Catchy, eye-grabbing animations
They say a picture is worth a thousand words and these pictures, augmented by a little animation from As You See It Media, tell the story of how Propel Finance have been looking after their customers during the lockdown. Click on the image below to see the video.
Read moreTelling the story of Our-Food
I am very excited to see Our-Food making such strides in encouraging sustainable food production in and around the Brecon Beacons. I have provided most of the copy, stills and video for their website and they are holding a webinar next week to give information to young people thinking about getting into farming. The Pandemic…
Read moreVideos to make you smile!
We pride ourselves on putting people at ease in front of the camera, as this fab short video by our Content Creator, Will Kearse demonstrates. Filming can be fun, or even funny, and relaxed contributors come across best. With decades in television production behind us, we can make video production easy for you.
Read moreWorking in Covid Lockdown
Not everything can be done on Zoom! While much of our work has shifted online, it’s just not possible to take quality location photos without, er, going to the location! It’s also more difficult, though not impossible, to gain a true understanding of complex subjects like community-supported agriculture schemes, over the phone. Sometimes you just…
Read moreSocially distanced surveys
Now that’s what I call social distancing! Building surveys by drone – nearly 400 feet from the nearest builder! We were commissioned by a UK Healthcare company to survey four of their building projects from the ground and air, so their managers and investors could see how the projects were going, without having to travel…
Read moreDroning Lovely
How’s this for a view! Drone practice this morning, right on our doorstep. Very glad to be adding drone filming and photography to our list of services! #droneoperator #dronepilot #aerialphotography
Read moreA little Christmas Cheer
We are delighted to have loaned some equipment to St Edmund’s Church in Crickhowell so they could live-stream their Advent Service; bringing a little cheer in difficult times. Well done volunteer, James Bessant for organising it all. If you would like us to live stream your event, please get in touch. If you want to…
Read moreTelling your story, selling your business
Nobody knows the story of the business better than the people who run it, which is why business people are often best placed to sell it. They demonstrate a passion for their product; the same belief which drove them to set up their venture in the first place. And they possess all the knowledge and…
Read moreDrone Ready!
We have lift-off; well, nearly! We’ve just taken delivery of a new DJI Mini 2 drone. It takes stunning 4K video and 12mp pictures to bring a new angle to everything we film. We’ve been working with established drone operators for years but have not had our own, until now. Changes in drone regulations from…
Read moreMulti-camera cookery!
This was a fun project for The Landmark Trust building conservation charity; recreating seasonal recipes from Tudor and Victorian times. They were filmed in kitchens at historic Llwyn Celyn, a 15th Century Welsh Farmhouse and featured historically accurate recreations of period recipes, including pigs trotters and marchpane or marzipan, The finished films are being shown…
Read moreThe Cost of Covid
The Cost of Covid on jobs and the economy …another programme I worked on this autumn. We are adapting to working online and making more video. Not everyone is so lucky. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000q1xk/bbc-wales-investigates-the-price-of-lockdown
Read moreStargazing in the Brecon Beacons
We have had some fantastic weather in the Brecon Beacons this week and it has given me a chance to create some blogs for our client, Beacon Park Boats. Like this one, about the National Park’s designation as an international dark skies reserve. Because we can make the video, take the photographs and write the…
Read moreMULTI-CAMERA LIVE STREAMING
GOING LIVE AND LOOKING GOOD IN A COVID WORLD Everyone and everything is going online during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Zoom has become a household world. Billions of pounds of business are being conducted over the internet. But is it an effective way to sell your product? The answer to that question is “Yes and No!” …
Read moreWELCOME TO WILL
Welcome to William Kearse: a recent film studies graduate who has joined us here at As You See It Media as a Trainee Content Creator. Will is already an accomplished camera operator, Premier Pro editor, photographer, Photoshop operator and graphic designer using Adobe Indesign. Business has been growing so fast here and we needed another…
Read moreGETTING BUSINESS GOING AGAIN
GETTING READY TO REOPEN? If you are planning to reopen your business under Coronavirus-Secure conditions and want to reassure potential customers, Crickhowell-based As You See It Media Ltd can help with low-cost, copywriting, photography and video packages. Creative Director, Tim Jones, said: “The UK government has told shops in England to get ready to reopen in…
Read moreMedia Training for Talybont
A fun morning training volunteers from Talybont on Usk, how to interview and record the memories of people in their village as part of a Lottery funded project. It’s to mark the 50th Anniversary of their village hall, Henderson Hall, and they want to capture the stories of some of the village’s longest-serving residents. Budgets…
Read moreBrexit: a two-month investigation
Tonight sees the end of a two-month investigation for BBC Wales into the impact of Brexit on Wales’s farmers, families and food providers. Please tune in at 8.30pm, BBC1 Wales.
Read moreWORST JOB IN THE WORLD
Gin of the week at The Bear Hotel in Crickhowell – I get all the worst jobs!A GIN OF THE WEEK Posted on 25 April, 2019 By Every day is Gin Day at The Bear, and every week we will be featuring a different ‘Gin of the Week’ from our menu of 20 Welsh, exotic,…
Read moreHYDROGEN CAR CROWDFUNDING
We are delighted to be involved in providing content for the launch of a crowdfunding campaign for Riversimple, who are developing a hydrogen production car. We took it for a spin with environmental campaigner Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall in Bristol.
Read moreMORE NATIONAL RECOGNITION
This has been a good week. Crickhowell has been named the “Best Place to Live in Wales” by the Sunday Times. The newspaper highlighted the pride felt by local people for the town and how they had “chased off” plans to turn the former Corn Exchange pub into a national chain supermarket and instead turned…
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