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March 2013

Zombies Zombies Zombies!

Working with Athletes in Paris again we had a challenging weekend on 16th & 17th March filming their new music video feature zombies.


The zombies were amazing, like the band, completely entered into their roles in some quite public locations.


The make-up was provided by Christine Wray of ' Shades of Wray fx' and all the zombies underwent a real transformation.


The weather for the outdoor scenes was very cold but fortunately we avoided the heavy sleet showers and despite everyone getting cold at some point or other spirits remained high for the whole shoot.

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February 2013

...And now for something completely different

We have continued to work with Northumberland County Council with filming at several schools in Northumberland to produce some training material aimed a senior teaching staff within schools.


The aim of the set of training films is to give senior leaders in schools an idea of what to expect should they apply and consequently are appointed as head teachers.


Using two cameras we were still able to relax several head teachers as we posed a range of questions about the challenges of being a new head teacher.


The results have been very engaging and successful. We can reflect on the fact that whatever we are tasked with producing that our aims are achieved as we continue to bring quality and creativity to whatever challenge we face.

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2013

Welcome to 2013 and our first music video with 'Athletes in Paris'


Up and coming North East band 'Athletes in Paris' worked with us to produce a music video for their most recent single 'Borrowed Time' due to be released 11th March 2013 via 'The Animal Farm' label.


The video was filmed in a dance studio at The Custom House in South Shields and also in Haltwhistle before Christmas 2012. It was directed by Matthew Brown of Flashlight Films and it was great fun to film which can easily seen in the video itself.

 


We had additional crew assisting with the South Shields set from Katherine Wilkes, a recent film production graduate, and, photographer Simone Rudolphi, of S R Projects, who certainly had their hands full during the day particularly when required to manage the ‘Confetti Canon’!


Athletes in Paris have quite a unique sound and are becoming very well known in the North East but plan to relocate to London to advance their career but only after filming another music video with us in March.


The band have regular radio air time and were recently featured on the BBC Radio 6 Tom Robinson Show.

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15/12/12

A Music Video In The Spirit Of The Season

As the end 2012 draws near we would like to wish everyone, friends and colleagues, an enjoyable festive season.


We also would like to strongly encourage people particularly in the North East to go and buy a charity single produced by ‘Tiny Lights Recordings’. Working with many of the best north east bands and artists they have released an album called ‘Silent Night,Tiny Lights’ and it features 19 tracks.


All artists and the studio provided their material and time free of charge - and likewise so did we when we filmed ‘So What Robot’ recording their contribution called ‘Shakin’ Stevens, aged 8’.

PetePaul


Matthew edited two versions of the song, one using our main cameras and another using multi-shots where mobile phones and web cams were used to capture some unusual angles.

 


It also features our new custom built ring light which incorporates 1200watts of light from 12 sources around a ring.

 

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14/12/12

Work With Northumberland County Council

We have completed a lot of work with the County this year:-
- Helping to promote apprenticeships organised through the Northumberland Adult Learning Service.


- Working with education to enhance leadership and management within schools, an engaging DVD was produced which looks at different management structures currently being used in Northumberland schools. The different sections of this DVD have also been incorporated on the ‘Nortal Portal’ as part a Senior Leadership training package. We are looking forward to extending this work in 2013.


- Updating the information DVD for the Surestart Services in Western Tynedale. We have also provided the separate films form this DVD in appropriated formats to enable many of the sections to be hosted on the ‘Surestart – West Northumberland Children’s Centres’ website, which we hope will all be available in 2013.


Also we would like to congratulate Jackie McCormick OBE for her deserved inclusion in the New year’s honours list.

Ian & Jackie

Ian with Jackie at Hexham at the launch of the DVD and the play vans in 2009.

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20/09/12

So What Robot Live Session

We filmed a live session for So What Robot earlier this year, it was a hot day so it must have been a while ago! Here is the video for "You Shouldn't Do It" live for Sesh1.

 

 

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20/09/12

New Suite, New Software

Here at Flashlight Films we have recently upgraded our edit suite and it looks amazing! This upgrade isn't just hardware (currently looking at a dual High Definition display with plans to add a third monitor) but software as well. We have joined the Adobe Creative Cloud, this means we have access to the latest versions of all Adobe products.

