Ridley Scott, Wong Kar Wai, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorcese, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, Yimou Zhang, Quentin Tarantino, Wachowski Brothers, Coen Brothers, Terry Gilliam, Paul Haggis, Michel Gondry, Michael Polish
Awards
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Festivals
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Professional Affiliations
The British Council, BBC Film Network, Performing Rights Society, Propeller TV, MusFlash TV, Cinequest San Jose, Open Access TV, Shooting People, Angel22 TV, The Talent Circle, Realfresh TV, The Community Channel, Bonobo TV
A man lies dying on a London Underground station platform, drifting between dreams and reality. Ultimately finding comfort in the image of the one person who means most to him.
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS and AWARDS:
St Petersburg Festival of Arts, Imagination short film festival Berlin, has won a special mention at the Festival du Cin..ma de Paris and also shown on Propeller TV.
A working version of the film won Best Art Short at the Wreck Beach Film Festival Ontario.
"Out of Shadows - the journey" has now been taken up by Cinequest in San Jose, California, for distribution. A link to their site will be posted soon.
"REALTIME"
"A couple are returning home on a congested motorway when they are faced with a split-second decision which will either save or destroy them. Having escaped, when the odds were stacked so much against them, why do they feel as though they are strangely out of time with everything else?"
REALTIME has been shown at: Leeds International Film Festival, St Petersburg Festival of Arts, Stratford Film Festival, Slack Video, Shortwave, on Open Access TV, the Big Chill Festival, Leuven Film Festival, the Festival du Cinema in Brussels and also at Britspotting in Berlin, Zurich and Stuttgart. Recently broadcast on Film Lab on Preopeller TV. This short is now being represented by The British Council and is due to be shown at the International Short Film Festival Sofia, Bulgaria and on the Performance Channel. Soon to be shown at The Portobello Film Festival London.
Featuring Anthony Rudge and Bryony Heasman. running time: 8 minutes 10 seconds
Two short films shown on the BBC big screen in Birmingham, Edinburgh and Newcastle, Oxford, London, Cardiff, Glasgow, Rotherham and Videoforum as part of the Short Shorts Film Festival. "Trapped" has also been shown on Propeller TV.
"Trapped"
A woman ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time and gets caught in a trap - locked in her own space.
"A definite favourite and certainly one of the most eye catching." Jordan Crute - Director Vidiotic Festival Toronto
Scene from "see through"
"Forgive"
A woman on a journey in San Francisco sees a sign which says: "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names". It sets her thinking about her own enemies and whether she would forgive them.
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS and AWARDS:
Wreck Beach Film Festival Ontario (won best sound and narration), the Biarritz Film Festival, New York Film Festival, TalentCircle Super Shorts, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham, Electric Lounge, Brussels Film Festival (received special mention) and the Paris Film Festival.
Movies
Blade Runner, 2046, Crash, Minority Report, Eyes Wide Shut, Pleasantiville, Endless Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Pulp Fiction, Blues Brothers, Northfork, Chungking Express, Kinky Boots, Usual Suspects, Matrix (first one), Star Wars
On a plane heading home, but destined never to get there.
The rain beats down incessantly as she sinks into her own thoughts, drifting from one reality to another. She dreams of wild seas and forbidding mountains, until the thunderstorm carries her away to her own tomorrow.
running time: 4 minutes 40 seconds
SHORT FILM:
"BLINDS"
Featuring Carla Brown
"What do you think about in the time between sleep and awake?" BLINDS is a visual merging of internal thoughts and external influences in a life. A complex composition involving a total of 75 interacting layers which produce a series of unusual juxtapositions.
running time: 3 minutes 33 seconds
BLINDS has been selected among the best 10 films in the section "VisionArt, Visual Arts in Movement" in the Visionaria International Film Festival, Italy.
A preview will be available soon.
MUSIC VIDEOS:
"Bullet from Nowhere" by The Future
A sultry, Bond-esque, visual description of The Future’s “Bullet from Nowhere”
To listen to The Future and watch the video go to: www.myspace.com/thefutureuk
"Walk Away" by The Satin Dolls
running time: 3 minutes 30 seconds
The Satin Dolls have their roots in British rock and roll. Their driving rhythms, powerful vocals and raw energy make their live performances unforgetable.
