wild dog blog

London Calling

Off to the big smoke tomorrow to interview my old boss from days at UNTV, Roy Head for my MA project.

http://masters.wilddogworld.com/blog/blog.php

Looking forward to that meeting and also looking forward to doing some research at the Imperial War Museum, will be viewing some of the old material we shot during the war in Croatia and Bosnia.

New Kit - Panasonic HPX250

Wild Dog has updated its ENG shooting kit and is now very excited to be able to offer the new Panasonic HPX250 camcorder as part of its ENG shooting package. From our production base in Exeter, Devon, UK, we are able to offer crewing for all projects in the South West and other UK locations. Furthermore, with airlines becoming increasing stringent on baggage allowances and overweight fees, this new compact ENG shooting kit allows us to be ultra mobile for international projects - the main camera & audio kit fits neatly into one carry-on bag.

The Panasonic HPX 250 offers full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution recording at an impressive 100mb/s and 4:2:2 colour using the AVC Intra codec and recoding to Panasonic’s P2 cards. The camera is fully approved by the BBC for HD acquisition for broadcast transmission and is the perfect tool for documentary production for independent filmmakers.

For more information on the BBC approved camera list, click here.

Our ENG shooting kit also includes the latest GoPro HD Hero minicam, a short Hague camera slider, reporter lights and a full audio rig, including Senheiser Radio mics. For more information on rates please see out current rate card.

UNTV Blog

Have been very busy adding new stuff to the blog on my Masters project. Currently working on UNTV and have a new post here:

http://masters.wilddogworld.com/blog/blog.php

Master’s Blog

I have just launched a new blog for my Master’s project about “Documentary Film and International Development”.

I am currently working on the next phase, which is to focus on the work produced by in United Nations TV unit where I worked as a TV cameraman in 1994/5 during the war in the former Yugoslavia. Check out the blog here.

New Skin for Wild Dog website!

We have just finished re-skinning our website using a great theme from Vitor Costa at Weaver Themes. 

Our men in white coats and lab specs have tweaked some of the code to customise the layout, but we’re pleased with the results.

Check out he new look here.

BBC film story now on web

Our film about disabled mountaineer Norman Croucher for BBC Inside Out now seems to have been picked up by the BBC news website. You can “read all about it” here.

BBC film on iPlayer

Our new film for BBC Inside Out about disabled mountaineer Norman Croucher is now available on the BBC iPlayer. See:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b017smlv/Inside_Out_South_West_28_11_2011/

Thanks to all those that have watched so far!

Film on BBC1…

Our new film for BBC Inside Out is scheduled for transmission on Monday 28th November on BBC1 at 1930hrs.

For all those that miss the transmission time (or for those of you that live outside the South West), you will be able to watch the film on the BBC iPlayer.

The film follows 71 year old mountaineer and double amputee Norman Croucher from Devon. Not content with having scaled some of the world’s biggest peaks, including Cho Oyo in Tibet at over 8000m on his two tin legs, Croucher has decided to learn to paraglide.

Shot on location in the Lake District in Cumbria and in Dorset and Devon, the film follows Norman on his journey. But at 71 is this a challenge too far for the intrepid adventurer?

For more information on Norman Croucher, please visit his website here.

To find out more about Wild Dog, please visit our website.

Rocket Theme for Rapidweaver

The new website created for Rollin Rachele at www.overtonesinging.com uses the Rocket Theme for Rapidweaver. Check it out here:

http://rocket.focusphotos.com/

The site also makes use of integrated CMS using Pulse and offers a fully integrated e-commerce set up to sell Rollin’s audio work.