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'The Stage' Bolton Branch Review

2011-09-21T03:38:00.000-07:00

Here's a nice write up/ review of The Bolton Branch on 'The Stage' website (including a little bit about the premiere last week)!

http://bit.ly/qNNNYx

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2011-09-08T04:17:00.000-07:00

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The Bolton Branch

2011-09-08T03:12:00.000-07:00

We recently produced a mockumentary style training film in the style of 'The Office' for Bolton Council. The idea of the production was to challenge stereotypes of disability in the workplace.

The film was produced in association with a group of young people and professional actors from the Bolton Octagon Theatre. A large scale launch event and the premiere of the film will be taking place at the Vue Cinema adjacent to the Reebok Stadium in Horwich next week.

You can read more about the project on the Bolton Octagon's website here - http://www.octagonbolton.co.uk/page/3349/The-Bolton-Branch

Here's a short trailer for the film and cover art for the DVD -

Music Video Challenge

2011-07-13T08:55:00.000-07:00

We recently squeezed some time out of our busy schedule to take part in an online music video competition run through the video sharing website vimeo. The idea of the competition was to create a music video for one of three tracks from Moby's recent album 'Destroyed' and themed around 'Hello Future'.

We chose the track 'The Day' and made the whole video in one weekend, devising the idea on the Friday, shooting it on Saturday and Sunday and then editing it overnight in time to be submitted for the competition deadline on Monday!

Our idea for the video was centred around disillusionment with modern life/technology.

We shot the video using a Canon 7D DSLR camera and a variety of prime lenses as well as the Sony EX-3 for some of the slo-mo shots.

The video also stars a close friend of ours - Graham Baldwin a.k.a the silver fox.

Enjoy!

New Viral Venture for Seal Films

2010-11-17T10:05:00.000-08:00

This year Seal Films are excited to have teamed up with Custard Media and created a sister company http://www.viralvideos.co.uk/ This is a collaboration of artists using our combined skills to not only produce Viral Videos, but also to make sure they get the exposure they deserve! Viral advertising is huge now, but producing the video is only the first step and by teaming up with Custard media, we can offer all the services for a successful online marketing campaign. The pictures above show us working with Viral Videos Producer Stephanie on a shoot for a promo for Custard Media earlier this year. Check out http://www.viralvideos.co.uk/ for more details!

And here's the finished M&S spoof below:

Towneley Time Travellers - Trailer

2010-11-15T04:05:00.000-08:00

Here's the teaser trailer for the 'Towneley Time Travellers Guide', a 6 part educational film we shot in August with the Burnley Arts Development team and a group of budding young actors from around Burnley. All 6 episodes of the film can be seen on special installation screens around Towneley Hall. It's designed as an interactive guide to teach visitors some of the historical facts about the great hall, but also to be fun at the same time!

The World of 3D

2010-09-17T09:37:00.000-07:00

Last month Dave & Nick joined the 'Decode' crew for the 'World Street Dance Championship 2010' in lovely Blackpool!!! It was a 3D shoot for a DVD that is to be released alongside the 'Street Dance 3D' Film.

Tour Of Britain 2009

2009-11-03T05:43:00.000-08:00

After the hard slog that was last year, Nick went cross country on a week where the sun thankfully shone to follow the cyclists and their teams on this years Tour of Britain cycling race which was broadcast at night on ITV4 after each race. Nick shot all the presenter links with ITV's Ned Boulting and covered interviews with the cyclists as well as getting shots during the actual race. Here are some snapshots of him in action..!

Grattan online promo

2009-11-03T05:24:00.000-08:00

As well as producing the short promo for Freemans, we were also asked to produce this online marketing promo for Grattans 'flex it' credit scheme, again in conjunction with the guys at RED-C, the ad agency who devised the idea

Freemans online promo

2009-11-03T04:51:00.000-08:00

As part of their online marketing campaign, Freemans wanted to promote their 'flex-it' option. We produced this short, humorous piece for them which was devised and conceptualised by Manchester based ad agency RED-C

Mopay TV Ad

2009-11-03T04:38:00.000-08:00

Check out the 'Breakdancing Mobile Phone' TV advertisement we produced for Mopay. This ad campaign ran for around 4 weeks recently and was broadcast on both SKY and Freeview accessible channels.

Behind The Scenes of 'MOPAY TV AD'

2009-09-09T07:42:00.000-07:00

This summer we produced a TV ad for Mobile Phone recycling company 'MOPAY' http://www.mopay.co.uk/ The commercial can be seen on your telly box this autumn and here's some Behind the Scenes action of the shoot.

'The Mind's Eye' - Teaser Trailer

2009-03-26T09:17:00.000-07:00

Last Summer we shot our short horror film 'The Mind's Eye' and now 9 months on we finally found enough time to finish the edit. The main idea behind the film was for us to experiment with sound and it has been our 1st 5.1 Surround project... Watch this space for details on the big screening!

