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Hurricane Media

01179240773

www.hurricanemedia.co.uk
jon@hurricanemedia.co.uk

Sector: TV / Film / Video

Membership Type: Turnover < £500K

Key Skills

video, production company, 3D motion graphics, crew, corporate

Key Clients

Asda, Alcatel, Axa, Balfour Beatty, Britvic, Bristol Zoo, Canon, Heineken, Hermes, HTC, Kraft, JISC, Michellin, Microsoft, NFL, Panasonic, Peugeot, Puma, SACO, Soil Association, Trident, Virgin Media

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Experts in Video and motion graphics.

With our experience in both broadcast television production and corporate video Hurricane Media are the perfect team to take your project from brief to browser. We create high end videos, animations and 3d graphics and know how to make them work online, on DVD or at an event.

Hurricane Media are focused on delivering creative solutions both for agencies and direct clients. We have made virals, event films and corporate communications for a huge range of clients.

Our sister agency Hurricane Live specialise in video and motion graphics for the events and experiential area. We can turn things around fast and are always focused on delivering cost effectiveness.

For more info about any of our services email: jon@hurricanemedia.co.uk

Key People

Jon Mowat: MD
Jon entered the BBC shortly after leaving college and quickly proved himself to be a talented Director. He became the youngest ever Director at BBC Birmingham, directing network BBC programmes at only 22. Jons BBC career took him around the world making everything from natural history programmes for prime time BBC1 to science and history films on BBC 2. He was nominated for a Royal Television Award for Camerawork in 2004 for his documentary filming with the Royal marines in the Gulf war. Jon left the BBC 4 years ago and now uses his strong narrative and visual skills in the commercial sector. Jon is at the Helm of Hurricane Media and is responsible for both its creative direction and making it all work.
John Lanyon: Creative Director
Former Endemol producer John has a mass of experience in making and producing high end projects. A highly creative individual John is responsible for the creative output of Hurricane and manages projects on a day to day basis.
Mark Smout: Business development Manager
Mark is responsible for building strong partnerships with our agency partners and bringing new clients to our door. He has a broad expertise in all things digital media and always has a bright solution to bring to the table. He's got in depth knowledge of interactive video, digital signage solutions, online marketing and web 2.0 activity.
Dawn Drower: Financial Director
A highly experienced FD, Dawn keeps the Hurricane ship running smoothly and gives incisive business leadership.
Claire Mc Grath: Production Manager
Claire keeps the whole ship sailing smoothly and forms the main point of contact between clients and the studio once production is under way. She has a wide range of skills including budgeting, account management and scheduling.
Dan Leonard: Post Production Co Ordinator
A highly skilled editor and motion graphics designer, Dan also keeps the technology in the studio running smoothly and ensures that films are delivered on time to the right spec.

Business Info

No. Employees: 5
Year Established: 2006

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Asda: An internal communications film for ASDA . Hand drawn animation with great sound effects and clear voice over communicate the ASDA share save plan to all employees.
Peugeot RCZ: Promotional film for Peugeots new hot hatch. We let internationally renowned light artist Michael Bosanko loose on the RCZ and he created a fantastic image using a long exposure and a bunch of torches. We shot the whole process in High Def and the results look great.
Puma Golf: Puma wanted a video to run alongside the launch of their new range of golf clothing, The brief was simple, catch the essence of this punky brand and create a fresh and engaging film
SACO SERVICED APARTMENTS: International serviced apartment company SACO asked us to make them three promotional videos. Shot in their Manchester apartments with actors playing the parts of visitors these films have been sent out to thousands via web links.
World Future Energy Summit: Each year Abu Dhabi plays host to WFES when the worlds leaders and top scientists come to discuss climate change and the future of energy supplies. We've made a range of films for the event including marketing films and overnight edits of speeches to be shown the following morning on plasma screens all around the event.
Worlds 50 Best Resturants: This international event for the worlds greatest chefs takes place very year. We supply cameras and on site editing to provide footage on giant screens on the night and an overnight edit of the event ready to be supplied to the worlds press the next morning. We're interviewed the likes of Gordon Ramsey and Heston Blumenthal along with the worlds culinary glitterati.
HTC Hero and Touch HD: We've made a number of films for major mobile manufacturer HTC. Including a highly polished 3D animation of the Hero phone. We've also done a digital signage campaign for them that ran right across the London transport system. This was the first campaign to run different videos on multiple screens to build up a sophisticated animation of the phone.
Who's Lenny - See No Evil: 'Who's Lenny?' is a documentary short looking at the Nelson Street art project 'See No Evil' and exploring street arts global explosion. The event saw 72 artists converge on Bristol to transform the drab city centre street into an internationally recognised outdoor art installation. The film, created for Bristol City Council, features interviews with the artists, organisers and members of the council to look at how the project came about. It also examines Bristol's wider involvement in the street art movement. We used a number of filming techniques including time lapse sequences, cable dollys and pole cams with the film was primarily shot on Canon 5D's. It was a fantastic project to be involved in and our thanks go out to everybody that made it possible, we truly hope you enjoy the film.
Card Ease Mobile: Online animated video to explain new mobile payment collection solution Card Ease Mobile. Hurricane Media client Credit Call came to us with the problem of how to communicate their new solution in a simple and easy to understand way, that would appeal to their entire target audience. Together we devised this straightforward no nonsense animation to fit with the simplicity and reliability of the system. The video features on the Card Ease Mobile homepage as well as part of an ongoing online and event based marketing campaign.
Haynes - Tiff Needell Launch: A punchy, tongue in cheek sales and promotional video for Tiff Needells autobiography "Tiff Gear" (Haynes publishers). We filmed with Tiff Needell at Thruxton race course which was a great experience - 140mph in a BMW M3 was not something to forget. The film was created through Bristol based Spirit PR and designed for use on digital signage at POP (Point of Purchase) within book stores. A second version was also cut to be used on Amazon next to the listings of the books and a longer version is now hosted on the Haynes website. Videos in the retail environment are becoming increasingly common and making messages stand out from the crown is more important than ever. Working with a presenter like Tiff gave us a great opportunity to allow his personality to come across in the film and engage with potential readers. Point of sale / point of purchase videos such as this can be shown on any type of instore screens and multimedia systems from small LCD's to large digital displays.
Worlds 50 Best Resturants: The Worlds 50 Best restaurants is run every year by William Reed Events and we provided live camera relay, motion graphics and marketing films for 4 years in a row.