What I've been doing...

Hello, I'm sorry I've not been posting, I've been absolutely rushed off my feet doing everything in the world! October has been the busiest month for me. Lots of things are coming to a close and getting all exciting.

Music

The other day I travelled to Cambridge with two of my best friends to see my current favourite band, Dry the River. It was an unbelievably perfect night. The set was absolutely fantastic, there was a great atmosphere in the crowd and everybody was emotionally wailing along, and we met Scott Miller (bass), Peter Liddle (vocals and guitar) and Will Harvey (violin)! They were so lovely and nice to talk to. 

Scott

Pete

I've also been doing a lot of work on my own music. I'm doing some proper recording with my boys on Tuesday for my brand new EP 'Songs From My Ribcage'. I finished the artwork last night:

It's going to be released sometime very soon, I'll post about that when I know for certain. 

Music video also coming soon!

Film

My film is finally coming to a close! Our final shoot begins at 5pm today, how exciting. We're shooting the dramatic end sequence today, our biggest shoot yet.

I've just finished some work on a short documentary as a part of research for my EPQ project at college. It's about an exhibition by a group of artists in Leiester called 'The Collective'.

The Collective - A Short Film

Film: Three Weeks

Starring

Yanika Chauhan

Henry Brown

Eloise Clarke

Lewis Meagor

Young playwright, Lita, is in the final three weeks of producing her comic play, 'Bathos' and she's falling for mysterious actor, Tristan, to the dismay of her eccentric best friend. However, unknown to her friends and cast, Lita is facing a dangerous inner battle with mental illness.

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I've been writing and directing this film for the best part of three years, and we've finally got to the filming stage! At 5am this morning we embarked on the filming of a post-party scene.

Film: Grinderman - A Short Film

Grinderman - A Short Film 

Interviews directed and shot by John Hillcoat

Additional cinematography by Mark Adcock

Mute 2011

I came across this short whilst researching Mr Cave for my photography project. I love the montage style of the film and the juxtapositions of music video images and interviews. Very insightful and visually interesting. Worth a watch. 

Film: My work

Hello Blogger!

I thought I'd share some of my own work tonight. It is my ambition to work in the film industry in the future (at a point when I'm feeling adequately grown up and sensible and before all of my imagination disappears). I have been veering towards creating music videos as of recent, but I still have such a love for film. I am currently in the process of setting up a Vimeo account, so once I've made that all pretty and professional I'll share the link to that.

I am also currently making a film entitled 'Three Weeks'. I wrote the story two years ago, completed the screenplay last Summer and we've been working on it since December 2011. Filming commences in the next few days!

Dry the River - Thou Art Loosed music video

The Winter of Mixed Drinks - short

Film: LAUGHS! by Everynone

LAUGHS! by Everynone

This has been one of my favourite videos for a long time. Watching people laugh is such a happy thing. Everynone create intelligent and thought-provoking pieces of film to make you laugh, cry and ponder.