Reed.co.uk - 'The Don'

Hi everyone! Here is my latest work: a commercial that I directed and produced under the banner of my production company Crimson Owl Productions.  Please do check it out on YouTube - I'd love to know what you think! While you're there, why not take a second to subscribe to my YouTube channel to keep up to date with all of the projects that Crimson Owl Productions and I are working on :)

  

Showreel

My new showreel for 2014 :)

Burridge - "With You" Music Video

Happy New Year film fans!  My blog has been rather quiet of late so I thought I'd kick off my first post of the year by showing you all my most recent film project.  Its a music video I directed, produced, and edited by a very talented up-and-coming artist named Rebecca Burridge.  It was a lot of fun to make & I hope you all enjoy it! Any feedback you have is most welcome in the comments :)

'A Poem for Lovers' First Festival!

Big news today! I just learned that 'A Poem for Lovers' has been accepted into its first film festival! The Southampton International Film Festival! This is particularly exciting for me as this is, not only the first film festival where some of my work is going to be screened, but it also happens to be my first film. So I'm savouring the moment for as long as possible, as its not something I'll ever experience again!

I'm delighted to say that my film has been nominated for three categories in the short film section: best cinematography, best score, and best sound design.  I want to say a big thank you to everyone who was involved in bringing 'A Poem for Lovers' to life, for your hard work, guidance and support.  A particular shout out must go to my cinematographer Kai K. Krause, and my composer Shamoon Khatri.  Some samples of Shamoon's work from this film can be listened to here:



Look out for some more sound clips of Shamoon's that I'll be posting here soon, from my latest film 'The Art of Madness'.  The Southampton Film Festival isn't until October, but once it hits I'll be letting you all know how it went & how 'A Poem for Lovers' was received!  Stay tuned also for more festival news regarding 'A Poem for Lovers' and 'The Art of Madness'.  Hopefully this will be the first festival of many!! :).

Thanks for reading!

~ Rob 

My Hitchcock Essay

I thought it might be interesting to show all of you who like to read my blog a little bit of what I used to get up to before I cornered the market in directing films about mad artists!  Below is an online journal published by students of the University of Essex, called ESTRO, which I contributed to a few years ago with an essay on Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Rear Window and its use of the point-of-view shot.  I wrote it about 4 years ago now, long before I even thought about picking up a camera, and as such my essay writing skills have probably improved a little bit since then, but since its my first published piece of work I thought I had to show it off!

It starts from page 10 in the document below and if you have an interest in film theory and criticism, or indeed if you have an interest in Alfred Hitchcock, Rear Window, scopophilia, or voyeurism, then hopefully my essay will give you some interesting insights.  If it does, or even if it doesn't, I strongly recommend perusing some of the other interesting essays in the journal to feast your intellect on.

Both this copy of the journal and others can be found on the University of Essex ESTRO Journal website: http://www.essex.ac.uk/journals/estro/default.aspx

       

'The Art of Madness' Trailer

As promised here is the trailer for my latest short film 'The Art of Madness'. Please 'like' and comment on my YouTube page!

'The Art of Madness' Posters

Here are the two official posters for 'The Art of Madness'.  Hope you like!