MindCraft camera crews have produced nine videos for Cream to launch the online TV service of their clients, estate agents Featherstone Leigh in London.

Cream Editor Gail Powell, said: “We have been really pleased to have MindCraft handling this project. It has made such a difference having the confidence they are going to produce well-shot and edited videos.”

MindCraft video producer Sarah Walker: “We are really hoping this is going to be the beginning of a great long term working relationship with Cream which we see as a very visionary and exciting company.”

Cream has now commissioned MindCraft to produce a further series of around 30 videos for more clients around the country.

This is MindCraft’s latest video for a respected firm of lawyers in central England.

It was one of two videos shot in a single day by the MindCraft crew and used the legal firm’s own staff to get their message out about a new service to their customers.

MindCraft was commissioned by the firm’s brand designer Yellobelly as part of a new website and rebrand programme. We crafted a tight script in advance of the filming day and as a result the filming and editing process was as efficient ad cost effective as possible for our client.

Our producer was able to help train the presenters who had never worked with cameras before get their message across to their viewers.

Yellobelly’s Creative Director Peter Hilton said afterwards: “Thank you for making the filming so personable and straightforward.”

Click here to see how one of our videos could help you.

Global customers can see machines at work

This is a classic example of what video can do to show off a product in action in a complex hi-tech industry.

MindCraft was asked to produce a series of eight videos as part of a website relaunch for a great British manufacturing firm, RK Print Ltd, which specialises in designing and engineering machines for the print industry.

With clients around the world from Unilever to Tetrapak it was vital the video showed precisely what each machine had to offer.

Working with only a small crew and using the latest industry software to edit, each video was designed to be succinct, easy to understand and to make it easy for potential customers to see the products operating – wherever they are in the world.

This video was just one of the series and will not only sit on their new website but will also be used at trade fairs around the world.

Click here to see how one of our videos could help you.

Training

Our media experts have been working with delegates from the public sector to help them manage their relationship with the media. We have also taken part in high level training for the Metropolitan Police, providing expert guidance on media interview technique.

Sarah Walker’s presentation skills workshops are proving popular with one delegate writing:

“This workshop is a must-do workshop. Sarah is an inspiring tutor who really knows her stuff.”

For dates of free forthcoming media and presentation skills workshops click here.

Videos

MindCraft has produced a series of videos for manufacturing firm RK Print and is also working with other great British manufacturers to showcase their products on videos for websites and DVDs.

Our team is helping a legal firm get the word out about it new services by creating a series of videos as part of their new website launch.

November 2009

MindCraft is offering 10 % discount on all video production packages to members of WiRE, running until the end of December 2009. Our usual terms apply but we would be happy to help you get a great video on your website to promote your goods and services in time for Christmas. Contact us for further details.

MindCraft was commissioned to produce a series of eight videos for RK Print, based in Hertfordshire. A fine example of British design, engineering and manufacturing, the company provides vital tools to printers around the world with clients from Tetrapak to Unilever. The MindCraft videos will sit on the company’s new website and are a classic example of how video can be used to demonstrate  products to customers over the web. Watch out for more details.

This video was a great way for MindCraft to show what a video on a website can offer for event coverage. It is great for those who couldn’t attend, and an excellent way for event organisers to show them what they missed. Shot is just a few hours, our client was delighted.

Menta spokesman Matthew Darroch-Thompson said: “We are really thrilled with the video. The short version will live on our homepage and the full 3 minute version will also be available on our website. Huge thanks to MindCraft for doing such a great job.”

MindCraft’s video of the first business exhibition staged by Suffolk based Menta, a not-for-profit organisation which provides advice, support and training for those in business.

Staged in the glorious surroundings of Ickworth House hundreds of delegates attended the event showcasing the wares and talents of a host of different businesses.

 MindCraft was delighted to be not only among the standholders but also to be asked to record the event in a newsreel style for the Menta website.

MindCraft has been delighted to help CHAI – the Centre for Healthcare Associated Infections. Working with actress Leslie Ash, now starring in Holby City, we have produced a film to promote a £1.4 million fund-rasing appeal to boost research into deadly infections like MRSA.

Former Men Behaving Badly star Leslie, who was left disabled after contracting a strain of MRSA, said:

”I would urge everyone to support the appeal, no matter how small or large their donation, to fight these killer infections.”

The film will be used to promote the appeal at the University of Nottingham and as researchers present their pioneering work at conferences worldwide.

For more information www.hcai.nottingham.ac.uk

29 July 2009

MindCraft’s Sarah Walker explains what MindCraft has to offer - how our training courses can help you in your business and how our videos for websites can explain what you’re all about to others.

Sarah and her team draw on a long history working in the broadcast media to produce short films – this one was shot and editted in only one day – with good planning yours could be too.

MindCraft is delighted to be working with High 10 to present a series of half day presentation skills workops for professionals.

The first workshop which takes place in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on October 16, will help delegates sharpen their presentation style and give them each a DVD of themselves in action.

Sarah Walker of MindCraft, said: “Professionals like architects, accountants and solicitors are increasingly having to fight for business and often feel that while they know their business inside and out, they lack confidence and presence pitching their best ideas successfully.”

Executive coach Janice Levett, of High 10, added: “High 10 and Mindcraft have a range of complementary strengths and strategies to offer professionals in business which make this a valuable opportunity.”

Contact us for more information.

www.high10.co.uk