Rewinding on 2025
Rewinding on 2025
We’re rewinding on 2025, and what a year it was! We met new clients, finished feature films and celebrated life milestones in our internal team.
So, as another year begins, let’s recap on the last twelve months of Bruizer…
January
New year and new beginnings. We were on-theme meeting marketing consultancy firm Edelman through an exciting project for The Avowed video game launch. Helping bring the Dream Scourge to life as part of a live art installation in Shoreditch, we were commissioned to create the promotional video for the event.
Our studio was transformed into a custom growing space, where we nurtured all manner of mould and fungi across the limbs of a 7-foot character statue. It was a project that brought trials, triumphs and cost us a van door… but all resulted in a striking final film that’s both eerie and entrancing.
Febuary
Our first foreign travel of the year took four of our team to The Hague (including cam op Will who celebrated his 21st birthday on route to the Netherlands!) AVEVA IGNITE 2025 was a 5-day event, hosting over 1700 attendees across 24 venues, with our highlights team capturing it all.
Meanwhile in Suffolk, it was a wrap on feature film Black Noise, finishing off with pick-ups in the Bruizer studio. We also welcomed Quiggly Wangford, a new member to Bruizer’s four-legged contingent.
March
March saw something completely new for Bruizer, with our first visit to the DPRTE trade show. Extensive preparation made sure we were looking and feeling our best for the two-day event, with a new purpose-built stand to help us stand out from the crowd!
We also completed our first milestone project with the Civil Works Alliance, with three construction giants coming together to commit to the Sizewell C project. Amongst all that, we still found time to let off some steam with our first Bruizer social of the year, going head-to-head (literally!) in a football zorbing match.
April
We welcomed Spring by jetting off to San Francisco for the AVEVA World conference, sending a 6-man crew to cover event highlights, capture case studies and provide continual on-site editing support. At the same time on the other side of the world, our Head of Production, Kate, was tying the knot in beautiful South Africa with family and friends flying in from around the world to share the couple’s special day.
May
Kate’s return at the beginning of May gave us a perfect excuse for an impromptu trip to McDonalds, all piling into the Bruizer van on Friday lunchtime.
We had another opportunity to work with the NHS, devising a simple and impactful creative for their Race Implementation Plan campaign. The following week, we embarked on a heart-warming project for Harwich Haven Authority, filming with Harwich Beach School and their class of budding ecologists.
We bookended the month with another highly competitive Bruizer social. An egg and spoon race, tug-of-war and darts sorted the wheat from the chaff.
June
Summer was in full swing when Harwich Haven Authority commissioned their next film. We launched the Bruizer RIB (with some help from the police…long story) to get on the water with the Fisherman of Harwich and tell the multi-generational story of those working off Suffolk’s shores.
It was a rare treat to have enjoy such local filming, also getting out and about with Orwell Park School and University of Suffolk through the hot weather. Luckily, there was some time to cool off in the studio too, collaborating with TK Hockey to create some stellar social content for their new product ranges.
July
Holiday season saw in our first project with new client, Harwich Harbour Ferry. We made the most of the bustling summer holiday trade and fine weather to capture content for their brand film. We also stretched our legs to London and Stevenage, to tick off some internal comms content for clients
Otherwise, we made the most of our quieter month with some training days and ensured all our in-house kit was spick and span. And to celebrate the birthday of new crew member Jake, we were treated to a Thai feast – unanimously voted the best lunch ever eaten at Bruizer!
August
This is where things really got busy.
Preparing for trade show season, we worked with AWE to capture stills content that would promote employment opportunities to ex-military personnel. Two photography days requiring great attention to detail in pre-production to sort the correct military kit, book locations and models.
As well as ticking over open projects, post-production were absorbed by storyboards and animatics, preparing for Buster TV adverts, filmed with Challs at the end of the month. And while all this was going on, we had crew in Bradford filming for The National Lottery, as part of their City of Culture celebration.
September
We filmed 19 days of 22, often with at least two crews out at the same time. Our travel escapades for the month started in Scotland, followed by Cologne in Germany, then over to the Algarve for a sunny few days in Portugal at BMI’s first international Pyramid Awards.
Closer to home, we worked closely with Bosch to capture content ready for their various upcoming product launches. All the while, our editors worked full-steam to keep everything moving in post-production.
October
Easing up a little in October – phew! – a handful of the Bruizer team were kept busy buying and selling houses, including Simon and Shane who have both started on the long road of DIY in their first homes.
We reunited with the CAA for a couple of days, working alongside the Air Ambulance teams in the North West and London to create short informational edits for drone pilots.
Taking the opportunity for some well-earned R&R, we hit the padel courts to try our hand. A new sport for some, with mixed results.
November
Another busy surge arrived in November, with several projects falling together for De Sangosse, M Group, Bovis and British Gas Energy Trust.
The last of these projects saw two of our crew travelling England, Scotland and Wales to visit five charities on the frontline of Britain’s energy crisis.
November also saw the completion of a documentary edit, going behind the scenes of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s ‘Made in Ancient Egypt’ exhibition. In conjunction with University of Cambridge, the 15-minute film was incorporated into a fascinating webinar, giving alumni the opportunity to pose questions to a panel of experts.
December
We rounded off the year with AVEVA’s fourth annual live event, broadcast to employees around the world. Celebrating the achievements of their standout employees, we devised the award show that welcomed a studio audience of over 100 nominees to the Frankfurt office.
Returning from Germany, the crew threw themselves into various rail qualifications and courses, readying for our first filming day with Barhale. The civil engineering company completed the first major milestone on Christmas day, the early stages of a decade long project to restore London sewer system.
But before all that, we had a chance to unwind at Bruizer’s own Christmas celebration: dinner and show with the Wolsey Theatre’s rock n’ roll pantomime.