The key to making great films is understanding your audience.  We tailor content and production style to the platform on which it will be viewed, and the location the viewer will be watching it - on location on a mobile phone, or at home in front of the television or PC.

Broadcast TV
Our focus is factual programming. Our team has extensive experience of documentary production for broadcast media. 

Recent commissions include a 6x30 series for The History Channel and History Channel HD,  'My Favourite Place'.  The series takes the viewer on a trip around some of Britain's most iconic Heritage sites, and includes: Bill Bailey at Stonehenge; Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen at Eltham Palace;  Neil Oliver at Hadrian's Wall.  

As part of the multi-platform commission, we also created a series of short films linked to each location featured in the series.  These are available to watch online (on both the History Channel and English Heritage websites), and can be downloaded for watching on mobile phones and other mobile video devices. Click here to view some examples of Ballista's films.

Internet Video
Once a film has been produced, we edit and encode the video for delivery via the internet. This can either be in the correct format to download or stream direct from a website, or can be formatted for distribution via a service such as iTunes. We can also create distribution channels - via YouTube, GoogleVideo, or even a standalone IPTV channel (BallistaTV is one example of this).

Projects include the development and production of a series of over 20 short films and video guides for English Heritage (available online via EHTV), and a series of downloadable video guides for the Jorvik Viking Centre in association with York City Council.  

We also have experience of producing information and promotional and films - recent productions include a fundraising film for Seaton Delaval Hall for the National Trust.

Mobile Video
We specialise in producing video content designed to be viewed on location, either as a standalone guide, or as part of a multimedia guide.  Ballista has created a series of London Mobi-Guides - location relevant content for visitors to London.  For the Jorvik Viking Centre we produced a series of walking guides around the city walls, and for English Heritage we have produced a Battlefield Mobile Video Guide for the Battle of Hastings site click here for more information.

The market for watching video on mobile devices is significant and growing rapidly.  Over 90% of new mobile phones and 70% of the current market are capable of playing video in addition to the wide range of other mobile devices capable of playing video (iPod, iTouch, Sony PSP....).