Articles in the category General

The Magic of Green Screen

16/01/2020

This month we have been on location at Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, filming promos for the 2019 pantomime, Cinderella. We had such a great day working with the fabulous team at the Theatre, and course, the stars of the show; Les Dennis and Connor McIntyre as the Ugly Sisters, Gareth Gates as...

Why Zeddy Productions uses Cine Lenses

06/06/2019

Cinema lenses, or “cine lenses”, are specifically designed for capturing the best quality cinematography. Although photographic lenses still have their place in the film making world, they are used much less these days, and really only remain to be used for specific genres of film making, and certainly not for the high-end exceptional film quality...

Making a Sign Language Video

28/02/2019

This week marked a whole new experience for Zeddy Productions. We were asked to make a video entirely in sign language to showcase signed backstage tours of Nottingham’s Theatre Royal. Of course, we jumped at the chance to sink our teeth into something a bit different. Planning With over 150,000 people in the UK now...

Merry Christmas from Zeddy Productions

13/12/2018

It’s that time of year again. The office is decorated, the cards are written and we’re wrapping up the Christmas edits (see what I did there?). We’ve been looking back over the jobs from 2018, Zeddy’s busiest year to date, and realised what a fantastic, diverse range of people and businesses we are lucky enough...

Award Ceremony Season

14/11/2018

It’s that time of year again. Award ceremony season! Such a fun time for us here at Zeddy Productions. We spent all of September planning, and all of October filming on location, for two award ceremonies taking place in November. We filmed more than 100 people, in six UK locations, across the five weeks. It...

Raise production value with camera stabilising equipment

04/10/2018

Hands up if you’ve seen the iconic “steps” scene in Rocky?, or Danny cycling his go-kart around the halls of the Overlook Hotel in The Shining? Rocky, 1976 and The Shining, 1980 are two of the earliest cinematic examples of the use of camera stabilising equipment, Steadicam, to raise the production value of a big...

Instagram Extended Video Feature

06/07/2018

Since appearing on the social media scene in 2010, Instagram has gone from strength to strength and is now one of the leading apps for uploading photos and (until now) very short video clips, appearing at number five on the uk.businessinsider.com Chart of Social Media apps. Although facebook is still number one, Instagram could be...

What Happens Post Production?

08/06/2018

Over the last few months we’ve blogged a fair bit about what we are doing at Zeddy Productions, the shoots we’ve been on and how we film different styles of shoot. This blog is about what happens post production. After the camera’s stop rolling and we head back to the office……what then?   What is...

May 2018 at Zeddy Productions

06/06/2018

It’s the 1st of June, SUMMER IS HERE!! We’ve had loads of gorgeous days of sun throughout May, even on the bank holidays, which, you know, never happens! All of the lovely weather has made for happy filming at Zeddy Productions, and it has certainly been a busy old month. We started the month with...

Aerial Filming with drone

28/03/2018

Aerial filming with the use of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), or drone as it is more commonly known, has been on the increase for the last two to three years. Drone can turn a standard promotional video into a cinematic experience of Hollywood proportions! It’s an absolute game changer and Zeddy Productions have grasped...

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