At times I call my urge to create an illness. The necessity to mould, shape, blend, fold... just create, is what keeps me up at night and what doesn't let me have a lay-in during the cold morning of a British winter. My days range from either writing a song to recording a song, taking candid photographs of my partner (she gets a little nervous when she's aware I'm shooting stills of her freckles), to shooting a video of my bedside table only to track and add a 3D object into the frame with some visual effects editing. Perhaps today I'll write a short story, I could post it on Medium. Tomorrow I may be editing some clips of videos I've shot over the summer.
Projects credited in
- iAnna: Motion SequenceAs a Level 4 academic unit, based on the short story ‘iAnna’ by Will Self, I worked with Mario N. Camacho to create an abstract, psychedelic and neon title sequence to represent a mental patient who thinks she’s a piece of technology. This successfully broke the stereotypical visual style of computers, technology and sci-fi conventions, and engaged the audience. We conducted extensive research, exploring three-dimensional tracking in adobe after effects, chromatic aberration and glitch effects,
Work history
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DirectorNHS Portsmouth
- Portsmouth, United KingdomFreelance
I worked with the Head of IT, Philip Kenney, at the
Portsmouth Hospital Trust, to create two videos for
the IT department.
The first video concerned a future advancement
the trust is looking to get funding for. Mr Kenney
used the video as a demonstration during a company-wide presentation.
The second video presented a newly developed
system used around the trust and the benefits
it’s given to the staff and patients. This video was
shown at an awards ceremony when Mr Kenney got
nominated for an HSJ Award.
Both videos were thought-of, directed, shot and
edited by me. Creating these videos is also the
reason I managed to obtain a job in the IT department at the trust without IT knowledge or previous
experience.
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Visual Effects EditorPixelBasher
- Brighton, United KingdomFreelance
I helped edit a VFX shot for a BBC2 show called
“The City and The City”. Through networking, I was
contacted by Robin Willott from Pixelbasher to see
if I could help take some of the heavy workload off
his hands.
Skills
- Video Editing
- 35mm Film Photography
- Videography
- Music Writer
- Script Writer
- Sound Design
- Photo Editing
- Adobe Create Suite
- Article Writing
- Adobe After Effects
Education
Film Production BA (Hons)University of Portsmouth
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom
At the age of 18, I walked into university with a pair of new shoes and a big smile on my face. I thought university was the next big step for my filmmaking career and it was going to shoot me forward.
At the age of 19, I walked out of university with another pair of new shoes and an even bigger smile on my face. I realised that just because it's called "university" doesn't mean it's the best way to learn. I believe that filmmaking isn't something you can turn into an academic subject. You can teach the basics of filmmaking, but the art is born within a person. Just because a lecturer is "qualified" doesn't mean they're good at the craft, let alone teaching it.
I may not be a film student anymore, but I'll never stop learning the art of motion pictures.
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Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media ProductionMET College Brighton
- Brighton, United Kingdom
After secondary school, I went out to set my focus on a subject I'd wanted to study for a long time - filmmaking. Doing a Level 3 Extended Diploma taught me the technical aspects of film and gave me the opportunity to learn practically over theoretically.
I achieved two Distinctions for both years.
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