C300 camera crew and autocue in Mainz
We provided a Canon C300 crew and teleprompter for a piece to camera in Mainz, near Frankfurt, recently for US-based Carrier. Our corporate-experienced crew from Frankfurt did a great job coaching the talent to give a great delivery.
photo source: Arcalino
Cameraman, edit and FTP in Berlin
London-based Associated Press recently requested several news crews to shoot various news stories in and around Berlin. Our crews shot, edited and FTP’d the clips back to London for a fast turnaround.
photo source: Robert Debowski
C300 camera crew in Frankfurt
Camera crew in Munich
We regularly shoot for RAI Italy and this time they requested our local crew in Munich to shoot at the training grounds of world famous FC Bayern. Our footie loving lads had a great day on the job.
Photokina Cologne Camera Crew
California based Hive Media shot all last week at the biggest Photography Trade Fair in Europe, the Photokina in Cologne. They came from Studio City with Director and DP and we provided a local 4 man support crew including Gaffer, Grip, full lighting kit, Sound recordist with kit and an Interpreter. Hive Media saved a huge amount on transportation and costs by hiring our trusted local lads.
photos: Photokina
Camera crew at the Braemar Gathering & Highland Games in Scotland
Camera crew at the Headis Tournament in Münster
Cameraman and FTP upload in Munich
Camera crew in Bensheim near Frankfurt
US based Kurt Dalziel regularly requests our local Frankfurt-based crew to shoot for TE Connectivity in Bensheim. This time we provided a 2 man XDCAM HD crew with a PMW 200.
English speaking sound man in Cologne
Gaucho Producions in London saved on travel costs and accommodation by hiring one of our local bilingual sound recordists for a shoot they had in Cologne recently. It is quite common for oversees producers to send a director and cameraman to Germany and they then pick up local support crew to keep within budget.
Camera Crew in England
Sony f5 camera crews and drone in oranienburg near berlin
London based TVC is regularly requests crews from us in Germany and this time we spent a couple of days shooting a promo for GE funding. We supplied local talent from Berlin consisting of 2 Sony F5 crews, drone with Gopro, make up and English-speaking producer.
Camera crew in Wales
A golden oldie on our calendar of wacky sports events is the crazy “Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling” competition. We shot this for London based Omnisports and FTP’d a rough cut to them straight after the event, so the world could sit back and have a good laugh instead of hearing horror stories about the Middle East, Ukraine and Cliff Richard.
Camera crew in Vienna for Discovery Canada
Toronto based Daily Planet requested we send our Vienna based camera crew to film the wacky Austrian inventor Peter Mondl. We shot XDCam HD and ftp’d the footage straight back to Toronto for a speedy turnaround.
Video source Peter Mondl
SNG services in Cologne, Germany for Gamescom
Camera crew in Stuttgart

Camera crews in Darmstadt, Frankfurt
Camera Crew at Burg Eltz
Wales-based Green Bay Media requested a crew and fixer to shoot at the impressive castle “Burg Eltz” near the Rhine river in Germany. Beautiful images and glorious scenery (we lucked out with the weather) all made for a great shoot. We shot XDCam and the footage is part of a larger programme called “Castle Builders”, which Green Bay are producing for the BBC.
C300 camera crew filming in Frankfurt
C300 camera crew and producer in Mainz, near Frankfurt
Camera Crews in the UK and Netherlands shooting Bizarre Sports Events
Camera crews and teleprompter in Dresden
Camera Crew in Finland
Bizarre Sports in the UK
Sound recordists in Hamburg, Leipzig and Austria
The Canadians are keeping us very busy and like lots of other outfits from overseas all they need is a sound recordist to complete their crew. Our hand-picked crews all speak English and German so the clients get a free translator and being as they’re local they know where to get the best beer in town. On this occasion we used our local heroes in Hamburg, Schleswig, Braunschweig, Leipzig and last but not least in Salzburg, Austria.
Camera crew in England for the Knaresborough Bed Race
Today’s the day
Camera crew in London
Runner in Düsseldorf
Camera crew in Mainz, near Frankfurt
Cameraman in Nuremberg, Germany
Canon C 300 camera crew in Frankfurt
Sony EX3 camera crew in Amsterdam
Our old and trusted friend Jill Woo from Eye Magic Productions USA requested an EX3 camera crew to shoot a corporate for one of her customers just outside Amsterdam, Netherlands. Its one of the oldest affordable HD camera models but still finds its place on many lowish budget corporate productions, which don’t want the large sensor shallow depth of field look.
