At MCN Productions we are always looking for new, exciting ways to help promote your school. We can produce a ‘standalone’ school promotional video to sit on the home page of your website; we can produce bite-sized ‘focus’ videos which highlight a particular department or a specific aspect of school life such as Sport, the Creative Arts or Pastoral Care; we can film a school events such as a Musical Production or Sports Day.
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School Promotional Videos
We make great videos for great schools; every school has their own unique story to tell.
We are MCN Productions, a creative video company
we make great videos for great schools
Home Page Video
Here’s an example of a school promotional video. The film, which includes drone footage, is underpinned with a number of talking head interviews. Everything was shot in just one day.
Focus Video
This is an example of one of our bite-sized ‘focus’ videos. In addition to the main promotional video for MatNatSci, we shot 12 short subject videos for the school. Everything was filmed in 2 days.
Open Day & School Tour Video
Not all parents are able to visit your school to experience it in person. While nothing can replace that, video is the next best thing. Here’s an example of a ‘tour’ video.
Event Video
We were commissioned to film Hurst Prep’s production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ which we did with 5 separate cameras. Here’s a ‘behind the scenes’ video which gives a flavour of the production.
30
Years of Educational Experience
278
Videos made with Educational Establishments
8
Years making School Promotional Films
We combine a unique blend of
knowledge of the education system
with feature film quality cinematography.
We believe we’re different. Our director, Mike Carter, has a vast background in Education as well as in Film and Theatre. He was a teacher of English and Drama for over 20 years before becoming a freelance Producer, Writer and Director. He has been responsible for over 2,000 individual Professional Theatrical Productions and has written and directed 2 major feature films.
Mike brings with him a crew of highly skilled award-winning, feature film individuals. Our combined knowledge of education and narrative film making puts us in a unique position; we understand the messages you want to portray and the stories you want to tell, and we know how to tell them. A promotional video must have a purpose — it must take its audience on a journey and it must excite them.
Quality
Unlike most promotional companies, we come from a feature film background. We use the same state of the art RED Komodo Camera as we would do if we where making a feature film. This produces incredible 6K footage (that’s more than 9x the pixels of HD). We use a highly experienced production team to complete your video and treat all promotional films as we would a feature film.
Ready for Change
We’re here for the long run. As your school grows and develops, so can your video. We secure and save all the footage we shoot (unless you ask us to delete it). If you want to change your video, or add to it, or replace a clip with a new event, then we can do that for you without having to re-shoot the entire thing – so your video stays up-to-date and your costs are kept to a minimum.
Delivery
At MCN Productions we have the experience to deliver videos and films for use in Cinema, on BluRay and for web, so we’ll make sure that your video looks great wherever you decide to show it. We’ll ensure that you’re provided with everything you need to upload the film to your website or display it in your school.
Efficient & Competitive
Our team is built on experience and we are able to maximise our efficiency whilst retaining an incredible level of quality. This means that we are able to be highly competitive when it comes to price. But we never compromise on quality. Tell us what you want to achieve within your budget; you’ll find us significantly cheaper than the vast majority of corporate video companies.
Don't just take our word for it.
Mike Carter
Director
Mike Carter has a vast background in Education as well as in Film and Theatre. He was a teacher of English and Drama for over 20 years before becoming a freelance Producer, Writer and Director. He has been responsible for over 2,000 individual Professional Theatrical Productions and has written and directed 2 major feature films.
Lucas Tucknott
Director of Photography
Lucas Tucknott is an award winning Director of Photography, a Camera Operator and a Steadicam Operator. He has been involved in the creative industry since setting up his own Web Design and Photography Company aged 16. He has been a Director of Photography on feature films across the world and has shot numerous short films, commercials and music videos.
Matt Prior
Editor
Matt graduated from the Northern Film School in 2011 and has worked as a freelance camera operator and video editor ever since. From creating social media content for major UK and international brands to shooting independent feature films, he is an accomplished and versatile member of the team.
Mark Hodgkin
Sound Designer
Mark Hodgkin is a Sound Designer and a classically trained musician and composer. With over 10 years of industry experience working on documentaries, adverts, short and feature films, he works out of his own 5.1 mixing studio in London and also records sound for our films.
Nik Carter
Drone Operator
Nik, from Aireel, works with MCN Productions as our drone operator. There are more drones and UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) than ever before in our skies. Which is why finding the right team to capture your ideas is so important. Aireel pride themselves with delivering the best footage from angles you didn’t think were possible. Nik is CAA licensed to fly drones up to 25kg.
