Shoot the breeze.
Asda – Community Life
Posted on February 3rd, 2012
Shoot the Company have been working with our old friends at Asda again this month, producing a film for the Yearly Board Meeting which tells the story of their Community Life initiative. Shot entirely on location at the Asda store in Southport which has been piloting the scheme, the film tells the story of General Store Manager, Bill Gornall and Community Life Champion, Sharon Gregory-Wareing and how they are making an enormous difference to the people of Southport. Not only are they helping local groups and charities by volunteering and fund-raising, but the actual Asda store is being offered up as a place to meet and run sessions for local groups so that it becomes a community hub. Asda Community Life will soon be in stores across the country, so look out for it next time you pop out for a pint a milk.
UGL/DTZ Takeover
Posted on January 12th, 2012
Long-time Shoot the Company client DTZ were taken over by Australian property services firm UGL just before Christmas and we were brought in to make a quick turn-around film for internal use that told the story of the merger. We’ve also been busy producing a graduate film for DTZ as they continue to expand their workforce with some of the brightest young minds in business – with the new international opportunities provided by the takeover, these are exciting times to be starting a career at what is now the world’s third largest property services group.
Happy New Year!
Posted on January 9th, 2012
London is under starter’s orders for The Olympics later this year and 2012 has begun with a bang here at Shoot the Company with no fewer than nine films being shot in January alone. We’re looking forward to working with lots of our previous clients such as Serco, SABMiller, BITC and Sainsbury’s this year and to welcoming some new customers through our doors. It’s going to be a busy twelve months as we’ve also got the Shoot the Company fifth birthday party to squeeze in between The Queen’s Golden Jubilee and the start of The Olympics. We’d better pack the fridge with Babycham.
Merry Christmas from Shoot The Company!
Posted on December 19th, 2011
To all of our clients colleagues and friends.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a peaceful and happy 2012.
From all of us at Shoot The Company.
Business Class
Posted on December 12th, 2011
Using a mixture of professionally filmed and self-shot footage, this film is the latest collaboration between Shoot the Company and BITC and tells the story of the Business Class programme, an innovative means of building proper relationships between local businesses and local schools. 116 businesses are now committed to partnering schools in some of the UK’s most deprived areas, not only helping with student attainment but also in areas such as Marketing, IT and staff team-building. Independent research shows Business Class improves student employability by 40% and increases academic achievement by 39% and the campaign is aiming to establish 500 partnerships across the UK by 2014.
Calling all sixteen year olds!
Posted on November 25th, 2011
National Citizen Service is a Government backed nationwide scheme aimed at all sixteen year olds in the UK for a three week period over the summer. Shot on location across the country, this film focuses on the work of The Challenge, one of the schemes which is providing Year 11 pupils with the opportunity to learn leadership, management, communication and organisational skills that will benefit them in the real world. Shown at the 2011 Conservative Party conference, this powerful film tells the story of some of the 10,000 young adults who experienced the scheme this summer – and some even got to blindfold David Cameron in a field in the Lake District.
Wild West here we come!
Posted on November 18th, 2011
After the huge success of the Miller Music Tour 2011, Shoot the Company are pleased to announce that we will be teaming up again with SABMiller to bring you the Miller Music Tour West. 200 lucky winners from around the world will be flown to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas in June 2012 to watch live music and enjoy ‘the city at night’ courtesy of Miller Genuine Draft. Currently in pre-production, the Miller Music Tour West will be bigger, bolder and feature more cowboys than 2011 and Shoot the Company will be going along for the ride to document every darned moment. Yeeeeeee-Haaaaa!
Lucozade PES Cup
Posted on November 10th, 2011
Lucozade and Pro Evolution Soccer have teamed up to create an innovative new 5-a-side football tournament, where the first-half of the game is played on PES and the second-half out on the pitch. The nationwide tournament is being hosted by PowerLeague and Shoot the Company were there to film the opening round in Mill Hill, North London. So whether you think you’re better with your fingers or your feet, this is the ultimate game of two halves.
HMP & YOI Doncaster
Posted on October 6th, 2011
Shoot the Company have teamed up with international service company Serco this autumn to tell the incredible story of the ground-breaking work being undertaken at Doncaster prison. The Doncaster team are dedicated to improving the prison system and reducing reoffending rates. One of the most successful schemes has been a family-based project which encourages prisoners to engage and maintain ties with their young children and allows family visits to take place in a natural and relaxing environment. Click on the logo above to get a behind-the-scenes look at the schemes that are tackling reoffending rates at HMP/YOI Doncaster.
Now that’s what we call sticky!
Posted on October 3rd, 2011
We’ve been working with Hays Recruitment for most of 2011 and some incredibly interesting analytics have arisen since they started using film on their website. Please click on the logo above to view the Hays interactive recruitment game which has increased the average unique visit to their website from under a minute to eight minutes! That is what is known in the trade as a very sticky user experience and we’re currently in production with Hays on adding more films to their site later in the year to make it even stickier.
