Template:ShowFilms
Film | Image | Description | Minutes | Creation | Category | Awards | Reviews |
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[[A Little Help]] | [[File:ALittleHelp.png| 200 px | link=A Little Help]] | A short comedy film about getting a little help when you need it. | 2 | ||||
[[An Awkward Conversation]] | [[File:Awkward.jpg| 200 px | link=An Awkward Conversation]] | A couple come together to have a conversation, but about very different things… | 5 | ||||
[[Bob Simpson interview]] | [[File:Bob.jpg| 200 px | link=Bob Simpson interview]] | Just a recording exercise from my script, originally written as a 2-handed stage show sketch. | 3 | ||||
[[Chess]] | [[File:Chess.png| 200 px | link=Chess]] | A little film about a chess match.
This version filmed on a smart phone, so not bad :) |
1 | ||||
[[Choose Your Wishes Wisely!]] | [[File:Wishes.png| 200 px | link=Choose Your Wishes Wisely!]] | What would you do with three wishes? | 2 | ||||
[[Cupboard]] | [[File:Cupboard.jpg| 200 px | link=Cupboard]] | A quick film just toying with an idea… | 1 | ||||
[[DevilCake]] | [[File:DevilCake.png| 200 px | link=DevilCake]] | A story of cake theft indecision assisted by ethereal beings! | 2 | ||||
[[Frank Cupid’s Agency]] | [[File:FrankShort.jpg| 200 px | link=Frank Cupid’s Agency]] | This is a SHORT version of the film at under 10 minutes, you can see the LONG version at around 15 minutes at Frank Cupid’s Romance Assistance Agency
Frank Cupid runs a dating advice service, but he didn't expect to be advising two dates at the same time! Short version of this film. |
10 | ||||
[[Frank Cupid’s Romance Assistance Agency]] | [[File:Frank2.jpg| 200 px | link=Frank Cupid’s Romance Assistance Agency]] | This is a LONG version of the film at around 15 minutes, you can see the SHORT version at under 10 minutes at Frank Cupid’s Agency
Frank Cupid runs a 'romance assistance agency', but he didn't expect to be advising two dates at the same time! |
15 | ||||
[[Fun with Magnets]] | [[File:Magnets.png| 200 px | link=Fun with Magnets]] | A film about the wonders of playing with magnets! | 7 | ||||
[[GopherChat]] | [[File:GopherChat.jpg| 200 px | link=GopherChat]] | Doesn't lockdown sometimes feel like Groundhog Day?
A couple get this feeling, day after day after day... |
8 | ||||
[[Hope]] | [[File:Hope.jpg| 200 px | link=Hope]] | Written for a 1 minute film competition which had to include a diamond in the story. Filmed by myself on a GoPro, very minimalist. | 1 | ||||
[[How Politics Feels]] | [[File:HowPoliticsFeels.png| 200 px | link=How Politics Feels]] | A bit of nonsense made from outtakes from my film "Politics is confusing" | 1 | ||||
[[Isolation]] | [[File:Isolation.png| 200 px | link=Isolation]] | A short film about Isolation, inspired by the Covid pandemic | 2 | ||||
[[Justice Finds a Way]] | [[File:Justice.png| 200 px | link=Justice Finds a Way]] | What will mild mannered Ben do when faced with blackmail? | 10 | ||||
[[Kamentu!]] | [[File:Kamentu.png| 200 px | link=Kamentu!]] | A mockumentary about a Japanese gesture strategy game | 7 | ||||
[[Lotto]] | [[File:Lotto.png| 200 px | link=Lotto]] | An experiment with green-screen filming | 3 | ||||
[[Mermaid]] | [[File:Mermaid.jpg| 200 px | link=Mermaid]] | Written as an exercise in making use of chromakey (green screen) technology to put the fish behind the actors.
Unfortuately, the footage for the film has been lost (but not a great loss!) |
2 | ||||
[[Moments]] | [[File:Moments.jpg| 200 px | link=Moments]] | A brief glimpse into moments of a couple's relationship | 2 | ||||
[[Musical Fountains]] | [[File:MusicalFountains.png| 200 px | link=Musical Fountains]] | A review of 3 sets of musical fountains from around the world. | 5 | ||||
[[Paris]] | [[File:Paris.jpg| 200 px | link=Paris]] | When I was writing this script I had a vision for how it would turn out, and it didn’t quite work in a few key points. It’s a valuable lesson in understanding what’s practically possible and writing to that, rather than imagining an ideal result and hoping it will work out. There’s a few shots I wish we’d recorded at the time but didn’t realise the need until I was editing.
