2019

My Superheroes

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SHORT FILM | 1 MIN 46 SEC | DECEMBER 2019

CLIENT: CREATE JOBS & CHANNEL 4

ROLE:  SCREENWRITER | CAMERA OPERATOR | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | EDITOR

SYNOPSIS:  Sometimes it’s the little things that matter most to people. A short film following a girl who views the ordinary people around her as superheroes. Whenever kind strangers or family members do little things such as putting a plaster on her injured leg, she marvels at their strength. From her perspective, the little things they do to help her are what makes them superheroes. Those superpowers are what makes her cheerful.

SUMMARY: As part of the Content Production programme ran by Create Jobs/ New Direction, I was set a brief created in collaborations with Channel 4. The brief revolved around ‘Reasons to be Cheerful’. I had to produce a short film independently from start to finish within a deadline whilst implementing aspects of the brief within my film.  

CHANNEL4 BRIEF: Tell us about something that makes your life feel better, your community feel better, London feel better…or just makes you laugh. Your film can be 90 seconds long. You can create it on your own or in pairs. You might film the whole thing on an iPhone, or go ‘mixed media (e.g. including stills), add filters or something else. Please send us a film by the end of the day on 5th December.

OVERALL: Although there were times where I found the filmmaking process quite difficult especially as I had decided to work with a child and a dog in my film, it was incredibly rewarding and extremely effective in growing the filmmaking skills I already had. My film was later screened on Channel 4 in front of a panel of professionals. Look below to see the feedback I recieved back from the professional panel at 4Creative:

“My Superheroes, Totally unique, conceptually so strong. The use of the comic book and the effects, excellent. At times perhaps a bit too much going on. If things had been slowed down a touch we could have taken in and enjoyed some of the ideas in there even more. However such a creatively ambitious piece and with a great message, a real achievement.”

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