Joseph Rutland ⁽⁵⁰⁾

Ben Hillyer Spotlight .The Satan Cube .Fictus Medicus

God, this one was a nightmare. Another result of my film challange, I received the following prompt from Ross McCartan "A man comes home to find a woman is squatting in his home. He tries reasoning with her but she has some outrageous demands. Eventually…

Connor Atkinson Spotlight Connor Lee Atkinson has recently just graduated from LMA Liverpool with a Second Class Degree in Acting & Performance. Connor Atkinson has featured in Janus & Wirral Ways.

For his new release 'Charity' I wanted to capture the eerie feeling of his living quaters in Vietnam. Many of the shots involving shadows were based on his own experiences in his dark windowless room. The script was translated into Vietnamese by the talented Phan…

JD Justice Spotlight JD has worked with me on Eight projects total so far (listed below). He is an actor who is up for absolutely anything and can play some really weird characters. I've seen him give really soulful performances, even if the script is…

This was another film birthed from my film challange. For this one, I was in charge of the prompt which was "Two siblings get way too into crumpets, eating far too many. Eventually it bevomrd like that one skittle advert where everything they touch becomes…

I have recently starred in the final film (During Uni) of fellow director 'Alex Fletcher'. This film was quite wild, he was brought in last second with many mishaps occuring. A group of freinds is summoned by a magical wizard who wishes to make the…

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Orrin Glendinning Spotlight .The Ventriloquist .The Librarian's Ear .Head Splitting .One More for The Road

I am a prolific lover of all things Turkish, so it utterly delighted him to finally visit the place. I got by with the small ammount of Turkish I know. However, the most exciting thing for me was the pre-arranged meeting with artist 'C.M.Kosemen' author…

Finally, after months of misery, I have left Vietnam for good. However I know that there are many things he'll miss. Grab racing, cheap and cool transport, temples everywhere, koi fish cafe's, Iguanas everywhere and the feeling of independance that living in another country gave…

In the last leg of my trip, I went to Indonesia. Possibly the best accomodation in Asia I've ever experienced. On the second day, me and Christian went to the beach where a bunch of Indonesian kids kept asking questions such as 'Do you like…

English weather in a tropical climate. I stayed in the 'Little India' section of the City and went on many misadventures. On his first day he tried to walk as far as he could but got trapped by rain so HAD to watch the Attack…

I decided that the best use of his time in Phnom Penh was to visit the killing fields. An absolutely harrowing experince, he got to see an incredible ammount of human remains as well as the tree they used for executing babies. I also met…

This was the last film in my special film challange which I had anything to do with. The footage was quite shakey and desaturated when I was given it to edit. Ross McCartan, the director even told me that it'd be best to do it…

This is a re-imagining of a script that I worked on in 2018. The initial idea by Michael Hughes was essentially John Carpenter's The Thing but with DVD copies of Zoolander that turn people evil. However, whilst re-reading the script, I found the idea of…

I love Spotlight. A film by Alex fletcher where my talent gets the chance to shine! The actual filming of it consisted of me opening and closing alot of doors whilst having to deliver intense dialogue occasionally. The lighting, the direction, everything MWAH!

I have created a film challange using four directors who all work different parts on 4 different films. A bit confusing but fun. My mind was swimming when I got this script, his first decision was to cast Ben Hillyer as Lane, unfortunatley Ben wasn't…

I first came up with the idea for this script during a writing exercise. I wanted to make a film that would make people come up with their own interpretations on the ending, the. It also bothered me, the amount of sappy short films where…

For this one, I was inspired by various analogue horror series such as 'Gemini Home Entertainment' and 'Mystery Flesh Pit National Park'. The idea writing a horror anthology which fleshes out a world in around five minuets was an interesting challange that I through myself…

Head splitting was my first real attempt at creating effects with a mixture of editing and practical instead of wholesale practical. The David Bowie motif throughout the film was inspired a household he once visited which was covered wall-to-wall in Bowie memorabilia. The opening shot…

I have recently been trecking around Western Poland with my Girlfrend. Stranded outside on the first night, we had to seek refuge in a Blues Brothers themed bar. We ventured from Gdansk to Sopot (Polish Southport, complete with a nice curry) and the cold fishing…

This was for university, we were tasked with making an experimental film. The group thought that filming a guy going about his day with weird camera angles could work, however Joseph didn't think this was experimental enough so he helped morph the idea into the…

Possibly my favourite of my own films. The film evolved from the idea of somebody kidnapping a guy at a bar and slowly replacing his limbs with wooden ones until he became a puppet. Finding all the extras for the final scene was an absolute…

For this film, I played the part of somebody trapped in his film for a director down in Stoke on Trent. The film was supposed to be experimental by nature. I really didn't like Stoke on Trent as it was incredibly foggy and cold and…

Boooooo! I'm not proud of this film, thus has not released it. This was for a 48 hour film challange. However the script was thrown out and one guy kinda derailed everything then dipped on the editing section. The whole film is an audiatory-messy dissaster.

