Author: Paul Joy

Valve nostalgia

I wanted to try filming something against a dark background using lights so decided to make a short film based on my feelings towards setting up my guitar. I wanted to portray the mixed emotions I had about playing for a long time. I played in bands for many years...

Brevis – first shots

Today was a very significant day in my videography adventure, it was the day when I finally got my hands on a 35mm adapter! For anyone who doesn’t already know what a 35mm adapter does, it’s basically a device that you fit to the front of the video camera that...

Bubbles & Buckets

The kids were playing with bubbles in the garden so I decided to try and capture the moment.

Making the time

I shot these clips in January 2008 using my Sony EX1. As the edit developed I felt the wind turbine started to feel like a giant clock overseeing time as peoples lives happened around it. I really enjoy making these short emotive films in a single day, I guess it’s...

Hot & Cold

Kitchen taps, not the most interesting of subjects it has to be said but I enjoyed trying to turn the footage into something that’s visually pleasing. This was one of the first videos I shot with my EX1, and taught me to switch of the tally light when filming something...

A walk with the Sony HVR-A1

Back in December of 2006 I was buying my first video camera. At the time I was looking at HD consumer cameras but as I was researching I started to see the benefits of choosing a camera with more professional features such as manual controls and XLR mic inputs. At...