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Broaden is Bryony Simcox and George Webster.

Bryony Simcox

Head of Production

George Webster

Director of Photography

We're passionate about the arts, sustainability & travel.

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We did it. Perhaps the weirdest shopping trip ever

We did it. Perhaps the weirdest shopping trip ever, but yesterday we bought a 40ft high cube shipping container!

Basically a very expensive big metal box.

But soon to be an office, with gear storage, room for editing, kitchenette, and knowing us, a lot of plants 🪴🔨🗄

#DIY #officebuild #diyoffice #shippingcontainer #containerconversion #container #40fthighcube #videographystudio #editsuite #selfbuild #filmmaking #manchester

This has been a LONG time in planning but we are f

This has been a LONG time in planning but we are finally getting our hands dirty 🏗

Introducing the Broaden Studio Build!

Over the coming months we'll be installing and converting a 40ft shipping container into a custom videography studio 🤩

It's a bit of a dream-come-true, having loved building our van Suzi back in 2019 (sure we'll come to regret saying that when we're knee-deep in DIY soon...)

First step: clearing vegetation, flattening the site, and installing underground water and power, all with thanks to our third crew member, Bryony's dad Bruford.

#DIY #handmade #custombuild #shippingcontainer #containerconversion #containerbuilding #videographystudio #diystudio #filmmaking #studio #groundwork #earthworks #minidigger

Nowhere else could you hear jazz flute and a sunny

Nowhere else could you hear jazz flute and a sunny @souldufunk set 📻 followed by the catchy punk riffs of @bilkbandpage 🕶 followed by @jembaa_groove getting a whole venue bopping around 🎪 all topped off with a psychedelic dreamlike-state from the inimitable @pearlandtheoystersband 🔮

#sxsw #allinaday #musicconference #musicfestival #sxsw2023 #Austin #atx #travelling #cityexploration #liveperformance #liveshows #live #music #scruffoftheneck #vinyl #streetart

Scenes from the pit. 📍Moody Theatre, Austin.

Scenes from the pit.

📍Moody Theatre, Austin.

#sxsw #sxsw2023 #Austin #texas #livemusic #Neworder #joydivision #theorielles #loosearticles #beyondthemusic #videography #media #liveperformance #Manchester

From day to night 🌓 feat. city lights, sunny st

From day to night 🌓 feat. city lights, sunny street scenes and closing with hypnotic audiovisuals from @maxcoopermax at #UKHouse @sxsw

#southbysouthwest #conference #festival #livemusic @uktrade #ukatsxsw2023 #ukatsxsw #Austin #texas #USA

Couldn't wait to edit the footage from Saturday ni

Couldn't wait to edit the footage from Saturday night's album launch from @mattersband before sharing some stills 📽

An unforgettable set of of trance, psych and techno sounds against a dreamlike backdrop of swirling visuals and (epic!) lights.

We have pre-ordered 'Echolocations'. You should too 💿🎁

#liveperformance #underground #industrialmusic #electronicmusic #psychedelic #technomusic #internationalwomensday #iwd2023 #supersonicfestival #digbeth
With thanks to @sam.oates_ @sostudio_ @sam_townstudios @rosietee @supersonic_fest @sadiemaybnot @oldbort @archfemmesis @theprncssexp @limpidmusic @lynv3gas @dommacscott @cartinstagram @oldprintworksbrum

Holy smokes! In one week we're headed out to Austi

Holy smokes! In one week we're headed out to Austin for @sxsw 🔥

Chocka-block with talks, workshops, performances and screenings, South by Southwest has been a long-time dream event for Broaden...

...so we're delighted to be joining a delegation promoting Manchester's creative sector to a worldwide audience along with the Mayor's Office (still pinching ourselves!)

Been there before? We'd love recommendations of what to see and do in Austin. Headed to the event this year? Let's catch up.

📸 @june.riviera

#southbysouthwest #conference #festival #filmfestival #manchestermarketing #creativemanchester #videography #filmmaking #delegation

Eat, sleep, shoot, solder, post-it note sesh, get

Eat, sleep, shoot, solder, post-it note sesh, get distracted by squirrels out the studio window, repeat. ♾️

#videography #videoproduction #filmmaking #filmmakingbts #behindthescenes #creativestudio #videographer #dop #directorofphotography #cameraoperator #videoediting #Manchester #manchesterbusiness

Definitely a few more wrinkles! But these two baby

Definitely a few more wrinkles! But these two baby-faced Brits (swipe) would have felt a little 🤯 if you told them that one day they'd be working with

• World Design Capital 2022
• National Union of Students
• BBC Introducing
• 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Coventry City of Culture
• National Orchestras for All
• La Marina de Valencia
and more

The wrinkles are worth it!

