Back in June last year we started working on a trailer for the exciting new theatre adaptation of the CS Lewis classic ‘The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe’ for EMG and Threesixty.

There was only one snag, which was that there is nothing to film as the show is still in Pre-production.

So we opened the box we have in the back room labelled “epic, magical and fantastical” and lovingly spread the contents into what we think is quite an impressive trailer.

So did our clients like the way we created something out nothing

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The lovely Charlotte at EMG said  ‘A huge thank you for the work you did on the LWW trailer, we’re really pleased with it and have loads of compliments on how ‘epic and magical’ if feels!’

Now viewable by the general public and with tickets on sale why not watch the trailer on the show’s website www.lionwitchtheshow.com?  Or here…

Set the record button for our first broadcast of the year!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00n2ys6

What a brilliant way to kick off 2012, with our first terrestrial broadcast of the year, which we anticipate to come, fingers crossed!

 
Lion Eyes were recently asked to provide Production Services for Park Networks in the creation of a 30 minute piece commissioned by BBC Learning to inspire young people to get involved in creative writing be it prose or poetry.
 
Working with the editorial genius of Mr Mark Gorton Lion Eyes’ team researched the piece, before going into Production for two filming days in Oxford.

This included locations and talent clearance.

Contributors include Michael Morpurgo (author of WarHorse, recently adapted for the blockbuster Spielberg film) and Philip Pullman (author of the His Dark Materials and The Golden Compass). We were involved right from the start, working out a production and post production workflow to comply with BBC HD delivery specifications.
Finally Lion Eyes provided Offline and Online edit as well as Motion Graphics and a full Audio dub to ensure the whole piece looked and sounded as good

The half hour show is made up of interviews and workshops as well as talks given by award winning authors sharing their secrets!

 
Definitely worth a watch, this was one of those jobs which allowed a different part of our brains to work and cumulated in the creation of something informative as well as entertaining.

But you might want to set your TV box to record as it’s on fairly early, do let us know what you think…

How to Write: Produced by Park Networks, Lion Eyes Provided Research, Production/ Direction and full, Post Production Services, Motion Graphics and Audio Dub
On Air: 05:00 BBC2 Thursday 12th January ‘How to Write’
Credits: Producer: Mark Gorton Director: Martin Riley Editor: Craig Leedham Executive Producer for the BBC: Katy Jones

2011 was the year of

the Standup comic, for us at least.

On Monday 14th December, or Manic Monday as it’ s known to DVD distributors, 17 Stand Up Comedy DVDs were released, and this year in total there have been 40 brand new releases in total!

We’re really pleased to say we had a new client in creating and delivering over 100 ads for Stand Up DVDs over the past few weeks

Lion Eyes were asked to aid in the scripting, creation of, filming , music composition and in some cases voicing the ads which range from campaigns of 10 to 30 seconds for TV and 2 minute trailers for Video on Demand and Youtube exposure.

As well as looking after the Production and Post Production Lion Eyes delivered the ads to channels and liaised with Mediacom to ensure everything aired on time!

Look out for the ads for Paddy McGuinness, Peter Kay and Jethro everywhere!

Or just watch them here….

Lion Eyes were also asked to create radio ads for Peter Kay and Jethro’ s November DVD releases. Targetting these comedians’ fans aurally we enlisted the help of our sister company Lion Ears to create 30 second long perfectly formed sound bites as well as 20 second versions for both comedians to be broadcast locally and nationally!

Listen to both here…

Jethro radio ad
Peter Kay 30 second radio ad

What do you do when you’ ve conquered zombies and photography

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Fought off the undead in shopping malls and shared your photography tips with the world

Host a radio show, obviously!Hit computer game Dead Rising’s protagonist Frank West has been a social media sensation since the game’s launch 5 years ago, his latest venture sees him hosting a Radio show phone called ‘The Killing Hour’ with hilarious, and often bloody, consequences his callers range from the slackjawed yokel to

the long-undead.

Mixing Frank’s voiceover with some freshly recorded meat and sound effects, Lion Eyes and sister company Lion Ears were asked to create 2 x 3 minute radio shows for HeadFirst who came up with the creative as part of their ongoing campaign for Dead Rising 2: Off the record. You can follow Frank and his new, pull-no-punches attitude at http://www.facebook.com/deadrising

 You guys quietly give your commitment  and go over

I cannot thank you enough for what you have done so far.  I am really thrilled you are a supporting partner and hope we can continue to discover and develop some
Now, when you are out of your current busy spell, can I ask you if I owe you any money and also whether I can buy you all a drink

With much love and thanks

Janet

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