Sooner or later, it was going to happen. A client would start asking if we could cut on Avid Media Composer. Well the answer is ‘yes’ – almost… As with any piece of software there is a learning curve, but with Avid it seems steeper than most at first. The biggest issue is transitioning back from FCPX which is all drag and drop, swooshing about & cutting like the wind, to a more formal track […]
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We were shocked by the announcement that the BBC is planning to axe its regional current affairs show Inside Out and to reduce the number of regional current affairs hubs from 11 to 6. The BBC plans to introduce a new 1/2 current affairs show, but the details so far are sketchy. All we know for certain is that the BBC plans to create 6 ‘super regions’ and shift its focus squarely to the North […]
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So just 2 years after the last general election, here we go again and the UK is off to the polls in mid-December. Already, with Brexit unresolved, this election seems set to be one of the most bitter and divisive political events in the UK’s recent history since, well, the last bitter and divisive political event. At least half the country will be feeling pretty miserable by Christmas. On the upside, at least people will […]
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The film we shot for Jemma Woodman for BBC Inside Out about campaigners from Cornwall joining the Extinction Rebellion protests in London this year is now on iPlayer. Watch the film here.
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Devon based documentary lighting cameraman Andrew Johnstone has a new showreel… Andrew Johnstone, Lighting Cameraman from Andy Johnstone – Wild Dog Ltd on Vimeo.
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We were very pleased to be involved in Danny Boyle’s “Pages of the Sea” project, part of the celebrations of 100 years since the end of the First World War. ‘I was asked to Produce/Direct for my colleague Simon Vacher‘ says Andy Johnstone, ‘and we got some great material to feed to BBC News and also for the 14–18 Now project itself. My personal highlight was interviewing Billy Bragg and it is great to see […]
Read MoreWe’re in mid-prodcuction on our commission for the BBC on Dartmoor. Some of the weather has been stunning and thanks to our drone pilot Jack Gorman from the Really Good Media Company and to our presenter Nick Baker for the crew shots!
Read MoreThe new series of BBC’s Sea Cities is ‘coming soon to a telly near you’. Wild Dog’s Andrew Johnstone has shot, produced and directed the Brighton show. Thanks to everyone who participated in the making of the show and to all the contributors of course. Enjoy!
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Our colleague in Kampala, William Odinga, has just written a very interesting piece about the tough choices facing Uganda. With war in Southern Sudan on its doorstep, Uganda has taken in thousands of refugees and this has put pressure on local resources and on the local population. The region is struggling with drought and there are concerns for the future. Read William’s piece in Sunrise.
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We’re pleased that the new series of Inside Out is on air and we have 3 films in this run, starting tonight with Whales out West with naturalist Nick Baker. After a dead fin whale washes up on the beach at Dawlish in Devon, Nick goes whale watching with Dr Simon Ingram and Captain Keith Leeves from AK Wildlife Cruises to find out more about the increasing number of whale, dolphin and porpoise sightings that […]
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