Corporate Video has Changed.

Affixxius Education has been making school promotional videos for some time now and every so often we get some real challenges. This time it wasn’t getting our equipment to the top of a mountain in Switzerland, but delivering a 6 minute video in under 2 weeks. This was the challenge set Herts & Essex High School in Bishop Stortford, who required a video for their sixth form open day in February. I’m very pleased to say that we turned round the entire video and 50 copies on DVD within 6 working days and this is what they had to say:

“I wanted to give you a little feedback on the film from our open evening.  142 people actually handed in the feedack form, which was approximately 1/3 of the attendance.

Overall:

113 people commented on the film, which was joint top with the ‘atmosphere’ of the evening.  This was under the heading of ‘What went well’.

Comments related to the film are as follows:

Helpful
Really Good x3
Good x3
Good, liked it a lot
Excellent A*
Great Film x2
Summarised the 6th form quickly
Professional
Appealed to the students
Very professional x2
Really well made
Excellent x2
Creative

So all that is left for me is to say a huge thank you for all that you did for us in a very short timescale.  I have to say that you and your team were not only extremely professional in all you did, but you looked after all our requests, and seemed to not rest until the job was done to our exact requirements.  For that I am extremely grateful.  I really look forward to seeing you guys soon.

Many thanks
Richard Vaughan
Assistant Headteacher”

Needless to say, we do prefer to get a bit more than two weeks notice to produce a school promotional video, but we proved if it needs to be done, it is possible. Herts and Essex High School were great to work for and we hope to work with them again on future projects. However, the proof is in the pudding, so pop over to http://www.hertsandessex.herts.sch.uk/ and watch the video on their homepage.

TIM

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Corporate Video Has Changed

To be honest with you the title of the blog somewhat underplays how full steam ahead we actually are. We are producing videos currently for The Mark Group, Leicestershire Fire & Rescue, Downe House (in association with Marketing for Education), RADAR and ACIS to name but a very small few.

I should mention that the intros and outros we created for the Leicester Tigers are now in full time use on LTTV, so if you want pop over there and have a look just click here: http://www.leicestertigers.com/tv/index.php . On the back end of the success of this project we have successfully won the contract to produce all the media content for the Nottinghamshire Outlaws upcoming 20:20 season and I can assure you of this, that video intro will be like nothing you’ve ever seen. We’re all very excited about commencing this project and can’t wait to see it on the big screen in front of a capacity crowd down at Trent Bridge.

As mentioned by Harry in the last blog, we have a new Graphic Designer who goes by the name of Garry Toomer who replaces Jonny Stillwell who is moving onto pastures new and we wish him the very best of luck. There is however, one other new addition to Affixxius Productions who is called Rory O’Sullivan. Rory is our new production specialist and will be on pretty much every shoot to help out and coordinate many of the jobs we have going on. We welcome him to the team and look forward to what he can add to the video making process.

Theres loads and loads of things I could write about in here to report about Affixxius Productions and our various video making antics, however, there just isnt enough time in the day. I’m sure I’ll blog again soon and tell you more of what’s new.

TIM

Corporate Video has Changed- Affixxius Productions- the leading provider of video in the UK.

Corporate Video Has Changed!

Hello all!

New Years greetings from the Sales and Marketing desk (soon to be ‘office’) here at Affixxius Productions, the home of corporate video in the UK. Typically things are full speed ahead here as our loyal customers need new and improved promotion and marketing into 2010!

We have a new face with us! Garry will be heading the design side of things here at the studio and will be a terrific asset to the company as our design services continue to grow!

I hope business is well with you all, and remember corporate video has changed!

HARRY

Corporate Video Has Changed

It’s Friday night and I’m sitting on the floor next to my 9 month old border collie whose sprawled out fast asleep next to me and suddenly remembered I haven’t written a blog in a very long time. Now don’t worry I’m not going to go through a week by week backlog of what has been going on because firstly, I can’t remember that far back and secondly Affixxius has been a mad house in terms of activity.

We have been filming our absolute socks off all over the UK from Newcastle, to Manchester, to Essex, to Germany, this list goes on. The vast amount of filming we have been doing hasn’t just been for one client either, we are starting to build up some very high profile clients at the moment such as Leicester Tigers, Schneider Electric and The Royal London Society for the Blind, to name but a few. Also, as Harry mentioned in his previous blog we have also just had to translate one of our videos into 13 european languages, beating our previous record of 6!

We have also just released our new Education packs, which contain a lot more examples of our work in the Education sector and case study sheets that explain further details about the various projects on the DVD. I would encourage anyone who reads this and knows anybody within the Education sector responsible for publishing a school to call us up and ask for one of these, as they do look very sexy and going like hot cakes!!

Shameless plug over for more Eduction video work, I would like to also point people over to a video that took us a month to make and was shot for of The London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. The brief for the video was to show people in a documentary style how successful the Apprentischip scheme for young carers in the Borough has been. We have a link to it here, so feel free to pop over and check it:

http://www.affixxius.com/barkinganddagenham/

Thats enough from me right now. I’m sure I will have plenty more to report in a couple of weeks time from now as I’m filming the RADAR - People of the Year Awards on Monday, and that’s an absolute blast!

TIM

Corporate Video has Changed- Affixxius Productions- the leading provider of video in the UK.

Hello all, as you know Affixxius Education is one of the leading producers of videos for schools, colleges, universities and other educational establishments. I thought it might be useful to read what some of these clients say about us!

