Whilst researching the portrayal of women in action films I came across some research which said women are seen as one of three things; a victim, as equals or as the lead. It then occurred to me, why not have all three? Women are so diverse that they cannot be represented by one portrayal alone and so I planned this film opening which I filmed with close friends.
Saturday, 4 April 2015
Friday, 6 February 2015
An Early Start to Filming
My love of creating media started as soon as I was introduced to my first editing system, windows movie maker. After much begging my parents agreed to buy me a laptop with the system on it and my passion began. For years I created short films and adverts with my friend one of which was an advert for a laser pointer pen.
As it is clear to see, this was very unprofessional. However it was the first step into the world of film and media production.
Example of My Work
One problem I have had to deal with over my filming life is that I have had a serious lack of actors. Due to this most of my work involves animation and working with family members. Then one day I wondered, why not mix the two? so I aimed to find a way I could mix these two types of filming together. After planning for 2 days I created this video and edited it in the following week.
The idea was that not only did the human male dream about being the lego male, but they had a shared mission (to find tea). The music in the dream was created by the objects around the human male which brought the mergence into a full loop.
Homemade Improvements
To aid in the shooting of my work, for both school and recreational, I designed and built a shoulder mount to help with steady shots and panning shots. The mount involved a PVC frame with a bought camera mounting plate, a foam protective layer for comfort and safety, and lead shot placed in the rear for counter weight.
Overall the mount worked perfectly and I still use it now in my A2 work and home videos.
Experience with Photoshop
One way i try to show my creativity is through photoshop. Mostly this is just shown by creating humorous puns or witty jokes. However every now and then I create images to be used by my school for posters in my charity committee or just to be informative.
One such example of an informative piece is my collection of "you are what you eat" posters.
The whole idea for the collection was to embrace stereotypes to portray a message. In this case it was quite literal.
For this particular image I thought I would go for a more controversial standpoint in order to have the desired effect
I have also had experience in doing volunteer work for other people on photoshop. In order to promote a friends custom built action men he asked me to photoshop the toy into it's correct background. I was more than happy to help.
Assistant Cinematographer experience for Patrick McCallion's Small Words
Patrick McCallion's Small Words are a local band who have played at music festivals like "Bingley Music Live" and have performed at venues as far as Spain. They were able to book a tour of their music and traveled from Hull to Liverpool on what they called "The M62 Tour". To promote their new song "Murky Waters" their manager asked them to create a music video. After hearing that this was happening I quickly emailed the Lead Singer, Patrick McCallion and asked if I could be a part of the process. I was given the task of assistant cinematographer and was in charge of finding the locations of filming. We assembled all the members of the band as well as a filming crew and went to film the music video in the surrounding area. After filming I was one of the three members of the team who helped with the editing of the piece. This is the finished result.
Sample of Lego Animation
The main premise is I mis-heard my dad singing, and instead of "Barbara Ann" I heard "Barbarian". I then proceeded to write the script and storyboard, then started filming over the next three days. With a substantial amount of editing, this is the final product.
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