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Richard Leigh has persuaded “Malcolm Marvelle – Master of Mystery and the lovely Rita” to return to Jermyn Street Theatre this November 2010. Ticket information will soon be available on their website.
It’s a show not to be missed. But don’t just take my word for it. Click the video here to get a brief glimpse of what others have thought of past shows in the “Twilight Ballrooms Guestbook”

Insomnia – Episode V

Thanks to all those who watched the latest episode of “Insomnia” and for the nice comments. If you’ve not seen it yet….then here it is, in glorious HD!

Heartland Production

If you ARE doing a Richard Curtis tribute, why not set that rustic wedding scene in Cornwall. This UK Video Production company also does a great little sideline producing its own aerial video which you can purchase. A few seconds of that in your film will give an epic-budget feel, for a modest price. Their previews are a good size too.

Aeronautic Pictures

You’ll probably find that concorde shot here, but they do have plenty of other categories too. Previewing shots, despite a watermark, are disappointingly small and the site could benefit from a type search facility, especially given the extent of its online library. Being an American site, most footage is American (figures )so perhaps best avoided if you’re doing a Richard Curtis tribute.

Artbeats

I’m still quite new to this site but it’s an impressive catalogue of stuff, much shot on Red and showcased well with good quality Quicktime streams. Register and you even get a free HD clip to download every week! As well as that there are free tutorials that, I presume, are there to inspire you with ideas for what to do with the footage you could buy off them. These ideas are ok but not as inspiring as Video Copilot. They also have affiliate programs and an option to submit your own footage to them for approval.

All in all you cannot fault the quality of their footage – but this is reflected in their prices.

Pond 5

A great selection of royalty-free stock video, sound effects and music. Plus you can also sell your own files through them. They have an extensive category listing and in each category, the layout allows you to hover your mouse over a clip and get a 5 second preview of the clip – saving you masses of time previewing. The site looks great. However, I’ve not yet purchased anything through them, so if you have, send me some feedback.

meebo

I have recently added this clever live chat widget to my webdesign site Actor CV – allowing people to ask me questions live when I am online. You can even connect through it to a host of other popular accounts including Facebook, Instant Messenger, MySpace and Yahoo to name but a few.
Add on top of that the ability to video conference and the fact that all this is FREE, then you really have nothing to complain about.