Why Cracking Productions?

First off you are here because you understand the value of video as a communication tool. You don't need us to sell this to you, you need someone to trust with managing your investment and to deliver your message effectively.  You are not going to make that decision solely on the basis of any company's self-appraisal website copy or some over-edited showreel or are you...?  Base it on facts about who will make your video and on real examples of their past work for real clients.  Here's the lowdown:

Cracking Productions is a company formed by the MD Dewi Diesel Evans - an award winning TV professional with over 20 years experience in the UK & International Television and video communication business.  

Before setting up Cracking Productions in Cardiff, South Wales, our MD worked in executive production roles at one of the top 3 global TV Production companies for many years; this included setting up international production units for Endemol PLC in Sydney & Miami. Other career experiences include being Head of Production at The Pop Factory, running a live SKY TV channel, directing live broadcast multicamera programmes, directing film crews (including for Top Gear) and editing Network primetime programmes as a freelance editor in Soho for many years (everything from Blind Date to Panorama). He has also interviewed hundreds of people as a producer - everything from street Vox Pop, on the streets of Caernarfon to international popstars such as Whitney Houston (pictured below)!

  

Our company management's practical video production experience and credits list therefore is vast and includes broadcast work for:

Recent non broadcast clients include:

• Hugh James Solicitors
• Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
• Crazy Eyes Productions (USA)
  
• Alpha Laval (Sweden)
• Cambridge University Press
• Action Duchenne charity
• WRVS charity
• Ove Arup & Partners Ltd
• Welsh Football Association
• UK Engineering Board
• Welsh Council on Alcohol and other Drugs
• Cambrensis Ltd

Recent professional services for broadcast clients include:

• BBC Wales
• Boomerang
• Dinamo Productions
  
• Channel 4
• Endemol UK
• S4C
• ITV
• Tinopolis

What drives us?

We realise and understand the increasing impact that visual communication and marketing is having and have developed our skills to effectively serve our clients' needs here. 

Pictured:   Corporate shoot/edit services for Cambrensis - a regular valued client.

We carefully analyse what you are trying to achieve until we are satisfied that we understand what you need and what you do, inside out.  Strategically harnessing the power of video as communication is a massive area of opportunity for client and supplier alike.

 

Pictured: Race series coverage.

People
As mentioned the MD of Cracking Productions has over 20 years experience in visual media production and has a great team onboard including our Production Manager who has over 8 years production experience.  We augment these skills where necessary by selecting the very best additional creatives and suppliers for larger productions - broadcast professionals that are tried and tested and that we know and trust to deliver your message with us. This intelligent approach enables us to give the keenest quotes and the highest quality.

Our staff are multilingual and we can work in Welsh 'iaith y nefoedd', stin Ellinika, en Espanol, en Francais or of course in any flavour of English! 
 

 

Shooting 'eco' backgrounds for use in a sustainability theme for a Plc construction company.

Our Business Model

Cracking Productions is an intelligent and adaptable company that uses time-served multiskilling wisely; this ensures that your budget goes on your screen - not our overheads or subcontractors'.  We own extensive multimedia broadcast quality production equipment, again making us very cost effective. 

Pictured : Edit 2* - Avid Media Composer 5 HD, running on a 3.3Ghz Dual Quad Core PC with Avid Mojo DX.  Selection of our HD cameras.

Finally -

We operate and budget in an open fair manner that our clients appreciate and that we find builds long term trust - this is how we like to be treated ourselves as a business after all... 

We always aim to give you a fantastic product, fantastic communicative service and all at a fantastic price!