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Posted on November 21, 2024 by - Uncategorized, Over 5 minutes

Training Video

Creating training/awareness video content requires us as a video production company to present technical information in an engaging and entertaining way. Using video to change behaviour or raise awareness around a complex subjects is about finding a balance. Research shows that scaring people with the threat of consequences can be counter-productive. People switch off and shut down from receiving the information. But being able to demonstrate those consequences can be crucial to achieving that change in people’s behaviour.

This example focuses on Cyber Security made for the Welsh Police Forces through Welsh Government.

Service Highlights

  • Scripted filmmaking – A narrative that is based on real life such as this one requires storyboarding and a clear script. We determined what the clear messages are that need to be conveyed. Including key terminology that needs to be used. From there we are able to create a script that can be signed off by the client before moving onto a storyboard.
  • Pre Production Planning – Pre production planning for a video production like this is imperative. We were required to find the appropriate locations and actors for the film. As well as bring on board an art/costume department.
  • Animation Elements – During the post production stage, our in house animator worked to create fake emails and forms to showcase within the film. This helped to add another level of realism to the film as it makes the viewer feel immersed in the narrative.
  • Social Media – Projects like this often require us to deliver short versions of the film for social media purposes. In this particular project we delivered 30 and 90s versions of the film. These encapsulated some of the key, most engaging messages from the film. These were then able to be used across the clients social media platforms.
  • Bilingual – Being a public sector organisation in Wales it’s vital that video material meets the Welsh Language Standards when it comes to video production. When a project is scripted like this creating Welsh version for Welsh language channels is very straightforward.

Like an Egg Productions Presents

Posted on February 17, 2020 by - Our Work, Over 5 minutes

My Favourite Place

In turmoil since the day she left him, Alex is forced to confront the past and say goodbye to the love of his life.

My Favourite Place is a story of how painful it is to say goodbye to your first love. A year since their separation, we watch Alex and Sally reunite in their favourite place. The laughter and chemistry is still there, but the pain and betrayal is quick to come to the surface as they battle to make sense of what happened. A heartbreaking story of love and loss with childhood sweethearts struggling to come to terms with a life apart.  The tragic story unfolds as these soulmates say goodbye for the last time.

A short film written and directed by first time director Kristy Philipps. Set in the beautiful Rhondda Valley and produced by Like an Egg Productions. The film stars Percelle Ascott from the Netflix hit The Innocents alongside the films creator Kristy Philipps. Finished this January it will screen at festivals in 2020.

Kristy Philipps
WRITER | DIRECTOR

Kristy Philipps is a Welsh graduate from the BA (hons) Acting course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Graduating in 2017). She is represented by Hamilton Hodell and has worked as a professional Actor in the TV industry for 3 years. Part of her degree required her to write and direct her own work; something she had immense fun doing. Kristy has worked with high-calibre Directors and Writers on sets for shows for ITV, BBC, Channel 4 and TNT. She has learnt a lot about film-making on the job as an Actress and always had an interest for working the other side of the camera. ‘My Favourite Place’ is her writing and directing debut.

Keiran McGaughey
PRODUCER

Keiran is co-founder and director of Like an Egg Productions. Founded in 2010 Like an Egg are a small passionate team of filmmakers proudly based in the South Wales Valleys. They specialise in telling engaging cinematic stories through online branded content. This includes campaigns for Welsh Government, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and Macmillan Cancer Research. Over the years Like an Egg have achieved a reputation for making the impossible possible collaborating with other filmmakers. Keiran has produced projects in collaboration with award winning directors including Kieran Evans, Craig Roberts and Clare Sturges.

Keiran is graduate of the International Film School of Wales. Much of his most recent work has been factual based but 2020 marks a return to producing fiction films.

LOCATION STILLS

BEHIND THE SCENES STILLS

CREDITS

Alex – Percelle Ascott
Sally  – Kristy Philipps

Written and directed by Kristy Philipps
Produced by Keiran McGaughey

Director of Photography –  Christopher Jacobi
Production Designer – Kate Teal-Spicer
1st Assistant Director – Chis McGaughey
Editor – Atlanta Swannack
Sound Designer – Nicholas Davies
Colourist – Rob Godwin
B-Camera  – Luke Jones
Sound Recordist – Sam Morgan
Sound Design at Hoot Studios
Camera Equipment – Fims@59

SPECIAL THANKS

Lewis Arnold
Elizabeth Philipps
Alyse Mccamish
Lewis Coster

THE ARBORIST – A BFI NETWORK SHORT FILM

Posted on November 25, 2019 by - Featured, Our Work, Over 5 minutes

Laura faces an impossible choice when she discovers her twin’s memorial tree is dying.

When tree surgeon Laura discovers her twin sister’s commemorative oak is dying, she returns to their childhood home seeking the threads of connection. Here she must repair broken bonds with her estranged brother Joe before she can say goodbye to Eloise. The Arborist is a story about how painful, difficult and necessary it is to accept the death of a loved one – how grief stays with us and can reawaken. At these times, how do we learn to live with it again?

An original narrative short written and directed by BAFTA Cymru-winning director Clare Sturges, in association with BFI.Network, Ffilm Cymru Wales and BBC Wales. Produced by Keiran McGaughey at Like An Egg Productions. Starring Catrin Stewart and Rhodri Meilir, the film will screen at film festivals in 2020, and tx on BBC Wales. Shot on location in the Gower and Pontypridd, South Wales, across four days in May 2019.  

