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    Video and Audio work for Amnesty International

    Thursday, August 13th, 2009

    We were recently pretty damn excited to be commissioned by Amnesty International to produce a set of audio and video for their annual week-long International Council Meeting in Antalya, Turkey.

    The work comprised a 3-minute and a 30-second video, created mainly from AI’s own library footage, which was played at the opening of the meeting. We also produced a 3-minute audio loop for playing during recess and after closing each evening.

    With the video and motion graphics edited in-house at Zebra, Sound Design was completed by Dan Darriba & Eddie Stevens at RMS and Dom Boucher at The Sound Company.

    Amnesty International

    Online Commercial for The Smoodyfruit Company

    Sunday, September 28th, 2008

    Zebra Crossing were commissioned by the Smoodyfruit Company to create a 60s commercial for web to introduce their new alcoholic fruit juice Twisted Core. Produced by Luke Hammersley and written and directed by Nic Franklin, it was filmed in day at a show-home in East London.
    For the final reveal actors were shot on bluescreen, the visual effects for this were added by Duncan Elms from Soho Editors.

    Please click on the title to view the video.

    Zebra Crossing Film Screening – A Double Premiere

    Saturday, December 1st, 2007

    Room 32Last night saw the first public screening of Nic Franklin’s latest short film, Room 32.
    Played to a full house of cast, crew and invited guests at the Rex Cinema, Piccadilly the film which is inspired by the Jim Morrison poem Room 32 was well received. It’s an emotional piece where the main character is a schizophrenic battling with his inner demons. The lead role is played superbly by Mark Dymond, (James Bond – Die Another Day; Blackball; Dungeons & Dragons; Northanger Abbey). Thanks go to everyone involved.

    Also screened for the first time was the recently completed Music Promo for the fantastic new London Band ‘The Standards’. Filmed in two separate locations, we hired a full size Circus tent and performers during the summer of 07, completing filming in November at Big Sky studios in London’s Kings Cross. The band are performing to their single ‘Needless to Say’ in a ghoulish early 1900’s surrounding.

    Directed by Nic Franklin and produced by Luke Hammersley, big thanks go to the band and all involved, but especially to DoP Joel Anderson and compositors Marc Khachfe and Siobhan Bowers who worked incredibly hard to produce such fantastic results. The promo has been entered into various film festivals around the world… watch this space.

    Music Promo for The Standards

    Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

    We recently completed a music promo for the fantastic new London band ‘The Standards’. Filmed in two separate locations, we hired a full size Circus tent and performers during the summer of ‘07, completing filming in November at Big Sky studios in London’s Kings Cross. The band are performing to their single ‘Needless to Say’ in a ghoulish early 1900’s surrounding.

    Directed by Nic Franklin and produced by Luke Hammersley, big thanks go to the band and all involved, but especially to DoP Joel Anderson and compositors Marc Khachfe and Siobhan Bowers who worked incredibly hard to produce such fantastic results.

    this will be replaced by the SWF.

    Last Tuesday Night

    Sunday, July 15th, 2007

    “Last Tuesday Night”, a short film commissioned by the NHS is now well underway with the bulk of filming completed recently. Final scenes involving people working across the organisation will be shot soon. Completion is scheduled for early August.

    An Aussie Ray of Sunshine Hits Zebra Crossing

    Thursday, May 24th, 2007

    We are totally made up to announce the arrival of a new Zebra to the dazzle (yes the collective noun for Zebra is a dazzle apparently!).

    Megan Herbert has joined us to work in a writing and creative role, which she has already been busy in working on scripts for a promotional film for the NHS which goes into production this summer, and conceptualising a brand awareness campaign for a new client.

    Meg is an experienced scriptwriter, joining us from the Neighbours (Fremantle Productions) writing team where she has penned scripts for the soap for many years. We love having her around and are sure our clients will too!

    Tuxedo Money Sponsorship Idents

    Thursday, February 1st, 2007

    Complementing the TVCs written and produced by Zebra Crossing last year we have also created a set of sponsorship idents for them, to be used as part of a targeted marketing campaign on various ethnic-specific television channels.

    Capgemini Christmas DVD No 2

    Monday, December 18th, 2006

    Following last year’s successful production of a Capgemini Christmas message, delivered on DVD in a Christmas card to all employees, we have again been commissioned to devise a fun but informative film for the comapny.

    Spinning off an earlier production where we took two employees and set them up as talk show hosts, we again use these two characters, this time in a mock up of one of their homes, an ostentatious Georgian building in Grenwich. In a Christmas scene there are visited by various ‘guests’ from within the business who share their news from the year, often interrupted by the drunken butler, brilliantly played by one of the companies senior executives. There is also a cameo from the CEO who appears as a fortune telling gypsy, telling of things to come in 2007.

    It is a pleasure to work with a company willing to have fun and engage with their workers on such an accessible level. Well done to all the talented Capgemini people involved.

    Tuxedo Money TV Commercial

    Friday, December 1st, 2006

    Since helping the new Tuxedo Money Services company devise their brand we have gone on to write and produce through to air a new TV commercial for the company. The Tuxedo Blue Diamond card is a prepaid Mastercard that has been launched in conjunction with Barclays and the Post Office. The process of getting a new financial servicers product through BACC and ASA approval was a challenge we relished. The commercials have been clocked and are due for playout very soon.

    Capgemini CCTV

    Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

    Once again we partner with Capgemini, this time to produce a set of 5 x 10 minute films to be used at Capgemini’s CCTV event. The films all mimic the style of popular television shows, and were screened thoughout the morning at the CCTV event for all London consultants (approx 3000). Starting with the morning news, filmed at spotlight studios and hosted by two of the executive team we moved through chat shows, Panorama style factual reporting, an episode of friends and diary room scenes a la Big Brother. A project where the clients were fantastic at embracing the idea of video as a fun communication tool to deliver serious content.