So I had a call from Sally at the Riverfront asking if I could film something wonderfully christmassy and cheesy. I was coming to the end of the schools Christmas concerts edits so I felt maybe I need a break from that kind of thing, but then she told me the details. Three elvis impersonators from the Porthcawl Elvis Festival were supposed to be performing for an old peoples home, but because of the change in restrictions, they could no longer do it. But sally thought we could perhaps utilise their time and put a quick video together regardless. She’d like to green screen the Elvises (Elvi?) Into a sleigh and have them fly over Graceland/Las Vegas and Newport with them singing ‘Walking in a Newport Wonderland’. I said ‘you had me at Elvis’. After another conversation I realised that they expected me to essentially direct the whole thing - not just capture it. I’ve been hoping to direct something and I figured what better way to start than with a King. I wrote down some ideas and had a look through all of my Christmas/winter effects on the video editing software and devised some sort of plan. When the day came, the 3 Elvi were all in good spirits and ready for rock’n’roll. I made them record a quick intro, referring to themselves as the three wise kings (which I thought was hilarious at least) and then got to directing. I was instructing them on their moves, reactions, smouldering and actions. Not gonna lie, it felt brilliant. I’d never done a film shoot where I had the creative control and very few restrictions. To be honest, I know they wanted it really cheesy, and cheesy is really easy to do! It was a really fun day and there were a few positives to take away. Firstly, the riverfront staff got to see me direct and create something fun and different to the usual stuff I film for them. Secondly, It was just a great laugh, but most importantly, the producer of the Liv Festival was present all day, and we had a good chat. He is producer of various projects and also writes/produces theatre. He asked if I could be a sounding board for a future project of his (vampire festival in London) in regards to visuals which is AWESOME and I’m hoping to build a nice relationship that I might either work on, or at least shadow the production of one of his plays/musicals in London. A good day.
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