Lizzie Tilley
A start to my film portfolio
Over the coming year I hope to expand my new portfolio that enters the world of film, as I learn more and more on my MA in wildlife filmmaking at UWE
Street Birds
Featuring the awesome street artist ATM, inspirational young wildlife photographer Joshua Burch and brilliantly innovative conservationist Jenny Mccutchan, my wildlife film dissertation is finally finished!
It's not easy writing, producing and editing all on your own but it's been worth it. It's been great fun filming with my contributors and it's an even greater privilege to have them in my film. Without them there would be no story but more importantly thanks to them there is hope for birds in our city!
I hope they inspire you as much as they did me - get out there and change one little thing to help save Britain’s beautiful birds.
Further info..
THE MUSIC
Excitingly the music for my film was specially composed by the brilliant and very talented Bérengère Barazzutti. Berry was unbelievably patient with me and worked so hard to produce a soundtrack that embodies this urban story! Without it the film most certainly would not have been half as good so my many thanks over and over to her.
Check out her website - http://berengere.barazzutti.free.fr/en/index.html
BIRD BRICK HOUSES
Such a fab bit of conservation genius! Originally designed by Duncan McCutchan and co-founded along with his wife Jenny I’m glad to say that since filming they are continuing to help out our beautiful birds across the country.
Check out their new website to discover more - http://www.birdbrickhouses.co.uk/brick-nesting-boxes/
CREDITS
Written, filmed & produced by
Lizzie Tilley
Narrator Tom Richards
Original music by
Bérengére Barazzutti
Original stills by
Joshua Burch
Additional camera work
Aditi Rajagopal
Gabriella Russell
Tom Richards
BBC mentor Jo Shinner
Special thanks to
UWE media team
Ailish Heneberry & the BBC
Mark Fox
Susan Mcmillan
&
Peter Venn
Nice Tree Films
www.nicetreefilms.co.uk
Contributor thanks
ATM
@atmstreetart
Jenny Mccutchan
www.birdbrickhouses.co.uk
Joshua Burch
www.joshuaburch.co.uk
Big special thanks to
My parents
&
Arjun Sharma
Street Birds Trailer
A sneaky peak at whats to come for my MA wildlife dissertation film.
From the ‘Banksy of Wildlife’ to the bird warriors on London’s urban front. Street birds is a vibrant, intriguing film following a mysterious street artist and the everyday people of our cities who are using innovative and creative methods to save city birds from local extinction in the face of continuing urbanization.
Life as a small holder
A short 5 minute interview to reflect the everyday life of a small holder. Created for another piece of my Master's portfolio; directed, shot and edited by myself.
Shot using the Sony FS700 HD, GoPro Hero 3+, Sennheiser ME66 Shot Gun Microphone and Sennheiser Radio Microphone
Invisible blackbird migration
Short piece about invisible blackbird migration in the UK which was created by myself and 3 other members of the UWE Wildlfie filmmaking course. Excitingly it went up on the Spring Watch facebook page!
> https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=737998362960341
Shot using the Sony FS700 HD and the Sennheiser ME66 Shot Gun Microphone
The Gift
A two minute sequence to demonstrate how you don't need words to tell a story. Written, Directed, Produced and Edited by myself - a challenging first assignment!
Filmed at night on the Sony FS700 HD with LED panels for lighting effects