Through Twitter I got asked to do an interview with on whohub.com. Whohub’s goal is to create a social network for creative professionals based on their capacity for self-expression and collaboration.
So I’ll post up a few questions from that here.
What is your specialty? Production, direction, something else? My speciality is in Direction and editing, I produce video for online distribution.
I currently work as a filmmaker (producer/director/editor/camera op) for a company which is creating a careers information website for 16-30 year olds. My main role is to work and manage a group of 17 researchers who are finding industry leaders to interview. From there I will film and edit several of the interviews that the researchers have conducted.
I have also worked at the BBC and Maverick Television and also freelance.
How did you begin in this field? Who introduced you to it? I began by creating short 10 second animations out of plasticine using an old 2mp camera but I always just saw this as mess around.
I suppose it all started when it came time to choose my options for A-Level, I had friends who had done Media Studies in GCSE but that sounded like a lot of analysis and theory and not much practical learning. But I was told about a similar course that was Media and Communication, this was my real start, it taught me all the basics I needed. Alot of the course was practical, we did bits on video, photography and radio.
So at the age of 16 was the time I really got interested in becoming a filmmaker.
If you’re sick of all the X-Factor rubbish in the charts, clogging up the air ways, then ‘The Razorbax – Something To Believe In’ is the album you need to buy. Each song is delivered with the intensity of people who love what they are doing, you can feel the raw passion from the music.
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The quality of this album in both the actual recordings and art work would put some well known acts to shame. The album is 12 tracks of pure honest rock ‘n’ roll that ‘deals with the struggles of the unemployed, drug/alcohol addiction, love, lust, heartbreak, life, death. ‘
The Razorbax are definitely a band to watch out for, with great live performances, a great sounds and great album it’s not going to be long until they get the recognition they really deserve.
Track List:
Available to Download and listen at Spotify/Amazon/iTunes et al
I must admit the title may be a little misleading as I don’t think the new layout sucks. Is it perfect? No, but was the last layout perfect? Certainly not.
New YouTube Layout.
I suppose the question as to whether it’s better or not comes down to the amount of things that are better or worse than the last one.
Parts that are better
-@ replys in the comments
-Thumbs up and thumbs down rather than 5 stars
-Tells you the amount of videos that user has made at the top
-Video quality changer doesn’t seem to stick anymore
Parts that are worse
-Too much white
-Videos in the side seem to be random and I would prefer my videos there not related.
Verdict
So it seems that there are more parts to the layout that are better, When the option to use this layout came out in beta I chose to stick with the old one. The major turn off was the thumbs up button meant favouriting the video which was the stupidest thing ever.
But as YouTube decided not to go with that and just a ‘Like’ thumbs up (There is a ‘Like’ list that almost acts like a favourites) which I think is the better option. I’m fairly happy with the new change, hopefully they’ll slightly update it with some colour but otherwise it’s a change for the better.
New YouTube Comments system.
The video shown above is ‘Gabriel’ our Film Dash 2010 Entry. Watch it here
So it has come to the end, Film Dash 2010, what a tiring but exciting weekend it has been.
Filming on the Saturday was good, we got everything done. The only bad thing was the weather, it was freezing cold, by the end I could barely move my fingers they were just stiff and frozen.
As you’ll see in my previous post our criteria for the film were;
General theme: Happiness
Line of dialogue: “It’s not a place you can get to by a boat or a train. It’s far, far away.”
Prop: Blue Balloon
We decided instead of just having the prop something that appears once in the film, we would make it one of the main features. Editing was fairly painless some things we couldn’t do but the film worked without that.
So have a look at it below if you haven’t seen it already.
Along with Studio 279 (David Poole) we signed up to take part in the 48hr Film Contest, Film Dash.
Film Dash Logo.
Film Dash is run by Chris Unitt and Ian Ravenscroft and consists of a challenge where “Teams of film makers will script, shoot and edit a film in 48 hours.” Each team has different criteria, which they must include in their film. The things we had to have in our film were; General theme: Happiness
Line of dialogue: “It’s not a place you can get to by a boat or a train. It’s far, far away.”
Prop: Blue Balloon.
After coming up with several ideas we came up with an idea that we all decided was fantastically brilliant. I think giving away the plot line would spoil the film so you will have to wait until tomorrow at 7pm to see the film.
But here are a few stills from the shoot to tide you over.
Take Only Photographs, Leave Nothing But Footprints’ is to be shown at the smallest cinema in the world(tbc).
Brixtons Smallest Cinema: AIAV
I am extremely pleased to say that AIAV (Art In A Van) have chosen our film to be shown at the 4 day long event in Brixton starting on the 2nd March and ending the 6th. The film and will be screened alongside a variety of films, from short films to feature length, documentary, video performance, Art, animation or narrative.
Who are AIAV? “Artinavan// collective have converted an empty shop in a 1930′s indoor Brixton Village Market into a weekly rotating installation space. The shop 72 // 4TH AVE. will be displaying contemporary works from the Artinavan// collective as group installations, individual shows, collaborations with emerging and local artists / curators in the south London area and also visiting artists spaces. The not-for-profit project will be running for 8 weeks (Jan. – Mar. 2010)”
If you’re interested it going along; The Brixton Village is on the corner of Coldharbour Lane and Atlantic Road.
Address to the shop: Unit 72, Brixton Village, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton
London, SW9 8PS
Each year, Flatpack Festival celebrates the wild frontier of film culture. Presenting work in an eclectic array of unexpected spaces and places, the festival centres on the shared experience of watching great work that you might not otherwise get to see. Flatpack provides a platform for new filmmakers and moving image creativity together with a playful and original programme of cult classics re-imagined, silent cinema re-scored and archive material re-invented.
The show is called ‘More Films about Buildings’ and features other films such as: Pollphail (dir: Matt Lloyd), Eva Weber’s Steel Homes, Synchronisation (dir: Rimas Sakalauskas), Beat 13 and the other a collaboration between Blu and David Ellis.
For more information please visit www.flatpackfestival.org You can also buy tickets from there. Help support us and other film makers by coming along.
One World, One Photo is a project put together by Connar O’Keeffe.
It aims at gathering Photo, Painting, Sketch and Sculptures from people all over the world, to be used in a book as part of a Uni project. It doesn’t matter whether the submitters are artists or non-artists, all submitted work is welcome.
The idea of the project is to “bring together the talents of those recognised artists and non artists. Art today is controlled mainly by those that have had a formal education, based in an art school. Yet it is apparent that there are incredibly talented people who aren’t trained artists that take photographs, paint, sketch and make sculptures. I want to put these people side to side with those who are ‘ARTISTS’.”
This is a fantastic project that brings together like minded people from all over the world into a Global community.
“All the rights to the images will remain with the person who provided the image. By agreeing to let One World One Photo use your image for this project you are providing consent for the use of the image and not the sale of the image. One World One Photo is strictly non-profit. Your images or copyrights will not be used at any point to create profits for myself or others.” )
