Trett Films

Very excited that ’s 2024 line up has been announced today with ‘Dial’ being selected as part of the east anglian programme. Norwich Film Festival is both a Bifa and Bafta qualifying festival

Tickets and dates tba.

A really great experience at Royal Television Society’s event last night Cinema City, Norwich.

We showed the recent video Trett Films created for Ian Fleming Publications and told the tale of how that video came to be. Afterwards, along with other agencies in the region, we had an in-depth Q&A hosted by Claire Jermany on what it is like to work with clients and produce brand films.

Thanks to Charlie Gauvain for hosting and great to also hear from Rachel Prendergast 🎥, Peter Naylor and Justin Hunt on their own brand films.

Trett Films were able to collaborate with the amazing folks at Lacons to put together this cinemafic case study showcasing how they use Crisp Malt products in their brews and interact with the Crisp team on a daily basis. And let me tell you, it definitely results in some damn good beer!

Some stills from the Ian Fleming Publications project for with Charlie Higson

The start of 2024 felt a little bit quiet at first for Trett Films but this month has been incredibly busy and June looks to be just the same.

I admit, we don't look very productive in that first photo...

To name a few bits we've worked on:

🎬 Finished the sound mix for our short film "Dial."
🖋️ Worked on developing a new feature film script - exciting times ahead!
📅 Filmed two productive days with Thera Trust.
🎥 Completed the Cumbrian Challenge, raising money for Walking with the Wounded with Flagship and Gasway.
✍️ Deep into pre-production on a new story-led corporate video.
📹 Filmed two days with Crisp Malt and Esme.
🍺 Launched a new video case study for Lacons Brewery.
❤️ Filmed two fantastic days with Hopestead.
🤫 Wrapped up an exciting new top-secret video project (stay tuned!).
🎉 Ending the month with a Q&A film screening at the Norwich Games Festival.

Took me forever to get these emojis all lined up like that.

Popped into Andrew Swallow’s (re-recording mixer on Dial) sound studio at Epic Studios

Really great to hear the film on a Dolby 5.1 set up and see it projected for the first time.

We are nearly there.

We talk a lot about how cinema influences our work in the commerical and corporate video production sector.

Now, it isn’t always as obvious as this and we may lift a techinique or reference and develop it so far that it becomes its own thing but these images demonstrate just a few examples.

With these stills, It’s also not about copying and pasting a LUT or ‘joker style’ present but choosing the right mise-en-scene, the direction, the lighting, the performance, the colour grading and its place in how it serves the video.

It’s also not about shoehorning this stuff in but having a bank of knowledge to know when a particular element serves the story, regardless of the type of video you’re producing.

Trett Films headed to London to work with Treacle 7 to shoot an exciting new podcast with LBBonline - Little Black Book.

In the world of a million podcasts, how do you make a new one stand out? First, do what Matt Cooper did and get a pretty stellar panel of guests with a good topic thrown in the middle. But also this was a podcast about creativity so we thought it should be delivered creatively. The guys featured were patient enough to take my direction for 'hero shot' poses in an alley outside Bark Studios in Soho. We also threw on a wide-angle lens at times, kept the camera moving to keep the energy up and adopted a really dynamic approach in post to make this feel new and vibrant and cool.

Featuring Sir John Hegarty, Patrick Murphy, CARL ADDY and Simon Elms hosted by Matt Cooper.

Thanks to Daniel Hearn and Daniel Jones from Treacle.

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New video released: The Story of Maris Otter. Produced by Crisp Malt

These stills are from episode 1 of a 4 part documentary series covering the multiple
efforts, seasons and planning that goes into growing this unique grain.

Episode 1 is out now on our website and Crisp Malt’s with the rest of the instalments being uploaded monthly.

Stayed tuned 😎

We decided it was time our website needed some proper head shots of the bros behind Trett that also really show off our brand and everything we are into.

With Art Direction from Sonia Soomessur, local photographer Kate Bryan shot these wondeful cinematic snaps which we can now use across our website and any press release of future TF productions.

Moody eh?

Check out this cool behind-the-scenes glimpse of a School of Marketing brand film featuring the talented Tyreese Ross.

The video explores how an apprentice can totally shake things up for a small business and turn their marketing game around. Plus, we're did it all in the beautiful and camera-friendly city of Norwich.

Head to our site and catch the full film now!

Fermenting filmmakers 🍺

A behind the scenes look from a few weeks
ago when we travelled to brewery to film a little case study video starring their key brewers.

A very great and welcoming team!👭👬👫🍻

Keep an eye out for the final results…🎬

Throwback to snowy London where Trett Films once again were able to collaborate with B2E Media and shoot some short films for Lloyd’s Bank ❄️🌨️

This was a run and gun type filming but the results came back very unique.

Filming in the cold is always fun right? (mattys hands are infact still frozen to the camera rig)🥶

Storyboards can be the backbone of your production. Outlining ideas into a reality that can be understood by client, cast and crew 🎥🎬

Super proud of this. The campaign we produced the video content for with Apprenticeships Norfolk has won TWO gold awards in the regional CIPR awards! 🏆🏆

Anyone who has ever listened to us talk about our work knows we always go on and on (sorry) about making our projects feel 'cinematic'. 🎬

But what the heck does that even mean??? 🤷‍♂️

Here's a few examples of projects where we've referenced some frames from other films. Sometimes it's not just all about the composition, it can be the look and feel of a certain filmmaker.

The important thing here is that it still fits with the video we are creating and make it our own, but it's always fun to hide these little nods to some of our favourite movies.