Find an award-winning crew for your Manchester video production
What does it take to produce a great corporate video today? With so many companies using video as a marketing tool, your organization should focus on making better, more visually impressive content than competitors. This can mean including outdoor shots filmed on location. But where can you turn for a reliable destination to capture these shots? Companies in the U.K., especially those in the North West, can find what they’re looking for in Manchester.
Manchester is a versatile city, one that has become popular with film and TV crews and can have the same appeal for corporate video productions. Sections of the city have doubled for New York on film, and Manchester has also served as a stand-in for contemporary and historic London. If you’d rather have Manchester appear as itself, you can film in Heaton Park, on Canal Street or at the new Co-op Live arena.
The TV and movie productions that have called Manchester home include Peaky Blinders, Captain America: The First Avenger and Darkest Hour. By taking advantage of the location and studio infrastructure that have empowered these shoots, you can deliver a corporate video that stands out from the competition. A locally based crew can help you with this process.
What’s the value of local expert video crews in Manchester?
It’s Crews Control’s policy to pair our clients with crew members who understand their respective regions. This means in Manchester, your crew will be able to recommend everything from the most beautiful angles of the skyline to best practices for filming at night, in compliance with local guidelines. Starting with advice on how to get to the city by train, plane or automobile, these experts can guide your production to success.
One of the most important elements of any video shoot is following local permitting regulations. In Manchester, this means not only filing a permit application but also understanding the Code of Practice for location filming. A Crews Control team can help you with these regulations, as well as more situational rules like those around drone filming.
In addition to their assistance with local logistics and regulations, Crews Control professionals can provide more general filming advice. These experts are the best in their respective areas, with award-winning resumes and experience in both the technical and artistic sides of brand filmmaking. Our crews can take the pressure off your on-screen talent and internal stakeholders, while elevating the quality of your content.
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Our video production services in Manchester
What kind of role do you envision for your Manchester corporate video? You can opt for an external video, aimed at an outside audience and designed to either impart specific information or boost awareness of your brand. Popular external video types include product explainers, event live streams, TV commercials, social media marketing clips, documentaries and behind-the-scenes features.
Alternatively, you can aim your corporate video at your own employees. Internal videos provide a quick and effective way to boost morale and engagement through compelling, well-produced visual media. These include popular content types such as custom training modules and quarterly messages from the C-suite.
No matter what purpose your video fulfills, it should have an aesthetic sensibility that reflects both your overall visual identity and your chosen content type. When you work with an expert video crew, you can be sure your deliverables will have the right look and feel.
Our video services in Manchester include:
- Interviews and B-roll
- Event coverage
- Presentations
- Drone production
- Animation and motion graphics
- Motion pictures
- Live streaming
- Panel discussion
- Man on the street interviews
- Corporate meetings
- Behind-the-scenes footage
- Commercials
- Broadcast television media
- Employee training materials
- Sizzle reels
- Time-lapse videos
- Happy-face videos
- Focus group recordings
- Testimonials
- Video news releases
- Documentaries
- Web conferencing
- Red carpet coverage
- Action and sports video
- Product demonstration clips
- …and whatever else you can imagine!
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What’s unique about filming corporate videos in Manchester?
No two locations are alike when it comes to corporate video. This doesn’t just mean filming in Manchester is different from filming in London, it’s also unique from closer options like Leeds. By grasping the look and feel of different sides of Manchester, you can make the most of it as your corporate video destination of choice. Some useful facts to know include:
- There are numerous studios and soundstages available: To accommodate the BBC TV shows and international films produced in Manchester, the area has built up a strong infrastructure of soundstages and studios. Whether you need specialized green screen facilities or you simply want to film through the winter, there are thousands of square feet of studios waiting to be reserved.
- You can evoke centuries of history on screen: When movie and TV producers need authentic architecture from years gone by, they can turn to areas like the well-preserved premium retail strip on King Street. While the street is known for high-end restaurants and boutiques today, many of the buildings date back to the 19th century, allowing the area to appear as a backdrop in series like Peaky Blinders.
- Massive arenas allow for impressive crowd shots: If you need crowd or performance footage, Manchester is ready to deliver. Its status as a world-class city and entertainment hub means there are plenty of performing arts venues of all sizes, all the way up to the colossal AO Arena and Co-Op Live.
- Manchester can double for American cities: Filming in Manchester lets you cross the Atlantic without getting on a plane. If you need to give your video a contemporary or historic U.S. feel, you can turn to City Centre locations like the ones that doubled for 1940s Brooklyn in Captain America: The First Avenger.
