Videos

Jargon Busters - Remote working
An animated series which looks to explain the jargon around business and IT terminology. This episode clarifies the meaning of 'remote working', whilst other episodes looked at terms like 'RSS' and 'social networking'.

Make Changes
Young people are a passionate lot and have strong opinions about the issues close to them. This video series was created to spark debate about pertinent issues such as climate change, while educating young people about the role that manufacturing plays in solving them.

Manager's Lot - Vinyl Exchange
Manager's Lot is a series of case studies on business managers from around the Northwest looking at how they have made a success of their business using an online solution/strategy. In this episode, Jo Bindley from Vinyl Exchange tells us why he made the decision to move his retail business online and how he has an increasing global presence as a result.

Flexible Working - BT
We produced a series of documentary style case studies on flexible working for the business website, Bizscape. This episode, filmed at BT headquarters in London, shows through a series of interviews conducted by digital guru Tom Cheesewright the benefits that have been achieved by both BT and its employees.

Flexible Working - Healthsure
The second episode in the flexible working series, follows a day in the working life of James Glover, members' services manager at Healthsure, and how flexible working practices help him do his day to day job whilst on the move.

Career Stories (John England)
We conducted this one-to-one interview with John England, a production manager with an engineering background, to give young people an insight into potential career directions. We highlighted memorable points of a 30 year career using typography and humorous imagery to engage the audience and create a viral effect with young people sharing the video links online.

This is Manufacturing case study - Ultraframe
Produced for www.thisismanufacturing.co.uk, this case study investigates how Ultraframe, a manufacturer of conservatories, has increased productivity and profits by adopting LEAN processes.

Business Northwest Vox Pops
One of a series of vox pops filmed on location at the Business Northwest exhibition in Manchester Central, to gauge the opinions of business people attending the event. This vox pop asks what after show support the delegates would like to receive.

This Is Northwest Manufacturing
Responding to a brief to show how when it comes to manufacturing the Northwest has a history of trailblazing, and how today the region is a world class centre for aerospace, advanced textiles, and bio-medical technology, this video was created using archived materials combined with footage from the latest innovation centres to create a snapshot of Northwest manufacturing today.

Make It Exhibition Loop
This video reel was created as a loop to be displayed in the Catalyst Science Discovery Centre. The video was designed to challenge the outdated image of manufacturing, make it appealing to young people, and highlight the key messages addressed in the website: that manufacturing is challenging, exciting, worthwhile and lucrative.