Local TV / film props company supports 'Let’s Dance for Comic Relief'

The team, based in Haverhill, were delighted to help the charity by supplying, free of charge, a selection of vintage television sets.

Celebrating 25 years of Red Nose Day, the organisers of Comic Relief have introduced an eighties theme to this year’s event. And if you watch the final episode of Let’s Dance for Comic Relief on March 17, you might catch more than a glimpse the vintage televisions.

Many people will know Pure Energy as a web design and hosting company in Haverhill, but over the past three years the team have been developing a sub-division that specialises in supplying technical props  for the TV & Film industry.

Pure Energy Managing Director, Jason Fitzpatrick said: “We were delighted to be asked to do our bit for this very worthwhile charity and we pulled together every working set we had available for the show.”

Specialising in technology from the past 40 years including TVs, radios, telephones, toys, games,  mobile phones, calculators and computers, the company actually holds one of the best collection of vintage consumer electronics in the UK, and most of the items work!

In addition to this unique collection of props, the company’s rare combination of skills which include technical expertise, design experience and historical knowledge ensures they can solve most creative problems. Often asked to advise on the suitability and timeframe of props and even on occasion to provide a spokesperson to wax lyrical on camera, they describe themselves as ‘a bunch of geeks who loved and lived in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s and have hoarded everything they picked up along the way!’

Having pioneered the use of vintage TV equipment, Pure Energy TV and Film Props are particularly thrilled to see retro TVs being used in such a high profile way and for such a good cause.

Jason Fitzpatrick sums it up: “We are all old enough to remember the equipment we used to view the live television extravaganza of the first Red Nose Day in 1988. It’s great to see those old TVs appear again 25 years later. We love the challenge of making old and new technology interface in wonderful ways!”

The website www.tvfilmprops.co.uk  is a nostaglic trip through the past 40 years of technology in the home and at work, and is well worth a look …

Image: MD Jason Fitzpatrick with some of the vintage televisions supplied to Let’s Dance for Comic Relief



About Pure Energy TV and Film Props

Pure Energy TV and Film Props supplies quality retro props, including vintage computers and electronic gadgets. Founder Jason Fitzpatrick, who already runs a successful digital marketing agency, Pure Energy, recognised that demand for seventies, eighties and nineties props would increase in the 21st century. It has

Since launching three years ago, the company has worked with many of the advertising, fashion, film and TV industries leading set designers and photographers. The Pure Energy TV and Film Props team has always been busy;  last year was particularly eventful. From the ground-breaking retro TV prop demands of Kurt Geiger’s AW12 Pretty in Punk collection and Heinz Beans 80s tea party on the South Bank, through to the complex challenges posed in creating the Next Cube film footage for the Olympics Opening Ceremony used to support Tim Berners Lee’s appearance, all have been hard at work ensuring that they maintain the company’s first class reputation within the TV, film and fashion industries.

Commissions range from mere delivery and collection to onsite expertise. Often customers require last minute technical adjustments just prior to filming or tech back-up for entire events. The technical team often have to overcome multiple challenges involving the interfacing of new and old technology and different video standards. Last-minute changes frequently lead to the tech department working late into the night or rushing orders to locations across the country.  No job is ever the same.

Pure Energy TV and Film Props supplies quality retro props, including vintage computers and electronic gadgets to provide authentic detail, make a statement or create the wow factor at events. 

The company enjoys a close association with the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge providing technical advice and expertise.

Commission include:
Bibendum; Comme d’Garcon – Dover Street Market, Mafia’s Greatest Hits;  Channel 4;  59 Productions (Olympics 2012); Jonathan Ross Hot Sauce TV – Big Fat Quiz 80s; Kurt Geiger; Heinz Beanz

www.tvfilmprops.co.uk

 

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