Biography
Ben is our Community Filmmaker and Workshop Leader with a boundless enthusiasm for the movies! With a background in drama, Ben’s particular skills are script-writing, working with actors and using music to create mood. Ben is experienced at making films with hugely diverse groups of people including nursery children, homeless teenagers, people with physical disabilities or mental health problems and older adults.
Portfolio
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Mute
I loved the concept of this film from the very beginning. It's a story that is told without the need for dialogue and I think it's a really daring and mature piece of film-making because of that. Great central performance too.
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A Lifeless Life
This is a film that tackles a really topical subject area in a very intelligent way and I enjoyed the philosophical elements of the narrative. I also enjoyed supporting the film-making team to create a highly authentic and powerful action sequence. It's a film that really packs a punch.
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Battle of the Sexes
Despite the fact that the film is about competitiveness and underhand tactics, the team that made really worked as a unit. As a result their film is very well crafted with some fantastic visual touches and moments of humour!
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The Abandoned Wand
I really enjoyed working on this project as it's such a fabulous concept for a short film. Because their story is so simple, the film-makers had time to really work at the animation sequences and therefore make their film very entertaining to watch!
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The Lane
The mood of this film is really strong. The team had a very clear idea of the kind of film they wanted to make and because they kept their idea simple they had time to use post-production techniques such as colour-grading and audio mixing to create a highly evocative piece of work.