My first 4 months as Dead Pixel Videographer
A few solo shoots, 48 BBC food recipe videos, a 3 day commercial shoot, a trip to London and countless rolls of gaffer tape later, it’s safe to say I’ve learned a lot! Here’s a quick run down of what I’ve been up to since I started…
Happy International Women's Day 2024
It’s estimated that only 24% of videographers and 27% of editors are female. A lot of young girls never see examples of women working in roles like ours, particularly in technical roles like camerawork and editing, so we wanted to use our platform to show what we do and provide that kind of representation.
Creating Christmas Magic for Mr Kipling
A detailed breakdown of how we pulled off a Xmas ad from concept through to production and delivery in just 3 weeks for our friends Mr Kipling
A deep dive into our BBC Food content retainer
We create 8 x recipe videos from scratch every single month for BBC Food. Here’s how…
My First 3 Months as a Junior Producer
Hi, I’m Jazz and I’ve been with Dead Pixel Films as a Junior Producer for 3 months now and what an absolute RIDE it has been so far.
Production Company of the Year 2023: Shortlist
We’re super excited to announce that we’ve made the short list for ‘Production Company Of The Year 2023’ as hosted by Prolific North.
Is 3D scanning the future for product videos?
Introducing photogrammetry.
A new technique that requires hundreds of photos, take in different orientations to be stitched together into a 3D model using Ai.
Creating photorealistic 3D models using an iphone
Utilising a fairly new technique called photogrammetry we captured a brand new pair of Nike Blazer 77s with >150 still images and stitched them together using Ai.
How we combined live action and 3D
We came up with an idea for a shot. An impossible shot. A shot where a bottle cap flips up into the air toward the camera lens rotating perfectly to display the brands logo and lands next to product range.
"Kill The Hunger Pains" feat. Philadelphia
Our project "Kill the Hunger Pains" combines a love of horror and love of food! We wanted to make something that challenged our lighting, sound design and story telling skills whilst subtly promoting a household brand that we're all fond of.