After a problematic return from New York, fighting my way out of Heathrow back to Manchester, I’ve spent the past two nights at the Lowry Theatre in Salford for the filming of Greg Davies new DVD ‘The Back of my Mum’s Head’. Looking after two projectors and a pair of laptops while listening to new comedy, on home turf, has been a welcome break ...

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Mission, Nokia’s marketing agency, came to ML Studio to create a spectacular launch party for the new Nokia Lumia 920 based on the concept “Don’t be afraid of the dark”. ML’s answer was to take a quiet London street and turn it into an immersive lighting, video and sound experience for the invited guests. Basic Monkey are very proud to ...

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For a few invited guests, the 2012 Olympic experience was made extra special when they were treated to a culinary and visual feast at the Grosvenor Hotel. The guests walked into the small ballroom at the Grosvenor, to be greeted by a large banquet table, adorned with gold chargers and stunning flower displays. The walls of the room were projected with lifelike images ...

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Following on from the success of Unilever’s conference at the ExCeL centre in London earlier this year, Steven Williams at CSP asked Basic Monkey to design and supply video for Unite, the Union’s rule conference at the ACC in Liverpool. Irene Reed from Frameworks Events produced the event and asked long standing partner CSP to realise the technical ...

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After three weeks, three cities and 64 shows, the new Range Rover Evoque has been well and truly launched to the public. Starting in Earl’s Court, London, then to the NEC in Birmingham and finishing at the GMEX in Manchester, the show was designed to cause hysteria amongst the invited guests with fast paced music, energetic dancers and ...

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This week sees James in Earls Court for the first leg of a three week tour to release the new Range Rover ‘Evoque’. The launch will be one of the most adventurous ever seen with a huge amount of video, lighting and automation. James is looking after the video aspects of the event for Tim Riley at XL Video, utilising 4x Catalyst media ...

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ITV’s National Movie Awards this year came from Wembley Arena where thousands of invited celebrities and guests were treated to performances from Take That, JLS and Eliza Doolittle. XL Video supplied projected side screens and a large rear projection screen integrated into the set and driven by 3x Barco FLM HD20s. James was on site to look ...

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The second part of our project with Visible Partnership saw James at Twickenham Rugby Stadium to shoot a viral advert for 188 Bet. Players from the London Wasps threw and kicked balls at a huge projected video game on the side of the stadium with the aim to hit ten dragons in the quickest time possible. The winner would then go on to try and kill the mother ...

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Today was the second part of Standard Life’s new “LifeLens” product launch produced by Jack Morton Worldwide. Replicating last month’s event, James installed and operated XL Video’s equipment along with Alex Roberts. For this event, Basic Monkey supplied one of the two Catalyst systems required along with 2x Matrox ...

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I’m currently working on a new project with Visible Partnership involving some innovative graphics. We’re providing our top Catalyst system along with all relevant bits and most importantly support to help realise the creative designs. Watch this ...

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