ORAL HISTORY PROJECT PRODUCTION AND FILM PROJECT DEVELOPMENT:
THE STANLEY KUBRICK ARCHIVE
Client: University of the Arts, London
Oral Historian / Researcher / Media Producer / Script Developer / Video Editor
This project involved conducting 13 on-camera interviews with individuals who were most familiar with noted filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's creative process. Excerpts from the interviews were used to create 9 themed films that explore different aspects of Kubrick's filmmaking practice. The Oral History Project films are featured on the Kubrick Archive website. The new oral history recordings now supplement the objects in the Stanley Kubrick Archive.
Watch 4 of the films, below: Finding and Developing the Story, Music, Cinematography: 'The Shining', and
Design 'A Clockwork Orange.' As a series, the films have over 40,000 views on YouTube.
Oral Historian / Researcher / Media Producer / Script Developer / Video Editor
This project involved conducting 13 on-camera interviews with individuals who were most familiar with noted filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's creative process. Excerpts from the interviews were used to create 9 themed films that explore different aspects of Kubrick's filmmaking practice. The Oral History Project films are featured on the Kubrick Archive website. The new oral history recordings now supplement the objects in the Stanley Kubrick Archive.
Watch 4 of the films, below: Finding and Developing the Story, Music, Cinematography: 'The Shining', and
Design 'A Clockwork Orange.' As a series, the films have over 40,000 views on YouTube.
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Interviewing Garrett Brown, inventor of the Steadicam, at the Locarno International Film Festival
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Invited speaker at Kubrick exhibition symposium at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The presentation provided an overview of the oral history project and theatre presentation of the two videos to an audience of over 250 attendees.
ORAL HISTORY BOOK:
INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC: THE ART OF INNOVATION
Client: Abrams Books
Researcher / Interviewer / Author
This 400-page book is an extensively illustrated oral history of the multiple Academy Award winning visual effects company founded by George Lucas in 1975. Its tale begins with a small team of craftspeople, engineers, and artists who pioneered analog effects that had never before been attempted or realized on the screen for Star Wars. A behind-the-scenes record of the state-of-the-art innovations that have driven moviemaking magic, the book features candid stories from the filmmakers, artists, and technicians who were there, breaking barriers and changing the history of cinema with their early work on cultural landmarks, such as the Star Wars saga, the Indiana Jones series, E.T., Terminator 2, and Jurassic Park. The book was featured in the Holiday Buying Guide in The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times.
Read more about the book by clicking on the cover image, above.
The reviewer for FX Guide wrote:
"The author approaches the subject matter not as a ‘fan boy’, but as a serious writer documenting one of the most significant contributors to cinema in the modern age."
Researcher / Interviewer / Author
This 400-page book is an extensively illustrated oral history of the multiple Academy Award winning visual effects company founded by George Lucas in 1975. Its tale begins with a small team of craftspeople, engineers, and artists who pioneered analog effects that had never before been attempted or realized on the screen for Star Wars. A behind-the-scenes record of the state-of-the-art innovations that have driven moviemaking magic, the book features candid stories from the filmmakers, artists, and technicians who were there, breaking barriers and changing the history of cinema with their early work on cultural landmarks, such as the Star Wars saga, the Indiana Jones series, E.T., Terminator 2, and Jurassic Park. The book was featured in the Holiday Buying Guide in The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times.
Read more about the book by clicking on the cover image, above.
The reviewer for FX Guide wrote:
"The author approaches the subject matter not as a ‘fan boy’, but as a serious writer documenting one of the most significant contributors to cinema in the modern age."
PODCAST - COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION WORKSHOP PROJECT: Watford Palace Theatre
Client: Watford Palace Theatre
Producer / Script Developer / Sound Designer / Audio Editor
Producer / Script Developer / Sound Designer / Audio Editor
This 20-minute podcast features reminiscence (oral history) recordings created as part of a community participation project. The project was linked to the Theatre's production of Elton John's Glasses. In this play, the main character is obsessed with the dramatic loss of the Watford Football Club in the 1984 cup final. Workshop participants recorded their memories of Watford in 1984 for the podcast project, as part of an initiative to promote community involvement with Theatre's productions. Extracts from these recordings, along with music evoking the era, were combined to produce the podcast. The full podcast was presented on the Theatre's website. A 3-minute promotional version was also produced.
The community participation project, including the podcast production, was supported by a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant.
Listen to a 4-minute excerpt from the full podcast below:
The community participation project, including the podcast production, was supported by a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant.
Listen to a 4-minute excerpt from the full podcast below:
ORAL HISTORY AUDIO INSTALLATION AND PODCAST:
STANMER PARK RESTORATION PROJECT
Client: Brighton & Hove City Council
Oral Historian / Script Developer / Audio Editor / Oral History Trainer for Community Volunteers.
This project involved recording oral history interviews with members of the Brighton community, who shared their memories of Stanmer Park. The interview content was edited into short audio presentations that are offered both on-site in the park, and on the Brighton & Hove City Council website.
The project also involved developing and delivering a 3-week oral history training programme for community volunteers. The volunteers were later responsible for recording oral history reminiscences that became part of the interpretive content and archive produced by the project.
The project was supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Listen to samples of the edited reminiscence recordings below.
Oral Historian / Script Developer / Audio Editor / Oral History Trainer for Community Volunteers.
This project involved recording oral history interviews with members of the Brighton community, who shared their memories of Stanmer Park. The interview content was edited into short audio presentations that are offered both on-site in the park, and on the Brighton & Hove City Council website.
The project also involved developing and delivering a 3-week oral history training programme for community volunteers. The volunteers were later responsible for recording oral history reminiscences that became part of the interpretive content and archive produced by the project.
The project was supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Listen to samples of the edited reminiscence recordings below.
ORAL HISTORY AUDIO INSTALLATION AND PODCAST, EARLY ENGINEERS GALLERY:
Royal Engineers Museum, Gillingham
Client: Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive, Gillingham, U.K.
Reminiscence Facilitator / Trainer / Audio Editor
For this project, oral history recordings were edited into short presentations for the Royal Engineers Museum’s local history gallery and a series of related podcasts.
The project was supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Listen to a sample of the edited reminiscence recordings below.
Reminiscence Facilitator / Trainer / Audio Editor
For this project, oral history recordings were edited into short presentations for the Royal Engineers Museum’s local history gallery and a series of related podcasts.
The project was supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Listen to a sample of the edited reminiscence recordings below.