Wanting to make use of leftover by-products from casting faces in resin, I came up with the idea of his film 'A Lovely BBQ'. The film was shot entirely on a DJI Mini camera, giving it a somewhat surreal feeling due to the wide angle…

The idea of doing a historical piece had been on my mind for a while. This script had quite a few superficial changes throughout. It had been envisioned that the plague victims were initially knights instead of peasants and the whole piece was supposed to…

I have once again taken part in a 48 film challange. To date, this is the only one I'm been proud enough of to show to the public. He worked for the first time with excellent actor 'JD Justice' and offically started dating mt costar…

Recently I have collaborated with my writer accomplice 'Cat Wray' to write a few short films, beginning with Juicy. Juicy was a labour of love whilst also being really really annoying to film, with locations cancelling and trains not working. But through all of this,…

Recently I have written, directed and starred in a short film called WWW (Short for Wee Willie Winkie). It was filmed in an absolutely boiling hot room with a very small window but the cast and crew knuckled down and produced something everybody could be…

Recently, I worked alongside fellow creatives, Keiran Riley, Will Knowles, and Cat Wray for a 48 hour film challenge using my own equipment. It wasn't a complete failure, as we only came last in one of the two categories. We also managed to obtain the…

The Satan Cube: How far would you go to save the life of a loved one? Noah Atherton (Played by Joseph Rutland) is an online cuber with a minor cult following, and is willing to risk a deal with the devil, " I have recently…

I have recently starred in 'Black Dog of Bouley Bay', directed by Liam Cottington - A spooky caper set in the channel islands, but filmed in Manchester. Here I played a man delivering a mysterious package, but getting interrupted and attacked by the mysterious Black…

I have finally finished the short movie Demon of the Woods I wrote, directed and starred in the short horror, alongside other actors who I cast. The film took two years to complete due to COVID-19 although you wouldn’t be able to tell (apart for…

I’ve been at LIPA sixth form for two years now and thank God it’s over. Just kidding - I’ve had a great time and I’ve made some fab friends. Overall, I pulled a Merit (subject to exam board verification), although my portfolio earned me a…

Actors need many skills. Sure, if I’m ever in a big budget production, they can CGI my face onto a stuntman who does all of the action stuff for me, but where’s the fun in that? Also, as I am not currently in any big…

For my final piece at LIPA Sixth Form College, my group performed the Sarah Waters play, Tipping the Velvet. I played a number of parts including 'Father,'Ralph, and an umbrella salesman. It was great fun and hard work, and we performed the play over three…

With the third lockdown nearly at an end, I felt secure enough to take my daily, government-sanctioned exercise at New Brighton promenade. There were quite a few people around but not too many. Note my colour coordinated mask, jumper, and jacket. Am I really that…

I have a new website. Same address, but… different. The reason is that renewal with one.com was coming up and would have cost around 100GBP for the year. To avoid this, I’ve brought it in-house, and the site is now running (along with a bunch…

Michael and i started the JMC cast in July this year, and we’ve been reviewing foreign films ever since. It’s been a blast, and i’ve seen more foreign films than I anticipated at the the start of the year - but then, I didn’t think…

Join Joseph, Michael and our guest Steven in the fourteenth episode of the JMC Cast, where we review a tribute to Chile’s artistic heritage, plus a hilarious Hong Kong sports comedy

Join Joseph, Michael and our guest David in the thirteenth episode of the JMC Cast, where we review Che Guevarra’s autobiographical tale, plus a French independent black-and-white drama film.

Join Joseph, Michael and our guest Noah in the twelfth episode of the JMC Cast, where we review a Japanese CGI anime science fiction action film directed by Yasushi Kawamura, plus 1993 Hong Kong action film from Johnnie To.

Join Joseph, Michael and our guest Abi in the eleventh episode of the JMC Cast, where we review a 1922 silent horror essay film, plus the eighth instalment of the Tomie film series.

Stacey Gregg's Scorch tells the story of first love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen, and is narrated by a teenage character called Kes ('like the kid on the front of that Ken Loach film'), who, though female by birth, has a developing identification…

Here’s a glimpse of me behind the camera as I get a close-up shot of the vicious injuries done to one of our cast members by… The Demon of The Woods… We should have filming wrapped by the middle of 2020, and look forwards to…

The Venetian Twins (Italian: I due gemelli veneziani, or "The two Venetian twins") is a 1747 play by Carlo Goldoni, based on Plautus's Menaechmi. I was Lelio and I was fabulous.

The worst thing about wearing a plastic dress and army boots while performing in public is the heat. it was great fun.

Bradley Manning, as most people know, is a 24-year-old US soldier accused of releasing 250,000 secret cables and logs about the Iraq and Afghan wars to WikiLeaks. What is less well known is that he spent over two of his early teenage years at school…