PRESS KIT
Download The Arborist EPK

Clare Sturges
WRITER | DIRECTOR

Clare is an award-winning director drawn to intimate stories that speak to our shared humanity. Her filmmaking experience spans documentary, factual storytelling and shortform theatre. She has helped some of the world’s best-known brands to tell their stories as a freelance copywriter, scriptwriter and director. Her work has screened at international festivals including Ireland’s Oscar-qualifying Foyle Film Festival, Los Angeles Women’s Independent Film Festival, London’s East End Film Festival and the Women’s International Film Festival in Hollywood. It has found international distribution through ABC Australia, DVD release and iTunes. She is an Associate Member of BAFTA and qualified with the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Clare is the recipient of a Diverse Cymru bursary in partnership with Screen Skills and the High-end TV Levy Fund and a private training grant to support her development as a director of scripted work. In 2015 Clare won the BAFTA Cymru Breakthrough Award for her documentary Sexwork Love & Mr Right. In 2016 she won the BAFTA Cymru Short Film Award for My Brief Eternity, in collaboration with Like An Egg, which was nominated for awards at London Short Film Festival and the UK Film Festival. My Brief Eternity was longlisted for a British Independent Film Award in 2016 and the EE BAFTA for British Short Film 2017.

 

Keiran McGaughey
PRODUCER

Keiran is co-founder and director of Like an Egg Productions. Founded in 2010 Like an Egg are a small passionate team of filmmakers proudly based in the South Wales Valleys. They specialise in telling engaging cinematic stories through online branded content. This includes campaigns for Welsh Government, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and Macmillan Cancer Research. Over the years Like an Egg have achieved a reputation for making the impossible possible collaborating with other filmmakers. Keiran has produced projects in collaboration with award winning directors including Kieran Evans, Craig Roberts and Clare Sturges. 

Keiran is graduate of the International Film School of Wales. Much of his most recent work has been factual based but 2020 marks a return to producing fiction films.

 

LOCATION STILLS

 

 

BEHIND THE SCENES STILLS

 

 

CREDITS

Laura Crawford – Catrin Stewart
Joe Crawford  – Rhodri Meilir
Eloise May Crawford – Tori Lyons
Doctor – Nicholas McGaughey

Written and directed by Clare Sturges
Produced by Keiran McGaughey
Executive Producers Kimberley Warner for Ffilm Cymru Wales
Christina Macaulay for BBC Wales

Director of Photography –  Christopher Jacobi
Production Designer – Grace Mahony
Costume Designer –  Sarah Jane-Perez
Hair and Make Up Designer – Jodie Gibson
Casting Director – Hannah Marie Williams
1st Assistant Director – Emyr Rees
Editor – Chris McGaughey
Original Score – Samuel Barnes
Sound Designer – Nicholas Davies
Colourist – Rob Godwin
Flame Artist – Glenn Collict
Script Supervisor – Chiara Carbonara
2nd Assistant Directors  – Ani Hoskins and Jordan Sheehy
Steadicam Operator  – Tom Mcmahon
Clapper Loader – Tamsin Palmer
Gaffer – Russ Greening
Sound Recordist – Nicholas Davies and Bryn Duffy
Sound Special Effects – Rhys Young
DIT – Atlanta Swannack
Carpenter – Dave Clement
Transport – Steven Jevons
Unit Stills Photographer – Tom Sparey
Arborist Special Advisor – Jo Hedger
Title Design – Emily Merchant

Sound Design at Hoot Studios
Camera Equipment – Camera Movement
Lighting – Firebug Lighting
Flame Suite – Wordley

BFI.Network Wales Manager Alice Whittemore
Development Executive for BFI.Network Wales   Gwenfair Hawkins 

 

SPECIAL THANKS

University of Wales Trinity St David
The Arboriculture Association
Down to Earth
Parc Le Breos
Marigold Costumes
Andrew and Lorraine Rowe
Barbara and Mike Castle
Chainhouse
Georgia Christou
Derrick Harries
Andy Hopkins
Zoë Howerska
Euros Lyn
Lloyd Phillips
Natasha McGaughey
Rebecca Sheppard
Andrew Dean Sheppard
Ann Grove – White
Benjamin Talbott
David Melkevik
Hannah Thomas
Chai Thai
Fflur Dafydd
Dai and Jude Sked

Coleg Plas Dwbl

Posted on March 20, 2019 by - Featured

Style: Online Promotional Video
Sector: Educational
Client: Ruskin Mill Colleges
Title: Coleg Plas Dwbl
Service: Full Production

 

 

Cardiff University Sport

Posted on January 16, 2018 by - Featured

Style: Online
Sector: Educational/Sport
Client: Cardiff University
Title: High Performance – Excel at Cardiff University
Service: Creative Concept/Full Production

Testimonial: “Cardiff University has only been working with Like An Egg for about a year but in that short space of time they have become one of our go-to external producers. The team bring energy and enthusiasm to their projects and bring lots of ideas to the table. In addition to delivering to a high technical standard, they also represent great value for money and squeeze every penny out of a budget. They are easy to deal with and have built up good relationships with clients in the University. Their ability to work bilingually is a massive bonus.” — Richard Martin – Film Unit, Cardiff University