Comments from producers and organisers about how we plan, rehearse and support their shows.
The lighting and camera setup was planned well before we arrived, and rehearsal ran to time. Our presenters looked consistent across all three cameras, and the crew understood the system by the end of the second day.
Martin Padgett · Conference organiser, SomersetAudio was the thing I worried about in a large hall. Speech stayed clear throughout, and the monitoring plan meant we caught problems before the audience did.
Sophie Challinor · Director, live event broadcastClear notes, sensible questions and a calm gallery on the day. The routing was labelled so well that our own engineers could pick it up afterwards.
Owen Trelawney · Communications lead, media companyWe booked portrait sessions for our presenters and the stills matched the look of the programme. The process was organised and unhurried.
Use the contact page to describe the show, the venue and your crew. We will come back with questions and a written quotation for the services that fit.
ContactComments from clients are useful mainly because they point to the parts of a job that mattered most to the people running it. We read them as a check on how we plan, communicate and hand over.
Clients tend to remember how smoothly rehearsal went, not the equipment list. That reflects how much of our time goes into planning before anyone arrives: floor plans, shot lists, routing diagrams and a clear run-of-show. When those are agreed in advance, the day itself becomes quieter and decisions are easier to make. We keep refining how we prepare because it is the part of the work that most affects everyone else on set.
Producers and directors often mention that they knew what was happening and who to ask. We keep intercom, cue sheets and briefings simple, and we speak plainly when something needs to change. A calm gallery makes better decisions under pressure. We would rather say early that a plan needs adjusting than let a small issue travel through to transmission, where fixing it is much harder.
A recurring theme is that crews felt able to run the system afterwards. We write handover notes, label cabling and walk operators through each position. The aim is that your team is not dependent on us for every show. When they feel comfortable with the equipment, they work faster, and the programme benefits long after our involvement has finished.
Production support for television, live broadcasts and media events, from our base in Taunton: cameras, lighting, audio and signal routing.
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