ELLA BLANCH
PORTFOLIO FOR BA FILM PRODUCTION
Self Portrait
MY FILM WORK
My Show Reel
My main aspirations are to become a Cinematographer or Production Designer.
Films shown:
BLOCK, short film, Role: Cinematographer
ROMANCE IS BORING, music video, Roles: Director, Cinematographer, Producer, Editor
SATU MARKS, documentary, Roles: Director, Cinematographer, Producer, Editor
THE HATCHET SKIFFLE GROUP, performance video, Roles: Cinematographer, Editor
SPL/T, performance video, Roles: Cinematographer, Editor
ALONE IN A CROWD, experimental video, Roles: Director, Cinematographer, Editor
ROMANCE IS BORING, MUSIC VIDEO
I was the Director, Cinematographer, Producer and Editor on Romance is Boring. This video demonstrates the type of films I want to create, I don't want my films to conform to the traditional standards of filmmaking. I strive for them to be peculiar, bold and expressive. I am always inspired by films that use anamorphic lenses. The films 'Rye Lane' and 'Poor Things' are particularly inspiring due to their use of wide and fish eye lenses.
ALONE IN A CROWD, MUSIC VIDEO
I created Alone in a Crowd during a challenge set by a music video director for my college course. We had 2 hours to shoot and edit a music video to a 50 second section of the song 'Glue' by Bicep.
BLOCK, Short Film
I was a Cinematographer on BLOCK, it was produced with the BFI and NFTS. Working with the BFI and NFTS is my proudest achievement thus far.
Link to full version of BLOCK:
Production Design for Right Person, Wrong Time
Right Person, Wrong Time (working title) is a project that I am currently working on. I am the production designer, and cinematographer. These drawings are concept art for the two main characters personal spaces. I aim for these spaces to reveal unspoken details about each character and to reinforce the details already established by dialogue. In the designs, I have included details that reveal more about the characters' interests and the aspects of their lives that they find most important.
MY FINE ART WORK
Art was the reason why I fell in love with film. Both mediums have many similarities, especially in Cinematography and Production Design. Composition, colour theory and innovation.
'Always Watching' - Oil Painting
PHOTOGRAPHY
The majority of the camera work I do is related to moving image. I do, however, take a small digital camera with me wherever I go. It enables me to practice composition in a quick and easy way.
I used a slow shutter speed in this image. I love how the light creates an abstract detail. I find art with implicit meanings fascinating because every persons' interpretation can be so different.
