. The creative work has been recognised at the New York Film and Video Festival, the US International Film and Video Awards, and the International Visual Communications Association Awards.
Cathy Bentley, Director at iceni said, “We approach every commission by looking at how we can add the most value to the project. We create high quality TV programmes for business, because that’s what makes audiences engage, and we can deliver this quality within budgets that other agencies struggle to achieve.
An industry award is an endorsement of the quality and effectiveness of a creative approach, and it promotes the Kleeneze brand on a world stage.”
Jamie Stewart, Managing Director at Kleeneze said that iceni “delivers real value for us, value that we can actually measure.”
The Cape Town film produced by iceni can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JScAOg3ofUE
The full list of award nominees can be seen here:
http://cib.uk.com/content/latest-news/1693-cib-north-awards-shortlist-announced.html
Posted: March 12th, 2010 in
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IVCA & China-Britain Business Showcase HK Revealed
I’ll be showcasing the award winning Hong Kong Revealed project I shot last year at an IVCA & China-Britain Business Council event this Friday, 26th February.
This is the final UK-China Seminar of part 1 of the IVCA UK-China Programme. The seminar will be an opportunity to discover more about the opportunities that exist for business development with Chinese companies and creatives both in China, and also with Chinese companies in the Western world.
Click here for more information about the event and other speakers. To book your place email Dave Comley at davecomley@ivca.org
Venue:
CBBC London,
1 Warwick Row
London
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http://www.cbbc.org/events/documents/IVCA%20-%2026%20Feb%2010.pdf
Posted: February 23rd, 2010 in
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A night at the CiB Midlands awards
Gareth and Zoe from iceni receive the Class Winner award
I am proud to announce we have won two awards at the 2009/10 Midlands Communicators in Business Awards.
Last year we were class winner in both the video and electronic media (web design) categories. This year we received an award of excellence and another class winer in the same categories.
The award winning projects are:
‘Making a Difference for Children in Care’ - Click here to view.
‘Hong Kong Revealed’ - Click here to view.
Here’s a link to the full list of cib Midlands award winners
Posted: February 9th, 2010 in
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Thanks for Coming
Just a quick note to say thanks to all the Chartered Institute of Marketing members who came to see Me, Cathy and Vanessa from LG last night.
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Posted: January 28th, 2010 in
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