Commercial Filmmaking

The Mpac Group Plc global leadership conference 2024 at Silverstone race circuit in the UK.

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Branding Photography and Video Production UK

Corporate event mixed media production.

This year has started in fantastic style with a commission from the marketing team at The Mpac Group Plc were tasked with creating some marketing around their exciting event.

The Mpac Group Plc CEO - Adam Holland

Mpac chose to commission myself and my new assistant Lucy McDonagh with creating a collection of candid photographs and video that told the story of their corporate event at Silverstone race circuit. It has been an amazing experience to work with The Mpac Group Plc, because of their professionalism but also their level of humanity and grounded approach to us as creatives.

Keynote Speaker Jamil Qureshi and Mpac CEO Adam Holland

This was an honour and such a pleasure to take this assignment on and especially to walk across the footbridge over the starting grid of the race track, where they played the famous Grand Prix song The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. It literally made the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.

The Mpac Group Plc Rock, Paper, Scissors Champion 2024

Since collecting the raw footage, we’ve been tasked with producing a short highlight film that can be shared on social media. We’ve also been successfully wrestling with Sony Records to release the copyright on the song we’ve used and I can’t express enough just how perfect this song is for the film, by The Script and Will I Am, Hall of Fame.

Ron Martin, The Mpac Group Plc. - Outstanding Contribution 2024

Dive right in and watch the film to see what we’ve been working on for the past 10 days.

We're proud to present the highlights film below...

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We're proud to present the highlights film below... 〰️

The Mpac Group Plc Global Leadership Conference 2024 Highlights Film

Get in touch to discuss branding photography and video production for your organisation

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Local Business Video Production

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Northfield Wealth Financial & Mortgage Advice

A local business in Burbage, Hinckley, Leicestershire commissioned me to produce corporate video for them.

The owner of the business ‘Clare Farrell’ approached me with the commission to create two commercial films for her business. We met to talk about what they wanted, so we could share ideas to help each of us visualise the end product within a free consultation.

Very quickly, I understood what Clare had in mind and from that moment onwards, we were able to develop the ideas in to a reality. This part of the creative process is where my skills really come in handy because often the client knows what they want but has all these visions inside their heads. My role at this point is to see in my head, the same thing.

At the beginning, Clare had devised a script that she felt told her customers what they believed they needed to know. At this point I consulted with Clare to explain how it translates in a video and this helped us to shape the script so we were delivering just enough and the right information to entice new and prospective customers to seek more information from them, keeping the video short and sharp enough to maintain viewer interest throughout and to the end with a call to action.

The service I offered also included several edits to the film, so that we could design the production exactly as they wished.

The way this worked was best was with a consultative approach and open door policy. My aim was to complete satisfy my client and this is what Clare had to say afterwards.

Thank you to Paul Hands for our fantastic corporate videos - We were all very nervous which hopefully doesn’t show too much, Paul put us at ease and gave us some great advice and put together what we feel is a professional showcase of the team at Northfield Wealth. Thank you to Paul Hands at Hinckley Photographed.

Clare Farrell

https://www.northfieldwealth.co.uk/

Hinckley Photographed is a long term project that I’m well known for creating locally.

I have approximately a 5,000 strong audience that often buy from me things like calendars, Christmas cards and other artwork. I always promote my recent work to my audience because it’s the best way for me to gain new customers. This helps every business that chooses to work with me because not only do they get good quality marketing material for their website and social media, they’re also promoted to my audience of over 5,000 local people.

I’m currently looking for new clients and need some more work asap. I have a young family who rely on me for food and other essentials. So the the added beauty of working with me is that you’ll be buying local and helping a family to survive through such tough times.

If you have the slightest bit of interest in having a commercial grade film creating for your business at cost effective prices, please get in touch with me for an informal chat asap.

Tel: 07854 956 970

Email paul@paulhands.co.uk




Hinckley Bid's 9th Annual Soap Box Derby Film

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The Soap Box Derby

Hinckley BID (Business Improvement District) organise many social events in the small market town centre in Leicestershire every year in what is now becoming an historic tradition.

I was commissioned to create a short film of the whole event and arrived early on the Sunday morning of the race day.  The first thing I encountered was the huge numbers of entrants hanging around in the pits, tinkering around and putting the final touches towards their carts.

The Soap Box Derby is a timed solo race down Castle Street which is a large hill named after a small Mott and Bailey that centered in Hinckley many years ago.  Castle Street is a long downhill gradient and the course is manufactured with a chicane and a ramp with a large stopping and turning area at the bottom of the hill.

Thousands of people come to Hinckley from all over the UK to watch the derby and this film is a short tribute to everyone that takes part in both the racing and the organisation.

The commission was to create this short film with a focus upon the event and the crowds that flock to watch and for the purpose of showcasing the extent the BID go to, to bring people in to the town centre and to show how good for local business are the BID and the events that bring the footfall.

