From
a recent press cutting:
"20
years Success for ECC"
Incorporated
June 1982 (the same year as Channel 4). One of ECC's
founders was a regular freelance cameraman at C4's Charlotte
Street Studio. The company has always provided high quality video
shooting units at economical rates. It was one of the few video
facilities in London equipped with Sony Portable 1in C-format instead
of U-matic. This attracted prestigious clients wanting genuine
broadcast video.
DoP John Tarby still enjoys shooting for most of the company's
clients who appreciate his conservative approach which favours award
winning photography and precision video engineering over cheap and
dirty wobbly-cam. His excellent portraiture has been
applied to a host of celebrities. John has shot royalty, prime
ministers, rock stars, supermodels, world-class sportsmen and CEOs.
They all survived to appear on tv or in blue chip corporate videos.
The company's broadcast expertise enables it to shoot multicamera
for live transmissions, webcasts and satellite link-ups. These days
practically everything is recorded on Betacam, although other formats
are used, even film (John is a qualified cinematographer). His
assistant of many years, Mayyasa Al-Malazi, is a talented video
journalist who has travelled the world with her DVcam producing stories
for good and noble causes. Purchase of a Media 100 work station has
also allowed them to research picture quality for new media
applications: CD video encoding, DVD video and webstreaming.
Based 2 minutes from Tower Bridge, in Wapping, LONDON, The Electronic
Camera Company is ideally placed to service Docklands or City clients.