Community Film 'Bunking Off'

2009-02-23T08:46:00.000-08:00

We Seals are regularly working in the community with local schools and youth/community groups. Last year we worked with a group from TAS (The Alternative School), in Brierfield, East Lancashire and funded by Pendle Youth Action.

TAS offer a new and exciting alternative curriculum for all those young people who are not engaging with main stream education. The group decided to make a film about skiving school, called 'Bunking Off'. The film can be viewed at the following link:

http://www.thealternativeschoolblog.co.uk/

Renault Race Car Promo

2009-01-22T03:43:00.000-08:00

The first job for 2009 was a promo for the 'Blackpool & Fylde College Renault Race Team'. The film is being used to highlight the Colleges involvement and encourage further support and sponsorship.

Music Video for 'Wandering' by Rob McCulloch

2008-12-04T03:47:00.000-08:00

Stanford 2020 Super Series

2008-12-04T03:03:00.000-08:00

Last month Sean & Dave flew over to Antigua to film for the Stanford 2020 Super Series, where the Super Stars thrashed England and ran away with the $20 million jackpot!

Expensive Black Music Video Shoot

2008-11-02T12:40:00.000-08:00

The latest in a flurry of music videos to be shot recently was for Nigerian born rapper Expensive Black. Filming for single release 'Mama Cares' took place in and around various Manchester locations. Here we are on the Stockport shoot, with both Sean and Nick doubling up as actors for the afternoon!

The Tour of Britain 2008

2008-10-07T05:08:00.000-07:00

Last Month, Dave embarked on the 8 day bike race around our rainy little island. It was a tight filming schedule as the programme was put together each day and broadcast on ITV4 every night at 8pm during the week of the race.

Persian Music Video

2008-09-04T08:14:00.000-07:00

This Month Seal Films battled the end of the harsh british summer and shot a Music Video for Persian artist 'Seyed'. Apart from a dancing sequence filmed in a studio in Manchester, the rest of the production was shot along the windy coast of Formby.

2008-09-04T07:55:00.000-07:00

Filming Workshops

2008-09-04T07:53:00.000-07:00

http://www.futureworks.co.uk/news-lights-camera-action.asp

The Wolf Within

2008-08-06T06:42:00.000-07:00

Between February 4th - 18th 2008, Seal Films undertook the production of another TV pilot, this time for a documentary style programme called 'The Wolf Within' presented by dog behaviourist Nigel Reed www.thewolfwithin.co.uk/index.html. Filming took place in Cornwall and involved a group of young people, some dogs and the beautiful Cornish coastline. After a number of pasties and some extensive work in post production, the programme is now being considered for a TV series in the not too distant future.

Here are some snapshots 'behind the scenes' of
the Seals on the beach!

Make Your Child Brilliant - Ch5 Pilot/Promo

2008-01-18T05:23:00.000-08:00

This month saw the start of a new 6 part series on Channel 5 entitled 'Make Your Child Brilliant'. The show features expert Bernadette Tynan working with children to enhance their learning potential. http://bernadettetynan.com/ Back in 2006 we were comissioned to produce a 10min pilot/promo to be used to pitch the idea to Channel 5 and here it is....

Seal Films Have Gone Tape-less

2008-01-18T05:10:00.000-08:00

This month, we got a feature in Sony's HD Brochure promoting their latest range of HD Cameras. In particular we were reviewing the XDCAM HD and explaining how the tape-less workflow has increased the quality of our projects...

2008-01-18T05:08:00.000-08:00

'GOLDEN BOY' - Music Video

2007-11-21T14:01:00.000-08:00

and here is the award winning music video!

Award Winners!

2007-11-20T03:53:00.001-08:00

Last month we won an award & a cuddle from celebrity weather girl Sian Lloyd for our music video for local hero 'Rob McCulloch'... http://www.robmcculloch.com/ The video was shot up on the Lancashire moors last March for Rob's latest single 'Golden Boy'.

'INNER STATE' Trailer

2007-11-20T02:16:00.000-08:00

Here's the exciting trailer for a short film we shot last year... It was a chance for us to play with some new toys, including the 'Movietube' below....

...This Uber cool contraption meant that we could shoot the film in HD using 35mm film lens' courtesy of Panavision... the results are amazing!

2007-11-19T08:45:00.000-08:00

After a whole year, we finally got round to completing our Short Film 'INNER STATE' and last month, we held its long awaited premiere. Here's two of our lead actors looking very pleased with the results...

2007-11-19T08:17:00.000-08:00

Here's Nick filming out in the sunny Caribbean, later he got to splash around with the friendly Stingrays... lucky boy!

2007-11-19T06:49:00.000-08:00

This was one of the first things we filmed with our tasty new XDCAM HD PDW-330 CAMERA and edited on our delicious new Avid Media Composer Suite. It was a promo for a property company who wanted to promote Manchester as a great city for potential site developers to build in. The brief was simply 'space'

Website

2007-10-31T19:31:00.000-07:00

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