Harriet to the Future

Throughout my filmmaking  journey  on the Film and TV Production course at Stockton Riverside College, I have expanded my knowledge and understanding through research and, most importantly, working on a variety of projects both at college and at home (due to the pandemic). Although it has been a challenging year, I have been able to improve on the filmmaking skills I am most interested in, such as directing and writing, which I hope to continue, develop and enhance through my education and future professional career.  Showreel 2019-2020 This is a showreel I created at the end of my first year on the Film and TV Production course that includes a variety of projects and experimental camerawork from my time at college (uploaded on 3rd April 2020). YouTube link:  https://youtu.be/U8l4ZXpVJRM Included in this portfolio are what I consider to be my best pieces of work, demonstrating the quality of my work and learning from my time on the Film and TV Production course....

The Hallmark Channel For our next assignment, we were asked to create a Hallmark Channel style 'made-for-television' Christmas film. As I'm not very familiar with the channel and their films, I first needed to conduct some research on the Hallmark channel and brand, learning about the history and context of the channel, their style of Christmas programming they release and how it's become a successful Christmas staple. The channel has many specifics when it comes to the films they develop, produce and distribute on their channel, creating their own genre of films that makes their channel and brand instantly recognisable. I first started my research by looking at the Hallmark Channel's history, particularly what influenced their style of programming and how it has developed the channel's progress and success. The Hallmark Channel is a subscription television cable channel, based in the United States, that was rebranded (after many different media companies owned ...