DIT, Sound recordist and Make up artist in Munich
LiveU camera crew in Frankfurt
Bloomberg requested we use the portable uplink package LiveU for their recent coverage of the European Central Bank interest rates announcement. We spent a day testing the relatively user friendly kit and then spent all day broadcasting live pieces to camera and interviews. We broadcasted world wide all day without a hitch and can definitely recommend this sng in a back pack solution to all our colleagues
VJ goes iphone
Analogue adieu in Frankfurt
Green Screen shoot in Frankfurt
We seem to write variants on this post almost every other day. Needless to say Green Screen shoots are the order of the day and have been for a long time. This one was in Frankfurt and was somewhat more elaborate than the usual head and shoulders shot. We needed head to toe shots to be incorporated into a virtual studio type set up. We shot xdcam with teleprompter and recorded 4.2.2. 10 bit to a pix 240 for greater color depth.
Sound recordist Frankfurt
WAR STORY is a new, landmark, television series for HISTORY featuring little-known stories of Canadians in combat, told entirely by the men and women who were there.Toronto based 52 Media came back to us again on their most recent interview for that show over here in Germany. We provided a bilingual sound recordist and transport to help the canadian crew out.Always a pleasure working with Bryn and Barry.
Camera crew in Berlin shooting for SPD
We were asked by the PR agency Scholz and Friends in Bulgaria to shoot a clip about supporting the Bulgarian Social Democrat Party as part of the European Union elections recently.We linked up with the German SPD and shot this during a rally at Berlin’s Alexanderplatz.
Camera crew at the Big Sheep Grand National in the UK
This Bank Holiday Monday Hoo Farm in Shropshire attracted visitors from far and wide for the Famous Sheep Steeplechase. The sheep with names such as Woolly Jumper or Welsh Rarebit wore knitted jockeys on their backs and hurdled a furlong to the finishing line. Very, very funny. After the event our local camera crew ftp’d the footage to our London based client SNTV.
Sony F5 Camera crew and Autocue in Bonn
HD camera crews at Böhringer, Ingelheim
The sleepy village of Ingelheim near Frankfurt is famous for its red wine. It is also home to the pharmaceutical giant Böhringer. UK-based Catherine Turner Ltd. regularly requests our Frankfurt based crews to shoot testimonials for her there and this time we shot XDCam HD
Camera crew filming in Luxemburg
The USA based International Automotive Components group requested a support crew for a corporate shoot they were producing in Luxemburg. We sent our Frankfurt based english speaking gaffer, spark, autocue operator and sound recordist to help the main group from the USA. This is a kind of regular request whereby the core crew from abroad needs local talent not only to save on costs but also to benefit from their local knowledge
photo source: David Evers
Cameraman in Leipzig
Conchita Wurst wins Eurovision 2014
Camera crews for hire for the Imex trade Fair in Frankfurt
Sony F5 shoot in Wiesbaden, Germany
We crewed up for yet another Opel shoot this week for London-based Deeper Blue. We had a big crew with tons of gear so we used the incredible VW Crafter to shunt everyone around between locations.
Filming in Frankfurt
Green screen shoot in Munich
Cameraman in Munich for Italian TV
Swamp Soccer UK
Easter shoots in the UK
Our UK crews were out in force again this Bank holiday. Good Friday for the annual Marble Championships bash in Sussex, and Easter Monday several hundred miles away in Yorkshire for the Coal Carrying Championships. We had a variety of clients, the German mega broadcaster ZDF, the London based sports programmer TWI and the international newswire SNTV. As always, the order of the day after the shoot is a short rough cut and ftp upload to the clients for a speedy turnaround
Canon 5d camera crew in Frankfurt
Cameraman from Frankfurt
Sound recordist and Autocue in Frankfurt
London based Merchant Cantos sent a DoP/Director to Frankfurt to shoot interviews and b roll for a corporate film about Pricewaterhouse Coopers. It’s not unusual for production companies to search for local support crews to save on travel and accommodation costs. This is where we step in with our large pool of friendly, bilingual technicians. This time we helped out with a fully equipped sound recordist and teleprompter operator.
Cameraman, Sound recordist and Autocue in Frankfurt
Sound recordist and fixer in Berlin
London-based Darlow Smithson Productions required a support crew for a week long documentary they were doing about the Berlin wall. They saved not only on travel and accommodation costs by taking a local crew, they also benefitted from our guy’s local knowledge and translation skills. We provided a driver/fixer, van and sound recordist with kit.