"The Careers Interview"

So this is my latest short film (and certainly one of the better ones)! A nice little comedy short depicting a nervous guy in a Careers Interview who has... well, quite an ambition.
Basically I made this with five other members of the BFI Academy held at The Rural Media Company I've been privilaged to be a part of. We made it in (I think) the space of about three days or so as part of our Silver Arts Award.
I shot it on a very nice Canon C100, which shoots in 2K (the highest I've worked with so far) and is VERY nice to use! I personally was on sound, holding the boom pole, doing foley, mixing etc. This was actually my first time using a boom pole on a proper film (I've had the odd go with one here and there) and it actually wasn't too bad. I mean, ok, maybe I've got to work a bit on the old shoulder muscles, but hey-ho, it was good fun! I made the decision to record sound separately (on my Zoom H4n), which meant syncing sound after, using a clapper and all that jazz, but gave me a lot more freedom to roam around, safe in the knowledge I could keep well out of shot and still be capturing the best possible sound (without having to leave a 30-metre XLR cable trailing along behind me into the camera).
Once we'd shot and edited it (thanks to Alex Wilson, our fantastic editor) we handed it over to our composer, Ashleigh Harley, who whacked up an awesome score for some of the last few scenes! I worked closely with her, doing a final master on the track to avoid any peaking etc from the music getting too loud.
Finally, the film premiered- yes, actually premiered (my first one) in Borderlines Film Festival at The Courtyard Theatre. Professional film editor Tony Lawson (Michael Collins, Kez, Byzantium) and cinematographer Richard Greatrex (Shakespeare in Love, Run Fatboy Run) were invited to see the films and gave great feedback on it- notably on the simple but effective storyline and marked it out among other short films shown at the same screening for high praise. It was awesome!
So tomorrow I'm off to the BFI Academy at the National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield for the pre-residential weekend, where I'll get to meet the other 65 young filmmakers who'll be going as well as being able to have a look at the script for the film we'll be making on the actual course, in a few weeks time! It means getting up at 6:30am for the long drive down, but hey, it'll be well worth it!