For this video we decided to get up on stage with them to produce an intimate portrait of one of the most dynamic bands around.
"Clever editing, charismatic singer, excellent audio production, rather nostalgic 80s vibe... Those were the words that sprung to mind on first viewing of the video for "Walk Away" by Coventry-based indie rockers, The Satin Dolls. They've supported the likes of The Subways and The Feeling. Good good. Look forward to hearing more from them soon." Chi-chi - Real Fresh TV
"Walk Away" has been shown on BBC Big Screens nationwide. Also at Future Shorts Coventry, on The Creative Channel Network and will be shown as part of Cycle Cinema at The Big Chill. Also shown on Angel22.TV and Real Fresh TV.
When asked to produce a video for "Iodine" we had to be aware that Satsangi is a band who love playing live. We considered filming an actual gig, but in the end decided to shoot live action in a controlled environment.
"Mesmerizing video by Midlands-based Satsangi, an indie rock band that sound (and look) like Asha Bhosle fronting Queens Of The Stone Age. Compelling lyrics, vivid video imagery. You come away thinking. "What is she on about?" But in a good way. Heady stuff indeed." Chi-chi - Real Fresh TV
"iodine" has been shown on BBC Big Screens nationwide. Also at Shortwave, London, Future Shorts Coventry, on The Creative Channel Network, and on MusFlash TV.
"Compassion" was performed as part of the BBC Electric Proms on Saturday 28th October 2006. For more visit The Bombay Dub Orchestra at: www.myspace.com/bombayduborchestra
SPELLBOUND was shown as part of the Cinem@tic Film Festival at the IMAX Theatre Birmingham and will be shown 5 times per week throughout January and May on the BBC big screen in Birmingham. Also won "Best Art Short" at Wreck Beach Film Festival Ontario.
It has also been shown at Wreck Beach Film Festival, Ontario, in the Edinburgh Festival's film market, at the Strawberry Fair Film Festival London, and has been on Propeller TV several times.
"DREAMING"
The second part of a short film trilogy
Featuring Sami-Jane Galton and the voice of Kulraj Bhangra
"In a deep sleep, encircled by visions of life and on her way to meet up with her own future thoughts"
"Dreaming is a seamless, dreamlike flow of serenity and beauty with some of the most impressively shot and effected images we've seen in a long time." Britfilms TV
DREAMING was screened as one of 9 shorts in a poetry/film evening at the Tate Britain, as part of the Cinem@tic Film Festival at the IMAX Theatre Birmingham and on the BBC big screen in Birmingham. Dreaming has also been screened with Dime Novel Screen, at the Strawberry Fair Film Festival London, a live EXPTV event and shown at The TATE Britain.
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hey....thanks for your song feedback, you will really help me choose a single! So far, 'I Surrender' is the favourite, & 'Mind Blowing' is close 2nd....
remixes & single coming to a radio near u very soon!
Farewell Farewell to thee! but not farewell To all my fondest thoughts of thee: Within my heart they still shall dwell; And they shall cheer and comfort me. O, beautiful, and full of grace! If thou hadst never met mine eye, I had not dreamed a living face Could fancied charms so far outvie.
If I may ne'er behold again That form and face so dear to me, Nor hear thy voice, still would I fain Preserve, for aye, their memory.
That voice, the magic of whose tone Can wake an echo in my breast, Creating feelings that, alone, Can make my tranced spirit blest.
That laughing eye, whose sunny beam My memory would not cherish less; - And oh, that smile! whose joyous gleam Nor mortal language can express.
Adieu, but let me cherish, still, The hope with which I cannot part. Contempt may wound, and coldness chill, But still it lingers in my heart.
And who can tell but Heaven, at last, May answer all my thousand prayers, And bid the future pay the past With joy for anguish, smiles for tears?
Hello Rare Company! Thanks for joining me. I've just checked out your website and it may be that we could do some business! For now though, it's kick-back time but lets chat soon! Have a great evening! :)
hi rarecompany, thanks for dropping in, come by again in the future i change the tunes (& styles) often. you can also check out my scoring/commercial work @ www. soundmusic. ca
in the meantime please check out and vote for my orchestral remix of "Nude" from the new Radiohead record! peace - steve :)
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