 | 2008
2nd May
Spectrecom begins work with Blast! Films to make Scambaiters, a documentary commissioned by Channel 4 for the First Cut strand. Andrew Greener will direct and Christiaan Harden, who originated the idea, will be Assistant Producer.
7th April
Matt Carrozo joins Spectrecom in the role of Business Development Manager and is tasked with developing the company's corporate web video sales strategy. Matt brings with him a wealth of experience in the execution and marketing of online video.
4th April
Spectrecom won the IVCA Gold Award at a ceremony at Grosvenor House Hotel this evening for its films for Durham University.
4 March
Georgina Studd’s film, Georgina Goes Out today reached new heights, winning the award for Best Mediabox Film at the First Light Movie Awards held at the Leicester Square Odeon. Along with some of the Spectrecom team who helped to make the film, Georgina met Kevin Spacey, Davina McCall and Bond producer Barbara Broccoli OBE who said, “This was an emotional, no holds barred documentary”.Click here to see a picture.
20 January
Spectrecom has entered the IVCA awards in a number of categories and will be taking a table at the awards ceremony in April.
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2007
18 December
A busy month for the team, where the studio was almost fully booked out and new commissions were won with Abstracts, Apetito, Soil Association, Frontrider and Pixemondo.
26 November
The Daily Telegraph has today carried an article about Georgina Studd and her film 'Georgina Goes Out'. Spectrecom produced the film for Georgina, and is mentioned in the article. To read more about the film, please view our training pages.
9 November
Spectrecom wins "National Green Champion" at the Green Apple Award ceremony at the House of Commons.
30 October
Jaleesa Tonge and Casper Jelly from Spectrecom Training's first Practical Film Production course have been invited on to the "In-Flow-Mation with Sly & Legs" radio show to discuss their film "Knife Lewisham". You can hear the interview at http://www.playvybz.com between 7pm and 8pm on Tuesday 6th November.
19 October
Recent Spectrecom trainee Georgina Studd asked Spectrecom to work with her to make a short film for Media Box / Channel 4. The 5 minute film will now be aired as part of Channel 4’s 3 Minute Wonder strand and is the "Film of the week" on the Channel 4 Four Docs website.
28 September
Spectrecom was awarded a Highly Commended Plaque at the IVCA Clarion Awards ceremony in recognition for its short Corporate Social Responsibility films.
15 September
Spectrecom are featured in a case study in the Septemeber IVCA newsletter; only the second company to have that honour, with the previous being BskyB! You can read the article by following this link: Spectrecom IVCA CSR and Environmental Newsletter
10 September
A Spectrecom trainee, who attended our very first production course, is the subject of a BBC article, and also made an appearance on BBC London 94.9 FM, discussing his recent work since.
1 September
Spectrecom are featured in Web Designer Magazine, in a two page spread on the rise of online video. Follow the highlighed link to read about The Case For Using Online Video.
28 August
Spectrecom are now members of the London Chamber of Commerce, premier business support and networking organisation.
13 August
Spectrecom is selected as a winner in this year’s Green Apple Environment Awards. The awards ceremony takes place at the House of Commons on 9 November.
8 August
Arash Sahami is working at Spectrecom on a 3 month secondment to help develop new television documentary proposals. Arash has recently worked as Associate Producer for the BBC and on Channel 4 documentaries (Dispatches, Cutting Edge).
3 August
Georgina Studd, has won a development fee to make a documentary that will compete for screening in Channel 4’s Three Minute Wonder strand, and Spectrecom will be producing. Georgina is a graduate of Spectrecom Training’s most recent Practical Filmmaking Workshop.
13 July
Ben Franklin leaves the studio for the last time today as a single man! He’s off to Jamaica for 3 weeks to marry his childhood sweetheart, Emma.
10 July
Heart ‘n Soul’s short drama, Celebrity Shotgun, was premiered at Spectrecom’s studio in front of an audience of over 50 people, and was hailed a great success. Further projects for Heart ‘n Soul should follow.
6 July
Spectrecom recently placed a series of new videos on the CSR page. Today they were nominated for a Clarion Award by the IVCA. The results will be announced at BFI Southbank in September.
1 July
Spectrecom is invited to become Executive Producers of the Black History Month Short Film Challenge, which gives two short films the opportunity of a production grant.
5 June
New success for Spectrecom Training's Knife Lewisham which will be broadcast on the new ITV local broadband site.
25 April
Spectrecom wins the CiB Award of Excellence 2007 for Lambeth Early Years & Sure Start Scheme induction video.
23 April
Spectrecom Training student wins a NIACE adult learner award.
16 April
Following on from last year’s studio screenings, Spectrecom announces a new film competition for South East London filmmakers, culminating in screenings and an award-giving ceremony to coincide with the Deptford Design Festival in September 2007. Please contact Christiaan for more information.
9 April
Commissioned to produce short film Celebrity Shotgun for Deptford’s Heart 'n Soul. The drama was written during creative sessions taken by Mat Fraser, who will direct the film. The shoot will take place in and around Deptford locations at the beginning of May 2007.
