Second year has finished.......what have I been up to in the last two weeks?

Second year finished two weeks ago and I was well and truly ready for a break however that's not happened! Since finishing uni for the year my workflow has raised to a whole new level. Initially I gave myself two days off straight after the last day of uni & spent it relaxing in Torquay but Sunday morning came round and an early departure from Torquay was on the agenda. After a 4 hour drive back up to Nottingham, it was time to go straight onto a music video set. One of Sony's newest artists was shooting his debut single video & it was my job to be on set to work as a photographer for the day. My role was to shoot behind the scene's shots for the director. It was a long old day as expected and at 1am the following morning it was time for everyone to head home. The images are currently offline as they must remain hidden until the launch day of the track but they will appear in mid June.

So......what else has been going on? Well I'm back in the marketing office at Trent Bridge working on the forthcoming Twenty20 fixtures. I'm doing the EMT studio camera Mon-Fri evenings and the Politics show on Friday afternoons. My day as a photographer on set also led to me being invited by the artist himself to come along to a white studio in Nottingham and take some shots for his album and website. Those images are also being kept on the down low for the time being but as soon as I get the green light they will be online.

I've also directed a short video for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. This video will be played before each of the twenty20 fixtures on the big screen to introduce the Notts Mascot 'Nuts the Squirrel'. That video is available to see a little further down this blog.

Anything else? I hear you ask.......

Well, there is.........I was at Broadway Cinema on Tuesday for my end of year uni event. This event was a really nice way to finish the year and 'Feel' (my groups, short fiction film) picked up 'Best Fiction' award which on its own was a great achievement but on a personal note, I was also awarded 'Most promising film maker'. This was a true shock and surprise for me but equally a lovely award to collect. That little piece of glass was a really touching moment for me after being given 'Doser of the year award back in 2004' by my sixth form colleagues it shows just how much things have changed 7 years down the line. Its been a hard working year and at times it's been difficult to do everything but I just about managed. Thank you to Jools, Danny & Deborah.

Finally I ended up back at Broadway two days later on (Thursday) for the NCCC twenty20 video launch campaign. Back in the Paul Smith Screen I was this time joined by some familiar faces of the BBC, Sky Sports, Capital FM, Nottingham Post and several other members of the media circle including some of Notts, Derbyshire & Leicestershire players to witness the unveiling of the 'Affixxius' Produced T20 campaign video. (available to see at nottsccc.co.uk)

Nuts the Squirrel Entrance Video

This video doesn't represent my greatest production but it was shot in two hours with no crew & the edit was back with them finished in 24 hours.