Harmer Visuals

10/09/2023

Vox pops 🎙️at Starlight Stroll with

04/08/2023

We're back with St Wilfrid's Hospice at Starlight Stroll on Saturday 9th September once again! Will we see you there?

Starlight Stroll is a five-mile sponsored walk from Princes Park to Helen Gardens, Eastbourne, where participants can lay a lantern to remember a loved one. Every pound is vital to St Wilfrid’s Hospice, which provides free hospice care for people with life limiting illness and their families in Eastbourne and the surrounding area.

Visit www.stwhospice.org/event/starlight-stroll-2023/ for more info.

Join us for Starlight Stroll. Walk beside the sea and lay a lantern in the Italian Gardens in memory of a loved one who is no longer with us.

06/07/2023

Helping Rachel Stone solve some complex marketing challenges through video storytelling this week 🎬

This has been a CRAZY project which I'm excited to share the BTS video for once we've wrapped up!

Stay tuned people 📡

12/06/2023

"Work events are a waste of time" - said no one in the film industry... ever.

What a great evening at the Latest Music Bar it was!

A night of movie quizzes, drinks, award winning film screenings and great company.

Looking forward to meeting you all again soon.

Event host: Barry Atkins
Event topic: 48 Hour Film Project

26/04/2023

This recent project was quite an interesting one, as we had producer Kevin Judge joining us remotely from the States 🇺🇸

Looking forward to more collaboration opportunities Kev, and I hope they don't require you to stay up all night due to timezone differences!

05/04/2023

🫔 AND THAT'S A WRAP!

Footage caught, backups made, and rushes ready for the 'post-man' - See you next time team!

Creds:
2nd Cam: Jason Baney
Prod Assistant: Loken Gamble

19/12/2022

It’s been a blast of a month working with some amazing teachers & children on school Christmas performances they worked so hard to perfect!

A massive thank you to our team and schools for making it such a brilliant winter 🎄 ✝ 👶

Head on over to harmervisuals.com/xmas to get your school booked in for next year!

09/12/2022

Before and after colour grading the Community Support Volunteer Project film!

&after

07/12/2022

Before and after processing footage from one of our recent projects!

05/12/2022

Before and after processing footage from one of our recent projects!

03/12/2022

DOING GOOD HAS NEVER BEEN SO ACCESSIBLE! St Wilfrid's Hospice is equipping everyday people to make an impact in their local community.

01/12/2022

When we hear the word 'hosipce' most of us feel a negative emotion, and for young people, there's even an instinctual reflex to think 'that doesn't apply to me' - we feel like we'll be young forever. But the truth is, end of life care is a part of EVERY life, and shifting the connotations of this word is an ongoing struggle every hospice faces.

We've worked on a number of media projects with in Eastbourne over the last few years and we're thrilled to release our first story-driven mini-documentary with them.

Exploring the impact of St Wilfrids' unique befriending scheme - the community support volunteer project - we set out to change the connotations of the word 'hospice', showing the live-giving reality of the relationships at the heart of everything St Wilfrids' does, from hands-on medical care, to uniting the wider community.

Enjoy!

29/11/2022

What's one way to shift the negative connotations of the word hospice as a marketing exec?

Creating content that focuses on meaningful relationships within the services your organisation provides.

27/11/2022

LIGHT LEAKS & LENS FLARES, what better complement for gardening and woodword b-roll?

Watch the full film on our website: harmervisuals.com - The community support volunteer project

25/11/2022

CAPTURING THE ESSENCE of a relationship is about candid moments. Person to person interaction where you're free to laugh and cry.

Video from: The Community Support Volunteer Project Film

Watch the full film on our website: harmervisuals.com

23/11/2022

So, it's complete!

Check out our mini-documentary with to see the awesome work they are doing within the community through their befriending scheme.

21/11/2022

MARKETING PROFESSIONALS 👩‍💼, what's your experience with SMOOTH camera movement?

Since the release of the iPhone 11, high-quality video stabilisation has been much more accessible for companies looking to create quick content without a tripod.

We're intrigued to know who's dabbled with this over the past couple of years, and what your thoughts are?

19/11/2022

WHAT A YEAR! There's been highs, there's been lows, and there's been some incredible marketing campaigns to get involved with!

This year we've had the privilege of working alongside some outstanding organisations, collaborating together to produce people-centred content that educates personnel, captivates prospective clients, drives sales, and changes perceptions.

