Mr Equinnoxx - 360 Club - Live Music Leeds 22-03-2013Hosted by 360 Club Leeds. Filmed on Friday 22nd March 2013
i'll be having an extended cut of this coming out really soon guys! i couldn't make this any longer than 8 mins however at the moment but i promise it'll be coming really soon :)
All of the Featured Acts -
The Seagulls - http://www.facebook.com/theseagulls
Yannick - http://www.facebook.com/weareyannick
Campfires - http://www.facebook.com/wearecampfires
Little Victories - http://www.facebook.com/littlevictoriesonline
Filmed and edited by Benjamin Pickett A.K.A Mr Equinnoxx - www.facebook.com/MrEquinnoxx
Music Scenes shot on DSLR with 50mm 1.8
Smoke & MirrorsThis is a short film i directed.
Treatment Fictional
Smoke and mirrors
Short Synopsis
A boy moves to china to get away from his bad past, falls in love with the daughter of a highly ranked yakuza member. Romantisizing violence is a key point in this.
Set in East Asia, a 23 year old slightly mislead british male moves to the streets of shanghai at the age of 15 to go and live with his uncle after getting sentenced in prison for life for the murder of his wife after a bank heist went wrong after hearing the plan off a rival of his. The rival makes the original "boost" to which the farther then holds him and the three vans at gun point with his crew, they steal the gold and whilst making his escape goes to pick up his wife only to end up leading the rivals, now thirsty for his blood straight to her. There is a shootout and she ends up getting murdered and he gets framed for her death.
Whilst in Shanghai and after 8 years of feeling like he doesn't belong, he accidentally bumps into the beautiful daughter of a high profile Yakuza member. After a long affair he then falls in love with her and has to go down a gritty path of self destruction, gang violence, drug dealing and petty violence to keep the farther of his girlfriend happy who is also a business partner with his daughters ex boyfriend. However, When he discovers that his girlfriend is hiding a pregnancy and the child his and that the yakuza are planning on wiping him out because of a mistake he made by letting the ex boyfriend free, he realizes has to call in a few old favors from some very dark places within his and his dads past from which he was trying to escape by moving to china. With everything to loose and with his life on the line he has to make a choice, Kill the mob boss or leave the mother of his child and watch her get sold on into the shady underground of the shanghai streets to which he know's that he will never see her again. However, the past he tried to escape comes up with an opportunity that he could never resist and a solution to all of his problems. Everything comes together for him after finding out the truth about his mothers death and they begin to plan a heist just like the one his farther was involved in, to kill the ex boyfriend and then use his money to get his new family away from the past and keep them safe.
Characters and background information
Hao/Howard (translation means the good) - Main Character, Changed name from Howard when moved to asia. Mother was murdered as a child, farther was framed for his murder and lives with his uncle in china, Falls in love with a beautiful girl who turns out to be the daughter of the infamous Yakuza mob boss "Huang" and partner of his right hand man "Kong"
Uncle T (Trevor) - Hao's Unlce and carer, helps look after Hao after he moved to china
Maria - Dead mother of Howard, was murdered in a heist gone wrong
Phillip - Farther of Hao, retired from a life of crime when Hao was born, worked in the British crime underbelly and the underground crime organizations, Came out of retirement to take part of a heist of gold. Heist went wrong and Maria got killed in the crossfire.
Xia (roughly means Welcoming; hospitable) - Mob Boss's daughter, and the lover of Hao
Huang (roughly means emperor; rich) - Yakuza head man, Very scary imposing figure.
Kong (Roughly means empty, hollow) - Xia's ex Fieonce
Frank - Phillips right hand man back in the day, Frank and Phill used to run the UK underground back in the day. Hao has a serious hatred for Frank as he belives it was his fault his mother was killed
Sequence 01
Love House - Mock TrailerWe were set the assignment of producing a trailer, however we wouldn't be allowed to pick our name but instead pick the two words to create the name of the trailer out of a hat. My choices were Love House. Not something i'd have specifically chosen but alas i still wrote a treatment anyway, it can be found at https://www.dropbox.com/s/4i5dwmexqf198ge/Love%20House%20Treatment.pdf
Rider VIVA FINAL
SKYRIM WEATHER REPORT - SKYRIM TVThe dragons have attacked, i repeat the dragons have attacked! If you have survived then please get in touch with us at #isurvivedthedragons. Thanks for tuning in.
Up and under - A Path to greatnessThis is a short documentary about the players from Leeds Metropolitan University's (Now known as Leeds Beckett) basketball team.
This documentary sets to take a look at the insights of some of the players and see how individual bonds are made both on and off the pitch.
Please note: I do not feel this work is finished! However it was a group university project. We ran into a lot of hurdles whilst filming & editing and also with a lack of communication and commitment within our team are the reasons i'm not fully happy with this product and I do believe that with more time, the ability to go back and alter shots and fix up some of the post production work on this video that it would come out with a very high standard. However, i lost the remaining footage after a Hard Drive corrupted and thus the continuation with working on this product cannot continue and i'm uploading this video here, i do believe that underneath some of the mistakes that did go unnoticed there is a genuine story of teamwork, diversity and a strong sense of spirit creaking through.
Anyway. Enjoy! Because i know i defiantly didnt enjoy making it.
SUPER TEDDY BEAR WORLD - STOP MOTIONTed goes for a quiet drink and play's his Uke, Mario gets a call off of his arch enemy Bowser telling him to kill the bear, Mario unwillingly goes along with the plot only to then be defeated by ted who then goes along to commit sexual acts on Mario. Its only then when he realises that Ted and Bowser have history and tries to escape from Ted's loving grips. Mario ends up in the toilet.
Shot blind on a Cannon 650D.
My Passion | Amanda KellyWhats up guys! Here's a video i made with the lovely Amanda Kelly, a semi-pro womans footballer and coach!
Song Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Zd-Xstxyc
Soundcloud link for song - https://soundcloud.com/equinnoxx/vines-through-the-palm-trees
Amanda Kelly - http://www.facebook.com/amanda.kelly.1000469
360 Club | Little Victories - Rocking RupertHosted by 360 Club Leeds. Filmed on Friday 22nd March 2013
Filmed and edited by Benjamin Pickett A.K.A Mr Equinnoxx - www.facebook.com/MrEquinnoxx
Music Scenes shot on DSLR with 50mm 1.8
360 Club | Campfires - I Said GirlHosted by 360 Club Leeds. Filmed on Friday 22nd March 2013
Filmed and edited by Benjamin Pickett A.K.A Mr Equinnoxx - www.facebook.com/MrEquinnoxx
Music Scenes shot on DSLR with 50mm 1.8
Blood, Sweat and Fears (Student Film)
Auf Wiedersehen, Meine Liebe (Goodbye My Love) - Student Film - #GermanExpresionismHello there and what is up subscriber's!..
I found this short film i made. thought i'd upload it for you all to see
(i know its not brilliant, but given restraints we had.. i think its a very "good" piece)
Enjoy
Pavor Nocturnus - Final Edit. A Level Film Studies. Short filmThis is a short film that my self and a group of other students
made in A level Film