But what does this all mean? It means we can deliver videos even faster than before as our set up is more efficient than ever, plus all our software will be the very newest version helping us create cutting edge video content.

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22/07/12

Work & Play - So What Robot

After what seemed a long wait this music video has finally become public.

Filmed in April of this year at a number of locations it involved a lot extras who coped amazingly well particularly in the freezing conditions that we experienced around Newcastle for the outdoor shoot.

Nevertheless, despite the weather, it was great fun to shoot and is even more fun to watch!

 

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15/07/12

Working with the Corbridge Festival

We were delighted to be working with and be part of the 2012 Corbridge Festival on 7th July. Despite continual rain leading up to the event, the venue not only coped with the condiitions but the was blessed with sunshine for the day. There were plenty of things going on alongside the music, which was of the highest quality.

It is definitely a festival worth visiting as you will see from the video of the days events.

 

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23/06/12

Mid summer past!

It is already past midsummer and it seems to have rained non-stop, however, it has not stopped us getting out and producing a crop of new music videos.

The first is the official music video for Polarsets with a song called 'Distance' from their Exotica EP. It was filmed by the band using their mobile phones whilst they were on tour.

 

The second, a video for Vinyl Jacket, was based around a live performance at The Sage Gateshead. It also uses other footage which they took whilst on tour.

The song is their latest digital release called 'Moment'

 

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21/05/12

Working with and Filming Simon Reeve

is a growing marketing business based in Gateshead and we were asked to work with them on this promotional event at the Baltic Arts Centre.

We filmed a remarkable evening to celebate a new partnership between the Travel Bureau (based in Gosforth) and Kuoni.

The special guest for the evening was BBC travel presenter, Simon Reeve, who talked about some of his adventures, good and bad, from the making of his recent TV travel series 'Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve'.

The event was very enjoyable and we were particulalry pleased to have some time with Simon himself.

 

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01/03/12

Working with Northumberland County Council

2012 has seen considerably more corporate work particularly with key organisations within Northumberland County Council.

We have updated an information DVD for Surestart in West Northumberland. We changed a few sections and added an additional section about the Ponteland Children Centre, which had not been built when we produced the original DVD which was aimed at all prospective parents in the West Tynedale area.

The next films gave Ian a chance to use his depth of experience and knowledge to plan two further videos for the County Council.

Firstly, a film for the 'Northumberland Adult Learning Service' to show exactly what happens at a 'Screening Day' for young people wishing to embark on an apprenticeship. This film is useful and informative for both young people and potential employers thinking about having an apprentice. The film is now publicly available on the County Councils youtube site.

Secondly, a film called “A 'Head' of our times”, involved a range of different schools and explored the different management styles currently working in Northumberland other than the traditional headship model.

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01/02/12

Winter update!

Hannnah Brown was added as a partner to Flashlight Films.

Hannah is linguist, musician and good organiser who has already helped out on several shoots.

Her skills as a fixer will be put to good use in arranging locations, actors and any details that need to be finalised before starting a shoot.

She is currently studying Modern Foreign Languages at Edinburgh University where she also has presented her own show on FreshAir Radio

 

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05/01/12

Happy New Year!

Now that the festive period is over with we are now working hard on various video projects and are currently planning our next music video. Incase you hadn't seen, our music videos have now had over half a million views on YouTube, which is a tremendous achievement. Next target is a million!

Currently we are just putting the final touches to a project for Sure Start nurseries and are moving into pre-production on our next project.

Scheduling for our next music video is being done right now, so if you are interested getting involved contact us as soon as possible.

Finally, if you are on Twitter you can now follow Matthew @Flashlight_uk where he tweets about anything and everything.

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17/11/11

Into The Valley...

Ian & MattInto The Valley is a new online lifestyle magazine focusing on Tynedale. They wrote an article about us earlier this month where they chatted to us about what we have been up to over the past year, our influences and what we have lined up next (expect some very nice looking videos coming your way at the start of 2012). Here is the link to the article.

 

 

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17/10/11

Wedding VideosWedding logo

Our new price list for wedding videos for the coming year has just been released, you can view it here. If you would like any more details or a more detailed quote please get in contact.

