Telewest, with their Blueyonder broadband cable service, has a fast growing network and they called on us to shoot a video for their national staff road shows. The deadline requirement was a tight one, with the production completed in four days.

But that is often the norm for us. First, one day to shoot at Telewest`s spanking new Birmingham headquarters in the Mailbox building. Here their staff handle customer calls and also deal with billing, so it is a busy open plan office.

Our requirement was to film nine Telewest staff talking about their role so that other nationwide staff could hear what goes on at the Mailbox offices. It demanded rapid filming with different backgrounds for each presenter, and cameraman Tim Johnston and his assistant were kept busy moving equipment for each set up.

Companies like Telewest are in the forefront of today`s communication technology and the video needed to reflect that. So creative camera movement was the order to show office activity, with Tim doing tracking shots through the rows of desking.

Then back to the Studio to edit the tapes. The result was a seven minute video which was then put onto VHS for playback at the roadshows, plus a DVD for playout to Birmingham staff on the office`s LCD TV screens..

Telewest is just one of the many top companies which have called upon Vision Associates to shoot their video.