Honcho Design is always a the front of the latest developments in video production.  This latest video was produced as a test for a new camera.  http://www.vimeo.com/9686067

A short video produced during snow fall in the Mourne Mountain area of Northern Ireland.  Testing out some equipment. http://www.vimeo.com/9625322

Civic Leader provides accredited training programmes for students across Northern Ireland. The training aims to enable young people to access opportunities for public service.

The idea of Civic Leader was created but branding was needed to give a face to the name.  Civic leader approached Honcho Designs to create a company logo, website, email marketing material and printed marketing material.

World class downhill mountain biker rider and personal trainer Colin Ross needed a presence on the web for his 2010 team ‘Rosco Lines’.  Honcho Designs created and designed a custom Wordpress installation to best suit his needs.  The site will help Colin keep fans updated with the latest team news and offers from his personal training business.  The Wordpress system allows team members to easily post their own news to the website without the need to pay a web company to manage and keep content updated.

The Rosco Lines website allows for multiple plug-ins to be added to give increased functionality to the site.  At the moment some features include a new-post subscription service, easy sharing to social network sites like Facebook, and advanced site statistics.

Colin is the current Irish downhill national points series champion and has just taken on youth development rider Jonny Charters. In 2010 they both aim to race and dominate the Irish race scene.

In 2008 Honcho Designs also produced an award winning video for Colin Ross at Cave Hill, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

http://www.vimeo.com/1520253

The long awaited Break the Cycle DVD has just been released! For those of you who don’t know, Break the Cycle film is a super chilled-out action sports documentary produced by Honcho Designs, showing how ten of Irelands best downhill mountain bike riders use their bikes to break the cycle of every day life.

Break the Cycle gives an insight into the life of these Irish downhill mountainbikers, while also showing off the amazing scenery and trails Ireland has to offer. We have also teamed up with bands from Ireland and beyond to provide an amazing soundtrack, from the punk rock sounds of ‘Rigger’ to the chilled out vibes of ‘The Frames’.

The DVD is available for sale internationally directly through Break the Cycle web site, and should also be available at all good bike shops.  If your local store doesn’t have it in stock ask them to get it in! X-treme video have took on European distribution so if you’re looking to stock BTC in your shop get on to them asap!

A premier was held at The Movie House cinema, Dublin Road, Belfast which was a huge success.

Click here to order your copy

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Said to be one of the world’s greatest team challenges, Oxfam Ireland’s TRAILTREKKER is a 100km trek for teams of four people to complete in 30 hours. Participants need a mixture of stamina, dedication and determination to reach the finish line.

But it’s not just a physical challenge: teams also raise money to help overcome poverty and injustice around the world.  The 09 Trailtrekker took place around the Carlingford area. Oxfam Ireland contacted Honcho Designs to create a wide range of branded material for the event including trail maps, participant guides, roll-up banners, and event branding.

Honcho Designs video created by Andy Yoong was voted as the second best video of 2009 on Canadian Mountain bike website Pink Bike at the Breaker Breaker event in Las Vegas during Interbike. The video was of top Irish downhill rider Colin Ross and shot near Belfast in Northern Ireland.

The event held a premier of Aaron Larocque’s What’s Next? video.

Check out the Honcho Designs video here:

What’s Next? produced by Aaron Larocque

Freecaster.tv was at the 2009 MX of nations in Italy, the biggest and most exciting MX event of the year. Freecaster commissioned Honcho Designs to shoot and edit a few short videos to add to the live coverage available on the freecaster.tv website.

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Random Action

The MX GP series has moved on to Latvia. Below are two of the four videos produced on the weekend for Freecaster.tv. The first video shows some of the action and lifestlye from Saturday. The music at the start was recorded at a famous Medieval restaurant in Riga which we visited on Friday night.

The second video is a race round up of the MX2 category with interviews and action from the top three riders in their class.

Video put together for Freecaster.tv from the MX GP in Teutschenthal, Germany. Shows the action, and lifestyle from day 1 of the event. Shot and edited within one day.

Top Irish downhill mountain biker Ben Reid travels the world racing on two wheels. He relies on getting media coverage for his sponsors to earn his living, and part of his marketing plan is his web site. Honcho Designs set Ben Reid Racing up with a custom Wordpress theme to tie in with all his other branding.

It was important for team manager Alistar Beckett to be able to update the site with ease while on the road, whilst having all the features of a powerful site. Support was built in for search engine optimisation, web analytics, video & photo content, and Google calendars.

There is also a mailing list database system built into the site which automatically updates subscribers when new content is published.  Check out their adventures at the Just Reid site

Honcho Designs was at round 3 of the Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Andorra to produce videos for factory teams Specialized and Santa Cruz.  The two teams have the best riders on the scene, with Santa Cruz Syndicate rider Steve Peat claiming victory at the weekend, and also setting the world record for the most World Cup wins ever.  Specialized rider Sam Hill was nearly two seconds up at the split before crashing hard near the top of the course.

The riders were not the only ones who had to go fast.  The videos which were shot on a Sony EX1 camera were, edited, and uploaded to the team sites one day after the weekend.

To see more of what happened at the weekend check out Specialized and Santa Cruz Bikes

Voluntary Service Bureau held the Creative Extremists event at Stormont Hotel, Belfast. The strapline for the event was ‘fighting for the common good’ and it had some high profile speakers in attendance including the Lord mayor of Belfast, and the MP David Blunkett.

Honcho Designs Looked after the branding of the event including logo creation, email shot, stage branding design, content for the stage projection screen, and video coverage.

Round 3 of the motocross GP series took place near Istanbul in Turkey at the weekend.  Check out one of the videos produced for Freecaster.tv. Belgian Cameraman Tim Van Goethem was out with his Sony EX1 hooked up to a Letus 35mm adaptor to get some sweet footage.

The motocross season has just kicked off and Kawasaki decided to go down the route of a video production to promote their 2009 teams.  Belgian producer Mike Van Cleven commissioned Andy Yoong from Honcho Designs to help shoot and edit the videos.

The video was shot over a period of days in the south of France on a hired track and studio. Four videos were produced, one for each of the three teams, and one for the 2009 press team presentation.  Kawasaki found this method to be a huge success after having thousands of views online within hours of being released.

Check out the Kawasaki motocross website for more information.