#manchester #slowgrowth #equitablefutures #sustainable #sustainability #videography #manchestervideo #videoproduction

Those who know us well will have heard Bryony bang

Those who know us well will have heard Bryony banging on about 'NightGarden'. She planted the kernel of the festival back in 2021, and it's now very much blossoming 🌱

Imagine audiovisual delights in Manchester's industrial hinterland, with a side-serve of the spooky and surreal. 👽

We're chuffed to announce we'll now be running the festival as a Broaden production, and the next edition takes place on 26th August 2023 ❤️‍🔥

Follow @nightgardenfestival if you want to join us.

Photos by the inimitable @guri_bosh

#nightgarden #festival #manchesterfestival #alternativemusic #electronicmusic #alternative #industrialfringes #mythogeography #hinterlands #manchester #electronic #psychedelic

SOUND SEAT is a 10 metre-long undulating timber st

SOUND SEAT is a 10 metre-long undulating timber structure. It's an invitation to sit, play and listen.

Broaden was invited to craft this short film documenting the creation of the sculpture for @coventry2021, from engagement and design through to fabrication and installation in Coventry's War Memorial Park.

The installation was visited by over 700 people on the launch weekend, and now has a permanent home in the Sensory Garden 🍃

We're planning to build on work like this in 2023, blurring the realms between @bryonysimcox's experience in public art, along with our experience in videography. Beneath it all? An underlying love of hands-on making!

#installationdesign #makingvideo #cityofculture #publicart #behindthescenes #videography #videoproduction #manchester #coventry

In Buddhist thought, prajñā and upaya embrace. T

In Buddhist thought, prajñā and upaya embrace. They're life's modes of wisdom and action, each mutually essential ways of thinking and doing.

We've been reading about these ideas through Joanna Macy's writing, a visionary Buddhist scholar, systems thinker and 'deep ecologist'. Her work has started to inform our documentary project on climate change, but these ideas have had ripple effects into the business too.

We invested in a bit of prajñā (vision), and it was SO GOOD 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♂️

This last week marked a new chapter, as we brought on a stellar consultant in the cultural sector to help us take a strategic approach. For a while, Broaden has focused on lots of upaya (action). It's a natural state for a new company, eager to find collaborators, make films and build things. But now it's time for asking questions and building a vision: who are we? why do our films and experiences make a difference? and what's the future we want to help shape?

📸 @june.riviera

#prajñā #upaya #systemsthinking #interdependentcoarising #joannamacy #Buddhism #strategicplanning #videoproduction #videography #Manchester #strategicgrowth

"Least said is soonest mended." – Our grandparen

"Least said is soonest mended." – Our grandparents' generation were advocates for the brush-it-under-the-rug approach to family friction, but there's something about this phrase that's always bugged us.

We believe dialogue is more important than ever if we are to address the climate crisis, and that means having potentially difficult conversations which start at home. How might evenings around the dinner table be different if we talked about how we govern, how we act in community, how we assign value to things and how we use or replenish resources?

How do we normalise dialogue and exchange, even if it means disagreeing at times? These are the questions at the centre of our minds as we develop our next big documentary.

Climate action starts with conversation.

#preproduction #climatefilm #filmmaking #dialogue #nonviolentcommunication #nvc #filmproduction #hybriddocumentary #documentaryfilmmaking #manchester

Bish, bash, bosh 💥 Is this not the most appropr

Bish, bash, bosh 💥 Is this not the most appropriate song title for a reel celebrating our precious FX6?! Rigging up with lens, mic, matte box and screen 🧡

#fx6 #sonycamera #Sonyvideo #camerarigging #alldayeveryday #Manchester #videography #videodiaries #videographer #rigging #cameragear

What makes a good short film? (clue: it's pretty

What makes a good short film?

(clue: it's pretty boring)

Throw all the special effects and whacky plots you like in, but the kernel of a good story remains the same: human relationships.

"You've got to want to stay with the characters and spend more time with them", I heard Oscar-winning editor Lee Smith say recently on a podcast.

This week George and I had the pleasure of working as 1st and 2nd AC on a short film directed by the wickedly talented @tom_q_manchester . It's all about human relationships, and I certainly wanted to stay with the characters well after the shoot wrapped. Can't wait to share more 👀

#shortfilm #storytelling #filmmaker #indiefilms #Manchestervideography #videographer #1stac #assistantcamera

Not sure how orange became the BROADEN colour 🟠

Not sure how orange became the BROADEN colour 🟠 But two thermal coffee cups, a set of plywood desks, and countless rolls of gaffa tape later, it's a pretty happy accident.

📸 @june.riviera #officedesign #Manchester #videoproduction #laminatedplywood #colourgrading #davinciresolve #filmmakers #Manchester video #northwestcreatives

Dreamlike memories Isn't it funny how time smooth

Dreamlike memories

Isn't it funny how time smoothes over life's lumps and bumps?

Looking back at time spent travelling, scheming, grafting, list-making and filming. It always feels so scary when you're in the dark of the moment –

But looking back it somehow all slots into place.

#lifeonfilm #35mm #analoguephotography #smallbusiness #Manchestervideography #Manchester #paris #valencia

"Dive in, unravel her" 🪱🌱🌴🦜

"Dive in, unravel her" 🪱🌱🌴🦜

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