BFF 2012 - Manborg

This film is hilariously entertaining, bad taste at it's best. It's very obvious that the director's taste in bad 80s action cliches is evident in this film, and it doesn't take itself seriously. This mixed with a dry humour, makes this film a must see. For what it's designed to be, the special visual effects and make-up effects are amazingly creative. I recommend viewing this film for sure.

www.manborg.com

BFF 2012 - Ghosts With Shit Jobs

Ghosts with Shit Jobs Trailer June 2011 from Tate Young on Vimeo.


This film is as amazing as it's title. Created on a budget of only $5000, this film is a great example of unique creativity and thinking outside the box. It's minimalist sound design does a great job of creating a humorous dystopian future. If you get the chance to see it, it's worth a look.

www.ghostswithshitjobs.com

Damage

My good friend Kris Smith has produced and directed an excellent short film entitled 'Damage', a love triangle story set in 1965 between a photographer, his vulnerable model and her hard working fiancé. I witnessed a couple of days of the production process, and saw the enormous amount of hard work Kris and the cast & crew put in to make this film possible. Was very impressed watching the film at the premiere screening in Norwich. Well done Kris.
Also includes at the beginning a title sequence/trailer for his new upcoming film 'I'm Still Here'.




Please watch the film and rate it on IMDB.

'Damage' on IMDB

TEDx Youth @ Bath

Attended the TEDx talk at Komedia today and witnessed some very inspirational keynote speakers, and learned a lot. After today, I'm inspired to take control and shape my future. I've already started writing a new short live action film, but after today, I have definitely decided to see that I produce the film and get it into film festivals. All I got to do now is find other filmmakers interested in collaborating with me in Bath, Somerset and purchase sound recording equipment. Excited about starting another film production.





www.tedxyouthbath.com

BFF 2012 - Keyhole

I don't know where to start. Well watching this film, I was never bored and my attention never drifted from the film or the story. I would use the marmite metaphor for describing this film, when you see it you'll either love it or hate it. It was easy to follow the core of the story, and the simplicity of characters with goals. However it was difficult to pin down the structure and aesthetics of 'Keyhole's world and characters. But I did enjoy the visuals of this film. I would describe it as a psychedelic noir, about family, love and ghosts. Not for everyone but I really enjoyed it.


www.keyholemovie.com

BFF 2012 - Flying Blind

Saw 'Flying Blind' last night. A very moving and thought provoking Drama with a good amount of tension and a satisfying conclusion, a very good film.

www.ifeatures2.co.uk/flying-blind

BFF 2012 - Up There

Up There

Just seen 'Up There', an entertaining dark comedy. If you have a sense of humour about death, then this is a film that's worth a view. Also got the chance to ask actor Burn Gorman a question about the production process during the video Q&A, which was awesome.

www.uptherethemovie.com

BFF 2012 - 8 Minutes Idle

Saw my first film of the 2012 Bath Film Festival last night, 8 Minutes Idle. A very funny and entertaining comedy. If you get the chance to see it, I definitely recommend watching it.

www.ifeatures2.co.uk/eight-minutes-idle

Young Film Academy

One Day Film School promo from YFA on Vimeo.


I got the chance to do some work experience in London for Young Film Academy. YFA visits schools all across the UK, providing events and courses that gets school kids interested in filmmaking. The most popular being the 'one day film school', a one day event where kids get to learn about the process of filmmaking and get to make a short film, followed by an Oscar's award ceremony for the winning film. I recommend this company and programme to any teachers and schools, it's both educational and great fun for the students.

www.youngfilmacademy.co.uk

Sitting by Nellie: Presented by Joan Brown

So now that I have graduated from university, I am working hard to start my career in media and video production.

So what have I done so far?
Well this post is about my first video production job, which I literally started the day after my graduation, entitled 'Sitting by Nellie: Presented by Joan Brown'. It's a how to fashion film that shows the process of creating a female jacket using Couturing methods.

The hard thing about this production was that I was covering all bases from production to post-production. All visual and sound footage was captured by me on a Canon 550D MarkII and a Zoom H4N. It took 4 days to film and 6 weeks to edit and produce the final DVDs. This educational DVD is archived at Norwich University College of the Arts for students to use if interested in Couturing a female jacket.