With an expert Crews Control team on your side, you can come back time and again to create a rich library of visually impressive corporate content in the Greater Manchester area.
Our Manchester video crews: Experience and gear
To help them get the best possible results, our crews come to every job with the latest and greatest in filmmaking technology. From the cameras, microphones and lighting rigs on location to the editing software in the post-production studio, ever piece of gear has been chosen for maximum effectiveness. This equipment comes from Sony, Panasonic, Canon, JVC, Ikegami, Thompson (Philips), Hitachi, RED and Arriflex.
Manufacturers
- Canon
- Eclair
- JVC
- Panasonic
- RED
- Sony
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2K
- Silicon Imaging SI-2K
- Silicon Imaging SI-2K Mini
- Vision Research Phantom v12.1
- Vision Research Phantom v640
8K, 4K, UHD & 2k
- RED Scarlet
- RED One
- RED Weapon
- RED Epic
- ARRI Amira
- BlackMagic URSA
- BlackMagic Cinema Camera
- BlackMagic URSA Mini
- Canon EOS C500
- Sony F65
ARRI RAW
- Arriflex ALEXA
AVC Intra (NTSC)
- Panasonic AJ-HPX3000
- Panasonic AJ-HPX 3700
- Panasonic AJ-HPX3100
- Panasonic AJ-HPX2700
- Panasonic AJ-HPX2100
- Panasonic AG-HPX 300
- Panasonic AJ-HPX 2000 AJ-YBX200G
- Panasonic AG-HPX 370
AVCHD (NTSC)
- Sony HXR-NX5U
- Canon EOS C100
DVC PRO EX (NTSC)
- Panasonic AJ-HDX 900
DVC PRO EX (PAL)
- Panasonic AJ-HDX900E
DVC Pro HD (NTSC)
- Panasonic AJ-HDC-27H
- Panasonic AJ-HDC-27HE
- Panasonic AJ-HDC-27F
- Panasonic AJ-HDC27FE
- Panasonic AJ-HDC-27FP
- Panasonic AJ-HDC-27VP
- Panasonic AJ-HPX2000
- Panasonic AG-HPX500
- Panasonic AJ-HDC 20A
- Panasonic AG-HPX 170
- Panasonic AG-HPX171
- Panasonic AG-HVX200A
DVC Pro HD (PAL)
- Panasonic AG-HVX200E
- Panasonic AG-HPX 171E
- Panasonic AG-HVX 200E
- Panasonic AG-HVX 200P
XDCam EX
- Sony PMW EX1
- Sony PMW EX3
- Sony PMW-EX1R
- Sony PXW-X70
- JVC GY-HM700U
- Sony PMW 300
- Sony PMW 320
- Sony PMW-350
- Sony PMW 400
- Sony PMW-F3
XDCam HD
- Sony PDW-F355
- Sony PDW-F350
- Sony PDW-F330
- Sony PDW-700
- Sony PDW-F800
- Sony PDW-335
XF
- Canon EOS C500
- Canon EOS C300
- Canon EOS C100
The combination of production expertise with specialized technology is perfectly assembled to help video shoots succeed, and this is the experience that awaits every Crews Control video shoot. Request a free quote now!
By pairing expert crews with technologically sophisticated equipment, Crews Control delivers top-quality results for clients every time.
Some of our Happy Clients
Crews Control has spent the past 30-plus years helping companies of all kinds achieve their corporate video goals. In that time, we’ve strengthened our position as the No. 1 choice for video production services and built a client list that extends from startups to corporations. Over half of Fortune 500 companies have worked with us on video shoots around the world. Your Manchester video production can become the next Crews Control success story.
Prepared, Creative, Professional and on the 10 scale an 11
I’ve been producing and directing videos for Broadcast (NBC/ABC/CNN/C-SPAN) and Corporate for over 30 years – and Matthew and Dan were one of the best crews I have EVER worked with.
Thanks
Dan
The footage was well done.
Just got out of the edit. Tim did a great job. Considering the talent we gave him to work with, I would go as far as to say he’s a bit of a magician.
Thanks for the help!
Jim
Thanks for the great shoot yesterday.
Everything was great and I wanted to let you know that our Executive Producer said the footage we got from the different regions was the best footage he had ever seen come from remote crews that we didn’t have control over. That is a great compliment coming from him.
I appreciate all your help and look forward to working with you again!
Carol