John Lewis Celebratory Party 2008

In March 2008 prestigious high street retailer JOHN LEWIS invited Sounds Commercial to organise a one off, unique event to celebrate ten fantastic years at Cribbs Causeway. The event, a glitzy anniversary party for all their employees (Partners) was held at the Empire & Commonwealth Museum.

A key element to the success of the event was the expertise shown by the in house Sound Engineering team at Sounds Commercial who ensured that the sound quality was first class for an event with back to back live music and presentations throughout
the evening.

Performances were enhanced by the use of intelligent lighting and when “Frank Sinatra” was introduced the venue was filled with the smoke of dry ice as he was “carried” by follow spot through the audience, making his way to the stage. A high energetic disco funk band followed.

The stage setting brief was to reflect the luxury brand that is John Lewis and the team did this by draping the whole venue in twinkling star cloth, providing a grand “red carpet” welcome to the dance floor and producing huge “branded” banners that were produced by the Sounds Commercial print team and rigged from the vacuous ceilings.

The event was compered expertly by a celebrity
DJ, Sounds Commercial once again providing a stunning show.

Additional entertainment was offered in the form of a casino complete with “John Lewis” branded fun money that proved to be the real winner whilst a variety of chocolate fountains became gathering points for many. Delicious!

The Sounds Commercial team delivered this event from conception through to completion and it was a real winner for everyone involved.

Frontier Awards 2008

The studio’s brief was to create a high impact opening video for this years ‘Frontier Awards’ in Cannes.

The video was based around the theme of a 1920’s cabaret show. It was full of lights, glitz and glamour and dancers with feather bowers! To achieve this we did a days filming in our in house studio, against a full length green screen back drop. All the dance moves were carefully choreographed before hand by a professional dancer and choreographer. They worked with our director and motion graphics designer to fit the dance routines to the storyboard.

For the post production stage we decided to use a Final Cut Pro edit suite to cut the footage from the shoot. This was then exported to a motion graphics compositing package called After Effects. Here the green screen background was keyed out and replaced with a lavish smoky cabaret back drop. The dancer was also duplicated in some parts to create a kaleidoscope effect. We took this style further by mirroring the dancer to create striking symmetrical sequences. The look of the piece was created by carefully selecting colours and lighting appropriate to the theme.

The end result took the audience on a wonderful journey through the world of cabaret shows. The piece ends with a finale, with multiple dancers on a back lit stage dazzled in lights. The title of the event is then revealed. A perfect way to start the awards, the opener had the audience captivated from the outset.

Your Live Event Production Solution

I would like to introduce Sounds Commercial Ltd – a One-Stop Production Company offering a complete Communications Solution for your event.

Over the past 20 years, Sounds Commercial has helped event organisers produce prestigious Conferences and Live Events, both in the UK and on a global scale. We are a single point of contact, and can eliminate the pressure of dealing with multiple agencies and the inflated costs they bring. At Sounds Commercial you will find all of your event needs can be catered for under one roof. Whether it’s the staging of a conference, awards ceremony, exhibition, roadshow or themed party, we do them all! From your initial enquiry, through to the completion of your successful event, you will be provided with a dedicated event manager. This will enable you to have 24 hour support for every aspect of your event.

Perhaps more importantly, we will make your job much easier with our highly trained, enthusiastic and progressive thinking team. We will work with you to help make your event not just a success, but the talk of your company!

Our in-house Studio boasts state-of-the-art broadcast quality editing & design facilities.  Our Setworks enables us to build your conference stage sets, from initial design through to completion, at unrivalled prices. Finally our Printworks can provide you with everything from branding and exhibition stand design to delegate packs and name badges.

In producing over 400 live events each year, our team have built up extremely valuable, long-lasting relationships with all of our clients. Should you wish for a reference from any of our clients, they would be delighted to provide you with a testimonial on our services.

We also provide a genuine price match policy in the unlikely event you should receive a quote that beats us on price!