Tag: filmmaking
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Orphan is Out!
HeathenStorm Productions, in association with Dawn of Elysium, presents ORPHAN. A fast-paced journey into the cyberpunk future of another time, ORPHAN tells the story of Jane Doe, played by actress Aida Knight in her screen debut. Isolated and wandering the urban dystopia, haunted by a lonely childhood, she is drawn towards a glossy corporate clinic.…
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Chaos Reigns
After over three years of planning, filming, rethinking, and especially learning, I am pleased to declare my micro-budget sci-fi short ORPHAN is complete! Doubling up as a music video, the premiere will be over on Dawn of Elysium‘s YouTube channel. The first showing is Tuesday 22nd September at 18:00 UK time, and then it will…
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Scrapbook Challenge
Given a surplus of spare time of late, I’ve taken a critical look at the long-stalled Orphan project. An ambitious amalgam of music video and sci-fi short that has languished too long in production hell. Although filming proceeded apace a few years ago, setback after setback hit the schedule, especially when trying to secure a…
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Never Mind The Molochs
Back in March, the entire second year of the Academy’s Live Event Production course were assessed together across all disciplines. Tasked to put their fledgling talents to the test by collaborating on a video, lighting, and audio production with a live band. Although my (wall of) sound mixing skills were later channelled for indie-rockers Tummyache,…
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Spoilt for Opportunity
I have crossed continents in my decades-long creative course, making the most of every opportunity I could muster in America and Europe. As this chapter of the journey reaches its coda at Yorkshire’s Academy of Live Technology, I am surrounded by excellent, enthusiastic talent as eager for experience as I was when I began. Although…
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Fluidity
Now the rush of term-end is behind me, I can afford time to document some of the projects I’ve been up to between my Academy studies. FLUIDITY is an experimental short film improvised one weekend in February 2026 with the Academy of Live Technology’s Postgraduate cohort, at the behest of visiting Multimedia Artist-Engineer Diana Scarborough.…
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The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988)
Looking back to some cult 80s kino… Partly autobiographical, sometimes farce, The Wizard of Speed and Time follows emerald-clad director, writer, and stop-motion effects wiz Mike Jittlov’s attempts to break into Hollywood in the 1970s. It was different era of effects where everything was analogue. Film was shot by hand and tape reels spliced together,…
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Back to Skool
Kit bag eagerly shouldered, I prepare to start my second year at the Academy of Live Technology. Returning to finish off my Foundation degree in Live Event Production, I’ll be specialising in Audio and Visuals instead of doing a little bit of everything. Although it seems, despite the long summer, that I’ve barely ever left…
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Crowd Control
The ORPHAN shoot continues with a trip to the Academy of Live Technology in Yorkshire. There we hosted an ‘Introduction to Film Making’ Workshop for the students’ Enrichment Week. The session opened with an introduction to the project and sneak preview of the storyboard, then covered inspirations and techniques to balance big ideas with a…
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Meet the Orphan
After many setbacks and scheduling conflicts, I am pleased to announce the start of live-action filming for my long-delayed sci-fi short / music video concept – ORPHAN. Initially approached by local band Dawn of Elysium for a simple lyric video, the scope of the project soon demanded greater ambition. A mini-movie invoking a grim future…
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An Alien in the Brickwork
Although Tour Management has taken up most of my time of late, progress continues on the sci-fi short / music video I’ve been working on. With the storyboard locked down and approved by the relevant people, I can now scout out suitable locations to film the real thing. Located near Halifax, Allen Brickworks was established…
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There Is No Tomorrow
Principal photography has begun on my most ambitious video project yet. Working with Progressive Gothic Rock band Dawn of Elysium on a combination of music video and sci-fi short. More details will be released as the project develops, but the first day of shooting was a tremendous success. Working in Studio Five at Keighley’s Jam On Top…
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