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Pearson Grammar Police

We is really well good with words and language and English and stuff. That’s why it’ll come as no surprise that Pearson chose Casual Films to create a humorous little promotional video for their new language course MyGrammarLab. Pearson wanted to illustrate to people who...

Pearson Grammar Police

‘Jenny don’t be hasty’

Paulo Nutini once sang ‘Jenny don’t be hasty’. I can’t really remember the rest of the song so the context is a little hazy, but as far as memory serves I think that Jenny was a post production professional working in the not too distant...

Final Cut Pro X

So this guy just came in to the studio and started shooting…

No, don’t worry, it’s not a ‘disgruntled postal worker’ type story – it’s merely a hilarious play on words that, while implying we were the victims of an act of appalling violence serves in fact to introduce the fact that we hired someone to come...

Photos of Casual Films Studio

‘Breakfast is the most important meal of the day’

According to a study by Dr Mark Pereira, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It can reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease as well as stave off obesity (the study unfortunately doesn’t take into account the traditional British fry-up)… Armed...

Breakfast IVCA

Future Cinema

AT FAAAAAT SAM’S GRAAAAAAND SLAM SPEAKEAAAAAAAASY! DA DADA DADA, DA DADA DADA! Sorry the lines between reality and Bugsy Malone have become a bit blurred since last weekend… I’m no longer sure whether I’m a child gangster in Prohibition era Chicago or a Casual Films...

Bugsy Malone at Future Cinema

Just don’t ask for a viral

Here’s a recent article from Ri5, take a look and see what Barnaby has to say about requesting a viral...

Ri5 article: Just don't ask for a Viral

New York Festivals

With the New York arm of Casual gaining momentum by the day we thought it appropriate to see how our work would compete on the global awards circuit. We’ve been lucky enough to have quite a bit of success here in the UK but when...

New York Festivals

How to become an Idea Factory

“Everyone is creative. Even old people” – Matthew Diffee, SXSW, 2012 Matthew Diffee, cartoonist for the New Yorker magazine gave a talk at SXSW last month on ‘How to become an Idea Factory’. He’s a man who week in and week out must pitch 10...

Matthew Diffee: How to become an Idea Factory

SXSW 2012

And so we return, battered, bruised and feeling a little sorry for ourselves. SXSW 2012 has come to a close and with it ends our week in Austin, Texas. Arriving late on the festival’s first night, we took it easy like the responsible adults that...

SXSW 12
New York Festivals
April 18th, 2012 · awards, news

With the New York arm of Casual gaining momentum by the day we thought it appropriate to see how our work would compete on the global awards circuit. We’ve been lucky enough to have quite a bit of success here in the UK but when entering the New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards...

Matthew Diffee: How to become an Idea Factory
April 18th, 2012 · we like this

“Everyone is creative. Even old people” – Matthew Diffee, SXSW, 2012 Matthew Diffee, cartoonist for the New Yorker magazine gave a talk at SXSW last month on ‘How to become an Idea Factory’. He’s a man who week in and week out must pitch 10 cartoon ideas to the New Yorker, knowing 9 of which...

SXSW 12
March 29th, 2012 · we like this

And so we return, battered, bruised and feeling a little sorry for ourselves. SXSW 2012 has come to a close and with it ends our week in Austin, Texas. Arriving late on the festival’s first night, we took it easy like the responsible adults that we all should be… Unfortunately this behavior was not indicative...

IVCA Awards 2012
March 26th, 2012 · awards, news

Last week we dusted off our finest suits, polished our smartest shoes and attempted to look all respectable ready for the most glamorous of occasions in any production company’s diary, the awards ceremony. And so, on Friday evening we headed to the annual IVCA awards at the rather swanky Grosvenor Hotel. We limbered up for...

Everyman Cinemas
March 12th, 2012 · we like this

There’ve been some darn good films coming out over the past few months so the Casual team have been spending rather a lot of time in front of the silver screen. Tired of the standard multiplex, the numb bums, noisy teens and far too many abominations starring that big-haired soppy vampire Robert Pattinson, we decided...

Televisual: Corporate 50
March 8th, 2012 · news, press

So guess what? We were working away enjoying a nice sunny Thursday afternoon when the latest copy of Televisual Magazine landed on our doorstep with a dramatic thud. We’ve been eagerly awaiting the magazine’s arrival as this month it’s the much-coveted Corporate 50 issue. In previous years we’ve let out a sigh of disappointment as...

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