Footstep Productions

02/10/2025

In the spirit of international podcast day, we’re super excited to announce our very own podcast series “Following Footstep” ✨🎙️

Our founder, Colette, will be catching up with all the fantastic people who have worked with Footstep, to see where life has taken them and the steps they’ve taken since our time together.

To celebrate our 35th year in the biz, Following Footstep is set to premier across our socials early 2026, so keep your eyes peeled for some fantastic episodes!

30/09/2025

Happy International Translation day! 🗣️🎉

In 2017, the UN declared the 30th September as a day to celebrate professional translators, interpreters and terminologists, recognising the value and skill in their roles as they quietly connect nations together to foster a brighter future. This year, the International Federation of Translation's theme is Celebrating Translation, Peace and Trust.

At Footstep our passion for languages and intercultural communication has driven much of our audio and video production over 3 decades. That may not come as a surprise for those who know our founder and the fact she has various degrees of 7 languages under her belt!

Languages are a wonderful gateway for knowledge, career, community and culture, and it's given us opportunities to meet and work with a range of wonderful people from across the world and in a flurry of different languages. Whilst an app may have its place, there is nothing like a human translator or interpreter to really support understanding. And even better when that person is you…. here’s to learning languages to promote peace and trust. The more the better!

Image Source: International Federation of Translation website, 2025 poster

19/09/2025

We urgently need a second chaperone for Saturday 4th October in London. A lovely audio project. If you know anyone who is a registered chaperone please put them in touch!

04/09/2025

As the new school year begins in the Northern Hemisphere, it prompted the Footstep team to look back at some of the fun we’ve had filming at schools around the world. We’ve filmed for publishers and broadcasters, some scripted sequences for language learning or more documentary based features to show what life is really like at school in another country.

BBC Language programmes switched me onto language learning, gave me a love of other cultures and people and a passion for travel. With reduced funding and resources available for language teaching in UK schools we hope that this kind of window into the lives of others won’t be lost.

Good luck to both teachers and students embarking on another year of adventure through learning!

Author: Colette Thomson, Founder

Footsteps wishes good luck to those going back to school this week, students and teachers alike!

29/07/2025

Excited to announce that from August, we'll be joined in the office by our great new intern, Valentin!

He is also currently searching for accommodation between mid Aug and October while he works with us, so if anyone knows of a sublet or housing available, please give us a shout!

22/07/2025

If you're teaching primary French, German or Spanish, or have children you'd love to get started with languages, check out this amazing offer from Brilliant Publications !

Footstep produced the audio for a number of these books, from the stories to the songs. In particular, we wrote, composed and produced Vamos a Cantar!, Singt mit uns! and Brilliant Songs to Teach French Grammar. All fun to play if you're on a long road trip this summer too!

Half price back to school offer on our established foreign language books, including French and Spanish schemes and sing-along song books.

15/07/2025

Another great few sessions in the studio recording more MFL audio content for !

Always a pleasure to work with our familiar footstep French, German and Spanish family, as well as working with some new faces this time! Thanks to everyone for a great few days and a smooth record 🎙️🙌🏻

24/06/2025

🗣‼️ GERMAN TEEN NEEDED ‼️🗣

We're looking for a female teenage voice, aged 16 - 18, to take part in a small German audio project on Sunday 13th July!

No voice acting experience is required, you just need to be a clear and fluent German speaker! This is a paid opportunity and will be recorded in a professional studio in central London.

If you're interested in taking part, or know someone who might be, please send us an email at [email protected] with your name, age and where you are based.

We look forward to hearing from you!

18/05/2025

In true Footstep style a multi-lingual weekend! First German and tgen Spanish recordings.

25/03/2025

Can you believe it's been 12 years since we flew out to Austin, Texas for Cesar's episode of My Hero?!

My Hero was an original series created by Colette and produced by Footstep Productions, where young people were given the chance to meet someone who inspired them and get a glimpse of what their own future could look like!

In 2013, young Cesar got to meet one of his heroes, Dr Mark Moffett (aka. Dr Bugs!), and that moment helped shape his future. Cesar slowly followed in Dr Bugs' footsteps, and turned his passion into a profession.

Today he runs a successful business called ANTS HQ, where he sells ants and ant-keeping equipment to enthusiasts across the UK. He also visits schools and zoos to educate the next generation of young people in the business of ant keeping!

Turns out a spark of inspiration and hard work can go a long way. From Austin to ants, 12 years later the passion (and the colony) just keeps growing! 🐜🐜🐜

18/03/2025

Calling all budding 18-25 year old filmmakers, content creators and cinematographers! The Short Film Competition "Stories in Motion" is now open for applications 🥳🎬

We've worked with some fantastic young people over the years and always strive to champion their careers within the creative industry. If you've got a project or idea you've been working on, check out the link below for more information about the competition!

Enter CVPs Short Film Competition for young Content Creators, Filmmakers & Cinematographers. Win prizes & showcase your talent. In association with Canon.

25/02/2025

Back in October 2024, we had the opportunity to partner up with as the focus of another fantastic ELT video project we produced for Digital Learning Associates.

School in a Bag is an amazing organisation that provides school bags filled with essential educational and healthcare supplies to children across 58+ countries! We had a wonderful shoot as the students from a local primary school got involved. Not only did they raise money through a sponsored walk, but they each packed a school bag that was then sent to children overseas.

Education has always been at the heart of what we do here at Footstep, and we’re beyond proud to support such a fantastic charity. A huge thank you to School in a Bag for the vital work they do!

Catch our ELT video on DLA’s website as apart of their Young Learners program!