Hey Claw fans,

We’re almost there… Me and Nathan are getting together next week to finalise the edit and ship it off to the sound designers and colour graders.

This will be our final production update before you can all see the film for yourselves.. Thanks again for all your support!

Enjoy!

Currently editing ’7 Stones’, an independent documentary produced and directed by Conor McCormack and Becky Bell.

7 Stones comprises of interwoven documentary and drama elements; a powerful short film written in collaboration with Palestinian children and an emotive real life journey through Bethlehem’s fragmented landscape. The film attempts to look beyond the complex political situation in the region to focus on one of the human stories that for the most part remain untold.

We are loking for an editor to bring ‘WORMS’, a 20min short film, to a roughcut stage! If you are interested or know anyone that is interested, please call us on 07708965258. This is an unpaid position.

Silent Scream has won the Young Voice award at the Frist Light Awards 2012. Some of the young women who made Silent Scream travelled down from Bristol to London to attend the award ceremony.

Actor and celebrity Rupert Friend presented the young women with their award and they gave an impressive acceptance speech. After the ceromony the young women talked to the media about the government’s refusal to take FGM seriously and their hope that this award will raise awareness of the issue.

To watch the interview and celeb interviews CLICK HERE

To see the Silent Scream trailer CLICK HERE

Hey there,

The Claw is well on the way to being complete. We now have a cut that we will be test screening and refining over the next month before going into the final stages of post-production (Grade/special effects and dub). We are very happy with the result and it can only get better. As soon as we know more, you’ll know more!

Hi Folks,

For those of you in need of a small portable monitor with beautiful crisp HD image quality then check out Small HD who donated their product when we shot ‘The Claw’.

We are proud to present a teaser trailer for WORMS, a film by Nathan Hughes. Produced by The Small Storytellers, Zed productions and Sandrine Pothin-Noir.
You can also view some behind the scenes photos HERE

The Small Storytellers have begun pre-production of their next short ‘The Swimmer’. Set in Bristol, the film tells the story of a man fixated on a female swimmer and his uncontrollable urges to touch her skin.

More to come…

Happy New Year Claw friends! Thanks to all involved in making/supporting the film in 2011. After an initial delay due to the Claw team moving straight into another production (‘Worms’, shot in Mid-Wales in October), we now have a 14 min rough cut which will be cut to 10 mins this month and go to the sound designer in February. Watch this space!!!

SILENT SCREAM has been nominated for the 2012 First Light Young Voice at the BFI. This year Sam Mendes (American Beauty), Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) and David Heyman (Harry Potter) on this year’s judging panel. Congratulations everyone – one of three nominations!!!

A short film by Integrate Bristol, a partnership with Zed Productions and edited by me. SILENT SCREAM is a drama-documentary made by 27 young women who attend schools in the Bristol area. Its primary aim is to persuade the communities that the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) must stop. Over 20,000 girls could be at risk of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the UK.
 

Directed by Tom Mansfield and edited by me, this short film takes a look at Felix’s
latest machine. Felix’s Machines are a series of extraordinary music making
sculptures constructed by artist and musician Felix Thorn. His instruments make
music by translating rhythmic audio structures into a three dimensional visual show.

Felix’s Machines from Tom Mansfield on Vimeo.

I’m currently working with Doug Hope, series producer of BBC 4′s Micro Worlds – a new natural history series that looks at ecosystems around the world. Three weeks in and we’ve just about picture locked the first episode ‘The Serengeti’. The series is to be narrated by Steve Blackshall.

For the last 7 weeks I’ve been working with ICON FILMS cutting three programmes for their new series for National Geographic – Wild Scene Investigation.

After a successful shoot in mid-Wales, we’ve roughcut a trailer – Coming soon!

Director Nathan Hughes ponders

A short film by Integrate Bristol, a partnership with Zed Productions and edited by me. SILENT SCREAM is a drama-documentary made by 27 young women who attend schools in the Bristol area. Its primary aim is to persuade the communities that the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) must stop. Over 20,000 girls could be at risk of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the UK.