The JD is a young, four-piece, alternative rock band hailing from Nuneaton in the Midlands. Recently voted into the finals of the Vodafone (UK) Awards by Kerrang! Radio listeners for ‘Best Live Unsigned Act’, The JD are steadily building a reputation for their original music and dynamic live performances.

Management company Horus Music Ltd have big plans for The JD in 2008 with a couple of new singles scheduled for release this year. Notion Studio assisted the company with the production of a music video for track ‘The Sunny Scene’, to help market the band on all platforms.

With the track reflecting the band’s personal experiences, the video was filmed on location in Nuneaton and picks up on the themes of intolerance and victimisation.

Dubtransmissions are a Birmingham record label with a chilled out take on dub and jazz-fusion. The label’s owner and flagship artist, Dubnine, has put together a superbly listenable track called ‘Urban Life’ (featuring Yasuko), and felt that with the right video, the track had the potential to gain some real interest, both in the UK and across the pond in America.

Dubnine wanted a video to reflect the urban vs. rural theme of the track without being too literal… Notion Studio decided to go for a giant wolf wearing a suit. See what you think.

Birmingham’s esteemed collective of jewellery and silversmithing designer makers, known as Centrepiece, draw the crowds to their annual selling exhibition, having built a reputation for unique, high quality and contemporary design.

A catwalk show featuring a selection of glamorous pieces from their collection kicks off the event each November, to show off the products in their full glory. Notion Studio has been on hand for the past 2 years to capture this event, producing DVD’s which the group has used to promote their work outside of the region and to enhance public interest in their products.

Marketing a new innovative product is never easy, no matter how ingenious. This was the problem faced by Catteli’s Jim McEnery; inventor of a breakthrough light fitting that will allow Joe Public to change a lighting fixture in 60 seconds, without the need to employ an electrician - Ideal for those of us that want rid of those pendent bulbs for something a bit more stylish.

Catteli approached Notion Studio for help with a product video, to help pitch the innovation in a slick, professional manner. The resulting infomercial is clean, simple and punchy, ideal for sparking interest from buyers and for showroom display.

Twinkle Tots are a medical products company that are at the forefront of consumer medical technology. They specialise in medical equipment for children and their latest product is a Digital Soother Thermometer that allows you to take the temperature of a baby without causing discomfort.

Twinkle Tots needed an advert for the soother that would play on Pharmacy TV and in-store at chemists and supermarkets. Notion Studio produced an advert that was both effective and tasteful. It managed to highlight the qualities of the product without playing on parents’ fears and Twinkle Tots were delighted with the results.

Midas are a young five-piece indie band that have been rocking the Midlands music scene for several years. With the band being touted by The Times as one of the bands to watch in 2008 and their previous single reaching number 3 in the indie charts, Midas are ready to breakthrough on a national level.

When it came to putting together a video for the new single, Red Shoes, Midas wanted something that would really show the band off to their fans and give a taste of their electric live performances, so Notion Studio decided to re-create a gig at the Rock Café in the band’s native Stourbridge.

The day long shoot was a great success. A full crowd was brought in to help with the atmosphere and the band worked their socks off, delivering performance after performance throughout the day.

In the increasingly competitive world of education, universities are finding they need to do more than send out prospectuses to attract new students. Forward thinking lecturers from Birmingham City University approached Notion Studio for help promoting their various subjects through a series of fun video adverts. With the aim of sparking interest from potential students in careers and subject areas they may not have considered, each advert focused on promoting the individual subject areas and/or the strengths of the department.

Notion Studio developed a series of uniquely styled adverts, tailored to appeal to the departments’ specific target markets. With the aim of broadcasting the adverts on various web video services such as You Tube, as well as through university channels, the key was to produce short, visually exciting videos.