We spent most of January and February this year working on some films for our new client Rab, who manufacture outdoor clothing and equipment, (specifically sleeping bags) for extreme activities. Alongside Rab are Podsacs, who make rucksacks for climbing and mountaineering. We produced these films from concept through to output, managing the whole process throughout. The films are being launched this week, we’ve posted them below:

The 2010 Catlin Arctic Survey launched today (25/2/10) by project director and polar explorer Pen Hadow. This year’s survey sets out once again to the Arctic, whereby a small team of explorers and scientists hope to gather much needed information on the changing Arctic Ocean.

We created the Catlin Arctic Survey’s launch film, which appears on the home page of their website. The film is being used to promote the expedition not only online but through the press.

We had a great day filming one of the UK’s best female climbers, Hazel Findlay, yesterday (27/01/10) in Bristol’s Avon gorge. Despite the intense cold, Hazel cruised up a couple of tough routes whilst we filmed her from the side and above. We also had Bristol-based photographer and climber Rob Lisney with us who was there to capture some stills of the action. We’re using the material for one of our clients, Podsacs, who we’re putting together a web viral film for.

Last week saw most parts of the UK gripped by snow, ice and freezing conditions. We managed to brave the roads out of Bristol (that’s another story!) and head up to Snowdonia where we were tasked with filming an ice climbing sequence for our new client, Equip. Luckily the freezing conditions lasted long enough for us to set up on a frozen waterfall in the Ogwen valley and film before the ice melted and the rain returned, which it did! We’re now putting together a series of interviews and an online advert.

We braved the snow yesterday (07/01/2010) to do some filming at the head office of Rab in Derbyshire. We filmed a great interview with Mat, one of their sleeping bag designers about an exciting new range they’re bringing out in a few months. We were supposed to be heading over to a crag in the Peaks to film rock climber Pete Robins, but the snow put a stop to that! We’re keeping our fingers crossed that we’ll be able to head up north again next week to film some ice climbing action.