Freezeframe Productions are a small, independent & freelance video production company, based in Bolton, near Manchester. We started business in 2010, although we have a number of years experience in event filming, wedding videography, camera work and editing.
We can provide commercial services such as corporate video, music videos, wedding videos, actors showreels, DVD duplication and authoring, web & online video and more …
We also can provide more freelance services such as camera operation & editing and we are building up our work in such areas as D.O.P as well. We’re always interested in working with filmmakers, be they shorts or more…
The Team
At present, the only full time member of the team is Paul. Although we’ve got a number of people we work with on a more regular basis that shall be added to this area soon.
Paul Cryer
Director, D.O.P, Camera, Editor, Producer …
I’ve been interested in movies for a long time, but until I moved up to Manchester I didn’t really frequent the cinema, so relied upon the odd Xmas TV based movie, which seemed to mainly comprise Star Wars in the 1980s (a film I love!). One of my first cinema memories is seeing a copy of Empire Strikes Back at a local library when I used to live down south, I’d seen Star Wars countless times, but ITV (I think) didn’t seem to have the rights to show the other films, so this was my first viewing of the 2nd part of the trilogy. As a kid I don’t think I enjoyed it as much as Star Wars, it is darker after all, but I now rate it as the strongest of all the SW films. TV wise I got into Doctor Who from an early age thanks to a Doctor Who mad Uncle and used to get another family member who had the luxury of Sky TV to video me episodes off UK Gold!
From a film making point of view, I’ve always been very interested in the technical aspect of how the story is comprised and told on the screen. I’ve always had an eye for a good photo and shot angles and always look for something a bit out of the ordinary or different aspects than the ‘norm’, so hopefully our films should look good though they may not always follow the standard shooting techniques as I look for different angles and more interesting ways to frame shots. I believe sound plays a massive part in the visual storytelling medium as well and I love a good score to a film to TV show, it can add so much to the experience.