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29/08/2024

Chuffed with this latest National Trust film for Knole House, that was launched yesterday to promote and compliment the 'Vita' exhibition running at Knole until 13th October 2024.

It is passionately presented by Holly James Johnston - Oxford MSt English graduate and 'Orlando' inspired drag king, who tells the heart-felt story behind the famous novel written by the 'innovative modern novelist, essayist and literary critic' Virgina Wolf.

Checkout more of Holly's work here: https://adventuresintimeandgender.org/wormholes/orlando/

To book tickets to see the 'Vita' exhibition, where the original Orlando manuscript is displayed click the link here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/kent/knole/vita-discover-a-story-of-love-and-life-at-knole

11/07/2024

Denise Watson at .paper has been back at Knole to create more stunning paper costumes, this time based on some of the most famous outfit's worn by Vita Sackville-West, to celebrate her fascinating life. Here's the film I produced to promote the 'Vita' exhibition.

Denise Watson at .paper has been back at Knole to create more stunning paper costumes, this time based on some of the most famous outfit's worn by ...

16/06/2024

On location at a local school filming Year 6 Leavers dancing to their chosen pop tune in aid of a Graduoke gift for the class and their parents to treasure in years to come! Great fun, but think I may have broken my back and arm running with a 2kg gimbal rig! 🎥🤣🤪😵‍💫🥵💀⚰️

15/01/2024

New year back at Trinity Laban Dance studios, this time renegaded to the lecture theatre today as all the big spaces are booked. But hey we can make do!

03/11/2023

Another pleasure filming Catherine Haber giving more Dance Science lectures at Trinity Laban yesterday and had the use of the Dance Studio which is a luxury in terms of space, as well as having a convenient black backdrop! 🕺 🧪

31/07/2023

This is a short behind-the-scenes documentary on 'The Mandalorian' that I put together as part of a 2020 ‘edit challenge’ courtesy of Cinestudy.

I designed the graphics around the 70's bubble gum collector cards that still to this day evoke a strong nostalgic feeling for the original trilogy, of which The Mandalorian was clearly wanting to hark back to.

Anyone can download EPK (Electronic Press Kit) footage for the Disney+ series STAR WARS – THE MANDALORIAN and edit interviews with Dave Filoni, Jon Favreau, Pedro Pascal, Werner Herzog, and others. The goal is to create a mini-documentary as close to 3 minutes total run time. You choose what themes you want to focus on from the interviews. The raw footage can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jULKobrjB3RjF_7aA91sr6OoJiVbw05n

I was inspired by my fellow editor Harvey Flux when last week I stumbled upon his version here: https://youtu.be/jm7XfdfebQc

For more creative filmmaking challenges check out Cinestudy’s website and social media pages:
https://cinestudy.org
https://www.facebook.com/cinestudy/
https://www.instagram.com/cinestudy_film

20/07/2023

This is the first of two films I produced for the National Trust to coincide with the 300th anniversary last Sunday of the portrait artist Joshua Reynolds. Check it out below!

The second film will be for Saltram House in Dorset for when the newly conserved Theresa Robinson portrait by Reynolds returns from its exhibition at The Box to its home in Saltram in early 2024

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–92) was the leading portrait painter of the 18th century, and 2023 marks the 300th anniversary of his birth. An imaginative and cre...

04/07/2023

Back at primary school at 51 filming a new promo for Mersham Primary. All the kids are so happy! I want to go back! 📚✏️👩‍🏫

13/01/2023

Waiting for Dr Swindlehurst to arrive for his interview. One of several short profile films that will help to make patients at West Malling Group Practice more aware of the diverse surgery team available to them, so they can book an appointment with the most appropriate member of staff with the right expertise for their specific medical needs or ailments.

19/12/2022

My biggest commission of 2022 was also my most ambitious ever! I had just under a month to produce a thirty minute film to present to the Royal Oak Foundation to show them why their generous funding of Knole House's Conservation Studio is so valuable to the Trust.

This was a film commissioned by the National Trust to thank The Royal Oak Foundation for their generous multi-million pound donations of which contributed to...

18/12/2022

It's Christmas at Knole again - but with even more decorations to enjoy!

18/12/2022

I decided to test all my EF lenses on my Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k with a new Metabones x0.71 speedbooster, as I had a couple of soft shots on the last corporate job I did and wanted to make sure it was NOT any of my lenses and rather my incompetence or a faulty Viltrox speedbooster (fortunately I think it was the latter). So here I am rambling on for seventeen arduous minutes 🤣
..note this was all shot without any additional lighting, just the daylight coming from the front and back windows.

Every now and then I get back from filming and review my rushes only to discover a rogue take where the subject is soft, too soft and yet the focus peaking o...

09/04/2022

Five years ago today, I hired an original Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera to shoot a short online film for a family friend who worked at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Today I’m still producing work for them, as well as the National Trust, Tate Moden, Kent Film Office, The Born Free Foundation, Headway Cambridgeshire and many others. During this time I’ve build up a comprehensive but economical filmmaking kit suitable for nearly any project whether on land, sea or air! So thank you Fiona Moorhead for setting all this in motion and giving me an alternative outlet for all my filmmaking skills and experience to shine! :)

28/03/2022

Thrilled to have had our film nominated at the 2022 Charity Awards last week. We were in the most competitive category (eleven nominees), with over 1,800 entries in all, so to be considered as a finalist is great news.

Congratulations to the whole team: Madelaine Westwood, Jason Goddard, Monica Holcombe, Joanna Lumley, Fiona Lau, Sarah Ann Boughton, Tatiana Sanches, Neil Hipkiss, David Betteridge, Amber Bardon, Aurelia Mandato and Asihan Khang.

COVID-19 has transformed our world. We’ve had to radically change how we live to save lives. But, this is just a short-term fix. Unless we change our ways, ...

25/03/2022

Always great fun making these comedy shorts for Motormouse Productions - They're all shot against a green screen in one of the acting trio's living rooms. I source the background images online and using photoshop, remove unwanted artifacts (like Boris Johnson for example) and composite the two seamlessly together.

Comedy sketch written by Karen Bartholomew for Motormouse Productions, starring Karen Bartholomew, Clive Ward and Karen Winchester.Shot, edited and composite...

25/03/2022

Loved sourcing and editing this promo for The Kent Film Office earlier this year and quite chuffed with the result - See how many Kent locations you can identify! :)

Sourced and edited by Derek Boyes.Music: 'Drama' by Jessie Villa - Licensed via Soundstripe.com: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/8825

24/12/2021

Happy Christmas and New Year to all our clients! Here's a little something we created for Knole House in Sevenoaks to get you in the festive mood this Christmas - Enjoy! :)

24/12/2021

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01/07/2021

A much welcome three-week filming block completed - time to relax before the next job starts!

16/06/2021

....and we’re back! Shooting extensive online educational resources for TL students. Looking forward to mixing with more professional musicians and singers over the next three weeks, then it’s into the editing den!