I edited this 10minute Drama in Spring 2008. It was cut on Avid Media Composer and finished on a Nitris DS with a 5.1mix completed at Shepperton Studios.
It has been nominated for a 2008 NPA award, an RTS award and was shown at the 2009 London Film Festival and the 11th Mecal Film Festival in Barcelona.
Echoes is a short film about a sex trafficker called Anya who is faced with a moral dilemma when she discovers that a young girl that she is trafficking (from Lithuania to London) is pregnant.
The film Stars Joanne Frogatt & Cristina Catalina.
It was Produced by Suzie Irlam, Directed by Rob Brown and shot by Justin Brown.
We filmed on location in Poland, London and the New Forest.
Film Duration: 7mins
Year: 2008
My Role: Editor, Online Editor
Genre: Drama
Director: Rob Brown
Yesterdays Colours
As the title suggests colours were very important in this piece so I used an Avid Nitris DS and Magic Bullit Looks bring out the colours from the Kodak 50D super 16 stock.
Yesterday’s Colours is a five-minute experimental documentary that captures a sense of time, which most of us have been thrilled by at one point in our lives… that of falling in love for the first time.
A visual montage of love and heartbreak's first feelings, are brought to screen through the eyes of teenage girls, who are currently or have recently fallen in or out of love.
Using a visual and expressive collage of different art forms The documentary aims to portray the feelings and emotions through the girls experiences. Techniques from documentary, fantasy, and contemporary dance are used to capture the essence of this one-off time in our lives.
Combining fantasy with reality, the documentary captures a sense of time and evokes feelings and memories we might have forgotten.
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Film Duration: 5mins
Year: 2009
My Role: Colourist
Genre: Documentary
Director: Jasmine Hetherington-Wilkes
Hidden From the Night
Hidden from the Night is an experimental documentary the I directed in the summer of 2008.
It was shortlisted for the 2008 Channel 4 'My Home Town' competition.
Mixing Super 8 and DV footage to create a colourful portrait of Brighton through the eyes of the writer, Jasmine, who wonders how her home town sees her, and reminisces on some of her most vivid memories from growing up in such a unique place. Using herself, her siblings and characters from around Brighton she investigates the notion of self and public perception.
The film explores the convenient definitions that people place on us when they take a cursory glance in our direction, and how those perceptions are influenced by the individual city that you find yourself in. The film also looks at Jasmine’s opinions about the changing nature of Brighton and how it has influenced who she is today.
Duration: 3mins
Year: 2008
My Role: Editor, Co-writer, Director, Producer, DOP
Genre: Experimental Documentary
Director: Adam Neale
Shake Up Bollywood is an 11minute short film, which I produced and edited in the Spring of 2008.
We shot it on a Panasonic HVX200 straight to a firestore in 1440x1080 DVC Pro HD resolution. We used a Mini 35 lens adapter and Zeiss primes to get the shallow depth of field and fantastic colour.
It was cut on Final Cut Pro HD with effects work and colour correction done in After Effects.
You can watch the SD version opposite or click here to play it in glorious HD by clicking the HD button in the player window.
The story circles around Trent, a London lad working in a fruit and veg market stall who lusts after Holly, a young, attractive sales girl working nearby. This fruitful tale breaks out into song and dance at any opportunity so join us in enjoying the magic of Bollywood and Indian Pears!
For more information please see the Shake Up Bollywood web site here.
Duration: 11mins
Year: 2008
My Role: Editor, Producer
Genre: Bollywood Comedy
Director: Reshel Shah
Moving Resonance is an exciting new dance video inspired by Antony Gormley’s famous statue ‘Sound II’ which stands in Winchester Cathedral’s Crypt.
The piece uses an innovative choreographic style, which was performed in the crypt; immediately around the statue itself.
In this atmospheric and contemplative work ‘Moving Resonance’ reflects on themes of meditation and healing, using a serene area in the Cathedral to promote peace and tranquility in those who view.
I Produced, Directed and Edited this piece in 2008. It was filmed on a PD250 and cut on Avid Xpress Pro with effects completed in After Effects.
The Music is by Aiden Spiller.
For More information please see the Moving Resonance web site here.
Duration: 7mins
Year: 2008
My Role: Editor, Director, Producer, DOP
Genre: Dance
Director: Adam Neale
Cirkus Spektakular
Roll up, roll up, to see this fantastic short animation.
I edited this piece as part of my graduation work from the Arts Institute in Bournemouth.
The process took 8 months from editing of the initial storyboards into an animatic to final high definition online master.
The Story tells the tale of a Circus coming to a dreary non-descript town and affecting change on some of the more imaginative residents.
I used an Avid pipeline to take the SD layouts and conform them to an HD master.
Film Duration: 4mins
Year: 2008
My Role: Editor
Genre: Animation
Director: Matt Timms, Gillian Reid, Sean McCormack
Levis - Take Them Out
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edited this Levi's Jeans Ad as an entry into the 2008 Kodak Student commercial awards.
It was Directed by George Burt and shot by Dave Bird.
The assistant editor and compositor was Toby Tompkins.
I edited on Avid throughout the process.
Film Duration: 30seconds
Year: 2008
My Role: Editor, Online Editor
Genre: Commercial
Director: George Burt
Open Skies
I Edited this short drama on Avid Media Composer and finished it on a DS Nitris. It won a BBC Big Screen award, was nominated for a BBC New Talent award and was shown at the 2008 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
BBC Film Critic Mark Kermode, described the film as “Handsomely composed and hauntingly simple." It tells the story of a Mother who takes her son for a nice day at the beach and demonstrates how the location can become a key character within the short narrative. In this instance going from a warm, calming, tranquil setting in one context and a harsh, baron, threatening landscape in another.
