Author : cdixon

Crystal Palace Football Club Training Academy 2011

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Recently the BPM teamed up with Media Easier to shoot a promo for Crystal Palace Football Club’s training Academy.

Ukraine Ambassador to London visits Modena Group

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Premier Packaging & Design International Ltd present Kolonist wines at Modena HQ 2011

Wine tasting at Modena Group HQ 27th May 2011.

The Modena Group were delighted to host an evening with PPD Limited (Ukraine wine importer) with the owner of the Vineyard – Ivan Plachkov in attendance.

Other guests included His Excellency Volodymyr Khandogiy – The Ukrainian Ambassador to London, Martin McElhatton – CEO of WheelPower and Chris Williams – the Chief executive of Buckinghamshire County Council in addition to a large number of Ukrainian & Russian customers.

Cannes Boat show 2011

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Later this week we’re off to the Juan-les-Pins, filming for a private client and then to the Cannes boat show. On board filming super yachts and sea trials.

Paralympics at Stoke Mandeville

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The BPM were filming at Stoke Mandeville in July for Wheelpower in the run up to the 2012 Paralympics.

The Finnish International track and field team were over training at Stoke Mandeville stadium. Pictured below, a very tough interval training session with, Leo-Pekka Tahti, reigning world record holder and Paralympic champion in the T54 Class, who will be aiming at a 100m and 200m double.

The Finnish athletes’ training will prepare them well for the forthcoming weekend’s (July 30/31) International Athletics meet at Stoke Mandeville, featuring some of Britain’s best-known Paralympians, including five-times London Marathon Wheelchair Marathon Champion David Weir, competing against athletes from 10 nations.

Buckinghamshire will be host to visitors from several nations in the preparation for the Paralympic Games, with athletes from countries as diverse as Iceland, Slovakia, Papua New Guinea, Uganda and Colombia scheduled to visit Stoke Mandeville Stadium before the Games.

House of Lords

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The Motorsport Industry Association’s Summer Reception is the most prestigious networking reception of the year for members and their guests. It features the presentation of the prestigious and unique “Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Motorsport Industry”.

2011 will be the Reception’s seventeenth year and past winners include; Lord Astor of Hever, Minister of Defence in the House of Lords, Ross Brawn OBE, Professor Sid Watkins, Lord March, Sir Frank Williams, Andrew Cowan, Sir Stirling Moss OBE, David Richards CBE, Tom Wheatcroft, Dr Adrian Reynard, Bernie Ecclestone and Sir Jackie Stewart OBE. The event enjoys significant media coverage allowing the industry to raise its profile on both a national and global stage.

The Venue
Lord Drayson, President of the MIA, hosts the Summer Reception in the River Terrace Marquee and Cholmondeley Room alongside the River Thames, within the magnificent House of Lords in Westminster. Guests enjoy drinks on the terrace of the Palace of Westminster with views of Big Ben and the London Eye making this a memorable evening for all.

The Audience
This prestigious, business to business event brings together over 300 key decision makers and industry leaders from the global motorsport industry. Invited guests include over 90 Ministers, MPs, MEPs and Lords, leading motorsport and business journalists and VIPs.

Iraq

Posted by cdixon at 5:23 PM

Footage depicts insurgents fighting Coalition forces in Iraq and the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri.

I can’t say what I was doing in Iraq but it was very interesting work. Don’t ask how we got this footage. I can’t say.

The Bigger Picture Media interview with MIA member Pat Symonds former Renault Race Director, consultant to the Marussia Virgin Racing team and founder of Neutrino Dynamics

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The Bigger Picture Media Company interviewed founder of Neutrino Dynamics, MIA member and former Renault Race Director Pat Symonds at the 2011 Autosport International Racing Car Show.

The Bigger Picture Media interview with MIA CEO Chris Aylett at the 2011 Autosport International Racing Car Show

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The Bigger Picture Media interview MIA CEO Chris Aylett at the 2011 Autosport International Racing Car Show.

The Bigger Picture Media interview with MIA Founder John Kirkpatrick at the 2011 Autosport International Racing Car Show

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The Bigger Picture Media interview MIA Founder John Kirkpatrick at the 2011 Autosport International Racing Car Show.

