Showing posts with label My Films/ Videos I've Worked on.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Films/ Videos I've Worked on.. Show all posts
Sunday, 6 April 2014
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Monday, 27 January 2014
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Monday, 28 October 2013
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Saturday, 20 July 2013
Friday, 3 May 2013
Saturday, 6 April 2013
Saturday, 9 March 2013
Rough Edit, Social Media Documentary Footage
Here's just a rough edit I threw together over the weekend. Its just the footage we gathered out with the police as they checked the Hyde Park area for open doors. All the footage was shot by me on my DSLR.
Saturday, 23 February 2013
Cinematography Exercise
In our first cinematography class we were told to go out and film 30 seconds of hand held footage, I made two as I wasn't particularly happy with my first attempt.
The problem with this is that I'm not really moving the camera so in this situation it will be best to use a tripod.
The reason why the frame looks so shaky is because I'm using a longer lens and the subject I'm filming is completely still. In this situation I guess you'd best use things like a steady cam or something to help support the camera as I move with it.
The problem with this is that I'm not really moving the camera so in this situation it will be best to use a tripod.
The reason why the frame looks so shaky is because I'm using a longer lens and the subject I'm filming is completely still. In this situation I guess you'd best use things like a steady cam or something to help support the camera as I move with it.
Friday, 14 December 2012
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Made In Dagenham, 2012
This is the 3rd film I worked on while at the Northern Film School. I was the art director for this shoot.
Human Traffic, 2012
This was our 2nd shoot at the film school. I was production manager so I had very little creative control over the film. I did however edit the film.
Made In Britain Final Cut, 2012
This is the final cut of the the short scene we did in our 3rd week at the film school. I think it's OK given the circumstances, however if I was given the chance to re-shoot it I would do a lot of the shots differently. As you can see there are some jarring moments throughout!
Saturday, 3 November 2012
The Tower, 2012
Very muddy concept, this was supposed to be a scene from a larger production. As it is I think it's a bit of a mess.
Sunday, 5 August 2012
JWT Live At The Grand, Clitheroe, 2011
I think this was my first crack at directing a small camera crew, I think the shoot went well.
Friday, 3 August 2012
DSLR Video Test, 2012
WARNING. Bad Language & Crude Humor. Not Recommended To Be Seen By Anyone Living Or Dead!
Sunday, 1 July 2012
One Year On! A Second Look At My Films.
Now that its been a year since I finished college I thought it would be a pretty cool idea to go back and re-watch my films and see just what I think of them now that I've spent a year working at The Grand and learning more about the film making process.
El Campamento -
When I watch this I still see it as a success, mostly because of the circumstances surrounding its production. The very fact that it was made without a storyboard, on a new location and within such a small time frame the film has to be considered a job well done. However, like a bolt out of nowhere I suddenly realize what's wrong with it, what it needed that I just couldn't put my finger on while filming was an ending. The film just doesn't end right. Initially what I set out to do was make the film exactly like the short story I had written during my GCSE's and because of this I didn't think out of the box, I didn't see the bigger picture. I always feel let down by how weak the ending feels, Mark's music score is fabulous but it doesn't get your heart pumping because what's going on screen just isn't that interesting. What had to happen to make the film much more tense and engaging was to stop Toby from leaving so easily, I had to bring him back into the campsite, back into the danger. So I have this idea that when Toby runs out of the site his bike is missing, the gunman has moved it. Freaking out Toby goes to have a look for it thus brining him back into the campsite. The rest pretty much writes itself and I think if I had known about this during filming I could have been sat on a little gem of a film. Never the less it was my first film on the course and it helped me hit the ground running.
The Room -
Now, I don't really like this film at all, OK that's not quite true, but when I look at this I just see the pain it took me to make the damn thing. I lost my mind for a short while and it suddenly hit home just how hard it would be to make films. Nothing went right at all. The lighting was off, the sound had to be muted because of my gran's reluctance to turn off the TV, there was to little space in the room to get the kind of shot I needed, to be fair the whole filming process was a mess and I think it would show if I wasn't so good at editing my own work. The final piece is fine, most people actually like The Room because its weird and I think people just like weird things, so maybe I got off the hook, but in my heart I know that if I'm ever going to make films for a living then I cant have a repeat of The Room. Next time I might not be so lucky. It was a learning process and that was it.