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New Website Photographs

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Corporate Business Photography

Tailored photographs designed for your new or existing company website.

Most of my clients need my services to help them clean up their websites, to help support their brands and to promote their business to their own clients and potential new business.

The SFB Group - New Leicester Offices

The SFB Group in Nuneaton commissioned me to create corporate portraits of every member of staff from all of their UK offices in 2017 and then became a returning client in 2018 when they required new photographs for their website and for public relations in the local media. The above photograph was created so they have a strong photograph to use in their recruitment campaigns.

The SFB Group, Leicester Offices

JJ Churchill in Market Bosworth commissioned me to provide a series of corporate headshots of their Directors, working photographs of staff in situ, on site and operating their multimillion pound machines, which are used to create precision aerospace parts as well as product photography of their machined parts.

JJ Churchill, Market Bosworth

JJ Churchill, Market Bosworth

JJ Churchill, Market Bosworth

Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council commissioned me to produce a series of images for public relations to help promote their tourism partnership project, starting with a new Bosworth visitors map.  The image below shows MP David Treddinick giving a speech to the local tourism businesses and other council dignitaries.

Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council, David Treddinick

Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond and Sajid Javid Home Secretary

Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond and Sajid Javid Home Secretary

Morris Homes and the Treasury commissioned me to provide a natural candid style of public relations photography to help them promote the new Homes England campaign to support house builders throughout the UK.  These images were used in social media blogs and on their website, all in aid of supporting positive direction.

The commonality of my image making:

These are just some of the commissions that I've been working on during 2018 and the common theme between all of them is the platform in which the images will be published, as well as the fact that most of my photographs are about people and place and always with promotion and a positive end result.  

In the near future, I have a large commission for local government to produce a year-long series of documentary films promoting how the Business Improvement District support local businesses.  This will be heavily focused on the footfall of the town centre, the busyness and how the BID bring business to the businesses.

I'm a passionate photographer and filmmaker that specialises in storytelling and promotion. Check out my client list and services here, along with great examples of the finished product of my assignments.

This is just a small snippet of my client list:

If you're considering hiring a professional photographer to create brand-specific photographs for your website, social media or for newspapers and magazines, then make an enquiry to discuss whether your assignment and my skills & availability are compatible.

Alternatively, call me now on 07854 956 970

My phones in my pocket on vibrate, I won't miss your call.

Email: paul@paulhands.co.uk

Type One Diabetes UK Commercial Film

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Diabetes UK Type One Events Film

Earlier on in the Summer of this year, I was commissioned to make a series of documentary photographs for Diabetes UK and their Type One Events which if you ask me, are flippin' amazing!

The nationwide charity Diabetes UK put on a series of events all over the Country for children that live with Type One Diabetes.  At these events, they get them doing lots of fun activities, ran by a large group of volunteers and also teach them how to manage their diabetes through shared learning experiences.

They're all such an inspiration and made me feel so lucky to be able to stand there all day, making the film and photographs.  My feet began to hurt towards the end of the day and my legs wouldn't carry me up the steep hill but I had to carry on and felt awful that I considered resting.  When you see how inspiring these children are, it puts your life back in to perspective.

Anyway, I'm very proud of this work.  This is the film I shot for Diabetes UK...

Type One Events Documentary Photography

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This assignment brings my year to a close.  I've been very happy with this year because all the time I've been building my business, I have also been studying Photography & Video at University and recently graduated in June 2017.  So I've only been working in my business full time for 6 months and it's gone very well.  Here's to an even better 2018, and I've already got a few very large scale projects being lined up.

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A Commercial Film Production To Remember

I was booked by Diabetes UK to produce a commercial film, a trailer and a series of documentary style photographs.  They came to me because they wanted the natural candid feel that I often produce. They wanted a sense of fun to help promote their Type 1 events to the children and parents who have to endure type one diabetes on a daily basis.

I jumped at the chance because I felt that working with such a genuine and helpful charity is how I want my business to be seen.  I always offer a generous discount to charities.  This opportunity was to work a a large group of 8-10 year olds who all have type 1 diabetes and these events are designed to help the children learn to manage the diabetes on their own, and to continue to enjoy a normal, healthy and active lifestyle.

They attend without their parents and love every minute of it!

Shooting this film and producing the documentary is up there with the best commercial project I've been commissioned to do.  The children were an inspiration and genuinely warmed my heart.

I'm currently at the proofing stage and won't be able to release the film until it has been finalised but rest assured, as soon as it is, I'll be sharing it here.

Maybe a sneak peak at one of the pictures...

You can click through the logos for Diabetes to go to their website and learn more information.

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Simon Workers Motor

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Here's a short promo video that I put together in my spare time to help save Simon's awesome motor from being to sold to an unloving home.