In December 2022 Big Egg continued our work with Brighton Housing Trust and donated a film for the Winter appeal; aiming to raise funds for and awareness of homelessness in the city. Today we are happy to share that as a result, we were able to raise a total of £29,389.28 before Gift Aid. This year we focussed on the 'hidden homeless' (A.K.A: "Sofa surfers") and especially highlighted the experience of women, a demographic (making up every 6 in 10 homeless people) who is statistically more likely to experience abuse and trauma. The funding aids services like First Base, who give the ..read more

Over the past few months we’ve been very busy behind the scenes thinking about our brand with the help of the brilliant 05 Creative. The eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed glimpses of changes here and there across our channels recently - but today we are finally ready to share the updated Big Egg Films: making the same great content you’ve come to expect but with a brand new shell. Ident created by the great Oscar Maydon. Check out his work here. Looking ahead to what’s in store has us all very excited too. Our continued commitment to collaborating with businesses and organisations ..read more

It's a brand new year, which means there's a bunch of exciting projects on the horizon.  One of these projects that is in production is a video series with Ideal Brighton; a business who design, deliver and manage networks and smart services for some of Europe’s smartest buildings. The first video (seen below) focusses on this work, using 22 Bishopsgate, London, as an example. For this we decided to go with a blended approach between live action and animation to help visualise the neuro-pathways that live within the building. Ideal describe the importance of their wor ..read more

This blog post comes to you from one of our partners, Creative Blend. Creative Blend are a Brighton-based digital marketing agency with a strong commitment to give back to local charities. If you’re keen to find out how to make Instagram reels work for your brand, be sure to keep on reading! Reels, Instagram’s take on TikTok videos, is a recent flagship feature that Instagram are pushing so if you’re looking to get new eyes on your businesses, take note. Instagram shows you reels both from accounts you follow and accounts you don’t, making them a useful way to strengthen brand awaren ..read more

Over the past few months Big Egg has been fortunate enough to work with the lovely team over at Possability People, a local charity who support disabled people to live independently, with dignity and without prejudice. Possability People runs many different projects and services to achieve this. Together we have developed a brand new recruitment film and are pleased to be able to share this with you today! The film highlights the importance of roles in this sector, the impact it has on those who are both carers and cared for. Possability People are now looking for more people to join their At ..read more

Today we’re happy to share with you that Big Egg Films is officially trade mark registered! We decided to trade mark our brand to make sure the goodwill we are building with our client base remains intact and to fend off any people in the same space as us using our brand name.  We’ve been working closely with our friends at Trademark Brothers over the past few months who have made the process straight-forward, simple and easy.  Mo, one of the founders at Trademark brothers, said: "It was an absolute pleasure working with the Eggs, we helped them get their trademark ..read more

Allegra and Mo on set As part of our ongoing efforts to collaborate and create with and for companies making positive change in the world, Big Egg have recently been filming with some of the lovely people behind Watch This Sp_ce. Watch This Sp_ce work with companies to promote and widen inclusivity and diversity in the workplace, helping to reimagine "their structure, their processes and their culture" to "create a tangibly, measurably fairer world where everyone feels included". This comes as a result of volunteer projects, where the co-creators Allegra, Mo and Rachel ..read more

Three years ago, the ruins of Sussex coastal town of Tide Mills were all but forgotten. Yet following a bright idea and a dedicated team at LYT, the Tide Mills Project was born; a campaign to educate, resurrect and celebrate the history of the area, as well as bring the community together. The town’s legacy of merchants, mutiny and war now includes a new beginning, organised by hundreds of volunteers and captured by Big Egg. A two-day shoot turned into two weeks and a feature-length documentary film – and this small slice of Sussex history hit sold-out cinemas across the South East ..read more

Big Egg recently sat down with Becks Montgomery, Head of Creative at Recipe Advertising; we asked her to share her tips for anyone wanting to make a breakthrough in the industry, as well as some highlights from her career thus far.   You can watch the full interview below - we've marked out the chapters for you!  Alternatively you can scroll beneath it to read through a transcript, please note that some answers' wording will differ from the live commentary for legibility purposes.  I am head of creative at Recipe Advertising. I oversee all of the creative p ..read more

Hi, I’m Zara, a second year Media Production student at the University of Brighton. Part of my course is to undertake a month of work placement in the media industry, so I decided to spend it working at Big Egg Films. Here's a brief overview of some of the things I got up to... I started my first day of placement remotely, spending it on a Zoom call meeting Adam and the rest of the team, learning about Big Egg and their workflow. My first task was to research different video production companies in and around Brighton that could inspire Big Egg to grow and develop. Af ..read more