FEATURED PROJECTS
ARTS COUNCIL FUNDED VIDEO: The Artist's Experience: 1950s London
Personal Project
Producer / Researcher / Designer / Scriptwriter / Editor
This film brings to life the experiences and cultural milieu of early career artists in London during the 1950s. Archival audio recordings are combined with a layered visual collage of diverse archival materials. The artists whose voices are featured in the film all spent the early years of their careers working in London in the 1950s. The film transports the viewer back in time to explore what the artists' experiences were like.
The film is a prototype that explores how "video collage" techniques can enrich the viewer's experience of and engagement with oral history and other archival content. Visual materials are manipulated to bring to life excerpts from the British Library's Artists' Lives oral history recordings. The visual elements include photographs from the National Portrait Gallery, a broad range of public domain imagery, and clips from the British Council's film archive.
The film was funded by a Developing Your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England. This grant supports individuals who are cultural and creative practitioners that want to take time to focus on their own creative development.
Watch an excerpt from the film, below.
Producer / Researcher / Designer / Scriptwriter / Editor
This film brings to life the experiences and cultural milieu of early career artists in London during the 1950s. Archival audio recordings are combined with a layered visual collage of diverse archival materials. The artists whose voices are featured in the film all spent the early years of their careers working in London in the 1950s. The film transports the viewer back in time to explore what the artists' experiences were like.
The film is a prototype that explores how "video collage" techniques can enrich the viewer's experience of and engagement with oral history and other archival content. Visual materials are manipulated to bring to life excerpts from the British Library's Artists' Lives oral history recordings. The visual elements include photographs from the National Portrait Gallery, a broad range of public domain imagery, and clips from the British Council's film archive.
The film was funded by a Developing Your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England. This grant supports individuals who are cultural and creative practitioners that want to take time to focus on their own creative development.
Watch an excerpt from the film, below.
EXHIBITION VIDEO: Vermeer: in the Light of Delft
Client: National Gallery of Art, Washington
Producer / Director / Editor
This film, for in-gallery exhibition, explores Vermeer’s relationship with light. Pamela was one of only four filmmakers chosen to produce short evocative films for the innovative series 'Focus on Four Masterworks'. Each filmmaker was asked to produce a program without words, which would inspire further inquiry into a particular painting.
The imagery of the film explores connections between visual experiences in Delft, and details from Vermeer's painting A Lady Writing. The film was shot entirely on location in Delft, The Netherlands. It is part of a permanent installation in the National Gallery's information room, and can also be see on the Gallery's YouTube channel. The film has also been presented in the Gallery's East Building auditorium.
Watch the film, below.
Producer / Director / Editor
This film, for in-gallery exhibition, explores Vermeer’s relationship with light. Pamela was one of only four filmmakers chosen to produce short evocative films for the innovative series 'Focus on Four Masterworks'. Each filmmaker was asked to produce a program without words, which would inspire further inquiry into a particular painting.
The imagery of the film explores connections between visual experiences in Delft, and details from Vermeer's painting A Lady Writing. The film was shot entirely on location in Delft, The Netherlands. It is part of a permanent installation in the National Gallery's information room, and can also be see on the Gallery's YouTube channel. The film has also been presented in the Gallery's East Building auditorium.
Watch the film, below.
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 combined with images of objects from the Archive 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. As a series, the films have over 50,000 views on YouTube. The oral history recordings now supplement the objects in the Stanley Kubrick Archive.
Watch 2 of the films, below: Finding and Developing the Story, Music
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 combined with images of objects from the Archive 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. As a series, the films have over 50,000 views on YouTube. The oral history recordings now supplement the objects in the Stanley Kubrick Archive.
Watch 2 of the films, below: Finding and Developing the Story, Music
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Interviewing Garrett Brown, inventor of the Steadicam, at the Locarno International Film Festival
VIDEO SERIES: Theme Videos Supporting the exhibition The Body, The Object, The Other
Client: Craft Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles
Producer / Editor
This series of 4-minute videos presents themes and concepts relating to the ceramics exhibition The Body, The Object, The Other. The videos were designed as a resource for schools and the general public, who were not able to visit the exhibition while the museum was closed due to the COVID pandemic. The visual style of the videos was also developed in response to the inability to shoot on-site at the museum, during the pandemic.