 

 

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08/09/11

BBC Music Video Festival

So What RobotSo What Robot's single "A Girl Who Reads" and Vinyl Jacket's debut single "Painting Stations" have both been picked to be shown as part of the BBC Music Video Festival.

 

Vinyl Jacket"A Girl Who Reads" will be shown on the big screen in Middlesbrough and "Painting Stations" with be shown in both Middlesbrough and Edinburgh.

Again, a big thank you to everyone involved in creating the videos.

On a side note, Vinyl Jacket were in session on Huw Stephens last night on Radio 1, you can catch the show again on iPlayer.

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08/09/11

Polarsets "Morning" release

PolarsetsPolarsets new single on itunes, it's scheduled to be released on 18th September through MODA Records. The band will shortly be embarking on their UK & Europe tour and then to top that off they will be playing Bogota, Columbia.

They have got a lot of dates lined up, so make sure you can catch them live because these guys are going to be big!

 

 

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03/08/11

Polarsets "Morning" Video

After it got premiered on thisisfakeDIY yesterday, you can now watch the video we created for Polarsets new single "Morning" on our YouTube page.

A big thank you to everyone who came along to the shoot to help, all the animal extras, runners and lighting engineers.

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02/08/11

Polarsets Video Premiere

The video we created for Polarsets brand new single "Morning" has just premiered on thisisfakediy.co.uk ahead of its physical release through Neon Gold Records on 8th August. With the digital release coming September 8th via Moda Records.

They have a bunch of live dates posted on their facebook including the single launch which will be taking place on 12th August at The Cluny in Newcastle.

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30/07/11

So What Robot video

Here is the video we created for So What Robot's debut single "A Girl Who Reads" released 22 August.

The single launch will take place at The Tyne Bar in Newcastle on Sunday 21st August and it's free! What more could you want?

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29/07/11

Facebook, Twitter, live streams and more videos

Several updates to post today, first, we have set up a Twitter account so go follow us @Flashlight_uk where we shall be tweeting about all sorts of things that we are up to.

Next, we have finally got our Facebook page sorted out, so if you would do us the pleasure of clicking the "Like" button on there we would greatly appreciate it.

So What RobotSo What Robot for their Technological Experiment, in which they streamed a gig live over the internet. There will be some additional footage that will appear on the ineternet over the next couple of weeks for those who missed the live stream. We also created the video for their debut single which we shall be posting on this site in the next couple of days, so keep your eyes peeled.

And finally, while we were shooting the "KOALA" video for the lovely Vinyl Jacket boys we happend to get a little bit of footage of them opening the mainstage at this years Evolution festival.

 

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27/07/11

New music videos!

Sorry for the delay in any updates, but here at Flashlight Films we have been very busy over the past 3 months working on several music videos. We will be posting them on here over the next few days starting today with the video we made for Vinyl Jacket's 2nd single "KOALA".

 

A big thank you to all involved with creating the video.

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16/03/11

New video for Grey Bull Bed & Breakfast in Haltwhistle.

We have just completed a short promotional video for the Grey Bull Bed & Breakfast situated in Haltwhistle, Northumberland. It shall be used to help promote their business via their website.

 

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27/02/11

Little Comet's video "One Night In October" achieves a quarter of a million hits!

The video we produced for Little Comets first single One Night In October has achieved over 250 000 views on YouTube. Having just released their debut album, In Search Of Elusive Little Comets, and with their quirky one guitar version of the song going viral, our video has really had a surge in views. If you haven't seen it yet, then where have you been? But here it is anyway.

 

They have just completed a successful UK tour climaxing in a sell out gig at Northumbria University in Newcastle. If you missed them you may be able to catch them at some festivals over the summer.

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08/01/11

Vinyl Jacket - Painting Stations

Flashlight Films are pleased to announce the release of their latest video for Vinyl Jacket's new single Painting Stations. The video has just gone live with the single being released on 21st February through The Calico Print. You can pre-order your copy now at Vinyl Jacket's Band Camp page, where you can also admire the lovely artwork created by the very talented Emilee Seymour.

