Covering contemporary dance and music to storytelling and public art, I worked as a producer/director, alongside DoP Will Fielding, to create a variety of short form film content for the First Light Festival CIC between 2020 - 2021 — scroll to see our portfolio.
A highlight was the creation of a mini-series of films for First Light Festival’s virtual community celebration of the ‘Winter Solstice’ - during the time of lockdown. We worked as an extension of their team and in collaboration with their partners, set designer and network of local talent. Together we produced, storyboarded, directed, shot and edited each film to be both a reflection the vision of each artist and to be virtually experienced as an online arts event. We also had facilitated work experience for local young filmmakers and engaged with the wider community.
Over a six month period, we created and produced the story-line of a short film documenting the impact of the ‘First Flight’ community arts project around Lowestoft. The project took bird boxes as its inspiration to accessibly engage the local community, businesses and schools in raising awareness of the importance of bird habitats in an urban, local context ahead of COP26. We worked with Festival partners, including the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
Working with Wonderful Beast, the theatre company of myths, legends, folk and fairy tales, we created the family-friendly film, ‘How Night Came from the Sea’. A magical creation story from Brazil, told in Lowestoft by actor Hilary Greatorex and accompanied with music by Sylvia Hallett.
'Wheel' is an 18ft installation designed by artist John Christie, with phrases engraved within it from a newly commissioned poem by award winning poet and author George Szirtes Poet . Evoking a wheel of time, the film captures the spectacular light-show of the Wheel with musical accompaniment from The Rogue Shanty Buoys.
John Ward Band performs 'The Light Returns', a new composition in celebration of First Light’s themes of day and night, the sea and the elements, and the history and future of Lowestoft. The film also features a reprise from the local choir, The Pakefield Singers.
Set during dusk over the North sea and accompanied by music from Issac Lee-Kronick, choreographer Rosemary Lee's ‘Dusk Dance’ is inspired by the folk traditions of men dancing together on the winter solstice. This film captures the sensitive performance of a trio of young male dancers from DanceEast, ranging in age from 11 to 25.
We captured the summer solstice sunrise at England’s most easterly point, Lowestoft’s South Beach. Featured is the public installation of artist Adam Bridgland’s Daily Essentials, a musical performance from Kosmos and the local community of early risers and brave sea swimmers.
We created a highlights video of the weekend festival of visual art and music on the vast expanse of Lowestoft’s beautiful South Beach, featuring the town-wide art installation that showcased creativity and participation.
Trailer highlighting the creation of a commissioned mini-series of films for First Light Festival’s virtual community celebration, streamed online during the 2020 ‘Winter Solstice’ - under lockdown restrictions.