Creative England

Creative England is a great company that have only been running for one year, and are very well connected to the UK film and television industry. They have a register for film production crew workers that is very easy to join. I definitely recommend joining this company if you are looking for work within the UK's film and television industry.

19th of September 2012 saw Creative England's 8th networking event at Elstree Studios. As a graduate looking for film production work it was very insightful.

www.creativeengland.co.uk

Jodie Welham's 'Another Day'

Some more updates about the amazing new feature film 'Another Day', directed by Jodie Welham, that will be hitting the film festival circuit in 2013. Below is a link to the NUCA webpage of Jodie Welham, and two video interviews with the main cast members Naomi Richardson and Tamsin Stevenson.

Jodie Welham - NUCA




Naomi from Jodie Welham on Vimeo.

Tamsin from Jodie Welham on Vimeo.

Soup Lab - Short Film Screening

Soup Lab in Norwich are presenting screenings of three short films each night starting at 19.30 from the 15th till the 18th of August 2012. Q&A with each filmmaker's film follows.

'Charlie In The Middle' will be screening on the 17th, along with one of my favourite films 'Breathe' directed by Chelsea Matin, and 'Flea Circus' directed by Anna Ramm, a film I am really looking forward to seeing.

If you would like to know more about the event and Soup Lab, check out the link to there Facebook page below.

Soup Lab Facebook Page





'Flea Circus' Web Series Trailer from Ana Duarte on Vimeo.

Charlie In The Middle (Trailer) from Benjamin A Harding on Vimeo.

Ditto TV Sunrise Film Festival Highlights

Highlights of the amazing Ditto TV event Sunrise Film Festival.

Click here, for the main website.

Click here, for the photos.

Congratulations to David Stafford for winning Viewers Choice Award and Alex Searle for winning Critics Choice Award. Great films guys!


David Stafford - Lost & Found from NUCA Film and Video on Vimeo.
What is animation from alex searle on Vimeo.

Teaser Trailer For Jodie Welham's 'Another Day'

So this year I got the opportunity to be sound recordist on the set of Jodie Welham's debut feature film 'Another Day'. It took 26 days, over a period of 8 weeks to shoot. The cast and crew are amazing, I will  never forget the great time I had on set. Naomi Richardson, Tamsin Stevenson, Jodie Welham, Danielle Cashley and Carl Reynolds, you are amazing people.

'Another Day' hits the film festival circuit next year. Please take a look at the Teaser Trailer below.



Teaser from Another Day on Vimeo.

Cyber-Space @ Sunrise Film Festival 2012

Some exciting news. Cyber-Space is taking votes for best short film at the Sunrise Film Festival 2012.
To cast your vote, check out the Ditto website.

www.ditto.tv/sunrise/sunrise_2012

Charlie Has Been Released

So one year later after being away from my blog I have now graduated from Norwich University College of the Arts with a Bachelors degree in 'Film & Moving Image Production'.

My new short film 'Charlie In The Middle', is now finished and has now been released for everyone to see.
You can see all the behind the scenes photos on the films official Facebook page.
www.facebook.com/charlieinthemiddle

You can view the film on Vimeo here.


Benjamin Harding - Charlie In The Middle from NUCA Film and Video on Vimeo.

Projects Outside My Education - 2012

I'm going to start with what I've been up to with the projects I've been involved in outside of my university work.

I was fortunate enough to get a great opportunity to boom operate a short film production that was being directed by my friend Martin Watters called 'Golden Globals', for Heart FM radio station.
Here is a sneak peak at what we were up to behind the scenes.

Next I was lucky enough to produce a promotional events video for Norwich Cathedral.
But the really exciting thing that I was involved in this year was as a sound recordist for a low budget feature film called 'Another Day'.

The film is kind of surrounded in mystery at the moment, there's not a lot of marketing at the moment, but there will be. I will be posting links to all advertising of this film when it is released.
I can say that it will be making it's way round the major film festivals next year.
I had a great time being a part of this production and met some amazing people that I will never forget, can't wait for it's release and seeing it on the big screen for everyone to enjoy.

At the moment I have now got my first paid gig as a filmmaker. I am producing an educational tailoring DVD for the fashion department at the Norwich University College of the Arts.

I'm Back (One Year Later)

It's been a long time since my last post. Been very busy with not only my final major university project, but also a few outside projects. A lot has happened in the last year.

This post is a kind of an introduction to the posts that I am now going to create to fill in on what I've missed out on in the last year.