Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Our New Crewing Assistant



The Crewing Company would like to welcome Katie Shoukry to the team. Katie is our new Crewing Assistant and will be working directly with our freelance talent to make sure they get the very most out of their relationship with us.

If you are one of our freelancers please feel free to contact Katie at the Pinewood Office on 01753 655 300 or alternatively, you can email her at katie.shoukry@thecrewingcompany.com 

Thursday, 11 November 2010

Sony PMW-500 Now Here!

The PMW-500 combines the exceptional picture quality of the PDW-700 with the operational flexibility of recording onto solid state SxS memory card. The PMW-500 is equipped with three 2/3” Power HAD FX CCD image sensors and can record both 1080 and 720 HD pictures at 50 Mb/s. It is ideal for broadcasters, rental companies and freelancers looking for a versatile memory based camcorder.

The PMW-500 has two slots for recording onto SxS Memory Card.

Other key features of the PMW-500 camcorder include:

•XDCAM HD422 codec for exceptional picture quality at low data rate.

•Switchable between MXF and MP4 for recording in XDCAM HD422, XDCAM HD and XDCAM EX modes.

•Option to record MPEG IMX and DVCAM material allowing users to migrate to HD at their own pace.

•Interoperability with major NLE systems enabling smooth workflow migration.

•Lower power consumption for extended record time during shooting.

•Four channels of uncompressed 48 kHz digital audio.

CALL NOW FOR PRICES!

Monday, 8 November 2010

WANTED: Crewing Assistant

An exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and rapidly expanding organisation supplying recruitment and crewing services to the creative industries.


Responsibilities include:

- Establishing and maintaining excellent relationships with creative talent.
- Understanding and reporting on the requirements of creative talent.
- Ensuring availability, CVs and showreels are up to date for all creatives.
- Communicating company activities to creative community.
- Supporting the recruitment, crewing and hire teams.
- Helping to organise training and networking events.
- Taking phone calls and forwarding them to the correct departments.

You will be:

- Enthusiastic about all aspects of your work.
- IT Literate and an experienced user of social media.
- An excellent communicator both verbally and written.
- Able to establish and maintain excellent realtionships with creatives.
- Ambitious and motivated.
- Looking for a real career opportunity and not just another job.
- Happy to work at either Pinewood or Hackney
- Excited about our plans for the future.

See our Vacancies page for more details