May 2012
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Debut for new Halloween-themed Party Genies online... →
Video production waits for no man, woman, child or hedgehog. This production diary chronicling the making of the new Halloween-themed online ad for Party Genies decoration hangers has, however, taken something of a hiatus in the last fortnight or so. But it both resumes and concludes today, which can mean only one thing – that the brand new Party Genies ad is ready for viewing.
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Spectrecom 48-Hour Sci-Fi Film Makes Sci-Fi London... →
Further adventures in filmmaking for some of the Spectrecom crew over the course of the Bank Holiday weekend just gone, as we finally found out how our Sci-Fi London 48-Hour Film Challenge entry, Rising Tide, had gone down with the judges. And would you believe it, the verdict was very positive, with our homespun alien-horror flick being named in the competition’s overall Top 10.
April 2012
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Party Genies Production Diary # 6 →
Latest entry in this ongoing production diary for a new Halloween-themed ad for awesome no-mess hangers Party Genies. Today we cover the second half of the shoot…
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Video Marketing News - Tequila Ad Is... →
Ironic and knowing humor now a staple of the viral ad apparently, just put a kitten in your ad and prepare for the views to roll in
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Video Marketing News - Reggae Sauce Gets Animated →
Charming new ad for Reggae Reggae Sauce from Aardman
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Party Genies Production Diary # 4 →
Another day in the video production funhouse brings with it another entry in our diary recording the progress of the new Halloween-themed commercial Spectrecom is currently working on for Party Genies, the nation’s finest no-mess decoration hangers. Last time out, it was all about the scripting. Today we talk casting.
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Making Of An Online Ad: Party Genies Production... →
The fifth entry in the production diary chronicling the making of the new Halloween-themed online advert for Party Genies. Today we reach the actual shoot itself, which featured a vampire, a ghost, a skeleton. Oh, and a genie. Naturally.
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Web Video News - Caine's Arcade →
A great film about the wonderful story of a boy and his cardboard arcade
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Web Video News - Titanic Super 3D →
Its Titanic, but not as you know it
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Alien Taxidermist Takes Centrestage In New... →
Meet Zork. A three-eyed alien taxidermist whose parents were fans of ’80s text-based computer games. Zork is in need of a website to get the word out about his business, but while he may be a galactic-class stuffer, he just doesn’t know his fins from his antennae when it comes to all matters online. Find out how website-creation company Easily.co.uk comes to Zork’s rescue in this...
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Web Video News - Angry Birds Gets Web Series →
Brand new web series for Angry Birds has been commissioned for this autumn
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Video Marketing News - Nike Goes Around The World →
Nike make a globetrotting video for their new campaign
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Video Marketing News - Samsung Draft In An... →
If an elephant can use the new Samsung tablet so can you, that’s basically the premise for this web video
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Online Production Diary - Party Genies →
One fresh ‘n’ exciting video production currently bubbling away in the Spectrecom creative cauldron is the new online advert we’re working on for Party Genies, the no-mess balloon and decoration hanger brand. This production diary is tracking the whole bally process, and today’s entry hones in how the core idea of the new commercial was cooked up.
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Film Production News - Ted Gets First Trailer →
Foul-mouthed bear is the star of Seth MacFarlane’s first motion picture
March 2012
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Video Production News – Party Genies Production... →
A favourite of our own video productions of recent months, Party Genies was a comic bundle of fun created to publicise the eponymous no-mess decoration hangers. And with the Spectrecom creative machine having been engaged to fashion a follow-up commercial, I’m taking this opportunity to officially launch the Party Genies production diary, which will follow the ad from conception all the way to the...
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Film Production News - Anchorman 2 Goes Ahead →
Great news for the Burgundy fanboys out there
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Video Marketing News- New YouTube Embed Features →
Latest changes to YouTube make for some high quality embeds
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Film Production News - Robocop Reboot News →
The latest on Detroit’s finest crime fighting cyborg
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Video Marketing News - Wes Anderson Directs Sony... →
Wes Anderson brings his trademark style to a new Smartphone ad
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New Ad Teams Toyota With Hasbro →
A recent development in video production has been team-ups between brands, as previously exemplified by those Old Spice ‘invasion’ ads, in which the aftershave’s stridently manly campaign exploded into commercials by other firms such as Charmin and Bounce. And now Toyota is the latest to horn in on this action, as the car company has just linked up with toy firm Hasbro.
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Video Marketing News - The Most Shared Twitter Ad →
Brilliant recruitment ad from Twitter gets the most shares
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Fillm Production News - Prometheus Viral Marketing... →
New viral campaign from Ridley Scott and Prometheus
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Video Marketing News – Edinburgh Pandas To Benefit... →
Video marketing has been the central plank in the advertising effort of deodorant-maker Lynx over the years – an effort characterised by claims almost as tall as Peter Crouch standing on Charles Barkley’s shoulders as to what a swift blast of its spray will do for your prospects with the fairer sex. Animal magnetism, you might call it; which is apt, as Lynx is sponsoring the panda-mating programme...
