Category Archives: News

Bits and pieces of news about DSV

Brilliant! Thank You!

I reckon it must be karma.
This week has been extremely hard work, long long hours of editing, one great film produced and a few irritating ‘technicals’ (a phrase we once heard pronounced over the tannoy at Heathrow when explaining the delay of our flight to Auckland!).
So, overall a very productive but at times stressful week.
Then...

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Vodka. Yum. Thanks!

It’s always cool to receive thank you cards and emails from our happy couples and every now and then a little gift.
So thank you to the wonderful Sarah & Ian for sending Yvonne, Stuart and I a lovely little bottle of Raspberry Vodka each and a lovely heartfelt handwritten note.
I’m worrying that my blog seems...

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone!
I’ll skip the usual run through of the important events of 2009 and skip straight to the run through of the past 2 weeks off!
Well it’s been a blur of relaxation, mulled wine, chocolates, TV, sledging, pinot noir, snowball fights, arguing over which film to watch, stuffing and turkey, champagne, and shovelling...

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VOWS Awards 2009 – photographic evidence gulp!

OK a couple of days late (was at a training course yesterday) but here are a couple of photos from the VOWS Awards 2009.
We had a great night, really good fun and superb company.  Below are some photos of Yvonne, Stuart and myself, along with some photos of Niels & Alie from Blue Sky Photography....

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IOV UK AWARDS 2009 – WINNER – BEST OPEN CATEGORY

The holiday has subsided now and it’s my first day back in the office so lots to catch up on! (as well as a mountain of editing…Mañana,  Mañana)
Just been reflecting on the whirlwind that was the IOV Awards in Coventry the week before last.  The Institute of Videography is the UK’s professional body for Filmmakers...

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STEVE’S AN AWARD WINNER IOV 2009 !!

YES!! I’m very chuffed to say that tonight, I won the Institute of Videography Best Open Award 2009 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.
That’s a UK wide competition and very hotly contested with some seriously good videographers across the whole UK so it’s a brilliant award and I’m very very proud
Worth being away from Yvonne...

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VOWS Awards 2009 – Nominated for Best Videographer !

VOWS Awards 2009!  Yeay! We’re still doing things right obviously!
Chuffed to have been Nominated for the VOWS Awards again this year and so pleased that our couples have loved our service quality – something we do work very hard at.
So, thanks to every one of our fantastic couples who voted and I must say we...

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Awards 2009! Shortlisted for IOV Awards!

Fantastic news!
I have just been shortlisted for the IOV UK Awards 2009! (That’s the ‘Institute of Videography’ a professional body covering professionals right across the entire UK TV, Video & Film Making industry so I’m chuffed!)
That’s a huge achievement and I’m on the shortlist of 5 going forward to the final judging at the Awards...

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Will Young at one of our Weddings !

 
OK firstly Will Young isn’t exactly my cup of tea (I’m a little more hardcore musicallybut I must say he is an excellent performer. How do I know that?
Well the Wedding I filmed last weekend at Prestonfield House, he actually came on stage and performed a superb 50minute set! The entire wedding, including...

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WE WON AGAIN !!!!

 
Design Scotland Video Ltd are the proud winners of the 2008 VOWS Award for ‘Best Videographer’ in Scotland! Yeay!
We are doubly proud as we won the award in 2006, and it’s a huge achievement to win a second time.
The Awards Ceremony was a glitzy affair at the Glasgow Hilton, and Yvonne and I were joined...

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OMG! ILLEGAL WEDDING FILMS?

Did you know that to be able to use professional copyrighted music on your Wedding DVD that we have to buy 2 types of copyright license?
Here at Design Scotland Video we do things professionally, and legally! We have both the PPL and MCPS licenses for your wedding film so we can legally add music...

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NEW BLOG 2009

Welcome to the new Blog for Design Scotland Video.
Our blog has been around for a while now, and you can still see our old blog by clicking here:
http://web.me.com/designscotland/DSVBlog/Welcome.html
For now though, just enjoy some more up to date samples, some films that maybe don’t belong on the main demo room but can at least give you...

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