News

4th December 2014

NEW CAMERA FOR MACHINE!

This is JP shooting with our new Sony FS7 on the Queen Mary 2.

This camera can shoot Ultra High Definition 4K. Super Slow Motion at 180 frames per second.

It is awesome. Read more…

4th December 2014

AERIALS.

A beautiful day doing aerials with the lovely chaps from Aerialtechnics.

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4th December 2014

MOTORISED SLIDER.

For tracking timelapses.

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4th December 2014

STARS IN OUR EYES.

This our other piece of kit-an astronomical telescope mount that can do programmed pan and tilt timelapses.

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4th December 2014

NEW TIME-LAPSE PROJECT.

We have been busy at Machine on a number of things including a long term time lapse project, the results of which we should be able to share soon.

For this we had to get in some new k…

10th October 2013

YOUVIEW AND ALISON STEADMAN

After having been away on other projects (some of which were top secret, hence the lack of recent news) we are back with a bang.

We have recently completed over twenty videos fo…

4th January 2013

FILMING IN THE FAR EAST

While the rest of us have been dodging the rain showers at home, JP's been off filming sailing races in Malaysia. Here he is looking super cool. Jealous, us? Definitely!

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26th November 2012

CHRISTMAS WRAPPING

We have had a fun few months. One of recent highlights was working with John Killoran on a commercial for a leading multimedia brand. Wrapping up Buzz Lightyear was tough!

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8th October 2012

SIR ROGER AND THE RUNNERS

We've got a busy week of editing ahead of us, here at Machine Towers. Yesterday we were filming at the BHF Blenheim Palace Half Marathon and got to meet the LEGEND that is Sir Roger Banniste…

15th August 2012

TELEPROMPTER AND LISA FAULKNER

Yes, this is Lisa Faulkner, TV celebrity extrordinaire working with our new teleprompter kit for ITV. Most people refer to it as an Autocue which is like calling a vacuum cleaner a Hoover! On th…

27th July 2012

SKY MOVIES SUMMER

A new client for Machine Media and a great opportunity to showcase the Nikon D800's awesome picture quality! You can watch the finished video on our Home page

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21st July 2012

SKY MOVIES IN EDINBURGH

The Sky Movies road show hits Edinburgh.

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21st July 2012

ON CAR TRACKING WITH NIKON D800

Not as risky as it may seem, but nerve racking nevertheless.

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20th July 2012

NEW ADDITION TO KIT.

One for the Tech heads out there.

We now have the brilliant Sound Devices PIX 240 as part of our Nikon D800 rig. That is the black box on the back!

This means that unlike o…

19th July 2012

CHASING SAILOR BOYS!

Producer Sam has been in her element, chasing British sailors across the channel! She was able to follow leg 3 of La Solitaire du Figaro, from St Gilles Croix de Vie to Cherbourg. The leg saw th…

26th June 2012

SOLSTICE SUNRISE

Our producer Sam was lucky enough to spend the summer solstice filming in France with three sailors from the Artemis Offshore Academy. Sam Goodchild, Nick Cherry and Henry Bomby are taking part …

18th June 2012

NEW TOY!

Our cameraman, JP is in his element - a new toy has arrived! This little beauty is a Nikon D800, shown here with shoulder rig. The HD camera has received rave reviews and as a result, we've …

6th June 2012

WELCOME BACK TO OUR SALTY SEA DOG!

Welcome home to JP, our cameraman and a bit of a salty sea dog! He's been filming the World Match Racing Tour in Korea. Here he is with Kim TaeGyeom on a chase boat, filming with a Schwem Gy…

31st May 2012

HUGE THANKS TO MICHAEL MAILLING FOR HIS KIND WORDS!

The team at Machine Towers are sporting rosy cheeks today after Michael Mailling from sproggie sent across this glowing endorsement of our work. Thank you Michael, we really enjoyed working with…

30th May 2012

NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED

The new Machine Media website is now live! Thanks ever so much to the guys at N9 Design for all their hard work. We'd love to hear what you think of it.

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14th May 2012

WELL DONE TO SAM AND NICK

Well done to British sailors Sam Goodchild and Nick Cherry on finishing 12th in the AG2R race. We loved filming the start and are looking forward to following your progress in La Solitaire du Fi…