Discover why social video is so important for brands

We saw this infographic recently on why it's important to use social video to engage people. It really shows just how important video content is in getting your brand name out there and that a video doesn't always have to go 'viral' to have a positive effect on your brand (but that's another post!)

Social Video and Brand Engagement 2014 from ContentedLONDON on Vimeo.

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Do you remember the song at the end of Police Academy?

Not a day goes by without some talk related to 80's movies at Seal HQ. Growing up in the 80's means that films like Ghostbusters, The Goonies,  Police Academy and Planes, Trains and Automobiles and are still some of our favourite films!

When we were devising the concept for a recent advert for Blackpool and The Fylde College, Tom (half) jokingly said;

"How about using that song used in the end credits of Police Academy?!"

The more we thought about it the more we really wanted to use it, as it seemed to fit perfectly with the ideas that were being generated. We managed to get in touch with the writer of the song (Jack Mack and the Heart Attack founder and band member), Andrew Kastner. He was really chuffed that we wanted to use his song (We're sure the royalties may have helped) and emailed us after we'd finished the ad to say how much he loved hearing it;

"It is so great to hear and see my song, "I'm Gonna Be Somebody", come to life again in your TV Advert. It was along time ago, 1984 to be exact that the then lead singer of my band, Jack Mack and the Heart Attack, and I wrote three songs for the movie Police Academy. At the time everyone thought that movie would be a little flash in the pan low budget film. Who knew that it would become a worldwide hit and now I think it is the most popular song I ever wrote. The fact that people still love it today is a testament to good old fashioned real music. It lives forever. Thanks for including it in your ad". Andrew Kastner, founder 'Jack Mack and the Heart Attack'

Here's the finished advert, a big thank you to Jack Mack and The Heart Attack for allowing us to use the tune!



Check out our website to see more of the TV work we've done...

Join Deone on the behind the scenes photoshoot for Jack's Girl 2014

Our recent edit for Jack Links Meat Snacks is popping up all over the web. We can't think why...!


Jack Links Girl 2014 from seal films on Vimeo.

Behind the scenes videos can be a great way to show people the personality of your brand or to show the ideas behind your campaign. Get in touch with us if you think this is something that your brand could benefit from.

What can you do with a snow machine, a distress flare, a leaf blower and some smoke grenades?

Phantom Harriet from seal films on Vimeo.

Here's a little edit of some test footage we took with the Phantom Flex camera. It's capable of shooting at over 2000 frames per second, resulting in some super slow motion loveliness. So we spent an afternoon in the woods with a Snow Machine, a Distress Flare, a Leaf Blower & some Smoke Grenades!

Look what KFC have done now

KFC London Store Walk Through from seal films on Vimeo.

KFC are currently undergoing a makeover and we were asked to film a short video in one of their London stores to highlight some of the new features.

Alpes d'huex Megavalanche race

Here's a Feature we shot for ITV4's The Cycle Show, produced by Century TV, it's the first series of the show designed for cycling enthusiasts! For this feature, we were sent to Alpes d'huez in France to film the annual Megavalanche race with presenter Anna Glowinski.

Sandtex retro ad gets a lick of paint

Early this year, we were asked to update a classic TV commercial for Sandtex masonry paint. The brief was to replace the lighthouse (that features in the 1990 original), with the iconic Happisburgh lighthouse. This meant a trip to Norfolk to film the new lighthouse so that we could begin the long and painful process of digitally replacing it in the ad. In addition to this, we also replaced all the original sound f/x, recorded a new voiceover and even wrote and recorded a new song!