HDDSLR | Paul D

Sensoria Pro

Last week I appeared on the ‘What Makes a Great Music Video‘ panel at Sensoria Pro, with Martyn Ware of Heaven 17.

Sensoria is an annual film and music festival that takes place in Sheffield a (northern English) city boasting a rich musical heritage that includes Cabaret Voltaire, The Human League, Heaven 17, ABC, Pulp, The Arctic Monkeys, Def Leppard, Moloko, The Longpigs and Reverend & The Makers. Sensoria Pro is the two day music industry festival within a festival. Continue reading “Sensoria Pro”

Vote!

Voting in the Webby Awards closes at midnight on 28 April, so if you haven’t already voted, now is a good time! But don’t take my word for it… here’s what Hitler has to say… Continue reading “Vote!”

Nominated for 2 Webby Awards!

Breaking News – ‘The Toadlickers‘ music video that I directed and produced for Thomas Dolby last year has just been nominated for not one, but two Webby Awards!

The Webby’s are The Oscars of the web, so this is quite a big deal!

The Toadlickers is one of five music videos nominated in the ONLINE FILM & VIDEO > MUSIC category of The Webby People’s Voice Award.
You can vote for your favourite here.

HDDSLR: Moving From Still to Video with Vincent Laforet

Last weekend HDSLR guru, Vincent Laforet, held a weekend long workshop in Seattle, that was hosted (and streamed live on the net) by Creative Live. Since it was Laforet’s short film, ‘Reverie‘ that opened my eyes (and those of several million others) to the possibilities of the Canon 5DmkII, I was fascinated to watch as he took a small group of aspiring filmmakers on a journey through the shooting, editing and completion of a short documentary and onto scripted drama with professional actors, using HDSLRs. Continue reading “HDDSLR: Moving From Still to Video with Vincent Laforet”