The Marlow Film Institute developed an interest in video for the Web after producing the Mystery of the Missing Mummy series (the mummy also co-starred in "The SAS Professionals" as a patient). That series was inspired by the theft of a plastic mummy from SAS Forum UK in 2007.

So, when the video contest came along, we leapt at the chance to get out the camera and film a new epic.

Our concept for this video was to show what people use SAS for, rather than explain what SAS was. As a result, we took some real world customer stories and fictionalised them. The whole process was great fun, and we filmed all of the sequences here at SAS UK in Marlow.

Most of us got to dress up and we did all of our own stunts. We also created a make-shift "green screen" studio for the weather forecasting sequence. The project took on a life of its own as more people asked to have roles in the video. The real work came in with the editing. We ran through about ten times as much footage to get the final version. We then created an original soundtrack using software synthesizers. Sounds really brings a short film to life.

So, as to the sequel, watch this space ….