Category: Corporate

The challenges of languages and a fading ‘O’ Level German…

We had a call from the awesome guys at Unify about creating some more tutorials. The previous OpenScape videos had been a real success, so Unify in Germany wanted to create a set too. Michael from Unify Germany was a real star and made my life very easy by being fluent in the product, and…


Efficient Software Demonstrations for Unify

We got a call from Sally at Unify asking us how many product demos we could film in a day for a tight deadline. These videos were to be hosted on their YouTube channel, and also needed to include an ending sequence that had video links to all the other tutorials. Ever the optimists, we…


#HarmonizeNow – the birth of Unify

Things are crazy at the moment for Big Ant. A big project for M&S, videos for Marketing Derby, The Irongate Group, Optimise Accountants, a large project in completion with Winvic, a promo video for GB Bobsleigh, CGI demos for Tippers and Gen-3… well, you get the picture… Then the phone rings, and Tim from Siemens…


Flashmob time with Siemens Enterprise Communications!

We had a call from Siemens Enterprise Communications to go down to London and film their Flashmob that was linked to their #AmplifyTeams initiative. It was very short notice, and the request was for a single camera, but us being us, we decided to bundle in a couple of others to capture audience reaction. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MirMRWhkS1c[/youtube]…


#AmplifyTEAMS Event at Siemens Enterprise Communications

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjmc-GZGlmY[/youtube] We had the pleasure of working with Siemens Enterprise Communications, earlier this month at their Milton Keynes office during the launch of the Amplify Teams initiative which focuses on the disparate, disconnected communication tools we all use and how these have developed into a fragmented mess! Even as an SME, BigAnt Video sometimes struggles…


Big Ant and the British Bobsleigh Team in Innsbruck – Day 1

An early start at 5am saw a really cold and very frosty morning. Heathrow Airport were cancelling flights due to freezing fog, so fingers were crossed that it would stay warm enough down at Gatwick for us to fly. Luck stayed with us and we took off on time for an uneventful flight into Innsbruck…


Marks & Spencer at Castle Donington and Big Ant Video

We had a tight deadline request from M&S for an event where they were celebrating the progress they had made with their incredible distribution centre in Castle Donington. With only 5 days (including the weekend!) we had to come up with a design, convert and embed miles of timelapse, film in the warehouse, and then…


Christmas is on it’s way!

I know it’s only August, and most of us are thinking of sunshine and beaches, but one of our forward thinking Clients has already has their Christmas video card filmed! It may seem a tad early to be filming for December, but last year we struggled to get all our Clients filmed and edited in…


1,000,000 man hours and no accidents!

We’ve been working with QSC Health and Safety, based in Derby for a while and have been impressed with the organisation, knowledge and passion that these guys have. YES! passion for Health and Safety! When you are contracted to work for Jaguar Land Rover as their principle H&S providers, you need to know what you…


Mackney Photography Makeover and Sheila from Big Ant Video

Steve is our normal blogger, but this time you’ve got me – Sheila! Back in April as a birthday present I was given a voucher for a make over with Simon Mackney from Mackney Photography in Darley Abbey Mills. I had met Simon before and knew of his work both by seeing it and by…