The themes of the videos are:
• Sculptures that explore concepts about the ideal woman
• Connections between an artist's cultural knowledge and their personal identity
• The use of popular culture to communicate an artist's many-layered identity
The theme videos are presented on Craft Contemporary's website, and the museum's YouTube channel.
Watch the 4-minute film about sculptures that explore the concept of the ideal woman, below.
Producer / Editor
This series of 4-minute videos presents themes and concepts relating to the ceramics exhibition The Body, The Object, The Other. The videos were designed as a resource for schools and the general public, who were not able to visit the exhibition while the museum was closed due to the COVID pandemic. The visual style of the videos was also developed in response to the inability to shoot on-site at the museum, during the pandemic.
The themes of the videos are:
• Sculptures that explore concepts about the ideal woman
• Connections between an artist's cultural knowledge and their personal identity
• The use of popular culture to communicate an artist's many-layered identity
The theme videos are presented on Craft Contemporary's website, and the museum's YouTube channel.
Watch the 4-minute film about sculptures that explore the concept of the ideal woman, below.
VIDEO SERIES: The National Portrait Gallery's Van Dyck Self Portrait
Client: National Portrait Gallery, London
Producer / Interviewer / Cinematographer / Editor
This series of four 4-minute films offer different perspectives on the National Portrait Gallery's Van Dyck Self Portrait:
Van Dyck: The Man, the Artist and His Influence, Van Dyck's Self Portrait in the Collection, The Conservation of the Painting, and The Frame and Its Conservation.
The films are presented on the National Portrait Gallery's website, the Gallery's YouTube channel, and as part of the online collections page for the painting. The videos were also shown in museums where the painting was exhibited on its tour across the UK.
Watch the 4-minute film on the conservation of the painting, below.
Producer / Interviewer / Cinematographer / Editor
This series of four 4-minute films offer different perspectives on the National Portrait Gallery's Van Dyck Self Portrait:
Van Dyck: The Man, the Artist and His Influence, Van Dyck's Self Portrait in the Collection, The Conservation of the Painting, and The Frame and Its Conservation.
The films are presented on the National Portrait Gallery's website, the Gallery's YouTube channel, and as part of the online collections page for the painting. The videos were also shown in museums where the painting was exhibited on its tour across the UK.
Watch the 4-minute film on the conservation of the painting, below.
Or click here to see all four films on the National Portrait Gallery's website.
EXHIBITION VIDEO / VIDEO SERIES: 'A New Look: Samuel F.B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre'
Client: Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago
Producer / Director/ Interviewer / Writer / Editor
This series includes a 30-minute exhibition film, a 5-minute preview version and six 2-minute films documenting the conservation of the painting Gallery of the Louvre by Samuel Morse. The painting is the cornerstone of the collection of the Terra Foundation for American Art. Interviews were shot on location with curators at the Louvre and the conservators responsible for the restoration in their studio. The 30-minute film was presented as part of a multi-year post-conservation tour of the painting, beginning with an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and continuing at venues such as the National Academy of Design and Huntington Art Collections. The film is also featured on the Terra Foundation's website and YouTube channel.
Producer / Director/ Interviewer / Writer / Editor
This series includes a 30-minute exhibition film, a 5-minute preview version and six 2-minute films documenting the conservation of the painting Gallery of the Louvre by Samuel Morse. The painting is the cornerstone of the collection of the Terra Foundation for American Art. Interviews were shot on location with curators at the Louvre and the conservators responsible for the restoration in their studio. The 30-minute film was presented as part of a multi-year post-conservation tour of the painting, beginning with an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and continuing at venues such as the National Academy of Design and Huntington Art Collections. The film is also featured on the Terra Foundation's website and YouTube channel.
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The film has been honoured with an
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE in the culture category from the International Communicator Awards, and was nominated for a Learning on Screen Award by the British University Film and Video Council. View a 2-minute preview of the film below. |
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VIDEO: 18th Century Wax Portrait Artist Samuel Percy
Client: Understanding British Portraits Network
Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
In this film, Anna Moore, Acting Curator of Sculpture at the Victoria & Albert Museum, discusses her research into the late Georgian wax portraitist Samuel Percy. The research was conducted with the support of an Understanding British Portraits Bursary. The film includes a demonstration of the wax modelling process that Percy might have used in the eighteenth century.
The film is presented on the Understanding British Portraits Network website, and the National Portrait Gallery's YouTube channel.
Watch the 6-minute film, below.