The BPM interview Santa Pod Raceway CEO & MIA Member Keith Bartlett on the enviroSportscar Series at the 2011 Autosport Show

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The Bigger Picture Media interview Santa Pod Raceway CEO & MIA Member Keith Bartlett at the 2011 Autosport International Racing. Keith gives us the low down on the new enviroSportscar Series launch at the NEC Autosport International Racing Car Show.

The Bigger Picture Media interview with MIA Honorary President the Right Hon Lord Drayson at the 2011 Autosport Racing Car Show

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The Bigger Picture Media interview MIA Honorary President ,the Right Hon Lord Drayson at the 2011 Autosport International Racing Car Show.

The Bigger Picture Media MIA interview with Jonathan Walls P1 Powerboat Series Director launching the P1-28SS new race boat at Autosport 2011

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The Bigger Picture Media interview MIA member and P1 Powerboat Series Director, Jonathan Walls on the stand launching the new race boat, the P1-28SS from the P1 Powerboat Series at the 2011 Autosport International Racing Car Show.

More than 80,000 people saw Powerboat P1’s new race boat, the P1-28SS, make its European debut at Autosport International in Birmingham last month. The revolutionary powerboat was a big hit at the four-day show at the NEC with both trade visitors from the motorsport industry and the public.

The BPM interview MIA Chairman and MD of Alcon Components Limited Alistair Fergusson at the 2011 Autosport Racing Car Show

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The Bigger Picture Media interview MIA Chairman and Managing Director of Alcon Components Limited, Alistair Fergusson at the 2011 Autosport Racing Car Show.

International Mountain Biking Interviews

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Race Director Si Paton interviews overall series winner Mark Beaumont.

Filmed at the last round of the Halo British Downhill Series 2011. Race Director Si Paton discusses running 10 speed gearing and race strategies with Marc Beaumont. Mark went on to win the overall series in 2010. 2 weeks later he rode from John o’ Groats to Lands End for charity!

Sopwell House Fireworks surprise…

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The BPM were commissioned to film a surprise fireworks display for a newly married couple, Jonathan and Emma. Sopwell house is an amazing venue to film at and is extremely popular with footballers and celebrities.

Seeing The Future. Venturefest Oxford 2011 at the Said Business School and Ashmolean Museum Oxford

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The BPM were filming at Venturefest Oxford 2011. The event took place at the Said business school with guest speakers, keynote presentations and an awards dinner at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Sir Martin and Lady Audrey wood, co-founders of Oxford Instruments plc with one of the Enterprise Awards 2011 winners at the Ashmolean museum.

Glencoe, Scotland. Photoshoot with the personal photographer to a world famous international artist – but all top secret!

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The BPM were commissioned to film a photo shoot with the personal photographer for a world famous international artist (no clues – we can’t say), up in a very un-scottish blue skied Glencoe, Scotland, UK.

His work closely connects 2 world leaders. British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Barack Obama.
His connections are Banksy, Jamie Hewlett (Blur and Gorillaz) and Anthony Micallef. That’s all we can say for now.

Ukraine Ambassador to London visits Modena Group, High Wycombe Wed 19th May 2011

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Ukraine Ambassador to London visits Modena Group, High Wycombe, hosted by Graham Schultz, Chairman and CEO Modena Group and meets Chris Williams, Bucks CC CEO, Martin McElhatton CEO WheelPower, and Michael Dixon, Chairman of The  Bigger Picture Media Company.

BPM work on The Royal Wedding 2011

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BPM’s Creative Director, Chris Dixon recently finished working with ITN in London on the Royal wedding. A busy but fantastic day. Congratulations to Kate and William…

BPM’s Creative & Technical Director – Chris Dixon added to the ITN Consultancy list of media specialists.

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BPM’s Creative & Technical Director – Chris Dixon has been added to the ITN Consultancy list of media specialists. As a media professional for over 20 years, Chris Dixon has worked all around the world. Now he will be able to bring his skills to any upcoming projects working with ITN. He recently worked on ‘Ice Storm’, an ITN special report presented by News at 10 newscaster Mark Austin.

The BPM interview Martin Brundle, Mark Blundell and Pat Symonds for the MIA

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We were there at the very busy 2011 Autosport International racing Car Show interviewing Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell amongst others for the Motorsports Industry Association.