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Video Marketing News - Puma Celebrate The After... →
Get out there this summer and enjoy the world outside your living room
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Lithuanian Mineral Water Ad Hooks Viewers →
We’re well-used to video production hits coming in all shapes and sizes, and hailing from all corners of the globe. No cause for surprise then that the latest online success is a drinks ad coming to us from Lithuania, although the content has already become the source of controversy, with accusations that if filches from an earlier beverage-based viral.
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Web Video News - Invisible Children Founder... →
More bad news for the much talked about non-profit organization
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New Waterloo Film Studios Website With Stephen Fry →
Waterloo Film Studios have a brand new website that comes complete with a testimonial from national treasure Stephen Fry
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LinkedIn Profile Reveals Amazon Original... →
Original video production is currently all the rage amongst the online giants; Netflix is beavering away on the David Fincher and Kevin Spacey-backed House of Cards, as well as those epically long-awaited new episodes of Arrested Development, while Yahoo! is lending its backing to Electric City, an original animation drawn direct from the noggin of Tom Hanks. Hulu and YouTube are also working on...
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Video Marketing News - Sharp New Razor Ad →
Brilliant new web video form the guys at Dollar Shave Club
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Video Advertising News - DirectTV Anti-Cable Ads →
Brilliant series from DirectTV shows what happens if you persevere with cable
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What Are The Best Viral Sources On The Web? →
Want to know the best places to get your video content shared? Look no further
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Video Marketing News - Three Little Pigs According... →
Brilliant new ad from the Guardian shows how open the concept of reporting the news has become in the modern age
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Olympic Time-Lapse Video Shows Building Of The... →
Oodles of video production projects are being undertaken in London at present in order to tie in with the summer’s Olympic Games – an event which is, of course, being seen not just as a sporting showcase but also a marketing opportunity so mind-blowingly monumental that in previous eras it would likely have been worshipped as a weather-dictating deity.
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Web Video News - Video PR Stunt For Alzheimer's →
Great piece of viral marketing in honor of International Alzheimer’s Week
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Tell Your Small Business Story With Online Video →
Represent your small business with a quality online video production
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Video Marketing News - Paddy Power Take Aim →
Another controversy laden ad from Paddy Power
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Filmd Production News - Gosling Teams Up With... →
A new crime thriller on the cards for Ryan Gosling from the director of Drive
February 2012
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Web Video News - Epic Meal Time Syndicated To... →
The EMT boys take their patented brand of food tomfoolery east.
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Prometheus Viral - New Alien Movie Provides TED... →
Online video marketing is a must for any big movie these days, with it simply not being enough to put out a bog-standard trailer and hope that is sufficient to drag your audience away from their computer screens, mobile devices or tablet thingamajigs. And with Prometheus, the sort-of Alien prequel from director Sir Ridley Scott, being bigger new movie than most, it is no surprise it has launched...
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Fans Shake A Leg For New Graham Coxon Video →
More than a few music video productions have been shot in our very own Waterloo Studios, meaning that the humble pop promo is a format we take a keen interest in. The genuine gems are few and far between however, ensuring that when one comes along which shows even a soupcon of creative flair, we’re all over it like ants on a jammie dodger.
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Video Production News - Sherlock Holmes Pilot To... →
Sherlock goes to America in latest pilot
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All-star Trailer for Jimmy Kimmel's Movie: The... →
One epic video production unlikely to feature in next year’s Oscar night shakeup is Movie: The Movie. That’s because, as the title might tell you, it’s not a real film. However that phoney-as-a three-dollar-bill status hasn’t precluded it from being given an all-star trailer, featuring more big names than you can waggle an Academy Award at.
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10 Great Tools For Video Marketing →
10 of the best tools for making great web vidos
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Video Marketing News - Brilliant Animation For... →
Fantastic Pixar style animation for a Belgian bus company advert
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The Power Of Social Video & Publicity Stunts →
Check out this brilliant stunt from the makers of The Walking Dead
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Video Marketing News - Microsoft Trash... →
Another video from Microsoft pointing out Google’s perceived flaws
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5 Tips For Making Your Videos More Popular →
New media minute and SpectreVids are on hand to make online video less scary
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Web Video News - Drain Cleaner Ad Gets Sexy →
Latest viral from Plumr makes cleaning the pipes sexy
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Web Video News - Interactive Peugeot Ad →
Another brand taking advantage of the brilliant editing techniques made available by YouTube
