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About celebyzo

An Oxford production company that works from the plan outwards

celebyzo

We design and plan the technical side of television and live events, and we explain our reasoning in plain terms so clients can judge the work for themselves.

Our story

How celebyzo came to work the way it does

celebyzo was founded in Oxford in 2012 by Oliver Hartley, after years in studio and outside broadcast production. The company grew out of a simple observation: productions run better when someone has written down how they will work before the crew arrives.

Working method

What you can expect from us

These are the habits behind each project, whatever its size. They are practical commitments about how we communicate, document and deliver.

  • Written scope first

    Before work begins you receive a written quotation that sets out what is included and what could change the cost. It means both sides know what has been agreed.

  • One coordinated team

    Design, lighting, sound and operations are planned together. Conflicts between departments are found and settled on paper rather than during a rehearsal.

  • Plans a crew can use

    Drawings, plots, patch lists and rotas are made for the people who will do the work, in plain language and a tidy layout that holds up on a busy day.

  • Schedules that hold

    Hannah plans signal paths, load-in and crew rotas around the real running order. Where something is tight, we say so early rather than hoping it works out.

  • Honest equipment advice

    We recommend what the production needs and say when existing kit is good enough. Equipment lists are matched to the programme, not padded.

  • Direct contact

    You deal with the people doing the planning. Questions go to the relevant specialist, and replies come from someone who has read your brief.

Principles

What guides the work from first call to handover

Broadcast and live work leaves little room for guesswork. A crew on show day needs information they can trust and decisions that were made for good reasons. Three principles shape how we plan, write and deliver, and they show up in small, daily choices.

  1. Clarity

    Clarity means that a producer, an operator and a freelancer can each read our documents and understand their part. We avoid jargon where a plain word will do, label diagrams fully and explain why a choice was made. If a plan is hard to follow, we treat that as a fault in our work, not in the reader, and we rewrite it.

  2. Reliability

    Reliability means doing what the written plan says and flagging early when something changes. We build in checks, keep routing and schedules realistic, and prefer proven set-ups to experiments on a live day. If we cannot deliver something, we say so at the quotation stage rather than during the production.

  3. Craft

    Craft shows in the details a viewer never notices: tidy cable routes, balanced lighting across cameras, clean monitoring, sensible labelling. Each of our specialists has spent years in the field, and we take the time to finish the small things properly because crews depend on them when the pressure is on.

celebyzo

celebyzo plans broadcast studios, lighting, sound and live event workflows for television and festivals from Oxford.

14 Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford OX1 2EW01865 402 718[email protected]