Dreamer's Rest -
This film was a blending of one years hard word and study. From the first moments of it's inception to the very moment it was shown on the college cinema screen it just felt right. I'm very proud with how DR turned out because I micro managed the whole project properly and I set out to work with actors and the end result is great. I had ups and downs, the full day of filming with Cameron and Millie was exhausting but we all hung in there and it's something we should all feel proud of. The problems I see now are concept problems, perhaps I didn't have enough time to bat out the story and make the set pieces more fluid in the early storyboards, the film's pacing is clearly off, it hits a high then drops low then goes right back high again then tails off, it's not steady which makes the film feel disjointed. Also Mark's score isn't the greatest, he had his own FMP to do so the very fact that he took time out to make me a score in the first place has to be respected, it is a good score but it perhaps doesn't always fit the mood on screen. Another problem I see with the film is the ideas I try to portray are far to abstract, its like an art film which is not what I wanted, again these problems should have been sorted early on but with the limited time frame I think I did the best that I could. In the end though I think my family loved it and so did the tutors. From my perspective it was the most ambitious film anyone did on the course and the experience I've gained by creating it has been immense and has surely put me in good stead to create something even better.
El Campamento -
When I watch this I still see it as a success, mostly because of the circumstances surrounding its production. The very fact that it was made without a storyboard, on a new location and within such a small time frame the film has to be considered a job well done. However, like a bolt out of nowhere I suddenly realize what's wrong with it, what it needed that I just couldn't put my finger on while filming was an ending. The film just doesn't end right. Initially what I set out to do was make the film exactly like the short story I had written during my GCSE's and because of this I didn't think out of the box, I didn't see the bigger picture. I always feel let down by how weak the ending feels, Mark's music score is fabulous but it doesn't get your heart pumping because what's going on screen just isn't that interesting. What had to happen to make the film much more tense and engaging was to stop Toby from leaving so easily, I had to bring him back into the campsite, back into the danger. So I have this idea that when Toby runs out of the site his bike is missing, the gunman has moved it. Freaking out Toby goes to have a look for it thus brining him back into the campsite. The rest pretty much writes itself and I think if I had known about this during filming I could have been sat on a little gem of a film. Never the less it was my first film on the course and it helped me hit the ground running.
The Room -
Now, I don't really like this film at all, OK that's not quite true, but when I look at this I just see the pain it took me to make the damn thing. I lost my mind for a short while and it suddenly hit home just how hard it would be to make films. Nothing went right at all. The lighting was off, the sound had to be muted because of my gran's reluctance to turn off the TV, there was to little space in the room to get the kind of shot I needed, to be fair the whole filming process was a mess and I think it would show if I wasn't so good at editing my own work. The final piece is fine, most people actually like The Room because its weird and I think people just like weird things, so maybe I got off the hook, but in my heart I know that if I'm ever going to make films for a living then I cant have a repeat of The Room. Next time I might not be so lucky. It was a learning process and that was it.
Dreamer's Rest -
This film was a blending of one years hard word and study. From the first moments of it's inception to the very moment it was shown on the college cinema screen it just felt right. I'm very proud with how DR turned out because I micro managed the whole project properly and I set out to work with actors and the end result is great. I had ups and downs, the full day of filming with Cameron and Millie was exhausting but we all hung in there and it's something we should all feel proud of. The problems I see now are concept problems, perhaps I didn't have enough time to bat out the story and make the set pieces more fluid in the early storyboards, the film's pacing is clearly off, it hits a high then drops low then goes right back high again then tails off, it's not steady which makes the film feel disjointed. Also Mark's score isn't the greatest, he had his own FMP to do so the very fact that he took time out to make me a score in the first place has to be respected, it is a good score but it perhaps doesn't always fit the mood on screen. Another problem I see with the film is the ideas I try to portray are far to abstract, its like an art film which is not what I wanted, again these problems should have been sorted early on but with the limited time frame I think I did the best that I could. In the end though I think my family loved it and so did the tutors. From my perspective it was the most ambitious film anyone did on the course and the experience I've gained by creating it has been immense and has surely put me in good stead to create something even better.
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
'El Campamento' Film, 2010
This film is based on a short story I wrote during my time studying GCSE English and that story was based loosely on true story that happened to me and a friend. I filmed 'El Campamento' while on a visit back home to Spain, I originally planned to film in a different location but due to unforeseen circumstances I had to relocate and this ruined all my planning prior to the shoot. Looking at the final piece I feel it was a bit ambitious to film this without any shot lists or story boards but I have to be happy that the film was made; not only that it was my first film on the course so I felt it had to made and shown.
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