This was my first attempt at editing a film, and the first time I’ve done any significant direction. There’s various points when I should have given better direction to the actors. |
3 | ||||
[[Politics Is Confusing]] | [[File:PoliticsIsConfusing.png| 200 px | link=Politics Is Confusing]] | How do you tell if someone's concussed?? | 1 | ||||
[[Quiz Night]] | [[File:QuizNight.png| 200 px | link=Quiz Night]] | A comedy about a random group of people coming together for an online quiz. | 12 | ||||
[[StageStruck]] | [[File:StageStruck.png| 200 px | link=StageStruck]] | A film made by the Reading Film and Video Makers, written and directed by me. | 10 | ||||
[[StageStruck Jackanory Style]] | [[File:StageStruckJackanory.png| 200 px | link=StageStruck Jackanory Style]] | I created a story board for my film StageStruck, then made a film using the story board! You can see the full film at StageStruck | 7 | ||||
[[StairWalker]] | [[File:StairWalker.jpg| 200 px | link=StairWalker]] | Documentary about a stair lift alternative I built. | 4 | ||||
[[Stalker]] | [[File:Stalker.jpg| 200 px | link=Stalker]] | Made as an exercise, we were given 63 clips and had to make a film out of them. This film uses 19 of them. | 2 | ||||
[[Sudden Death]] | [[File:Suddendeath.jpg| 200 px | link=Sudden Death]] | The original script was written by me but the styling of the film, the music and sound and the building of tension was all done by the editor, Jim Reed. | 3 | ||||
[[T is for Tension]] | [[File:Tension.jpg| 200 px | link=T is for Tension]] | This was made as an exercise in trying to create tension in a film. | 1 | ||||
[[The Eagle and The Owl]] | [[File:EagleOwl.png| 200 px | link=The Eagle and The Owl]] | Can a con-man avoid getting involved with a gangster?
This is the full 18 minute edit, you can see the shorter 12 minute edit at The Eagle and The Owl (short edit) |
18 | ||||
[[The Eagle and The Owl (short edit)]] | [[File:EagleOwlShort.png| 200 px | link=The Eagle and The Owl (short edit)]] | Can a con-man avoid getting involved with a gangster?
This is the 12 minute edit, you can see the full 18 minute edit at The Eagle and The Owl |
12 | ||||
[[The Friend Zone]] | [[File:FriendZone.png| 200 px | link=The Friend Zone]] | Will Bob ever date Alice or is he stuck in the Friend Zone? | 1 | ||||
[[The Intruder]] | [[File:Intruder.png| 200 px | link=The Intruder]] | Who is the mysterious intruder??
This film contains a reference to something that anyone under 40 may not understand - I'll be interested to see what people think of it! The ending will make more sense if you google "All because the lady loves Milk Tray". First experiment with new camera - you can tell I got some of the settings wrong! |
2 | ||||
[[The Loser]] | [[File:TheLoser.png| 200 px | link=The Loser]] | William lost big on a hand of poker, psychologist Amanda thinks she can help but doesn't know the real reason why he lost! | 7 | ||||
[[The Trouble With EMail]] | [[File:TroubleWithEMail.png| 200 px | link=The Trouble With EMail]] | A short comedy. | 1 | ||||
[[The Vampire]] | [[File:Vampire.jpg| 200 px | link=The Vampire]] | After reading too much, a girl thinks she may be a vampire! | 2 | ||||
[[Three Cheers for Winnie the Pooh!]] | [[File:Pooh.png| 200 px | link=Three Cheers for Winnie the Pooh!]] | My homage to the poem "Three Cheers for Pooh!" from "The House at Pooh Corner" by A.A.Milne
Starring me - and me :-) |
2 | ||||
[[Treasure Hunt!]] | [[File:TreasureHunt.jpg| 200 px | link=Treasure Hunt!]] | Can they find the secret treasure? | 1 | ||||
[[Vox Pop]] | [[File:Voxpop.jpg| 200 px | link=Vox Pop]] | This was written for a 1 minute film competition. It turned out to be around 1:07 so is speeded up to fit into the time.We were using lavalier (clip on) microphones, but unfortunately a problem with the recording meant we had to use the sound recording from the camera, which is why there’s so much traffic noise. | 1 | ||||
[[Vox Pop 2]] | [[File:Voxpop2.jpg| 200 px | link=Vox Pop 2]] | When I wrote the original Vox Pop I wrote too much for a 1 minute film, but we decided to film it anyway and make a second film from it. Again, we were using lavalier (clip on) microphones, but unfortunately a problem with the recording meant we had to use the sound recording from the camera, which is why there’s so much traffic noise. | 1 | ||||
[[Wake Up!]] | [[File:WakeUp.png| 200 px | link=Wake Up!]] | Modern gadgets to wake you up! | 1 | ||||
[[Where's Wally?]] | [[File:WheresWally.png| 200 px | link=Where's Wally?]] | Made as an exercise in putting a film together from random clips. Clips all from www.pexels.com | 1 | ||||
[[…the making of…]] | [[File:Makingof.jpg| 200 px | link=…the making of…]] | Fun film to make. I was not keeping proper notice of the takes we took, which meant for one scene the only take we had was not a good one, and had to patch it up. Worked out okay though. | 1 |