Event Project

For my Cinematography module and Editing and Structures module of the Film and TV Production course, one of my assignments was called ‘The Event Project’

The brief that we were given was: 'You are asked to shoot documentary video material of an event.' 

This was shot for the Cinematography module while it was edited in the Editing and Structures module.

Unfortunately I am unable to embed the video but you can find it on Vimeo via this link: https://vimeo.com/55031825

Location Project

For my Cinematography module of the Film and TV Production course, one of my assignments was called 'The Location Project'

The brief that we were given was: 'You must tell a story about a location that is personal to you. The location may be a busy place or a quiet one - it can be constructed or already in existence. It is essential that the viewer is able to understand something about your connection with the location.'

I shot this film at my grandparents' house just outside London.

Unfortunately Blogger will not allow me to embed it but here's the link: https://vimeo.com/55030764 

Vimeo

Hi everyone,
I haven't posted for a while but I've been super busy with my course. To keep an eye on what I've been doing I have created a Vimeo account which you can find here: https://vimeo.com/kimberleymbates. I will be posting videos that I think are worth showing people and hopefully you'll be able to see a progress with my work.

This is the first 'video' I put up on Vimeo. It's actually just audio as the task brief was to tell a story through sound: https://vimeo.com/52241911

Film Assignment

Today Aiden and I went on a walk around Cambridge trying to find the locations we wanted to use for our film assignment for the Screen and Drama module of the course.

For the film assignment we are to make a short film, 3 to 5 minutes long, with the brief:
'A boy is attracted to a girl. It appears the girl gives him a sign. The boy chases the girl. The final twist.'

The next set of instructions we were given read:

'Try to enrich the story as much as you can; you can change the circumstances, gender of the characters, place the action of the film in different surroundings, make it a period piece, science fiction, a farce, comedy, tragedy, whatever.'

We've come up with a story line and found our locations so all we need now is to pitch the film and hopefully get the go ahead to film this. 

Here are some of the photos from today; with a few fun ones:

YR Production Company

So guys, I've been at university for 3 weeks now. Yesterday, I was made co-owner of YR Production Company. This film production company was founded and is owned by Aiden Astle. The company was founded on November 10, 2011 and is on the up from this year onwards. We have some very exciting projects in store for the next year. Our first major project will be pitched within the next two weeks to the Film and Arts Society of Anglia Ruskin University. Hopefully upon their approval we shall start production and see our aims, goals and of course the final product.

We are looking to work with people of all ages, students who are just coming out of university and need work, experience film makers who want to further the experience and knowledge of up-coming film makers.

So please have a look on our various pages and watch out because we will be making it big!

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/YR-Production-Company/189344501180482
Twitter: http://twitter.com/YRPRoductionCo
Email: yrproductioncompany@gmail.com

Our way is 'Capturing art through film.'

Officially a university student

For those of you who don't know yet, I am officially a Film and TV Production student at Anglia Ruskin University. That's right, I am going to be living, eating, and breathing Cambridge for the next three years.

I may not have gotten the grades that I was predicted or grades I wanted for my A-levels, however the portfolio I submitted and the interview I had obviously helped me secure my place at the university; I got in even though my offer was conditional. I have to be honest, I was very afraid of not getting in but at 8:20am on Thursday the 17th of August, I got my confirmation email that I had been accepted. If you would like to see my portfolio submissions you can find them here and here.

I've already got my timetable, the modules I will be taking this first semester that I know of are Cinematography, Screen and Drama, and Editing and Structure. I'm very excited about this course. I'll try my best to keep this blog updated with my photography as well as the work I'm doing at university, plus whatever else I get up to. I forgot to mention, I have Wednesday's off from lectures and seminars, definitely my photography based days I think!

If you are a potential or current film student and you'd like to know more about what I'm doing or will be doing rather, don't hesitate to drop me an email or leave a comment.

Email: kimberleymbates@gmail.com

Interview

Yesterday, I had sent off my portfolio to Anglia Ruskin to go along with my application around 12:30 during my lunch hour. Two hours later I had an email inviting me for an interview. The interview is on the 3rd of May at 10:20 with the course tutor Robert Klenner as well as the Senior Lecturer for the Film and Television course; finding that out has really turned my tummy I know that this is 6 weeks away but I'm already incredibly nervous! I really want to get an offer or something for this course. I hope they like me. I'm going to have to start preparing now for this interview, although I have no idea what sorts of things they will be asking me about which will make it difficult.

You can view my submissions by looking at my other posts that have the portfolio tag.