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Aston’s accommodation blocks demolition videos (2011)

Client

CLIPP & Marketing Department, Aston University

Brief

We initiated our own enquiries to record the demolition by controlled implosion of the two accommodation tower blocks (Dalton and Lawrence) for the university archive. This footage was subsequently used in a longer video which told the history of the towers and put the demolition into the context of the new building work. We had to work with strict and comprehensive safety requirements, and were able to set our cameras up on the roof of the main building to get the best possible angle to capture all the action.

Products

We delivered not just a 45s clip of the demolition, filmed from the best position on the campus (6th floor, main building), but also a larger 4 minute video that used archive material and video files from the architects to create the perfect past, present and future video experience.