It stars Lara Belmont (The War Zone, Rise of the Foot Soldier) and was Directed by Rob Brown. Justin Brown was the DOP.
Film Duration: 4 mins
Year: 2007
My Role: Editor, Online Editor
Genre: Drama
Director: Rob Brown
The Royal Pier
Southampton's Royal Pier was once a historic landmark and a focal point for the city. Contained within its walls exists a wealth of touching human stories.
This documentary breathes life into people's memories of the pier to recount its resplendent former glory.
Capturing the essence of the pier with moments of laughter, dancing and youthful fun, along with the wistful melancholy that often accompanies people's memories of the pier.
Adam Neale Directed this film in 2002 and edited it on Avid Media Composer and Media 100.
Film Duration: 6 mins
Year: 2002
My Role: Editor, Producer, Director, Writer
Genre: Documentary
Director: Adam Neale
Mikky and Me
Mikky and Me is a short animation about a man who is so obsessed with old Mickky Mouse cartoons that he fails to notice his wife's afternoon shenanigans. Upon discovering her canoodling ways he acts out his favourite cartoon scene.
It was selected to play as one of the McLaren Animations at the 2008 Edinburgh Film Festival.
I edited this animation from initial storyboard phase to final online in 2007 using Avid Xpress & Avid Media Composer.
Film Duration: 3 mins
Year: 2007
My Role: Editor
Genre: Animation
Director: Chris Halls, Ross Huidsten, Louis Roskosch, Stewart Wagstaff
The Couch
A commercial for the Bargate Shopping Centre in Southampton who were looking for a new 'youth culture' feel to liven up their image.
This ad was shot in a day on Super 16 and transferred to 35mm for playout in cinemas across the south coast.
I cut it on Media 100 and a 5.1 mix was completed in Golden Square studios, London.
Film Duration: 45 secs
Year: 2002
My Role: Editor, Director, Producer
Genre: Commercial
Director: Adam Neale
Dog Desire
This is an extract from the unconventional 10 minute musical, Dog Desire, Directed by Laura Hunter.
Adam Neale was the Assistant Editor, Garan Spiller was the Editor.
Adam Neale was also the Online Editor & Colourist. It was graded on an Avid DS Nitris in the Summer of 2008.
Film Duration: 12 mins
Year: 2008
My Role: Online Editor
Genre: Musical
Director: Laura Hunter
Dermo Sluchaetsa
A 90 second short about how life for a deserting Russian WWII Soldier takes a darkly comic turn.
* BBC New Filmmakers Award - finalist, Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, 2007
* Depict Awards - finalist, Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, 2006
The film shot on a Bolex camera was co-edited by Sam Rogers and Adam Neale & Directed by Rob Brown.
Film Duration: 1min 27secs
Year: 2007
My Role: Co-Editor, Online Editor
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rob Brown
Levis - Get Noticed for the Right Reason
Adam Neale was the Online Editor and Colourist for this winning entry into the 2008 Kodak student commercial awards.
It won joint third best in competition for Levi's Jeans.
The ad was directed by Laura Hunter and Produced by Suzie Irlam.
Film Duration: 30secs
Year: 2008
My Role: Assistant Editor, Online Editor
Genre: Advertisment
Director: Laura Hunter
Levis -Rock N Roll
I was the Online Editor and Colourist for this entry to the 2008 Kodak Student Commercial Awards.
It was Produced and Directed by Helen Taylor.
Film Duration: 30secs
Year: 2008
My Role: Online Editor
Genre: Advertisment
Director: Helen Taylor
Anna and the Blind Tobit
This short film, Directed by Philip Fountain, was inspired by the eponymous Rembrandt painting which hangs in the National Gallery.
The story of Anna, her husband Tobit and their son Tobias is told in the apocryphal Book of Tobit. God tested them by reducing them to poverty and causing Tobit's blindness. In the 17th century they were considered to be examples of piety in adversity.
This story expands upon the themes in the canvas, bringing them to life and creating a tale to surround the moment of time that the painting captures.
Film Duration: 2minutes
Year: 2007
My Role: Editor, Online Editor
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Fountain
85
An old man, celebrating his eighty-fifth birthday, reflects upon his life and his one true love.
This short film was entered into the 2007 Orange / BAFTA 60 Seconds of Fame competition and was a finalist in the Southern region, earning it a broadcast on BBC South Today.
Some photos, featuring the man who inspired this film, Grant Wickington, can be seen here; including him parachuting aged 80, sat in a sail boat that he built himself, a car that he built from scratch, sat in one of the earliest hovercrafts to be seen in the UK which he also built from scratch and his wedding day in 1946 to Dot, the woman he is still married to.
Film Duration: 1minute
Year: 2007
My Role: Editor, Producer, Director, DOP
Genre: Drama
Director: Adam Neale
Heart of the Sea
In a contrast to his usual humdrum existance today he decided to play a game. Today he will het lost in his imagination...
This touching 4 minute drama explores the notion of gaining pleasure from the simple things in life and rediscovering your inner child.
it was cut on an Avid Media Composer and finished on a DS Nitris.
Film Duration:4minutes
Year: 2008
My Role: Editor, Online Editor
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Fountain
