headluma sends crews, live units and editors to developing stories, delivering clean pictures and clear sound to your newsroom in the format and on the deadline you set.
Camera operators and producers go to the scene of a developing story and shoot broadcast-ready footage. Crews are briefed on your angle before they leave and file material as they go.
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Portable live units send pictures and sound from the location straight to your gallery. An engineer stays with the kit so the feed holds steady while your reporter works.
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Reports, bulletins and clips are cut quickly and finished to your house style. We deliver in the format your playout or website needs, ready to go to air.
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Interviews are lit and recorded in our studio or at your premises, with a director and a sound engineer in the room so guests are heard clearly and look natural.
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We advise on ingest, file naming and hand-over so footage moves through your newsroom without delay. Setup is practical and built around the way your team already works.
Services →A news shoot succeeds or fails on preparation as much as on the day itself. headluma plans crews, routes and delivery times before anyone leaves Swansea. We work to your deadlines and fit in with your editors and producers rather than asking you to change.
ContactEvery job follows the same plain sequence, whether it is a single clip or a day of coverage. Knowing what happens at each stage lets your editor plan around us and keeps surprises to a minimum.
You contact us with the story, location and deadline. We confirm what we can cover, assign a crew and agree how and when material will reach you. Rhys plans the route and timings, and the crew leaves with a clear idea of the angle you need. Where a story is still developing, we keep the line open so the plan can change as facts emerge.
On location the operator gathers pictures and interviews while the sound engineer monitors audio. Where speed matters, footage is sent back as it is captured so your team can start work early. For live coverage, our unit sets up, tests the link with your gallery and stays on the feed until you release it.
Material is logged, cut and finished to your house style, then checked for picture and sound before delivery. Files go out in the format you specify with names that match your system. If changes are needed after your review, the same editor makes them, so the revision is quick and consistent.
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headluma was founded in 2012 and has worked with television newsrooms and broadcasters since. Rhys Pritchard has run news shoots from the start, and the same core team of operator, editor and engineer now covers most of our work. We are a small company, and that is deliberate: the people you brief are the people on the job.
News video is judged quickly and used publicly, so small errors travel far. Our principles are practical habits rather than slogans. They shape how crews are briefed, how footage is checked and how we speak to your newsroom when a story is moving fast.
Accuracy means we check before we send. Crews note names, places and times as they shoot, and editors confirm captions and cuts against that information. If something is uncertain, we tell you plainly so your team can decide how to use it rather than discovering a problem on air.
Speed comes from preparation, not shortcuts. Routes, kit and delivery methods are planned in advance, so on the day the crew can move straight to the story. We send material as soon as it is usable and tell you honestly how long each stage will take.
Clarity applies to pictures, sound and communication alike. We frame shots so the point of the story is visible, capture speech cleanly and keep our messages short and specific. You always know where the crew is, what has been shot and when it will arrive.
Answers to the questions newsroom teams ask most often before working with us. If yours is not covered here, the contact page is the quickest way to reach us.
Send an enquiry through the contact page or phone us on 01792 410286 with the story, location and deadline. We confirm whether we can cover it and who will go. For ongoing work, a written quotation or confirmation sets out what is included before the job starts.
We deliver in the format your newsroom needs, agreed before the job. That covers file type, frame rate, naming and the route the files take to you. If you have a house specification for ingest, send it and we will work to it.
Yes. Our portable live units send pictures and sound from the location to your gallery, and a sound and live engineer stays with the equipment. We test the link with your team before going live and keep it running until you release us.
Yes. Our editors cut reports, bulletins and clips from material shot by us or supplied by you, finishing to your house style. Tell us the running time, format and deadline when you enquire, and we will confirm what is realistic.
Interviews can be recorded in our studio in Swansea or at your premises. Either way a director and sound engineer attend, and lighting is set to suit the guest and your programme. We agree the setting and timings with you beforehand.
We advise on how footage is ingested, named and handed over, then help set it up so material moves smoothly between crews, editors and producers. The work is practical and built around your existing systems rather than replacing them.
Prices are listed on the Prices page. After an enquiry we send a written quotation or confirmation, and once the work is done we issue an invoice payable by bank transfer. Cancellations and refunds follow our payment and refund policy.
Our crews travel to stories across the region and beyond, depending on the brief and timing. Tell us the location and deadline and we will say plainly whether we can reach it in time and what travel affects in the quotation.
Tell us the location, the angle and your deadline. We will confirm whether a crew can reach it, explain what is included and follow up with a written quotation or confirmation.
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01792 410286News video production from Swansea: crews, live links, fast editing and studio interviews for television newsrooms and broadcasters across the UK.