The Show Must Go On!

Live Events - we love 'em!

Capturing the action is at the very heart of what we do, whether it's the directed action of an actor with a perfectly delivered script, or the unpredictability of an event happening right in front of us, it's about making sure we get what's needed to tell the story. Live events bring all these skills together, they give us the opportunity to make immediate decisions and see the reaction - getting the adrenaline pumping and the heart pounding. Everything can be scripted, rehearsed and practised as much as possible, but when it's live there are no second chances!

At JayJay Media we're really fortunate that so many organisations trust us, and choose to leave their events in our capable hands. From simply turning up and recording, to pushing all the buttons, designing the full show and overseeing the whole production - at JayJay Media we do it all.

Below you can find more details about some of the live events we've helped produce, and we've pulled together some of the highlights into a showreel.

Watch the JayJay Media live events showreel

Please contact us to discover how JayJay Media can bring your event to life!

• Hull History Centre Opening

JayJay Media covered the opening of the Hull History Centre by historian and TV presenter Dan Snow. A live feed of his speech to guests at the Guildhall was relayed back to an overflow audience at the History Centre.

• Improving Lives Awards

Honouring the achievements of the many local authority workers whose dedication and hard work helps improve the lives of local residents, this ceremony was a night of celebration.

JayJay Media produced 15 films to be shown on the evening, as well as running three cameras and directing the screen output.

• Wilberforce Lecture - Shami Chakrabarti, Director of Liberty

Shami Chakrabarti was the most recent in a long line of distinguished Wilberforce Lecture speakers to be filmed by current JayJay Media staff. In this past this has included Rt Hon. David Miliband MP, Dr John Sentamu, Dr Rowan Williams and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Watch these inspiring lectures

• Hull Freedom Festival

JayJay Media had two crews at the massive 2009 Freedom Festival to capture the atmospheric Carabosse fire installation, and the euphoria from the huge crowd at the Love Music, Hate Racism stage in Queen's Gardens.

Watch the Carabosse film

Watch the Queen's Gardens film

• Hull Digital Live

As supporters of the first Hull Digital Live Conference, JayJay Media filmed each speaker, conducted vox pops with speakers and delegates, and edited together a range of packages. Look out for Hull Digital Live later this year!

Watch the videos from Hull Digital Live

• BBC Radio 5 Live Hull Octoberfest

The BBC entrusted JayJay Media to deliver a three man camera crew and rig all lighting for live broadcasts from the Feren's Art Gallery and the Vue Cinema. The broadcast was carried live on the BBC Five Live website, and included supplying the video for the highly popular Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode film reviews.

Watch the video highlights on the BBC website

• BAE Systems Chairman's and Apprentice Awards

Working closely with the team at BAE Systems, JayJay Media delivered content for two separate awards ceremonies. In all, over 30 individual videos were produced for the two events, and JayJay also managed the whole Apprentice Awards show.

• Hull Christmas Lights switch on

Rhydian, Mini Viva and Girls Can't Catch (not forgetting the arrival of Father Christmas) were the stars of the show at the big Christmas switch on. The JayJay Media crew were on hand supplying three live cameras and directing and mixing the output for the festive crowd.

• Humberside Police Chief Constable's Awards

Celebrating excellence in Humberside Police was the order of the day at these awards. JayJay directed the event, created all the on-screen content including the presentation and videos and filmed the proceedings.

• Humberside Police Lifestyle Awards 2009

To acknowledge the achievements of over 300 young people in Humberside Police's Lifestyle project, JayJay took over the whole of Hull City Hall, designed a 5 screen show with live performers, live wireless cameras, video inserts and explosions galore - all to a very loud and ecstatic audience!

• Smith & Nephew Best Practice Conference

With this conference, Smith & Nephew brought together industry experts and key opinion leaders to listen to and discuss examples of best practice in wound healing. A JayJay team filmed the event and produced a highlights video with interviews for continued use after the conference.

• Hull Truck Theatre opening gala nights

As Hull Truck opened the doors to their brand new theatre, JayJay Media were on hand to relay live coverage to their internal plasma screens, and also live to Hull's big screen.

Watch the Hull Truck opening on their YouTube site

JayJay Media Live Events Showreel

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Media Centre Visits

Here are some pictures from our media centre visit. First stop was electric works in Sheffield. Fantastic 'Club' facility, great furniture and a huge slide - in an office!



