Like an Egg for companies.
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Our mission is to take your brief, understand it, work with it, stretch it and create a film that grabs your audience, gets them interested and convinces them to act. We do this with a creative mind and we’ll make your budget work hard.
We specialise in creating visually impressive content that has a compelling audio element. Sound and images work beautifully together to bring style to the substance of your message.
What we can do for you.
Corporate videos
Promos
Live events
Advertising
In-house videos
Online viral videos
Training videos
Motion graphics
The hatching process.
We’re committed to helping you use video to achieve results for your ...
Like an Egg and the world of sound.
Using an original piece of music or soundtrack for your film can create atmosphere, inspire emotions and engage your audience in ways that existing music can’t. A bespoke arrangement can be made to synchronise perfectly with the moving image to have a powerful impact.
It can also save you money. Borrowing a song from a famous band, a symphony from a favourite composer or a tune from an established musician can cost a great deal in royalty fees.
We can compose compelling, original music for you. And once we’ve done so, it’s yours to use ...
Like an Egg in the community.
We do a lot of community-led work for charities, community interest groups and schools. Whether it’s filming a narrative story with 30 seven year olds during one fun-filled day, or teaching novice charity leaders how to use editing software for the first time, we rise to the challenge.
We love it and we’d like to do more.
Our community work covers concept development, filming, post-production and distribution. But what we’re most accomplished in is community-led filmmaking. This could be full involvement in the filmmaking process or a lighter touch focusing on teaching the techniques that mean people ...
Welcome to our playground.
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This is where we flex our filmmaking wings.
Here you’ll find awarding-winning shorts, unique music videos and a good spread of viral videos. Take a peek.
We’re passionate about filmmaking. Its what we do. Every day.
Like an Egg and our kit.
We operate from studios nestled in the valleys of Blaenau Gwent. We have a top-of-the-range post-production facility – including a Final Cut Studio edit suite, a full Pro Tools suite and a recording facility.
All of this shiny equipment means we can output your images and sound at the highest quality.
And for the techies…
Cameras
Sony Hvr-Z1 HDV/DVCAM/DV – 1080i 50
Sony Hvr-Z5 HDV/DVCAM/DV – 1080i 50 / 1080p 25 SSR at 200fps
Sony Hvr-Z7 HDV/DVCAM/DV – 1080i 50 / 1080p 25 SSR at 200fps
Sony PD-150 DVCAM/DV
Sony PD-170 DVCAM/DV
Cannon 500D HD at 30fps 720p or 20fps 1080P
Cannon 7D
Lenses
Cannon 50mm lens ...
Like an Egg produces films
We do it for businesses and communities. We do it so well we even make films for ourselves. And we enjoy it so much we also show other people how to make films.
That's what we do. Simple as that.
We have a studio in Blaina, South Wales because Blaina is beautiful. Our equipment is state-of-the-art and we don't mind saying so.
We are serious about what we do. We aim to be intelligent with your audience, creative with your message and to demonstrate integrity with your budget.
Promotional videos aren’t often considered a high priority in a businesses marketing strategy.
However it would be wrong simply dismiss what a well made targeted promo video can achieve. The most important element of this equation is “targeted.” Aim, audience and platform. These are the key elements to making a promo video. When we make your video these are the points that we will discuss in-depth. Tell us what you want and we’ll make it happen. Generic factory line videos aren’t what we do, what we make will be completely different from the any other video we’ve made before. Every client is different and we reflect that in the array of videos we make.
A video made by Like an Egg can make you stand out. Your objective may be to inform or excite, you may want to endorse your professional status or your approachability. We are here to achieve your aims in a video that will make you stand out from your competitors.
Here are two of our very latest promo videos that we made this month.
The Lawless Girls Promo
Warning – The following video contains partial nudity and sexual scenes that some viewers may find offensive.
The Lawless Girls are a female fire-breathing trio from Swansea who are at home on stage performing live at gigs and events
They needed a promo video to promote themselves as sexy, slick and stylish. It’s impossible to describe their act in words, so a promotional video was a perfect way to demonstrate what they can do.
The audience that they’re looking to attract are young alternative males so we made sure to make the video appeal to them.
We shot the video at a sun soaked Aberdare skate park and a fiery Newport bar. We caught some amazing footage at both locations. A critical ingredient for this video was the sound score. Our sound department created a heavy rock track that flows perfectly with the stylish images.
To end the video we designed and added an animated logo, which states clearly who the group is and where to find them.
Torchbearers Promo
As part of Wales’s contribution to the Cultural Olympiad, the charity Valleys Kids are producing a show incorporating communities from the South Wales Valleys and the township of Langa in Cape Town, South Africa. A live spectacle of entertainment at the Wales Millennium Centre between Wales and South Africa is to be preformed in July as a culmination of the project.
The brief was to create a promotional video that could be played in cinemas that would excite and intrigue the audience into buying tickets for the show.
Like An Egg have documented the group over the last two years as they’ve prepared for the show. The array of different shots we’d amassed was mixed together with scenes from a flash mob advert we’d shot of the group. This has created an action packed video giving audiences a taste of what the show is and what it involves.
