AN award-winning film-maker who made his name working on the Harry Potter movies has set up a corporate video company in the North- East.

Chris Bogle launched Newcastlebased Veejo in June to help companies in the UK to market themselves and engage with customers more effectively through digital video.

He has spent ten years in film and television in a number of roles, including as a location assistant on Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and, most recently, as creative director at leading production house, Twenty First Century Media.

In 2006, he won a Royal Television Society award for best producer.

Mr Bogle said this breadth of knowledge, and that of his team, will enable Veejo to provide its clients with high quality and measurably effective marketing solutions.

He said: “Video is a brilliant way of engaging people and getting emotional buy-in from clients and customers.

What’s more, it is versatile.

“At Veejo we can produce everything from show-reels and product demonstrations to television commercials and online promotions.”

Barely five months after launching, Veejo has won a steady stream of clients and seen off competition from other major firms to win a recent contract with the NHS, while a promotional show-reel for signage firm Jonsigns, of Gateshead, proved extremely effective.

Jonathan Cawthorn, Jonsigns’ managing director, said: “We’ve seen a 50 per cent increase in website hits and received numerous inquiries from clients who have seen the video.

“As a marketing tool, it has become one of our best assets.

“It really shows what we, as an expanding and established business, are capable of.”

On his plans for the company, Mr Bogle said Veejo was aiming to achieve a turnover of £120,000 by the end of its first year in business, and to employ five people by the end of the second.

“We want to keep the company reasonably small so that we can keep overheads down and enable us to do bespoke work for clients at a good price,” he said.

Veejo is a member of Codeworks Connect, the trade association for the North-East’s digital sector.

Carri Cunliffe, Codeworks’ head of sector development, said: “In the current financial climate it is as important, if not more so, for businesses to continue marketing themselves effectively.

“Digital video shouldn’t be thought of as a luxury item.

“As a cost-effective sales or marketing tool it is difficult to beat.”