the who, why, what, where,
when and how...
mart, simple design, at affordable prices, lies at the heart of what we do. Our target market is the individual - the entertainer and the entrepreneur. Actors, who require a very precise set of marketing tools (an interactive headshot gallery, video/audio showreel, online presence and quality business-cards) are particularly welcome at Pig Dog - our close relationship producing projects and training students and staff at London's Central School of Speech and Drama give us a unique insight into the needs of the actor.
We believe websites should be bold, simple, and striking, all written using validated XHTML and CSS, without table-based layout, and double-checked for compliance in the main browsers (IE6 onwards, FireFox, Safari and Opera). We use Flash when necessary, writing all our Flash documents in pure Actionscript 3.0. We edit on the latest version of Final Cut Pro, and design all our graphics inhouse using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
We’ve spent many, many hours sourcing the best quality print services in the UK, so your business cards, flyers, posters, DVD showreels, and so on, are all printed to the highest possible quality. We employ English-language experts to assist in writing smart, memorable and, most importantly, search-engine optimized copy for your web pages. And finally, we enjoy what we do, we enjoy the artistic element of design, enjoy working with clients who have an idea, have the drive to want to market themselves, and want to see it made real.
So if you’re interested, here’s a little background into who we are, and how we came about. Pig Dog was formed (initially under a different name) in 2001, as a small graphic design shop in Montpellier, in southern France. I’d come over from South Africa, and was printing and selling T-shirts (as a street vendor) in the old town centre. I eventually moved the company to Bristol (England), where I continued trading for several years. At the same time I turned a hobby in filmmaking professional – after making several shorts, I started teaching film editing at the New York Film Academy, and I still teach acting for screen at the University of London. I decided to pull together the various strands of what I was doing – the editing and film making, the web design and the graphic art – under one banner, and so offer a unique service to all the actors, entertainers and entrepreneurs I was meeting, covering all their design and marketing needs for a very affordable, realistic fee. Pig Dog is now London-based, and employs several talented freelance designers and editors to cover our growing client-base.
Please do get in touch to discuss any ideas you have, whether it's film, web design, printed media, or a mix of any or all of what we do. We're always looking to collaborate on shared projects - drop us a line, we can hook up for a coffee.
Keir Burrows