Along with this promo video we shot a short 30 second advert one morning in April on a cold wet Aberavon beach. The video stars Mel Stephenson, who’s a top Welsh sprinter who’s also a torchbearer for the 2012 Olympic games; therefore she was perfect for the part.
It’s been a busy couple of months for the team so far this year. It is about time we put some new videos up! Firstly we recently completed this short video about the fantastic Blaina Heritage Museum. What they have achieved in such a short space of time is amazing. It was a pleasure to film the team of volunteers and discover their remarkable story. Sit back and watch how one idea and a peoples determination created such a wonderful museum in the small town of Blaina.
Secondly we were pleased to hear that two of our young filmmaker teams were nominated for the Zoom Cymru young person’s Film Festival! Here is the film 1911 made by the pupils of Tredegar Comprehensive School. It focuses on the Jewish riots that took place in the town in 1911. We worked closely with the pupils as they researched, wrote, directed, edited and produced this fantastic film! In fact the film was so well crafted that the judges had to check that it was made by such a young group! They only had to meet the determined and headstrong producer and writers to see that it was certainly their own production.
The other team were the young Dinas Raptiles, who after their experience with us decided to make their own music video! They deservedly went on to collect the overall prize at the Zoom Cymru Award!
Currently we are working with another group of young filmmakers in Barry as they tackle the subject of Alcohol awareness among young people. The script and storyboards are complete and they began shooting over Easter. We must say we are very excited to see the end result.
Of course all this teaching hasn’t stopped our appetite for doing what we do best! In various stages of production at the moment is an upcoming documentary about the new anti-smoking legislation in Wales, a promo video for an entertainment group and a very exciting event promotion video which we hope to show you next week. Also did anyone see our very own Valley of Kings on a S4C documentary?
A couple of weeks ago Chris worked on a Lucozade shoot for Grey London with Luke Jacobs, Ryan Owen and Simon Davies.The shoot was hugely enjoyable and it was a good opportunity to sink his teeth into the RED EPIC.
“The shoot was slightly challenging as we were working around a photo-shoot. Thankfully we managed to capture some great looking footage by shooting it at 100fps. Filming the players as they were engulfed with smoke really added an effective sense of drama and mystery to the piece. The advert itself has turned out really well combining strong visuals, crisp sound and smooth editing efficiently. I especially like the sound of horse hooves galloping as the players run in conjunction with the snappy cutting. Being Welsh I’m really glad that we won on the weekend because when I accepted the job I didn’t realise they would use it to promote the Wales” England match.”
Just before Christmas we had the pleasure of filming a Flash Mob on behalf of one of our community clients, Valleys Kids.
The flash mob was used to promote a Community play entitled “The ‘Torchbearers’ which will be bring together Welsh & South African performers in the Donald Gordon Theatre, Wales Millennium Centre in July 2012. The project called Mzansi Cymru is part of Wales’ Cultural Olympiad – The Power of the Flame and is supported by Legacy Trust UK and is featured in the London Festival 2012.
Local charity Valley of Kids organised the flash mob, bringing together the Mzansi Cymru Choir and individuals from Coleg Morgannwg Performing Arts, Rhondda Cynon Taff Community Arts, Valleys Kids, Elemental Force and Zumba classes.
The five-minute invasion of the centre began with the Mzansi Choir singing, before the music started and the dancing began. Natalie Spiteri choreographed the dance. The groups only had two sessions to work on the routine, coming together once for a final rehearsal before the flash event.
We used this fantastic opportunity to use our talented network of camera men and women to create a video that captured the Positive Feeling that ran through the Flash Mob. Filmed with 10 Cameras in one take and then edited over 3 days the result is a video that we hope touches viewers as much as the unsuspecting people who saw it live.
Check it out on youtube, share the video and spread the word!
We’ve been busy here at Like an Egg. We recently made a music video for Welsh rock band The Guns. The single called Missing Girls is from their new album F*** the Demon Outta Me.
Our plan was to create an exciting performance video with a visually interesting story embedded into it. We have definitely achieved this.
We shot the video at The Factory in Porth with help from steadicam operator Matt Allsop. The whole video was filmed in one very busy day. Using our skills we added special effects to the video, which was challenging considering the small budget. Not only does the video include the four band members, it also features Trixie Taint from dance group The Lawless Girls.
We’re more than pleased with what we managed to create in such a small amount of time. It was a pleasure working with band and we wish them all best with their album.
For more information about The Guns visit www.tmfg.co.uk
Here at Like an Egg productions we aren’t strangers to making music videos or working with the community. When Communities FirstBlaina approached us about this project we jumped at the opportunity. We looked forward to guiding four talented teenagers to write, record and produce a song accompanied with a music video to raise awareness about domestic abuse.
Matt Wiggins, Liam Hiley, Lillian Hart and Ieasha-Marie Withers all attended a weeklong workshop with Alex, Head of our Audio Productions. They learnt valuable song writing and recording skills in our studio here in Blaina. They applied these skills to create an original song, which they wrote and recorded themselves. Each worked enthusiastically on the project and created a moving piece of work.
