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A selection of our recent stuff
Video production Nice Media
Limited Brighton UK specialises in creative video
for digital applications.
Its services include corporate videos, video production for e-learning,
video for new media, viral
marketing content, video clips for buzz marketing campaigns,
video for mobile phones, video for MMS clips, ... from drama for
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Reptile Day wins another award. Tom's short film Reptile Day wins the award for Best Edit at the End of the Pier Film Festival. |
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April 2008 |
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Reptile
Day screens at the following festivals: |
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March 2008 |
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"Independence". Working for Brightwave and their client, a large accountancy firm, we completed a major production with 22 different drama clips and around 50 talking heads. |
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November 2007 |
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Film Festival Jury gives special mention to Reptile Day. The Italian Science Plus Fiction film festival said: Menzione speciale al cortometraggio THE REPTILE DAY, proveniente dal Regno Unito, di Tom Hickmore. La Giuria ha deciso di premiare con questa menzione il film inglese “per l’espressione sorprendentemente originale di un film di genere”. Roughly translated - The jury decided to award this film with a special mention "for the creation of an amazingly original type of film." | |
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November 2007 |
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New digital TV channel Dave features several of our viral clips in its current series Totally Viral 2. | |
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October 2007 |
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French Broadcaster Canal Plus buys rights to Nice Media short film 'Married Life'. | |
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October 2007 |
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Nice delivers dramatised sequences video for Epic Army School of Recruiting project. Nice Media delivers a series of video clips for an e-learning course for the Army's Simulated Recruiting Environment (SiRE). | |
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September 2007 |
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Award Winner! - we have just been informed that Tom's short film, Reptile Day, has won "Spirit of da Vinci" Award at the da Vinci Film Festival. The festival ran over 3 days in Oregon, USA. | |
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September 2007 |
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Nice
deliver second BUPA video for Brightwave. Filming in
in BUPA offices across the UK we produced another engagement video
with Brightwave for their client BUPA. |
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July 2007 |
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Nice delivers 60-minutes of dramatised video content for e-learning package Communication in Dentistry for publisher Smile-on. Filmed in a London studio with a large cast. |
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July 2007 |
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Nice
delivers BUPA training film for Brightwave. Brightwave
used Nice Media to produce a 7 minute engagement video for their
client, BUPA. Filmed in Manchester and Staines. |
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June 2007 |
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produce dramatised scenes for regular client, Epic. Hired
by the innovators of Learndirect, University for Industry, to
create an e-learning package exploring best practice for interviews,
Epic appoints Nice Media to produce video content for the project. |
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May 2007 |
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Another commission from e-learning consultancy group, Brightwave, to produce the video content for an in-service training package on `Electrical Safety` for energy supplier, Scottish Power. Filmed on location, deep underground, in the Cruachan Power Station, near Oban. | |
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May 2007 |
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Nice
Media delivers dramatised video clips for an interactive
e-learning programme for Defence Business Learning. Commissioned
by Academy Internet. |
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Apr 2007 |
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60 Minutes of Drama - Smile-on, leading developer of applications for healthcare professionals and organisations, commissions Nice Media to produce 60 minutes of video for training CD-ROM, 'Communication in Dentistry'. | |
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Apr 2007 |
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Nice's
Tom Hickmore to direct promotional video for a Sussex-based
educational charity. Commissioned by Hastings-based Film and TV
company, ScreenPlay
Productions. |
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Apr 2007 |
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Reptile Day is screening at the following festivals: - Amsterdam
International Film Festival, 18th to 25th April |
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Mar/Apr 2007
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Academy
Internet appoints Nice Media to
produce dramatised training sequences for Defence Business Learning
- a division of the Defence
Academy of the United Kingdom. |
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Mar 2007 |
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Nice
Media delivers 90 mins of video of live debate for the
Association
of Business Recovery Professionals. Commissioned by Academy
Internet. |
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Feb 2007 |
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Another commission from Capita - Nice Media films interviews with Capita Learning and Development clients for a major presentation in Cannes. | |
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Jan 2007 |
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E-learning
company, Kineo,
commissions Nice Media to film Cable & Wireless
senior executive for internal communications. |
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Jan 2007 |
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Nice Media hired by e-learning solutions provider, Brightwave, to produce video content for rebranding of telecomms giant, Cable & Wireless. | |
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Jan 2007 |
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Felicity's Fixation at the National Media Museum - Felicity's Fixation, a collection of short clips orginally produced for mobile phone distribution, has been selected for the 13th Bradford International Film Festival at the National Media Museum March 9th - 23rd 2007. |
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Jan 2007 |
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Reptile Day at Clermont-Ferrand market - with subsidy from Screen South, Tom took Reptile Day to the short film market at Clermont-Ferrand where he secured a distribution deal. |
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Dec 2006 |
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Nice Mobile Phone Clips on Channel 4 podcast - Our Funky Sage clips feature on the Channel 4 podcast This is a Knife. The programme is a profile of the star of the Funky Sage series, UK Beatbox Champion Beardyman. To watch the show on YouTube click here. |
