portfolio Showreel

Here is my Showreel which im putting on a Webpage to act as my portfolio for employers. After speaking with people who are in the industry i decided -from their comments- to keep my video short and sweet and only feature vital parts. Enjoy.

Swop Shop video

I was asked by a Fashion student to edit together a video documenting an evening she put together as part of her course called 'swop shop'. she asked me to put it together to include: Text of the name and date, images of people trying clothes on and photos.

Its a short video but it gets the message across and has everything she asked me to do. (i didnt film it)

Mandy Applicants

For my 5/6th arefact i made a series of short pilots for my script 'In Decision'
To look for an actor i heard from my tutor of a website called mandy.com which does casting calls. I signed up and placed an advert which read:


"Director: Chris Robinson. I am looking for 2 Male actors aged 21+ to act in a short film exploring the roles of directors in adaptation.

The film is a short introduction to 2 soldiers caught in the middle of a battle stuck in a pothole with no weapons.

The filming is planned to be shot from the interpretation of 4 different directors of the same script, this would be a great experience for any actors looking to improve their emotion acting and following multiple direction.

The filming is planned to take place in the next 2 weeks. If you are interested in being part of this experiment please reply to the email."


I was suprised by the swiftness of the replies! i had 4 by the end of the day. They sent in photos which are below, can you imagine some of them running around having mud thrown in their faces??

Thanks

Forgot in the last post, Thanks very much to

Barry Pulver
Mike Russell
Dave Sexton

and

Damien Masters.

Artefact 5 - In Decision interpretation x 4

After organising a day (today) to get my 4 directors, and my new actor together i now have 4 different interpretations of the beginning of my script. I asked each director to make a 20-30 second pilot. The day was a good success and im pleased with the final outcome. The conditions of the shoot were that each director used the same:

Actor
Location(s)
Voice over
and sound effects

Apart from those factors the directors were free to ask the actor to do as they wished. The next step for this artifact (5) is to show the 4 pilots to a focus group and ask them to choose the best one and why. This will lead me onto my 6th and final artifact!

'folio design...of the first kind

I have decided that instead of doing a conventional chunky DVD cover i will make a thin cardboard one - that could fit easily inside envelopes, making them easier to send out...clever hey.

The idea im going for is 'random' but still with form and all the necessities of a cover. i.e. short blurb about myself, contact info, screenshots and contents. Im making it in adobe illustrator, which is a programme i have limited knowledge of, learning as i go is working ok at the moment.

Barrys Artifact again.

After making a news article for a coursemates 5th artifact i was told it was not suitable and too silly. So i have re-done it, ive decided to keep with the jokey theme but have kept to the conventions of a standard news article. The premise i was given was to create a report about the recent bad weather and how it is affecting residence in Nottingham. Enjoy,