In addition to the song we drafted in Chris and Rob from our film department to assist the young artists in creating a music video. Filmed locally around Blaina, we filmed the ideas given to us by the group. The Like an Egg team were impressed with the maturity the group showed in dealing with such a serious subject matter.
We thoroughly enjoyed working with these young musicians and we are very proud of everything they created in just one week. The invaluable skills they learnt during the workshop will no doubt help them create better productions in the future!
The song and video are to help raise awareness about domestic abuse. The song will be on sale with proceeds being donated to a domestic abuse charity.
Valley of Kings Uprising has been announced. On Sunday 20th November fighters from across the UK will descend on Cardiff to fight on this spectacular event. VOK Uprising will be a feeder show into next year’s Valley of Kings 2! Once again the Like an Egg Team will be producing the event. The Uprising shows will be smaller but with the same top quality production and professionalism expected of a Valley of Kings event. This event will be held in Oceana Cardiff so get your tickets early.
Take a look at this footage from the first Valley of Kings filmed at the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. The DVD will be on sale shortly and as anyone who was there will tell you, the fights were of the highest quality.
We are pleased to announce another new and exciting project. Like an Egg Productions will be producing a brand new music TV show called LockeD from The Pop Factory in Porth. The Premise is simple imagine TFI Friday meets Wayne’s World!
The Factory has three different levels with several different spaces. The show will travel round the building without any apparent “structure.”
The factory will be crawling with people. They will have the run of the building. The presenter will roam the building and walk in on a band playing, an artist painting, a kid playing guitar, or two guys playing chess. Fundamentally it will be a big party.
The show will be anchored in the live music and will cater for all genres, from rock to hip hop and metal to soul. Nothing will be off limits. The key to every performance will be energy and talent. We want to see a good time and pass it on the audience.
Together with the music the show will include interviews with anyone involved in a creative industry, from filmmakers to artists and writers.
And the first show line up? Kids in Glass Houses, Revoker and Martin Carr from the Boo Radleys. Not bad.
At Like an Egg we are fortunate to offer our clients a wide ranging set of services from the team. One of these services is our music and video workshops. We are currently involved in two of these projects.
We have been commissioned to help a small group of young people make a song and music video to raise awareness for Domestic Abuse. The week long course which is currently underway is being run by Alex our Head of Audio. We will be focusing on song-writing and the recording process. The challenge of writing a song with a message is a tough ask but we are sure that this group of young people are up to it. After the song is recorded we will set about making a music video.
This week also see us start work with another group of young people to create a Rap music track and video. This project will take us across to the Valley to Dinas in the Rhondda. The Video will be set in the infamous Dinas Flats. These flats hold a mountain of history and have a scarred outside shell but thanks to Rhondda Housing are undergoing a huge refurbishment. We hope to capture this stage in the story of Dinas. The project is being commissioned by Valleys Kids who run a centre from the Flats. It has been funded through Hutchings Vauxhall Dealer, a staunch supporter of Valleys Kids and the Arts and Business Fund.
We will bring you the results of these two projects when they are completed. Of course as with any project involving young people the journey is just as important as the end product.
As August rolls around and Like an Egg Productions enters its second year in business it is the perfect time to upload some of our most recent work and catch up on what the team have been up to.
We have recently completed two pieces of work with the Spirit of Bevan project in Tredegar. It has been a fantastic project for us so far and working with such a variety of people from the community has been a great experience. We are pleased to announce that we will be making another two films with the town. The first will focus on the most amazing street in Wales. Keep an eye out for what will be very interesting the results. Meanwhile watch the films we’ve made so far: Spirit of Bevan
Another project that is mid way through production are our films for Communities First in Blaina. Making films on our doorstep is brilliant not just because we know where the best breakfast is but it allows us to show off our home town. So far we have completed two films and we have one in the final stage of post-production. Over the next few weeks we will begin training two local groups to make their own films. We think the films are looking great but don’t take our word for it: Blaina Communities First
We have also added the film we made for the Otley Brewing Company. When making a video for your business it is essential to show your clients the passion and pride that you have in the product and service that you deliver. The Otley Brewing Company are Real Ale drinkers. They love what they do and have a pride in the product they deliver and how it is created. We had to create a video that showed this in a visual manner with no audio or graphic descriptions. Otley Brewing Company
The Future
Right now the Studio is abuzz with the sounds of a cross-cultural Flash dance song currently being composed by Alex. Meanwhile Chris and Rob are preparing themselves for a trek across Mid-Wales. We are hoping to have just as an exciting year as the last.
But what does this next year bring? Or even next week? Well that is down to you.
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2012 is shaping up nicely, been on some very exciting shoots the past couple of weeks as well as teaching some great kids in barry. Here’s a selection of nice video’s. Some we helped make, new people I’ve met and others that are just Beautiful. Enjoy!! Introducing Astroid Boys Part 1 by Like an Egg & [...]