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Dec 2006 |
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Thumbs up for 'Married Life' - Tom’s suite of viral clips ‘Married Life’, developed for Pimple.tv, is voted No.2 in Larry Clarke’s Destricted competition run by the independent filmmakers network, Shootingpeople.org and will be shown in the 'Halloween' festival at London's ICA on January 13th 2007. | |
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Nov 2006 |
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Nice Media appointed by Academy Internet on behalf of The Association of Business Recovery Professionals to produce video content for an e-learning project. | |
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Nov 2006 |
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World of Learning Award Nomination - Nice Media supplied the video content for this "Technology Refresh" project which has been shortlisted for the "Blended Solution of the Year" at WOLCE. KnowledgePool Group Ltd produced the material on behalf of the Home Office. | |
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Oct 2006 |
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Award Winner! - Tom's short film, Reptile Day, has won "Best in Festival" Award at the CAN Leicester International Short Film Festival. The festival received 425 film entries from 34 countries, so this was no mean feat! | |
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Oct 2006 |
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Fish4jobs - Academy Internet team up with Nice Media for viral marketing campaign. | |
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Oct 2006 |
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Reptile Day nominated again (and again!) - Reptile Day has been selected for competition at the Konstanzer Short Film Festival, Germany from 28th to 29th October 2006. It has also been selected to compete in the Official Section at the 32nd Festival Internacional Filmets taking place in Bardalona, Spain from 17th to 25th November 2006. | |
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Oct 2006 |
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Award nomination - Nice Media's comedy clip for mobile phones, "Felicity's Fixation", has been selected for screening at the backup Festival in Germany, where it will be competing for the New Media "backup award". |
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Sep/Oct 2006 |
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Reptile Day is screening at the following festivals: - flEXiff,
Australia, 23 - 24 September |
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Sep 2006 |
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Nice Media qualifies as preferred supplier - Following an extensive audit by client company Capita Learning Solutions, Nice Media has been validated as a 'Silver Accredited’ supplier for video content. |
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Nice Media appointed by Epic on behalf of human capital consultants, Watson Wyatt, to record a series of interviews with key personnel for their Induction Training programme. |
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"The No.1 Fantasy Film Festival in the World" - the 2006 Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia has selected Tom's film, Reptile Day, for their main festival section, Fantàstic, where it will be competing for Best Fantasy Short Film Award. | |
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"A massively enjoyable film"...."a piece of perfect kitsch"...."[Reptile Day] positively fizzes off the screen at you". These are just some of the comments received in a bogglingly good review posted on Shooting People. Read the full review, under the heading "Invasion of the Animators!". |
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A sell out success - Anita's latest play 'Forest' was a triumph. Specially written for the mixed-ability company (40 sight/ hearing/ learning/ mobility impaired dancers, musicians, puppeteers, technicians, and actors) 'Forest' was performed on Saturday the 22 July... after just one week's rehearsal! It was directed by Brandon McGuire, with original music by James Bristow. | |
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From Romania to Australia
- Tom's comedy sci-fi thriller, Reptile
Day, has been selected for screening at three major festivals
around the globe including: CAPTION Comic Festival, Oxford (5-6 Aug 06) ANONIMUL International Film Festival, Romania (14-19 Aug 06) First & Last Experimental Film Festival, Australia (23-24 Sep 06) |
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Award-winning Drama - Nice Media's co-director, Anita Hickmore, (writing under her pen name Anita Sullivan) receives a 2006 Race in the Media Award (RIMA) for her Radio 4 play, Exiled from Paradise. | |
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Pricked on Tour
- After success at the Edinburgh Festival 2005, Anita's HIV play
went on tour in the South West, performing at the Theatre Royal
Plymouth and the Bath Theatre Royal. Directed by David Prescott. Reviews "Sharp and witty dialogue... a rollercoaster ride of emotions" BBC Devon "Poignant... a deeply moving journey" Plymouth Evening Herald |
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Nice Media hired by Epic on behalf of human capital consultants, Watson Wyatt, to produce a series of dramatised video clips for their Pre-Orientation Training programme. | |
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Radio 4 hatrick - Anita's third radio play, Consuming Desires, broadcast for Women's Hour on 16 May. The play stars Frances Barber as a carnivorous beach hut. | |
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Angel Uplift Marketing commissions Nice Media to produce promotional MMS clip for 3 Mobile | |
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Viral clips are catching on! - Hot on the heels of the first batch of Hoax Video Messages, Nice Media produce two new series, "The Problem With Bob" and "Office Romance". | |
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Making an exhibition of himself! - From 13 April, Tom's "Married Life" viral video clips are being shown at The NEMO Science Centre, Amsterdam, as part of their "Teen Facts" exhibition. Clips can also be viewed online at pimple.tv. | |
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Another award winner? Anita's radio play, Exiled from Paradise, has been entered for a 2006 Race in the Media Award (RIMA), sponsored by the Commission for Racial Equality. Judging takes place 15 March to 20 April, so fingers crossed! | |
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The race is on! - Tom is now at the post-production stage for his comic sc-fi thriller, Reptile Day, but will he make it in time for the Cannes Market? Watch this space! | |
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They know a good thing when they see it - Having staged Anita's adaptation of Alan Garner's, The Owl Service, the Theatre Royal Plymouth has now commissioned Anita to write her very own, original piece. | |
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Dancing dog goes bonkers in Brighton! - Ever seen a collie conga? Take a look at our recent project for 3 Mobile | |
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Nice Media hired by Epic on behalf of human capital consultants, Watson Wyatt, to produce a series of dramatised video clips for an e-learning package on Risk Management. | |
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Jan 2006
Reptile Day shoot
Jan 2006
Talking Heads
Dec 2005
Hoax Video Messages
Oct 2005
KPMG
Oct 2005
Capita
Learning Solutions (Department for Education & Skills). Delivered
January 2006.
Sep 2005
Dream Engine
