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 [...]
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 [...]
Video producer’s dream job
Here’s an example of a video we produced earlier this year. It was a dream to make because the subject matter was so close to our hearts – yes, we’re a bunch of geeks. As always, drop us a line for info Nostairway Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit [...]
How do I get into voice over?
We’ve been asked this question on several occasions – “my friends say I have a nice voice, how do I get into voice over?” Well, let me tell you. In short, you don’t, or should I say, you can’t. Voice over studios often jealously guard any good voice over artist they have because they know [...]
MTV Awards. How will Web Video Producers Fare?
Here’s some interesting news. Turns out Russell Brand will host the 2012 MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, California. As a video production company, NSM will be watching this closely, even if we won’t actually be there. (invitation must have got lost in the post – again!) It’ll take place June 3 at the Gibson [...]
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 [...]
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society (RTS) is an open membership programme allowing anyone in the public with an interest in the medium of Television the opportunity to come together and exchange ideas, and debate/explore key issues. In 1966 the RTS was granted its Royal title, and has quickly become Britain’s leading forum for television and related [...]
Our video production studio is host to some pretty big players.
One of the main reasons for moving to our new studio premises was the opportunity to work more closely with Broadcast Project Research, or BPR. BPR’s John Emmett is a veritable gold mine of knowledge when it comes to the broadcast industry and video/audio production. Nostairway staff never hesitate to seek his advice on technical [...]
