Films Films Films (and Plays)

A still from MacBeth

On top of all of the various placements I have had over the last few months, I have also been keeping VERY busy with filming with the 2nd Year Creative Digital Media students.

It all started back in October when we were offered a chance to act in a film project on Dartmoor. The film was a classic Zombie film called "Deadmoor". The CDM students wrote the script, but needed actors to bring it to life. So we were given the chance to play the roles. It was a fantastic experience and we made great friends over the 3 days of filming.

It was from making these connections that I was given the chance to act again in 2 of their Final Major Projects. Firstly, we took part in the filming of the music video "Deity" for Kirsty Anne Symonds, which involved dressing up as futuristic soldiers and marching through the woods near Brixham. All the filming was done over 2 days with an interesting cast and crew

More recently, I have just finished filming "Betrayal" for Richard de Young. This involved a trip to a cow-filled field in the country, a trip to the Drum Inn at Cockington, two trips to the cliffs at Babbacombe and also a day in Richard's home in Buckfastleigh. This project was much bigger that "Deity", but the end product shows the divedends of the hard work from the team.

I was also involved in another CDM project (albeit only as a chauffeur!). This was the film "Justice in Hollywood", a black-and-white 50's American film shot entirely on Green-Screen and in the recording studios of Wildcard Production Studios (courtesey of Mike "Whisky" Gartley). Despite not being involved directly, it was great to see something being shot on green-screen first hand!

In between all this, we have had a run of "Bouncers" and a performance of "Sink the Belgrano!" to work on. Chris and I have also had our successful workshops for Small Scale Touring building on our initial workshop last year. There is talk of reviving the workshop to take out to local businesses!

Most importantly (and most time-consuming) was my Final Major Project - The Interactive Locative Narrative project run in partnership with Emma Whittaker. My role of writing the script and recording the audio ran alongside a continual involvement in the project for over 3 months.

So its been a busy year to say the least, but I have certainly benefited from all the new experiences, professional or otherwise. I am now more convinced than ever that a career in the arts is the right career for me!

I will turn my hand to anything!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkGXMnEZDo0 - Blooper Reel from "Betrayal"