Last night we had the very talented 4 to 8 piece band, Spirit Agenda (who play 70s and 80s classic soul, R&B and Jazz Funk), into our office to do some promotional material for their act. As an independent video production company we know how hard it is to get good promotional material together to [...]
Corporate Video – Dos and Don’ts
Well, to be perfectly honest, this blog is more about the dos than the don’ts of corporate video production. Nostairway has just about settled into its new studio space which lends itself perfectly to web video production and corporate video production – the 2 key growth areas of video production in general. Take the video [...]
What’s it like being a Production Assistant at NoStairway Media
NoStairway Media is a multi-purpose production company specialising in music creation, voice-over production and video production; it even works as a recording studio! I have currently been a Production Assistant for this company for just under five months and have learned an incredible amount on how a professional production company works on a day to [...]
How NoStairway fit into the definition of the word Recording Studio
According to the dictionary the word recording means ‘Something on which sound or visual images have been recorded’ while studio stands for ‘An establishment where an art is taught or studied’. Combining these two words the definition signifies a workplace for the teaching and practice of audio or visual art. NoStairway Media fits perfectly into [...]
Help a Capital Child – Recording Studio Prize
Some good news this week from our friends at Capital Radio. Their Help a Capital Child event this year was a great success and our studio donated a recording session in our Teddington recording studios. Every year Capital holds a function event, a celebrity radio appeal and several auctions to help raise money to vulnerable [...]
Web Video – what is it good for?
But here is where the Edwin Star comparison ends because web video, unlike war, is good for something; quite a bit, actually. It’s now almost taken for granted that if you have a web site you’ll be having one of them there new fangled web videos to go with it. The key reason is, you’ve [...]
Video production puts its feet up
With the long weekend upon us, video production has taken a well earned break at the studio. The good news is that the iShuggle project, for which we produced the initial promo video, has just had a boost. The first test version will be ready soon and we can’t wait to try it. The mystery [...]
Web video production – but what is it for?
On Monday 16th April 4 talented actors came to No Stairway Media to record a web video. They didn’t know the true nature of the product they were to advertise, only that it resided on the iPhone. It looks like a game (in fact it looks like several games) and recently the iShuggle team have [...]
Our first shoot with a White Vinyl Backdrop
Working as a video production company we love getting new gadgets to play with and finding new ways to progress our business. Today we were lucky enough to film an App with four young actors/actresses against our new White Vinyl Backdrop. This backdrop is a perfect tool for video production as it’s completely portable, allowing [...]
VFX shaping the future of the video production industry
It would seem us video production companies need to keep an look out over our shoulders. The shape of the media industry is constantly developing and opening up new doorways to creating visual content and self-expressionism. Last week our representative went to the Institute of Contemporary Arts and attended a presentation on the growing use [...]
