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4 days, 50 live acts and a Tiger - jobs don’t get much more manic than this.

The Blackpool Magic Convention is the largest in the world, showcasing over 100 UK and international magic dealers, close-up magicians, lecturers and stage performers.

Working with ASETS a production company based in Blackpool, WaveFX provided camera support for all the live acts throughout the day and a 3 camera setup and live mix for the Grand Gala show.

Mobas a design company in Cambridge commissioned our 3D animators to create a 3 minutes video depicting the history of technology over the last 100 years.

We used one of our 3D templates which can be found at www.3dav.com

Our video template service is a unique new way to create high impact opening videos for your event, conference, plasma screen or video production. Simply choose a video template and send us your images...

Internet streaming today is perceived as incredibly complicated and expensive.  We think we buck the trend as our solution is extremely cost effective and packed full of interactive features that are included absolutely free.

Download our latest pdf guide and 2012 prices here

It’s time to blur everything.... The new Voigtländer Nokton 25mm lens is amazing and available to hire with our Panasonic AF101 – below is a frame grab direct from the camera with no post production at all

For some time now we’ve been a little obsessed with depth of field and blurring backgrounds most of this addiction has been in post production using Red Giant Magic bullet and a great plug-in from NewBlue.  

But now with the Voigtlander's Nokton 25mm f/0.95 Micro Four Thirds Lens which has an extraordinarily wide maximum aperture of f/0.95 we really can achieve that filmic look directly in the camera. This new lens really does create some striking imagery and it works well with our Sony EX3 and Panasonic AF101

To be honest it’s hard to get that excited over a lens and we appreciate this hasn’t been a very informative or techy blog – but what we can say is this lens will be superb for interviews and close-up work and we look forward to another year of obsessive blurring  (I know it’s not healthy)

With our new TriCaster 450, we can simultaneously project, live stream, broadcast and record HD events and conferences at a very low cost - its basically a conference in a box

No need for loads of AV gear and crew, a single WaveFX operator can switch between four live cameras, PowerPoint, webpage’s and any other media delivering a TV quality production without the big budget cost

Edits are a thing of the past; the finished production can be viewed and distributed immediately via our custom built interactive streaming website

Vision mixers aren’t that sexy but this really is the future for events and webcasting, please do get in touch to discuss your latest project; we’d love to give you a demo

With our baggage allowance maxed out with camera equipment and laptops we set off from London to Sydney (there wasn’t even room for flip-flops) 36 hours later we arrived and were streaming the Motor Neurone Disease conference live to the world

Our first 3 hour session went really well with over 100 questions being submitted through our interactive website, the chartroom also proved very active but undoubtedly the big winner was the ability to watch again immediately, especially for those people logging in from a different time zone

As ever we wish to thank the internet gods and the angel Rachel from the Hilton who activated our internet connection a cool 20 minutes before we were due to go live!!!

Around about this time of year we seem to spend most of our nights in various hotels on Park Lane, (sadly not socially). This time round it was the AGROW awards and we provided all the live camera and vision mixing equipment.

This was the first show using our mobile NewTek Tricaster and it performed excellently recording and mixing HD video with no trouble at all.

The Walkers Three Great Reasons Fresh Hot Crisp Tour will be out and about around the country from 29th August to 29th October giving people the chance to enjoy the amazing taste of freshly cooked, hot Walkers crisps

WaveFX filmed the action, and edited the footage down to a very punchy 2 minute experiential campaign video – now showing on various social media websites

Industry achievements across the board were celebrated in style at the 7th Annual Scrip Awards at London's Grosvenor House.  The ceremony, hosted by broadcaster and political commentator Michael Portillo, honoured excellence over the whole range of business activities of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

WaveFX provided the live camera and vision mixing solution

The Virgin Media Tickle Tour started in October surprising customers across the country with incredible gifts including a whopping 40 inch 3D TV, iPads’, champagne and TiVo set-top boxes

The tour included a fantastic Virgin Media Airstream and a mocked up A-Team van  - WaveFX filmed the events and the results can be seen on various social media sites

Fully kitted out with the latest in safety gear, we spent the day on a Siemens wind farm filming interviews and supporting footage for their “Zero Harm” safety video.

The filming went well but the star of the day was the £50 wind guard we had for our lapel mic, we struggled in the high winds just to keep the camera steady but surprisingly not a whisper of wind on the tape. Admittedly it looks like a giant bee has landed on your presenter but definitely worth it...

Working with Mobas a great marketing agency based in Cambridge we toured the streets asking customers and members of the public there opinion on CBS’s new brand launch.

The great thing about vox-pops is it totally unbiased and always gives honest useful feedback.

The Motor Neurone Disease Association is a charity that funds and promotes global research into the disease and provides support for people affected by MND.  

This year they would like to ease the burden of people attending their annual conference in Australia by streaming the event live, they also want online viewers to fully participate by asking real-time questions.

We did a test stream at a MNDA conference in the UK and it went so well we’re now of to Australia.

We love the buzz of live streaming and the good news is we’ve just completed a huge update to our streaming site which now has many interactive options we provide free, such as: ask a question, chat room, download documents, who’s online, video library, voting and polling.

We specialise in 3D animation and have come a long way since we first spun a clients logo on an old Mac and waited nearly a week for it to render.

MSN wanted a series of energetic, punchy ident videos to play out before a live concert on their website; we created 6 with footage from various artist such as Pussycat dolls, Kylie and Elton John.

Working with Mobas an innovative design agency based in Cambridge we filmed and edited a 10 minute induction video for new staff of Olde English Inns. The shoot took place in several locations around the country and in total we interviewed approximately 30 staff and mangers.

The biggest challenge in working in a pub environment (especially nearing the end of the day) is to always except a soft drink from the exceptionally hospitable landlords and not the pint of cold amber larger you’d normally ask for.

This was a full video production involving 12 actors (3 children) producer and several cameras, we then created a series of plasma screen video which were translated into 8 languages.

The videos were a combination of filmed footage, 3D animation and motion graphics and are currently being used in all Accor hotels throughout the worlds in reception areas and bars

For several years now we’ve being involved in a series of award ceremonies at various hotels on Park Lane. These normally involve a very early start, rehearsals in the afternoon and a midnight finish. We provide a two camera vision mixing package and an edited version of the show the following day.

Best after dinner speaker yet has to be Patrick Kielty

So that every Mothercare office and factory around the world can share the very latest news and financial reports, we film the MD’s live presentations at their head office in Watford using our Ticaster.

The Tricaster allows us to mix several cameras and PowerPoint together and produce an HD video that just needs converting to a wmv and uploading to the world.

This was a lot of fun - A one hour cookery show featuring a good and bad chef and hosted by a crazy presenter, the shows aim was to show kids what was in their food and how to make healthy choices. 

This show toured for over 2 years and our involvement was live camera and AV support, the show and supporting videos were vision mixed live to multiple plasma screens built into the kitchen set and then the big challenge was then to edit the videos which appeared within 24 hours on the “Get Real” website

To promote the launch of Camp Rock 2 (I’ve got to admit I’ve never seen it) Disney took a double decker bus around the country complete with dancers, presenter, special guests and a huge video wall. 

Our part was to provide the 4 live cameras, outside broadcast solution and crew to record the event and send broadcast to the jumbo video wall.

Malawi is among the world's least developed countries and has huge health issues with Malaria and Aids, we spent a week with Microsoft documenting their great work distributing Malaria nets to rural villages and using their IT skills to network 3 schools and an orphanage.  

It was a highly emotive and challenging shoot and an experience we won’t forget.