Young film makers are often exploited
I witness a common pattern of events amongst younger film makers. They are so keen to make videos that actually being paid a fair amount for their efforts (or at all) becomes an afterthought. Before they know it they have a reputation for putting a huge amount of effort in their work for little financial award. Eventually […]
Are you ready for the Video Boom?
As a video production company that has made nearly 2,000 online videos, we know that internet traffic for video is huge – it was a colossal 64% in 2014! (CISCO). But how will it fair for years to come? According to CISCO, by 2019 80% of all online traffic will be video. This is due to streaming […]
February Video Showcase
It’s time again for our Video Showcase! On Wednesday 22nd February we are heading back to the Robinsons Brewery Visitors Centre for our video showcase. Delegates will be treated to refreshments and food before sitting down to watch 7 of our films. After each film the delegates will be asked to score and comment on […]
Increasing online presence by over 50%
Through 2016 we have made 183 individual films for customers. In 2015 we made 120 individual films, so it’s an increase of over 50%. The way we make videos is set up to be as affordable and as stress-free for the customer as possible. We also need to be productive so the money keeps coming in to […]
Our Latest Videos
Although all of the latest films we make appear in a short list on the website front page, recently quite a number have gone ‘live’. So here they are: Legacy Telecom supply telecommunication equipment, this film explains their work. The above film is an educational training aid for the ALU DT Challenge, filmed with Jaguar […]
Our first ‘Video Showcase’
We are hosting our first ever ‘Video Showcase’ evening on Wednesday 23rd November 2016, at the Robinsons Visitor Centre in Stockport. It will be a 90 minute event where some recent short website videos created by us will be shown to a small number of people and refreshments will be served. With worldwide leader in Information Technology, Cisco, […]
Rough, Ready, Relevance.
I did a workshop last week with one of our customers, teaching them how to make their own videos on smart phones and smaller cameras. It might seem like potentially less work for us, but being realistic video should be as frequent as possible, more than most marketing budgets would allow, so one of the things we believe […]
How Much Does A Video Cost?
It’s the big question… How much does a video cost to get made? After nine years in business and over 2,000 films under our belt I believe we have got our prices right in offering great value at a fair price (all part of our company values) with a refined customer ‘journey’ to make the filming experience […]
5 Steps to your finished film
After the shoot day for your film, we edit the film. The ‘first draft’ of this edit is sent to you via a YouTube link. We wanted to explain this stage of the process to help our customers. Step 1: Getting in touch Team Bellyflop is made up of 3 people. There’s Jonathan who films, Sammi who edits […]