Producer / Cinematographer / Editor
In this film, Anna Moore, Acting Curator of Sculpture at the Victoria & Albert Museum, discusses her research into the late Georgian wax portraitist Samuel Percy. The research was conducted with the support of an Understanding British Portraits Bursary. The film includes a demonstration of the wax modelling process that Percy might have used in the eighteenth century.
The film is presented on the Understanding British Portraits Network website, and the National Portrait Gallery's YouTube channel.
Watch the 6-minute film, below.
Pamela has also produced a film profiling the research and discoveries of Understanding British Portraits fellows. This project involved location shooting of interview and B-roll content at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton and The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds.
The client says: "We had a limited budget and timescale for the production of the video with Anna Moore. Pamela managed the project with immense professionalism and ingenuity. The video was very well received by the Network’s professional membership and my National Portrait Gallery colleagues. On the strength of this excellent work, I engaged Pamela for a larger project, to focus on the outputs of our four Research Fellows.
For both projects, Pamela was consistently proactive in applying her broad creative experience in meeting our needs. Pamela’s professionalism ensured that our (sometimes first-time) interviewees were put at ease before and during the filming, As I’ve also worked with other filmmakers for our media requirements, I know that such levels of experience, commitment to a project through all its stages, and quality of work are not to be taken for granted."
Caroline Pegum Researcher / Co-ordinator, Understanding British Portraits professional network
HD EXHIBITION VIDEO: London Zoo Amphibian Display
Client: Zoological Society of London, London Zoo
Cinematographer / Editor
Cinematographer / Editor
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This film was designed for the amphibian display at London Zoo. The presentation profiles conservation work undertaken by Zoological Society of London scientists working to save the Mallorcan midwife toad. The film was shot on location in Mallorca. It's presented on a large 48-inch screen, along with exhibition displays and a window that allows visitors to view scientists at work with live animals. The film intentionally has no sound, so that it can be successfully incorporated with the other exhibition elements.
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AWARENESS VIDEO: China's Promise (Ivory Ban)
Produced for: Elephant Listening Project, Cornell University
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This film was produced to increase awareness of China's promise to stop that country's significant ivory trade. The brief was to use the rare footage of Forest Elephants provided by the Elephant Listening Project to create a 2-minute message communicating the importance of "China's Promise". The video was released at the launch of the new campaign. The message was co-sponsored by numerous conservation NGOs, including The International Fund for Animal Welfare, Humane Society International and the Amboseli Trust for Elephants.
Watch the 2-minute film below.
Watch the 2-minute film below.
AUDIO SOUNDSCAPE: Anish Kapoor's ArcelorMittal Orbit, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Client: ArcelorMittal Orbit Visitor Experience, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London
Concept Developer / Producer / Sound Designer / Editor
Concept Developer / Producer / Sound Designer / Editor
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This soundscape is comprised of 30 audio portraits of iconic locations surrounding Anish Kapoor's sculpture the ArcelorMittal Orbit. Each of the 40-second audio loop portraits is played at a different position on the 400-step stairwell; as visitors descend from the Orbit's viewing platform, they walk through soundscape evocations of locations such as Columbia Road Flower Market, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Mudchute Farm, Whitechapel Bell Foundry and The Olympic Park's Velodrome. The creation of the audio portraits involved custom recording and careful composition of the most evocative sounds captured at each site. The visitor's imagination is inspired to envision key locations that surround the Orbit. The launch of the soundscape coincided with the opening day of the Orbit as a visitor attraction in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
The Soundscape received a nomination for Audio Installation of the Year in the 2014 AV Awards. |
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Listen to samples of the 40-second audio portraits by selecting from the images, below.
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Columbia Road Flower Market
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Theatre Royal Stratford East
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Mudchute Farm
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The client says: "We were impressed with Pamela’s creativity and her ability to overcome obstacles. Obtaining access to make the recordings and sourcing some of the archival materials were incredibly challenging. But Pamela always seemed to find a way to get the piece we were after. Following the attraction’s re-opening, we conducted a comprehensive review of visitor feedback. The soundscape Pamela created for us was the most consistently mentioned and praised element of the interpretation by far."
Rachel Kuhn, former Head of Visitor Operations, ArcelorMittal Orbit
Watch a 2-minute video below, describing this unique soundscape project.
Video produced by Saville Audio Visual, who were responsible for the hardware and installation for the project.