Sunday, 15 January 2012

Strut Your Funky Stuff




http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnqnph_strut-your-funky-stuff

-couldn't upload to youtube, music copyright issues



For this short film 'Strut your Funky Stuff' I was the director and cameraman. I came up with the idea working with a  friend.

Monday, 2 January 2012

Award Winning Film: Ryan

http://www.cfv.mmu.ac.uk/olc/film/10035/


I really enjoyed watching this film and thought it had a strong message about human kindness and compassion. It portrays a young kid who wants to rebel and decides to hang out with an older group of kids who are violent and anti social and have a pack mentality. He gets to experience what it is likes to be included in their gang and it's not what he was expecting it to be. He ends up doing a prank for them by entering old man's home to steal his walking stick, but he hurts his foot badly in the process and ends up being treated kindly by old man even though he broke into his house.  Overall it is a story about the UK today with feral teenagers that are angry and  cruel portraying the worst side of human nature and old man that responds to this with compassion and caring. The film "Ryan" is a moral story for our time.

What has attracted me to BA (Hons) Filmmaking course

I would love to do a BA (Hons) Filmmaking course, because film is my passion and it has
already become a huge part of my life. I am very clear that my career will be in the film
industry. The two areas that are of interest to me are camera work and editing. Working as a
cameraman is both unique and exciting, because one can be so creative when filming people,
objects and scenes. Editing is also fascinating because you can manipulate footage to create a
story, or a film. 



I am really interested in the Filmaking course at Manchester because of it's practical focus that will give me the experience of working in production teams and developing the ability to express concepts and ideas through film. I am especially interested in cinematography and believe this course will help me develop the set of skills I need to build a career in the media industry.