Audio, accounts for about 60 -70 % of the watchability of a video or film. A poor video quality with excellent sound is bearable, poor sound but with great video clarity is switched off after 30 seconds.

In recent years small digital and very portable audio devices have made great strides in improving audio on location and are a great improvement on the widespread use of microphones attached  to the top of cameras, and some even allow professional XLR inputs from broadcast microphones. However there is a limit to the benefits such devices can bring. The pre amps that magnify the sound from the mic should have little or virtually noise and the tonal range should be wide, and we decided that in order to improve our video offering by leaps and bounds, we would upgrade our audio recording capability.

After a lot of research, we purchased a new Tascam PD-H6 solid state broadcast audio recorder, only slightly larger in physical size to the typical device,  it offers a recording quality that has to be heard to be believed, using the same microphones as before this recorder can deliver a rich clear audio track to any corporate or business video, with so much clarity you can almost hear the interviewee’s watch ticking, all saved to solid state disks at a resolution way over CD quality.

With a series of corporate projects to shoot and complete before Christmas, we look forward to producing the highest quality audio and video to our clients.

A busy two days of photography and video at various locations for BBC TV Licensing.  The shots and short films were taken to illustrate the myriad of different ways that people watch television and streaming media now –

A recent video to be used by Inflexion Private Equity during a presentation and on the companies website. The short film highlights the partner businesses areas of expertise, in this instance CTC Aviation, as well as the strength in their relationship with Inflexion.

Piranha produced at total of five final films documenting various different partner businesses both in the UK and abroad, and all these were used during the final presentation.

Photography for It’s the Agency at Haberdashers Hall –

VIDEO PRODUCED BY PIRANHA OF THE EVENING –

Piranha was recently commissioned to produce videos for Jardine Lloyd Thompson.  These short films were used by the client on a major new business pitch.

Two video pieces recorded on location.  These films allowed subsidiary companies to explain their business in detail at the results presentation to Inflexion’s shareholders.

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Powerscourt held a business breakfast at The Goring Hotel in Victoria.  At the breakfast industry leaders discussed the Irish economy –

Or to see the short film made of the event please click the video play below –

Douglas had the enviable task of photographing all the party goers at the London Fashion Week party at Altitude, Sky Bar in London –

Adrian and Ben filmed the evening to create a complete record, to see highlights of the party please click play! –

Filming of an interview with Sir David King, Former UK Chief Scientific Adviser and a journalist from the Economist, and also a short straight to camera video as shown below. These online videos were for use at an event – a conference organised by The Centre for International Governance Innovation in Canada.