A man with scarred face and glasses

Film and acting

Although I first became interested in film and drama through acting, I quickly started looking into other aspects of production.

I have been involved in all stages of bringing a work to completion, including scriptwriting  filming, cinematography, sound, computer graphics, prop-making, and special effects. 

Janus

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…

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The Eighth Boatman

A woman in a black cape looks on while two people inspect equipment near a camera

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…

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Grit

Four men in white lab coats in front of a blackboard

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…

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Head Splitting

Four men and a very small woman covered in blood

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…

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The Librarian's Ear (And Director's Cut)

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…

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The Ventriloquist

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…

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Autonomy By Owen Saddington

Joseph Rutland running in an urban area with colour gradient

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…

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