Pilot boat arrives alongside the biggest cargo ship in the world, the CSCL Venus.
Creative video production
Good reasons to use video on your website:
• The average user spends 88% more time on a website with video.
• 82% of Twitter users watch video content on Twitter.
• Marketers who use video grow revenue 49% faster than non-video users.
• 51% of marketers worldwide name video as the content with the best return on investment.
source: Wordstream 2017
Mike Purdy
Andrew Thomson
mike@cygna.tv•. 07812 995 308
andrew.thomson@cygna.tv. •. 07850 203 974
CURRENT PROJECTS
Showreel
We specialise in helping businesses tell their story using video, Video is no longer a 'nice-to-have' add-on to an organisation's website, but rather it is an essential part of what users expect to see when they go online.
Here is a selection of our work.
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'I have worked with Mike on several different projects over the past 5 years.
Mike is professional, polite and an expert in his craft. He is always willing to share his wealth of knowledge to produce the best output possible and I would recommend him to anyone in need of video production.'
Callum Flemming, Senior Multimedia Developer at Marlins (November 2019)
About Us
In 1988 Mike began in foreign news in Africa, later securing the BBC contract to manage equipment and freelancers throughout the continent.
For over ten years Mike worked with leading broadcast journalists including Jeremy Vine and George Alagiah, covering events that included the South African liberation struggle, Mandela release, and the Congo rebel takeover. He also worked on documentaries for BBC Newsnight and Panorama.
Mike spent eight years as Deputy Production Manager for Cantos Communications and has a BA degree mastering in journalism and communication.
Mike
Purdy
Andrew has over 25 year' experience as an award winning cameraman and editor. Andrew was with the BBC in Africa for seven years, and then spent nine years in London with the BBC filming news and award winning documentaries all over the world.
In 2001 he was the founding production head at Cantos
Communications, pioneering high quality online corporate content.
Andrew has filmed for a wide range of clients and is now a licensed drone pilot.
Andrew has a degree in Economics, Psychology and Philosophy from the University of Cape Town.
Andrew
Thomson
Drone Filming
Andrew is a fully licensed drone operator. He flies the versatile DJI MAVICPRO that offers beautifully sharp, stabilised and distortion-free 4K video footage.
The machine itself is incredibly portable and easy to introduce into all sorts of set-ups, Flying requires registering with the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority), and a fully fledged licence that complies with all current rules and regulations.