Motorsports, Automotive & Boating Industry commissions…

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The BPM has been commissioned to produce Product demonstrations, Product Launches, Web Video and Events material for several key companies in both the Motorsports, Automotive and Boating Industry.

BPM filming for the MIA at the 2011 Autosport International Racing Car Show – NEC Birmingham

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Come meet us. We’re filming at the upcoming 2011 Autosport International Racing Car Show at the NEC Birmingham. We’ll be on the MIA stand and filming on both the Thurs 13th and Friday 14th January 2011. Interviews with Lord Drayson, Richard Noble; ex Land speed record holder and behind BloodHound the new land speed car being readied for next year, as well as Chris Aylett, MIA Chief executive. We’ll be interviewing Ross Kaiser and Martin Brudle about the 2011 Rolex 24 and $250,000 Sunoco Daytona Challenge. We also caught up with Renault’s former Director of Engineering, Pat Symonds. 

Use the power of video to greatly improve your Search Engine listing and stay ahead of the competition

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How adding video to your company website has proven to increase ‘hits’ by up to 80% and generate new leads…

In the current climate, increasing business competition is high and successful businesses recognise that innovative marketing and promotion is only the beginning. We understand this and offer to meet your needs through the powerful medium of video.

Recent studies prove that video content greatly increases your search engine optimisation (SEO) increasing website visibility, ranking and ‘hits’ by up to 80% and giving your prospects and customers a clearer view of your products and the quality of the goods and services that you offer. It can help your customers find the information they are looking for, and directed straight to your site.

Having video content on your website not only increases the time spent on a specific page, but a trend develops for users to explore the rest of the site, which means more possible conversions for you. The result……you get more business and more return on your investment (ROI).

BPM avoids the snow filming in Scottish Borders

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We were fortunate to avoid most of the snow whilst filming in the scenic Scottish Borders for a top sports training school run by Chris Ball (British Cycling Team coach and UCI Technical Delegate) and Andy Barlow (Scottish XC Elite mountain bike Series Champion) . Clear skies and freezing temperatures whilst shooting around Innerleithen and Glentress. In production for delivery in 2011.

Media Easier Web Video and ITV.com

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“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Chris and the guys at the BPM company for a while now. We’ve worked on many different assignments from broadcast and web video to marketing and viral campaigns. They are always trying to stay ahead of the game and over deliver to all their clients. Their many years of experience really become apparent when working to tight deadlines and delivering quality content on time and on budget.”

Tariq Sheik,

Founder & Owner, Media Easier

MTV

Posted by cdixon at 12:22 PM

Various projects for MTV Networks Europe UK & Ireland, VH1 and Nickelodeon. Everything from Long-form programming to live events, promos, branding, commercials and special FX. On-going projects across the UK & Europe.

A typical fast turnaround short edit for a band. In this case Limp Bizkit. It could have been anyone from Oasis, Counting Crows, Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, 50 Cent, Kasabian, Girls Aloud, Atomic Kitten, Kanye West, Britney Spears, Take That, Depeche Mode, Snoop Dogg, Eminem etc  to name a few.

In that time I also worked with a lot of different talent, Cat Deeley, Donna Air, Richard Blackwood, Justin Lee Collins, Edith Bowman, Kelly Brook, Lisa Snowdon, Dave Berry, Emma Griffiths

and the crazy nutcase aka Russel Brand amongst many others.

Halo British Downhill Series 2010

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Filmed at the last round of the Halo British Downhill Series (BDS) 2010 at Caersws, Wales, UK. Shot on the Sony High Definition XDCAM EX1R in September 2010. Interviews with the guys (and girls) behind the scenes involved in keeping the events running smoothly – the Extreme Medics Team, World Cup Mechanic ‘Ginger’ Rick Keates, marshals and the British Cycling guys etc. Race interviews and bike spec talk with Marc Beaumont (Worlds Edition Carbon GT Fury), Sam Pilgrim (Diamondback Scapegoat Full Sus), Pat Campbell-Jenner (Identiti brand NEW proto-type Full sus frame) and race Director, Si Paton.

Global travel project 2010 and 2011

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Production for a well established world travel company. On going project into 2011.

Pakistan Flooding July 2010

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Our correspondent was there helping distribute aid and filming a documentary to help raise funds for the victims.