A huge shoutout to some of this year's clientelle:
Tower Cold Chain
St Wilfrid's Hospice
Big Church Festival
Neighbourhood
TSL Lighting
TVC Films
Mimicme

More From Us:

Harmer Visuals is an end-to-end video production business that works with organisations across the UK to enhance marketing strategies with people-centred video content.

We resource clients up and down the country in the following ways :

1) End-to-end production (scripting, storyboarding, pre-production, production, post-production)

2) Crew & Equipment Hire

3) Equipment Dry-Hire

To find out more, go to: www.HarmerVisuals.com

19/11/2022

5 TIPS FOR EDITING ON THE GO 🏃‍♀️:

1 - Get a FAST external SSD for project files and footage, DON'T USE EXTERNAL HDDs with moving disks as they are prone to data corruption when put through the rough and tumble of everyday traveling.

2 - Lower your laptop brightness to preserve battery life.

3 - Have one dongle with enough ports - get a USB hub to plug in all your accessories from one laptop port.

4 - Get familiar with keyboard shortcuts - not having the space to use a mouse can massively slow-down your workflow. But learning and customising keyboard shortcuts for your apps will speed you up!

5 - ALWAYS BRING A BACKUP CHARGER!

BONUS TIP: Get an NVME 4 drive instead of splashing out on a fast SSD, you can get a 2TB NVME for around £250 and an enclosure (case) for around £100 that will run just as fast, if not faster than an SSD. Take that LaCie 😉

17/11/2022

CAMERA SHY? 🎥 🤦‍♀️

Getting comfortable in front of the camera can be HARD. If your employees/personnel are being featured in a branded film for your company, it's important for them to feel relaxed and at ease.

When we're shooting films for our clients, we take 5-10 mins to break the ice with interviewees, have a chat with little relevance to the interview topic, and crack a couple of jokes. It's a great way to warm people up for their recording and put them at rest, so they can perform their best.

15/11/2022

This week we thought we'd give a shoutout for their phenomenal Thunderbolt Station 4.

We've been using this on a daily basis for around 2 months now and it's enabled us to edit our films with ease. Finding a reliable docking station is essential when working with lots of externally stored media, and this one has exceeded our expectations in many ways.

Keep it up !

13/11/2022

Who's missing the summer?

11/11/2022

What's the most impactful part of REMEMBRANCE DAY for younger generations?

Photography and film, it's one of the clearest insights young people have into the stories of history.

This remembrance day, we're commemorating Geoffrey Keating and Harry Rignold. Though not from service in the 1st WW, but the 2nd.

They were the first photographer and cameraman assigned for what was to become the Army Film and Photographic Unit (AFPU).

(Image attached: AFPU photographers Sgts Oakes and Lawrie.In 1945 they crossed the Rhine with glider troops in Operation Varsity and later photographed the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. AFPU patch visible on their sleeves. (c) IWM BU 8368)

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08/11/2022

4 Quickfire Social Media Video 🎥 Ideas For B2B & B2C Companies in 2023:

Comical Product Reveals (for businesses that make rugged and durable products):

1. 💦 Underwater product reveal for waterproof phones, watches & smart sports apparel.

2. Putting your product through its paces, there are some phone case brands that create excellent videos just smashin' 🔨 up their stuff, to show how durable it is!

Team & Process breakdowns 🥼:

1. Provide your prospects with an insightful look into the expert team that keeps your business running.

2. Show your service/product creation process in action - this is a great way of creating FOMO for prospects, highlight your USP and show the precision involved in your craft.

Key themes for advertising in 2023 overall: Authenticity, going against the grain, and focusing on storytelling over salesmanship.

06/11/2022

CALLING ALL PHONE VIDEO MAKERS

Did you know that iPhone's support CLEAN HDMI? What's that? You might be asking.

It means you can send what your camera is capturing to another device like a laptop, and not have all the information that's displayed on your phone screen carried through with it.

This is a game changer for MARKETING TEAMS looking for a BUDGET-FRIENDLY solution for live-streaming networking events and webinars.

We'll be releasing a tutorial on how to do it very soon on our YouTube channel. More info to come!

All you need is the FiLMiC Pro app and a lightning to HDMI dongle, and we'll cover the ins and outs in a tutorial soon.

05/11/2022

Only 1 month to go! If you're one of the lucky schools we've been in touch with, grab this offer while you can. Head to www.harmervisuals.com/xmas to book now