Redison Productions

18/05/2022

Very proud and privileged to have been part of this event and to be able to support the work of the Hawker Typhoon RB396 Preservation Group by making this film at The Royal Air Force Club.

It was breathtaking to sit and listen to Bernard Gardiner on his wartime experiences flying the Hawker Typhoon.

Please enjoy and, even if you don't watch it all, then please watch the last couple of minutes and see why the team at the Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group are working so hard to get such a unique aircraft flying again.



https://youtu.be/pYQ-owqnCyw

WWII Hawker Typhoon veteran, Bernard Gardiner - extracts from an interview recounting his life and his flying on the weekend of his 100th birthday celebratio...

13/05/2022

Today is Top Gun Day!

Yes, it's really a thing!

And if you feel the need for speed, then we can very highly recommend getting your butts down to Ultimate High at Goodwood for their excellent Top Gun Experience.

We made this film with them a couple of years ago and it's easily the most challenging environment that we have filmed in.

We missed a few shots because the camera kept toppling on the gimbal in the cockpit of the camera ship. Do you know why?

Because I was inverted 😎



https://vimeo.com/445255321

Ultimate High asked us to produce a film to promote their Top Gun experience with the specific intent of conveying the excitement of the experience. Our goal…

10/05/2022

Gotta love a client on the same wavelength.

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The Pitch:

The conversation went something like this...

Client: What's your fees to produce and broadcast our B2B event in Q4?

Us: £ xx,###

Client: OK, if you help us build the proposition to the exhibitors & sponsors then we will guarantee half of that and we go 50:50 on all revenue beyond that.

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Positions:

Client: small risk of costs if the broadcast concept doesn't sell to exhibitors but it’s Redison will help us build the proposition and it adds value to the wider event

Us: Risk (small loss) v Reward of exceeding our usual fees if we can help the client raise revenue of >150% of our initial estimate.

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Summary

That's what WIN:WIN looks like to us, all pulling in the same direction. The better the proposition, the better the revenue

Yup. We're onboard with this.

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This is a lesson that we have learned over the years in that projects can only be successful if the outcomes benefit all partners in an equitable manner.

19/04/2022

It was another busy weekend for us and, once again, it was about aviation.

Flying officer Bernard Gardiner was celebrating his 100th birthday at the The Royal Air Force Club in London and we were asked by the Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group to film an interview with him to record his memories of flying the Typhoon in the Second World War.

It was quite incredible to hear Bernard bring the stories to life and fascinating to get first-hand accounts of what it was like to fly the Hawker Typhoon in the role of the first-ever fighter bomber.

12/04/2022

This weekend's Pilot Careers Live event was a great success... 🎉

Busy, buzzing & full of enthusiasm 😊

Partnering with the very talented PCL TV presentation team for the third time, we once again delivered a packed 8 hour live broadcast taking the event to a wide audience of potential pilots ✈️

And we thoroughly enjoyed it too 🤣

05/04/2022

Amateurs practise until they get it right...

Professionals practise until they don't get it wrong.

So we're testing, testing and testing again this week to be sure that our upcoming broadcast event goes as planned 😎

And in the unlikely case that it doesn't, the mitigation plan will kick in.

Smug? No - just experienced.

29/03/2022

Live broadcasts take a lot of preparation!

And it's not all about the action in front of the cameras...

That's almost the least of it - but please don't tell the talent that! 🤣

There's also the graphics, pre-rec video, adverts

Design, build and testing of the video & audio tech stacks

The site risk assessments, health & safety and crew welfare to evaluate and document

The breakdown & packing ready for shipment to site

Then the build-up and pre-broadcast total system test

And, finally: GO LIVE!

Two weeks and counting... 😎

23/03/2022

Really pleased for Rosie Carver and SRM Carver and Son, apart from being one of our favourite clients, this is very well deserved!

As part of our campaign with Getty Images to change the image of female-led entrepreneurship, the managing director of Somerset-based construction business SRM Carver and Son tells her business story.

22/03/2022

What's the best camera in the world??

Easy - it's the one you have in your hand!

Equally true for filmmaking, broadcasting & photography...

And a lesson repeated ad nauseam by every image maker since Fox Talbot 🤣

Even if the kit to hand isn't 100% right for the job, it's always better than nowt.

Use whatever you have... 📹 🎥 📷 🤳

19/03/2022

17/03/2022

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit ☘️

Happy St Patrick's Day 🙂

And with a large dollop of Irish heritage within the team, we'll be taking the excuse to raise a glass or two of the black stuff to celebrate today!

“May your troubles be less. And your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness come through your door”

Sláinte 😎

15/03/2022

We're delighted to once again be working with the Pilot Careers Live team to produce & deliver the live broadcast element of their prestigious show being held at the Heathrow on 9 April!

If you're is considering a career in commercial aviation, this is definitely the event for you!

Click on the link for more details...

https://loom.ly/Y_14vSE

Visitors to in April will be able to speak to a number of airlines about career opportunities, including British Airways. Find out more...

10/03/2022

This is the part of live event broad casting preparation that we love...

The calm before the storm.

The intricate planning, the second by second run order, the rehearsals.

The construction of the tech stack, the repeated test cycles, the cabling diagrams.

All done in the sure & certain knowledge that, despite all the advance care, something unexpected will crop up on the day 🤣

But that's where our very detailed risk mitigation and contingency planning comes into it's own: a second-nature skillset developed over a number of years running large scale projects.

So, bring it on - we're ready!

08/03/2022

International Women's Day today 😎

Time to celebrate how far we've come in ensuring that women can do whatever they damn well please without asking permission.

Here we stand on our grandmothers' and mothers' shoulders, wryly recognising that we still have a way to go...

But today is all about giving a massive shout-out to all those women (me included) who have made their personal choices and are getting on with the job of living them. 💪

Women, give yourselves a whole row of medals 🥇🥇🥇

03/03/2022

It's Tech Talk Thursday!

Creating films and filming events are VERY different disciplines in the videography world and need different approaches and different toolsets.

This triplet of ENG (Electronic News Gathering) style of cameras are the Swiss Army Knives of high-quality video capture.

With their very long zoom range (30mm-540mm) and camcorder style form-factor, the Canon XF series has been the standard weapon of choice for many news broadcasters around the world.

That's why they’re the core of our arsenal for event live broadcasting & recording…

And why we have added more to the workforce. Love ‘em 📹

Planning a live event? Talk to us...

[email protected]

01/03/2022

Spring is coming quickly which means...

We're busy, busy!

A handful of B2B & B2C live events lined up for this quarter, two big ones in the next 6 weeks 😀

The tech team is fully focussed on planning, designing & testing the rack builds for each.

And spaghetti diagrams of sound & video data flows fill every whiteboard in the studio... and just a touch of the Jackson Pollacks going on 🤣

23/02/2022

We don't often get asked to take stills nowadays, but when we do, we LOVE it ❤️

We shot this one as part of a series for SRM Carver and Son yesterday