Honcho Designs http://www.honchodesigns.com Video Production, Video Editing, Colour Correction, Graphic Design, Web Design Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:24:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Mourne Seafood Cookery School http://www.honchodesigns.com/mourne-seafood-cookery-school/ http://www.honchodesigns.com/mourne-seafood-cookery-school/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:02:32 +0000 Andy http://www.honchodesigns.com/?p=504 The Mourne Seafood Cookery School is a new cookery school situated in the town of Kilkeel in the Mourne Mountain area of Northern Ireland.  They needed an added presence on their website to help entice people to sign up for the courses they have on offer and decided that video content was the way forward to achieve this.

Some of the videos produced were cookery demonstrations with local celebrity chefs.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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I have a background in downhill mountain bike racing and was asked to travel over to Slovenia for the first round of the downhill mountain bike World Cup to help filmmaker John Lawlor produce videos for the Santa Cruz and Specialized teams.

While in Slovenia I had a some spare time and put together a few short videos of my own.  Honcho Designs has producer accounts and contacts with all the major extreme sports video websites.  This means the videos were featured on home pages and viewed by thousands of people just a few hours after the event.

The samples that were uploaded were the top three viewed videos of the week after the race on sites freecaster.tv, MPORA, and Pink Bike.  This represents an excellent opportunity for anyone wishing to market to the extreme sports demographic.

Check out the sample video and some of the stats below.

Andy Yoong – Honcho Designs

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Careful consideration was given to the functionality of the new site.  For example, most of the important information is presented on the home page or is only one click away.  A blog allows staff to keep content fresh and potential customers interested and coming back for more.  All the menus and special offers can be viewed with a maximum of two clicks.  The site is also integrated with other social media providers such as Facebook.

The site features full stats/tracking system and also includes a search engine optimisation system so that the owners can easily find out what their viewers are interested in and also helps them tailor content to suit.  Check out ampmbelfast.com to see everything in action.

]]> http://www.honchodesigns.com/ampm-website/feed/ 0 Belfast Maserati video http://www.honchodesigns.com/belfast-maserati-video/ http://www.honchodesigns.com/belfast-maserati-video/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:17:15 +0000 Andy http://www.honchodesigns.com/?p=486 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.  

Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://www.honchodesigns.com/belfast-maserati-video/feed/ 0 Haunting Mourne Mountains video http://www.honchodesigns.com/haunting-mourne-mountains-video/ http://www.honchodesigns.com/haunting-mourne-mountains-video/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:52:27 +0000 Andy http://www.honchodesigns.com/?p=483 A short video produced during snow fall in the Mourne Mountain area of Northern Ireland.  Testing out some equipment.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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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.

]]> http://www.honchodesigns.com/civic-leader-branding/feed/ 0 Rosco Lines WordPress theme and video http://www.honchodesigns.com/rosco-lines/ http://www.honchodesigns.com/rosco-lines/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:30:24 +0000 Andy http://www.honchodesigns.com/?p=447 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.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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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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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.

]]> http://www.honchodesigns.com/oxfam-ireland-trailtrekker/feed/ 0 Honcho Designs video gets second place at Interbike http://www.honchodesigns.com/honcho-designs-video-gets-second-place-at-interbike/ http://www.honchodesigns.com/honcho-designs-video-gets-second-place-at-interbike/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:38:23 +0000 Andy http://www.honchodesigns.com/?p=390 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

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