 

Watch the video, enjoy and go and buy the single!

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04/01/11

A New Year update

Happy 2011 from Flashlight Films! With the new year comes our first update in many months. But with good reason, we have had a tremendously busy time of late with a wide variety of projects on the go.

Matthew on setOver the past couple of months we have completed several projects including; a presentation for Northumberland National Park, a social corporate event for Nandos staff and two short films for Northumberland County Youth Service. Where we worked with young people to produce films based on ideas that they had put together. This was part of a county wide project managed by Engage Media.

The festive season also brought a repeat visit to Broomley First School for their Christmas performance, where we captured the evening and produced a DVD for parents to enjoy.

Music video shoot day 2But the big news of late is the completetion of a new music video for an up and coming North East band. The video is expected to go live in the next couple of days, so make sure you check back to see it in its full HD glory. But in the mean time here is a little hint to who the video is for, Legendary rock icon and Radio 6 music presenter Tom Robinson picked them out as one of the bands to watch for in 2011, stating they "blew him away" and proclaiming them to be "world class!"

We look forward to what should be a promising and exciting year.

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15/09/10

Completion of Induction Day video for Haydon Bridge High School

We have just completed and delivered our first piece of work for Haydon Bridge High School. The filming took place in the middle of July 2010 and is about the induction day for new students. The film documents the day and is also filled with views and comments from the young people themselves who were present for that day. The film will have a range of purposes, not least, as a preparation for potential new students in the future whilst they are still in their old schools before their transition to High School.

This work is part of a longer term project which will track the careers of a small group of young people as they pass through Haydon Bridge High School.

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27/07/10

North East Service Provider Register

Flashlight Films are currently fully North East Service Provider Register approved and our register number is 17168.

This means that we have been fully approved by BENE (Business & Enterprise North East) who have taken up our references and have ensured that we are fully covered with Professional Indemnity and Public Liability insurances.

For all our current and new clients this also means that there maybe some financial support for any filming projects that you may want us to undertake for you.

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31/06/10

Flashlight Films at "Summer Net Together"Summer Net Together

Flashlight films has recently joined Codeworks Connect an organisation aimed at businesses in the digital and creative market sector offering a full range of support services to its members.

We attended the annual "Summer Net Together" in Saltwell Park on the 24th June, which naturally had a World CupSummer Net Togethertheme. We put our names forward for the football competition only for Ian to tear a calf muscle immediately after kick off. Matthew, however, got stuck in and reached the final of the event.

After that there was a wide range of other activities, a band playing in the marquee all night and plenty of opportunities to network. It was a great venue, with great weather and, despite a very sore calf muscle, a great event.

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09/06/10

WOW footage goes on PSP solutions website

WOW solutions has put together the footage we shot for them in March 2010 and is now online in the form of a montage on the PSP metal facade solutions website.

The video starts with the exterior of the building and then proceeds inside showing the range of activities and processes that take place within their Shildon (County Durham) premises.

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14/05/10

First piece of work with Cumbria County Council

We have just completed a film documenting the "Annual Football Challenge" at the Sands Centre in Carlisle. The day was an event that involved the James Rennie School, The Cumberland Football Development Team and the Learning Difficulties and Disabilities team for Cumbria County Council.

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03/05/10

"One Night In October" reaches over 100,000 views!Little Comets

The video we made for Little Comets single "One Night In October" has reached over 100,000 views on their YouTube page. For those who have not seen the video yet click here.

They have also announced a UK tour that starts this month, check out their myspace page for details.

 

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12/04/10

Haltwhistle Community Campus in Venture with Flashlight Films.

An article taken from the Journal Live website about our work on an innovative school prospectus produced on DVD. To read it click here.

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08/04/10

Flashlight Films Joins with Sure Start Celebrations in West Northumberland.

An article about our work with Sure Start Northumberland has been posted on the Journal Live website. To read it click here.

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07/04/10

Flashlight Films' new website goes live!

Ian and MatthewOur very first website has just gone live, it includes details about us, what we can offer, our previous clients, some of our previous videos and more.

We hope to update the site on a regular basis with new videos, information on what we are doing at the moment as well as offers on rates and events that may interest you.

 

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