Heter Skelter!!



Next stop was round foundry in Leeds. Lots of reclaimed materials and a great sense of heritage in this 'urban village'. Oh, and lots of media companies!!

News! May 2009

A look back at May 2009 for JayJay Media.

We began the month in a bacon factory learning all about the mass-production of high-quality bacon. Take us to a supermarket and we can show you the best bacon on the shelves - and tell you all about the man who cures it!









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May also saw the launch of Humberside Police's Lifestyle 2009 project. The glittering event was hosted by the BBC's Caroline Davies and saw the première of our brand new Lifestyle video. You can see the video here (be sure to click on the HD tab for best quality image).

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We were out and about with the Regional Roads Policing Team too. The weather in West Yorkshire was dreadful but we got the shots we needed and created a number of great little programmes.









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Our association with Hull Truck continued, filming rehearsals and the first night of 'Confessions of a City Fan.' The first night was immense fun with most of the Hull City team in attendance to see this great play. Phil Brown was so impressed he mentioned it in his pre-match press conference which led to JayJay footage being used on Setanta Sports news.








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May was also awards season, which saw Jon in his best suit at the CiB Awards. Viewpoint, a programme produced for Smith & Nephew, was a finalist in the visual communication category. It was a fab night hosted by Hugh Dennis, and (pop the Champagne!) Viewpoint walked away with an Award of Excellence!!!

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And if that wasn't enough, we completed projects for Smith & Nephew, Croda Chemicals Europe, BAE Systems and East Riding Council. Plus our website was launched, which can be visited at www.jayjaymedia.tv

News - March/April 2009

As Henry Kelly used to say, we're playing catchup, so it's double helpings with two months in one!

March was a busy month for us. We completed the induction DVD for Northumberland County Council - 22 interviews, over 40 locations spread across 10 days. We filmed from Berwick on the Scottish border down to Newcastle with locations including the Baltic, Alnwick Gardens, a cattle market, schools, factories, mines, castles and in the shadow of St. James Park. The final programme was delivered in 21 sections, running in total for over 1 hour 30 minutes and supplied with and without subtitles. Here’s some highlights:



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Meanwhile, Joe found time to head off to Tossa Del Mar in Spain for a week with a group of film students from Essex. Working as an industry expert, Joe mentored groups of students in the art of filming making.


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Jon and Joe also directed and filmed East Riding Council’s BusWise DVD for Eon Media. This hard-hitting programme was co-written by Jon with Hull Truck’s Nick Lane, and is being edited at the moment.


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JayJay also created all the on-screen content for the new Hull Truck Theatre’s foyer information screens. A mixture of graphics, clips of plays, rehearsal footage and glimpses behind the scenes is mixed with short programmes about their work with education, new play writing and the youth theatre. JayJay were also on hand at the gala opening nights – relying live footage to the screens throughout the theatre and also to the BBC Big Screen.


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We’ve been out and about with the Police too, filming the Lifestyle 2009 promo featuring Viking FM’s Sam Heywood, actor Martin Barrass, a couple of police motorcycles and loads of kids.


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Our chemical industry graduate recruitment film is nearing completion after filming on-site in North Yorkshire and on-location at an activity centre in Derbyshire


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Also keeping us busy in March and April were projects for Smith & Nephew, DePuy, BAE and the Queen’s visit to Hull...

News - February 2009

Hello and welcome to the world of JayJay Media.

Phew! February was one busy month for JayJay Media. We began with two snowy weeks in Northumberland where we filmed some great people and captured fantastic locations. The snow may have stopped many, but it didn't prevent us getting (most of) the shots we wanted, even if one or two days were cut short due to blizzard conditions (see photo!)



The Northumberland job went straight into post-production, and we're currently revising the first rough edit.

We also spent time on a graduate recruitment programme, filming all kinds of exciting lab experiments and interviewing previous graduates.

JayJay also filmed the latest Norwegian evacuation and lifebelt technology, a team briefing for podcast style distribution and rounded off the month with a shoot in London by the banks of the Thames!

If that wasn't all we're busy in pre-production with work for Humberside Police's Lifestyle 2009 project and writing and designing a bus safety programme with Eon Media for East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

And finally, we're pleased to be associated with Hull Truck's brand new theatre, where we'll be providing all on-screen content for the plasma screens in their bars and foyers.

See you at the opening night!