There is nothing that is incredible about the above film. The intro is standard, the set-up is commonplace, and the acting, to be frank, leaves quite a lot to be desired. A fair classroom summary: “boooring!”
Yes, that’s right, it’s time to put your money where your media is.
It was on a day that both the host nation and France crashed unceremoniously out of the South African world cup, the former in a move that was perhaps expected, the latter which came as more of a shock, that the British government decided to spark an equal feeling of national malaise in the UK.
His companies turnover a total of £4m. He’s built them up in just 7 years and he’s only 32. Did we also mention that he’s a successful house music producer and DJ’s at both the Ministry of Sound and Pacha?
We were very happy with how the Serge produced ‘tease’ film on The Big Arts Give Launch turned out. It features both Ed Vaizey MP Minister for Culture and Colin Tweedy CEO of Arts and Business and is currently featuring on both the DCMS and A&B websites.
But what exactly goes into making those two little minutes of film? Well since you asked, quite a lot! Especially when you arrive at a location that is still being built (!) and your main cameraman turns up late (bad Abdi). Check out our special ‘behind the scenes’ guerilla edit above for the full story, and a nice turn from the new minister..
Yes it’s a bomb. But luckily it’s not going off. However, [cue tenuous link] what is going off is the new redesign of the Museum of London and, as the title suggests we were lucky enough to get a sneak preview.
The launch of Google TV is a real game changer. The fact that we will soon be able to use the search engine to find and schedule our favourite programs is massive.
No more scrabbling around the 800’s to find your favourite channel or having to remember when something is on so you can record or series link. Just pop the name of the show you want to see and sit back to watch the whole series in HD quality.
So a couple of things to address right off the bat. Firstly, why would you – especially when writing on behalf of a cool ‘medja’ company – start any blog post with a line from a Cliff Richard song? Well It’s actually not a bad number (controversial – Ed) and secondly it just seemed to fit nicely.
Which brings me onto the next obvious point, why the picture of the tube station- are you trying to send us off to sleep before we’ve even reached the end of the 1st paragraph? The answer is no, bear with me and let me introduce to you my local underground station at West Hampstead.
Is it time for advertisers to take note, improve their quality and acknowledge the intelligence of a television watching public? It isn’t commercial breaks that fill me with bile. I understand that they are a necessary evil to support the varied range of television channels that, as a hemisphere, we are lucky to enjoy. Be they, nature, comedy, sport, nature or sport, this rich tapestry of choice goes some way to informing us all as people, and, forgive hyperbole, are the building blocks of a stable society. If, in order to achieve these pillars of all that is good and right, the idle viewer must be subjected to 3-5 minutes of communicated messages from the black heart of the corporate machine, then so be it. Continue reading →
We are Serge Films and we are delighted to welcome you to our brand new blog. We hope to engage you with a smorgasbord of great content, whether music, film, other media based, or even just something interesting we have found in the closet of the internet, we hope that you can enjoy it all throughout the year with no specific linked Zeitgeist.
We aim to be totally inclusive, and as a result A-Political, however, in acknowledgement of this countries most recent governmental choice, please see HERE for some of the most up-to-date coverage from this *insert own adjective here* election.
Anyway, “satire” over (for 5 years) please now relax, put on your blogging slippers, sit next to your social-networking fire and allow Serge to entertain you with all manner of pretty multi-media content as we both walk, hand-in-hand into our autumn years.
