VMI Implements using Potato Starch Bags for Sealing Filters After widespread experimentation with different materials, VMI finally took delivery of its first bags made entirely of potato starch which break down in a regular consumer compost bin within 3-months. … Read more
It all started with a comment… It all started with a comment back in 2018: Like many companies, VMI regularly engaged in customer questionnaires seeking feedback on product and service and like any company there will … Read more
Apple TV’s Earth At Night In Colour Natural History Natural History DP, Mark Payne Gill shoots a series entitled Earth At Night In Colour using Astrograph lenses and Canon ME20 with 4m ASA in order to shoot entire episodes being lit just by the moon.
VMI Implements What3Words for Efficient Deliveries Postcodes are great but can be really limiting when clients are shooting in open parkland like Richmond Deer Park or venues like Wembley Stadium which have several entrances. Even large … Read more
How A Supportive Team Say Farewell Many people have described working at VMI as feeling a bit like being in a family (without the seasonal discord bit at Christmas…). Well, we think that this is quite … Read more
VMI Shortlisted for ProMoviemaker Rental Company of the Year Pro MovieMaker Magazine has written this terrific article on VMI’s environmental crusade as a reason for shortlisting VMI for their Gear of the Year award. A COMPANY WITH A CONSCIENCE … Read more
Sustainable Dog There has been a lot of research demonstrating the positive impact that pets can have on staff, just by being in the workplace. So if you visit VMI in Acton, … Read more
Too much lighting choice? Let’s cut through the confusion Lighting British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan made an optimistic speech in 1957 that “we have never had it so good” and the same can be said of lighting today! With so … Read more
Z CAM: Does This Powerful Underdog Have a Future? Cameras Did you know that the American heist action feature film “A Day to Die” was shot entirely on Z CAM E2-F6 and S6? Also, did you know that the E1 … Read more
VMI sponsors Cinematography award at Portsmouth University One of our favourite sayings is that ‘Everyone got to where they are today, from where they were yesterday’ – even Steven Spielberg was a student at one time! VMI … Read more
VMI’s solar panels save over 4T CO2 in June 22 VMI’s solar panels in London and Bristol generated 1.05MWh in June 2022, saving an estimated 4.46T of CO2. This is the equivalent of 2 people flying return from London to … Read more
VMI Hosts Successful Ronin 4D Workshops VMI continues with is new post-COVID 2022 workshop season with three bespoke Ronin 4D workshops held at West London College’s Studio in Ealing Green and also at the Cleveland Arms … Read more
VMI awards Best Shorts award at KIFF VMI loves to support new entrants to the industry and is proud to have been a partner and sponsor of the best short film at the inaugural new film festival … Read more
Mid-range cameras don’t mean compromise Cameras At VMI we’ve noticed a recent trend among filmmakers and wondered if you agree? We’ve spotted that a significant number of productions are ‘trading down’ from using traditional top of the range cine-cameras…
VMI Books Eurostar to Visit IBC in Amsterdam We have been travelling to visit the IBC TV convention in Amsterdam for decades and other than the Superheroes campaign (2017-2019) when we travelled by bicycle, we have always travelled … Read more
VMI Lighting Workshop Demonstrates Value of In-Person Events Seeing is believing, as they say, and now that we’re all back to business the chance, VMI’s new in-person workshops which allow visitors to get hands on with equipment and … Read more
VMI 2021 Carbon Audit Shows 9% CO2 Reduction Our second annual carbon audit of 2021 is complete and demonstrates that VMI has reduced its total carbon emissions, according to the Science-Based Target Initiative from 234TCO2e to 213TCO2e, a … Read more
VMI’s Latest LED lights to join our fleet Lighting This is a short article to profile the very latest modern low-energy lighting fixtures that we have added to our fleet, most of which will be available to see at our 2022 lighting workshops.
Bristol Building 10.6KW Solar PV Installation VMI’s Bristol building has been fitted with a 10.6KW Solar PV array, to provide the majority of it’s power requirements. As part of this initiative, we have also replaced all … Read more
Bristol Solar PV cuts power use by 56% Amazingly, Bristol’s Sola PV installation has cut their power use by more than half (56%), though the pictures tell the full story though!(Data from Octopus energy readings taken 25-April – … Read more
VMI London has 10KW of Solar Panels Installed In May 2022, in spite of having a 100% green electricity tariff since 2018, VMI installed 10KW of solar panels to its London HQ to generate most of its own … Read more
Environmental Grant won from West of England Combined Authority and European Regional Development Fund 50% Funding for environmental improvements to Bristol was sought and approved from the West of England Combined Authority and European Regional Development Fund. They helped to fund improvements to Bristol’s … Read more
VMI is voted one of the UK’s Best Workplaces Having achieved a Great Place To Work certification for VMI, we were invited to enter the UK’s Greatest Workplace Awards and were delighted to be officially ranked 62 as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces …more
VMI is Infinity’s Prime UK Rental House Lenses VMI has a long-standing relationship with Infinity Photo-Optical who makes the Infiniprobe TS160 probe lenses. Barry Bassett, VMI’s Managing Director, has been recognised as being their ‘Nelsonian Award’ winner back … Read more