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Impact Videos were established to film Stock Car Racing at the local race track of Kings Lynn at the start of the 2003 season. We have been fans of Stock Car and Banger Racing for many years and also interested in Video and Film production, so we joined the two together and have expanded to various other race tracks around the country. Our aim is to produce excellent quality and entertaining videos of motor sport, and have had many, many good reports and recommendations. We have also been filming weddings since 2003, and have also gained lots of recommendations.
Impact Videos are a family run business; the proprietor is Nick Gillott who is the main cameraman, post production editor, web and graphic designer. Nick has successfully passed a 2-year B-TEC National Diploma course in Media Production where he learnt how to produce all kinds of video productions, from interviews to music videos and animation. As well as learning about the industry in general. This included Sound production work, script writing, and advanced planning for filming shoots. The course also covered still photography using SLR cameras, graphic design work and presentation in front of the camera. The course was run by an experienced tutor who also taught us the correct way to film weddings.
For all our productions, we use full digital quality equipment for filming and editing, so this means no loss of picture quality. The cameras used are Sony & Canon professional 3-Chip DV cameras. For 2009 we will also be filming selected productions in full high definition 1080i and producing full HD blu-ray discs. We can also use external microphones for certain productions to give better sound quality. We use a mixture of several different computer based editing programs, which gives us precise control of the editing process and includes adding special effects, adding music, animated titles and editing extra camera angles. The DVD's feature specially designed menu pages and chapter selection. Once the finished productions are complete, we can do copies on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, S-VHS, VHS, and Digital Tape. For the finishing touches, each DVD has a specially designed sleeve, and discs are printed for a professional look. We can also convert old VHS recordings onto DVD at very reasonable costs.

For Racing Videos, we like to do our best to give the viewer what they want to see; and in banger racing this means crashes! Since we started watching the racing we know what to look for when filming and also know what drivers to keep an eye on. This helps us to capture a majority of the crashes on the day, although it is hectic live racing and we do miss some, but it really is impossible to catch them all. There have been countless amounts of people comment on how good our videos are both quality and content, and we are very proud of this. We were the first company to use In-Car footage as a major part of the videos, and this will continue in the future.
2009 marked a major step forward for us as a production company, and also for Stock Car and Banger Racing as a sport. We were the first to film and produce Stock Car events in Full High Definition and market them on Blu-ray disc. Our productions of the 2009 World Finals for Saloon Stock Cars, BriSCA F2 and BriSCA F1 Stock Cars were the first World Finals to be filmed in HD in the history of the sport. We will contine with our HD work and hope to expand to other events in the future.
Also new for us in 2009 was the introduction of filming at Mildenhall Stadium, in Suffolk, where we use the stadium's video distribution system to film the racing and transmit the footage live onto the stadium bar's television screens. We also replay the footage after the race. Using this footage at the end of the year, we now have an extra crash compilation DVD, called Mildenhall Wreckage and is a collection of the best action from the track.

In addition to our Stock Car racing filming, we also produce wedding DVDs. We offer one package to cover all the important parts of your special day, please visit the wedding video page for more detailed information, but we have filmed many weddings since 2003 and everyone has been very happy with our work and have had many recommendations.
If you need any further information about the DVDs or would like to discuss any specific requirements, please contact us on 01553 617240, and ask for Nick, or visit the contact us page.
Nick Gillott
Impact Videos
55 High Road
Islington
Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE34 3BL
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