“As a Community College we were new to the world of corporate video but were amazed at how easy the whole process became with Affixxius leading us through.  The individual service and attention to detail has been phenomenal.  Miles, Tim and the team exceeded all expectations and the end product was superb. Their intuitive ability to pick out exactly what was best to get our message across coupled with their friendly approach was just what we needed and I am sure that our professional relationship will now grow and develop year on year.”- Lisa Fish, Burleigh Community College.

This piece for Ripon College was produced in association with Marketing For Education. “We found the team that worked with us on our very well received DVD to be a creative unit which developed ideas very successfully. They were very professional in dealings with staff and students and flexible enough to accommodate changes to original ideas and schedules. The level of production was superb, and we felt thoroughly involved at every step of the way. The packaging produced for the product was also excellent, and the team hit every deadline that we asked of them. In all, a very impressive service and a quality product. I would unreservedly recommend Miles and the team to anyone who is thinking of creating their own corporate materials”- Richard Crane, Assistant Principle, Ripon College

“At the RNIB College we were really impressed with how the affixxius team gauged what the College is about, then managed to capture and convey this across on film. The DVD that was produced is now a key promotional resource for us and everyone who sees it is impressed. Affixxius are a young and energetic team and it was this level of excitement and enthusiasm that really showed through in a professionally produced DVD” - Andrew Regan, RNIB College, Loughborough

Hopefully they have covered all the bases! Please feel free to contact us about videos for schools, or anything else for that matter.

I hope business is well, and remember- Corporate Video has Changed.
HARRY

Hello all, things are typically crazy busy here at the leading corporate video production specialists!

Here is a slice of what we have been up to- Filming the Tigers vs Saints rugby game last Saturday, Independent School Council Marketing 2009 Conference on Wednesday, Miles’ Birthday, translating a video into 11 different languages for a client, planning the RADAR People of the Year award ceremony shoots, working breakfast networking and BNI networking! Mix all this in with a full post production board and what you get is this week! Carnage indeed.

But more importantly to these is a new member of the Affixxius team! Rory O’Sullivan joins us as a hybrid production assistant, and is certainly making a difference already! Welcome on board Rory.

Corporate video production is alive and well it seems.

I hope business is well for you all,

HARRY

CORPORATE VIDEO HAS CHANGED

Hello all, just a quick note from the Sales and Marketing desk here at the leading corporate video production specialists. Last week was generally manic with filming four days out of the five and sponsoring an event for the PPA in London.  The world of corporate video production is indeed keeping the team very busy this month, as we are producing training videos, product videos and promotional videos for clients all over Europe at the moment!

Have a a look at what we produced for the PPA event here-> PPA Magazine Academy Event

Remember, corporate video production has changed!

HARRY

Corporate Video has Changed, as indeed has video for education!

Here is a little something from one of our latest happy clients that made us all smile this week.

Dear Miles,

Now that we have the final version of the DVD, I would like to complement you and your team on the excellent job that you have done for us. From the start, you have been highly professional and the same is true of all of your team. You have been creative, flexible and have delivered on your promises. The planning of the DVD and the filming was well structured, and the filming itself was fun; you and your staff quickly developed a good rapport with the children which helped them to relax and enjoy the process. Your mastery of the technology and techniques was impressive, and you managed to pack an enormous amount into each filming session. You have responded well to the brief and have accommodated readily the changes that we requested. Thank you very much for an excellent outcome and we look forward to an ongoing relationship in which we further develop the DVD.

Yours sincerely, A Goddard, Aysgarth School.

If you are interested to see what made them happy, go to www.affixxius.com/education and watch the latest video we have posted!

Corporate video and education video has changed!

HARRY

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Corporate Video Production has Changed!

Hello all,

M-People were a great group, but little did Heather Small know that in years to come the leading video production company in the UK would be borrowing lines from their tracks to describe how business is going! Moving on up indeed!

Its not just the style and quality of our video production work, or just the creative flair that our clients love, it’s the service and support we provide before, during and after the project. We have a secure online ‘Client Area’ where new versions of video can be watched during the edit stage, particularly useful if our clients are overseas! We have a very useful video refresh or update system that allows you to have new versions of your video for usually nothing. There are so many added value extras we include in our services, and we’d be glad to show them to you, one lump or two?

Remember, corporate video production has changed, and we’re standing by it!

HARRY

Corporate Video Has Changed

Your probably wondering whats behind the bizarre title to this blog? I still really remember last xmas very well as if it was yesterday, and there I am walking through some shops on Sunday and seeing Christmas decorations…its September…thats just not on! We still have so much to do, before I can even think about Christmas.

Rant over…if you hadn’t noticed, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged and things have gone a little mental at our place. We are working with a large number of brand new clients at the moment, which always keeps us fresh and have a large amount on the waiting list and pipeline, waiting for their all singing all dancing corporate video. For the first time in a long time, we are starting to book very far in advance and thankfully our clients are happy to wait that little longer.

It won’t be long until the Aiglon College video will be off the edit suites and presented to the board and we’re very excited about them seeing that. Also, we’re working on the Dent Technique corporate video, which is looking ace and a very large project for the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. All these videos have September deadlines on them, so it won’t be long until their up on our website ready to be shown to the world.

The past 6 months in terms of business have been very tough. I’ve probably learnt more this year, than I ever have. We’ve started to grow and develop certain arms of the business and use difficult economic times to our advantage, by putting some R&D into our video products and moving into some different industries. This hard work is now starting show by the kind of August/September we’ve had and the kind of October we’re going to have. I’m hoping the worst of the recession is over, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to slow down. Watch this space because you may see a couple of big deals land on here rather soon !

TIM

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