A camera operator and sound recordist travel to the scene and film the story as it develops. They shoot the pictures and clean audio your bulletin needs, with the brief agreed with you beforehand.
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Raw footage is cut into a broadcast-ready package and checked against your specification. We deliver in the format your newsroom asks for, so the file can go straight to air or into your edit.
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A lit studio set-up for interviews with guests, experts and presenters. Portraits and sit-down conversations are recorded to broadcast standard, with attention to sound, framing and a clean background.
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Practical help with ingest, file naming and hand-over routines. We look at how footage reaches your desks today and set up simple habits so material is easy to find and quick to use.
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Portable live-feed kit and a trained crew for reporters filing from outside the studio. We set up on location, test the link and support the reporter while the broadcast is running.
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Short sessions for your staff on framing, lighting and sound for fast-moving news stories. Callum Reid and the crew teach on practical examples, so people can use the lessons on their next shoot.
Contact →You send the details through the contact form: the story or project, location, the format you need and who the newsroom contact is. Duncan Fraser reads it and replies with any questions we need answered.
We put the scope, crew, delivery format and price in writing. Nothing is booked until you have read it and replied, so both sides work from the same description of the job.
Fiona MacLeod plans coverage and keeps the shoot to the agreed brief. We assign the crew, prepare the kit for the location and confirm travel and call times with your newsroom contact.
The crew films on location or in the studio. Footage is edited where the job includes it and checked against the broadcast specification before anything leaves our hands.
Files are sent in the format your newsroom asked for, with clear names so they are easy to ingest. We then issue an invoice, payable by bank transfer.
Tell us the story in a sentence or two, the location with a postcode, and the time you need the crew there. Say who will meet them and how to reach that person. Add the format and length you expect back, and any file naming your ingest system needs. If access or permissions are uncertain, say so early. A brief that is short and exact gets a faster, more reliable answer than a long one that leaves gaps.
Newsrooms differ in codecs, frame rates, loudness levels and how files are named. Send us your specification, or the name of the person who can, and we work to it from the first shot. If you are not sure, Priya Sharma can talk through the options with your technical staff. We would rather check a requirement before filming than discover a mismatch when the file arrives.
A price starts with the service chosen, whether a crew, an edit, a studio session, a live link or training. Travel, crew size, kit and the amount of editing then change it. The details are on the Prices page. Everything is stated in the written quotation before work begins, and an invoice follows delivery, so there are no costs you have not already seen.
Answers to what newsroom editors and producers ask before booking a job. If your question is not here, send it through the contact page and Duncan Fraser will reply.