| Cold Years - 62 (My Generation is Falling Apart) |
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Budget: £2500-3000
In the original brief, the band and their team wanted to address the current issues that were straining on society today via politics, capitalist corruption, climate change and everything else in between that is making the world worse.
We decided to take the concept of a TV show, like Blue Peter, Sesame Street, Sooty and Sweep etc. and turn the idea on its head to show a seemingly normal and cheesy show for kids that is a bad influence and exploiting the children involved with the show itself. With the band members playing the TV show presenters, Foo Fighters-style - where the band play all of the roles.
This video was the band's introduction to the American, Canadian and German music markets - so it was imperative that the band was shown performing as well, so we intercut both sequences and edited them in a way that helped the narrative flow from one to the next.
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2020
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| Mumford and Sons - Entwined |
Music Documentary |
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"Earlier this year, we invited 4 filmmakers to capture the journey of 4 fans travelling to our Manchester Arena Delta Tour show on 6th June 2019 Adam Young of Paper Sky films captured musician Charlie Reader on his journey.
Directed and Edited by Adam Young
Produced by Paper Sky Films"
For this video, we got lucky with a lovely young lad called 'Charlie', who became a full-time musician after being inspired by Mumford & Sons - he also met his girlfriend at a gig he played where he covered 'Little Lion Man.'
The film covers his story where he first heard the band, his first live experience with them and that 'chills' feeling he got that inspired him to go to music school and become a guitarist and singer.
Mumford's management team gave Charlie backstage access where he got to meet Ted, the bassist, and got a tour of the stage during soundcheck where Charlie got a little teary-eyed from watching the band perform exclusively to him.
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2019
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| MRPHY - Hey Love |
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Shot for £1500 - most of which went on the location - we decided to keep this one simple as a one-spot performance piece from the singer 'MRPHY'.
Each segment of the song has its own 'movement', of sorts, where she's sat down during the first two verses, sits up during the first chorus, rises to her feet for the following verse and so on - each part get its own unique camera angle, lens and lighting choice to fit the mood - eventually having MRPHY return to her seat.
Shot within 5 hours, this music video is a display of using creativity in a limited space and time with a small budget.
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2019
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| Friends of the Earth - Community-Driven Change |
Documentary |
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Short documentary about Manchester taking great strides to become a greener city - within two days, I arranged a series of interviews and booked in shooting locations for a shoot on the third day, directing my colleague cameraman at Paper Sky Productions.
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2019
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| NXTGEN - Tour Diares |
Music Documentary |
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The original brief:
Entertainment One are in need of a Manchester-based filmmaker (video + photo).
We are looking for someone to create a tour diary around the tour. Must be clever with angles as most schools have a no-face policy.
Band are very easy going. Wanting content of them performing, meeting fans, in the van on the way there, etc.
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The tour was set to 'plant the seeds' for local fandom amongst local schools where students can 'discover' the band and create a homegrown movement from there outwards.
For these videos, we went with a 'run 'n gun' style with a DSLR - as the project also required photos, it meant taking pictures between video shoots - and it meant mobility, ease of function and access.
With the target audience set to be teenagers, the approach went with a more raw handheld style as opposed to a locked-off and polished look - allowing the energy of the movement to keep the visuals interesting throughout the video.
As well as trying to capture the fun and energy of the day, the job required interaction with the group themselves to tease out great moments from them, whether that be 'vox pops' or simply indulging in a few funny shennanigans for the camera.
All the while being respectful to the premises, schools, students and staff whilst doing the job to the band and label's satisfaction.
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2019
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