2 April
After completing our second year of business, Spectrecom has made £265k turnover, with expected profits of £55k.
20 March
Spectrecom has become a proud sponsor of the Creekside Education Trust.
16 March
The new Practical Film Workshop training course begins, and is being run for 16 – 24 year old local people.
27 February
Andrew Greener appears on IVCA panel for Climate Change.
5 February
Sarah Gordon has joined the team, taking the role of Production Assistant.
3 February
Competition winners enjoyed a fun day in the studio, courtesy of Warner Bros., where they each had the opportunity to dance alongside Mumbles from the recent animation Happy Feet, via the magic of special effects!
12 January
With the studio busier than ever before (including bookings for ITV4 series WAG Boutique, and BBC4 series Screenwipe), and much of our educational work now in post-production, Spectrecom has taken on a project to produce 80 web-videos for the largest car parts network in the UK, 247 Spares.
2006
11 December
Ben Franklin is setting up a new screenwriter's group which will meet at the Spectrecom Films Studio for the first time on January 16th. For further details, contact ben@spectrecom.co.uk.
30 November
Shooting wraps on the project for Durham University after a fragmented 17 days filming which started in August. In November Spectrecom was shooting for 25 days of the month and completed editing on 2 projects.
28 November
The next Practical Film Training Course begins, with a brand new group of students gaining the chance to make their own short film at Spectrecom.
24 November
Principal photography begins for King's College London at the Strand campus, marking the start of work on 4 new films for the university. Shooting is scheduled for completion by the end of January 2007.
20 November
Spectrecom welcomes a new Studio Manager, Jonny Franklin, as Lee Ticknell-Smith departs to pursue a different career. Jonny brings his graphics and special effects experience with him, and arrives just in time for the Xmas party!
12 November
We have rebranded our website for our professional online video service, giving the site a total makeover. It can now be found at Spectrecom-online.co.uk. In the following months we will be launching yet more sites, for our other brand new filming and studio services, so please check back soon to find out more!
10 October
Spectrecom Training receives finance from the Community Dividend (supported
by the Co-operative Group) for further workshops.
20 September
Spectrecom dispatches a film crew to join SAGA's MV Spirit of Adventure,
documenting a 2 week cruise in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Hard work for
some!
16 September
Spectrecom Films holds the first studio Open Day and Films Screening from 12-9pm. The event was well attended and managed to raise
£124.50 for the Heart & Soul charity. For further information go to Films.
30 August
Due to the many additional facilities we now offer, Spectrecom will be inceasing the studio hire rate to £475 per day from 14th September.
25 August
Over the holiday period we've experienced our busiest month ever, with new commissions for SAGA, King's College London, the CheQmate Gameshow and Nintendo.. The studio was also booked for 21 days, making our studio manager a very happy man!
27 July
Office Manager Pearl Cotterell celebrates the big 50, by taking the entire week off of work. Apologies to anyone who has tried to get through!
19 July
Spectrecom Training receives finance from Fast Forward Grants for further training courses.
15 July
Spectrecom is proud to announce the launch of its new sister site, Stream Web Video.
The site is specifically aimed at businesses wanting to integrate high quality professional videos onto their website.
13 July
Call for entries! Spectrecom is now open for submissions to the Deptford Design Festival
Films Screening. Further information can be found here.
8 July
Sarah Aynesworth and Casper Jelly perform a Q & A at People's Day with the film Knife Lewisham.
28 June
Spectrecom begins its most ambitious project to date; an extensive series of promotional films and virtual tours for Durham University.
3 June
Knife Lewisham shown at the East End film Festival.
1 May
Spectrecom launches it's new Virtual Tours service following requests for this growing form of media from the international property sector. View an example of our work (Quicktime required)
26 April
Spectrecom Training completes the first Practical Film Production Course. The students produced a nine minute documentary film, 'Knife Lewisham'. The students also gained valuable experience working on professional studio and location shoots.
18 April
The studio is hired for a TV drama pilot by the Serial Company. Spectrecom fills the studio with it's most ambitious set build to date, two sets, side by side (a U.S. style open-plan apartment and a sitting room).
7 April
Spectrecom delivers 5 promotional DVD’s for the University of Greenwich, having been called in to complete a project undertaken by another production company.
31 March
Spectrecom celebrates completion of the first year in business at Faircharm Studios. Studio hiring continues to increase month on month since the first hire in July last year. April 2006 is already booked for 15 days!
30 March
Spectrecom produces it’s first TV chat show series, 'The Rhoda Wilson Show', 6 x 30 mins for BEN TV.
8 March
Spectrecom Training teams up with Heads for Business to give the Youth Enterprise Programme students an introduction to studio film production.
7 March
Endgame wins the Chicago Irish Film Festival Critics Award for best short film.
24 February
Spectrecom formalises its CSR policy which is now available online: View CSR policy
17 January
The studio has completed its first fully operational quarter, including projects for This Morning TV, Disney, Channel 4, BBC, ITV, Ms Dynamite.
7 January
Spectrecom Training begins the Practical Film Production Course.
6 January
Spectrecom Training announces a new course which begins 7 February 2006. For further details click here
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