{"id":4001,"date":"2010-03-29T12:50:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T12:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/2009\/06\/23\/what-is-my-work-2\/"},"modified":"2010-03-30T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T12:42:12","slug":"what-is-my-work-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/what-is-my-work-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What is my work? Examples from the past three years or so&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[4001]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3961 lazyload\" title=\"zacuto_8488\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"zacuto_8488\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488-1024x830.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488.jpg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/243;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3961\" title=\"zacuto_8488\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"zacuto_8488\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488-1024x830.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/zacuto_8488.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I originally wrote this last year as what you see online is not necessarily a reflection of what I actually do day in day out. It was hidden away on my personal blog and it felt like the right time to amend it and include a look back at some of my older stuff&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Most of my work you don&#8217;t see online. I don&#8217;t have the rights to show them on the internet or can&#8217;t get copies (like my Discovery HD work). What I do post on my website is some of the paid work I am allowed to show, like the two commercials below&#8230;as well as the stuff I shot and directed like <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/life-of-crime\/\">Life of Crime<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/lost-the-eddie-gibson-story\/\">Eddie Gibson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/religion-films\/\">Religion<\/a> and of course <a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/anorexia-films\/\">my Anorexia films<\/a> amongst others. The vast majority is my personal work&#8230;You can see example of some of these pieces down the bottom of this post. Sometimes people ask me to do what I do with my personal work for them and create something like that, like I did with Legends which you can see later on in the post too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[4001]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3960 lazyload\" title=\"discovery\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"Shooting in Germany for Discovery\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery.jpg 634w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/159;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3960\" title=\"discovery\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"Shooting in Germany for Discovery\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/discovery.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shooting in Germany for Discovery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The personal films that you see mostly on my site are my passion, what I do that fulfils me on a personal level. You see, my passion is filming, it&#8217;s the biggest thing in my life, for better or worse. I am lucky enough to be doing what I love, so when I get the chance&#8230;whether it is to test a new piece of gear or just to capture something that I want to capture I go out and do it. I can be prolific at times when I feel really motivated. I have new bits of gear I really need to try out and the best way I find to try out stuff is to film with them and make something out of it. I adore natural light and try to harness it in the best way I can, I see beauty in everything and try my best to capture that. Much like a photographer does, I simply do it in a moving images way.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->So how do I classify my personal work? Do I call them films, videos? To me they are films, as film to me doesn&#8217;t necessarily have to be narrative, have a storyline or deep concept. It can just convey an emotion, a feeling and that is what I like doing the most, as often this emotion or feeling conveys a message in itself. What that message is can be up to you, it can be open to interpretation. But I hope my work can sometimes bring a feeling of positivity to a world filled with a lot of negativity. They are often refer to as mood pieces, but I try to capture a moment, a feeling, a place in a series of images.<\/p>\n<p>Stills photographers like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinparr.com\/\">Martin Parr<\/a>, someone I only discovered a year ago (not that I am comparing his genius work to mine) captures people beautifully and naturally, something I love doing. Like him, I find richness in people&#8217;s faces, something that I believe works in moving video not just stills. I love to capture the world around me, people, places, objects, from my perspective. Not necessarily one that you share. But it&#8217;s how I see it, very often influenced by my mood at the time or inspired by something or someone I meet. It&#8217;s hard to put into words. That&#8217;s why I do it with my films!\u00a0Another indirect influence is Ron Fricke, of Baraka fame. I shamefully admit I only discovered his work around 18 months ago after someone said my stuff reminded me of Koyaanisqatsi. A flattering and undeserved comparison, but very flattering all the same.<\/p>\n<p>The Canon DSLRs have recently given me the chance to be really spontaneous in what I can capture, much more like a stills photographer. I kept my films Venice&#8217;s People and Miles Away handheld to emphasize this rawness of &#8220;capturing the moment&#8221;. It won&#8217;t stop me doing more considered classical pieces. I love nature and landscapes as much as I love people. The feeling I get when I make something that I really feel captures what I set out to achieve is a high no drug can replicate and when I saw some of my work on the 44 foot Stag screen at Skywalker Ranch I was dumbstruck. I never thought I would have this moment. After all these are personal &#8220;works of art&#8221; that I share but never expected to be embraced by some people so fully.<\/p>\n<p>My goal with this website originally was purely to showcase my work and <em>get<\/em> work. Somehow, it has evolved into something much more. A place to share information.\u00a0More importantly to me, my site has now become a place that inspires people to go out and film. To pick up their cameras and capture life as it is, go and make narrative films, film a documentary about something important to them, to push themselves more. This is what I am proud of the most.<\/p>\n<p>I have started doing more and more speaking engagements and workshops, where I get to share my work and thoughts with people in a less virtual environment. I will be doing a number of these over the comings months. Already lined up are workshops in Boston, Oslo, Toronto and Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>Oh and if I don&#8217;t reply to your email or question on my site or vimeo (email me rather than send using vimeo, it&#8217;s easier for me to reply), send it again. I get a lot and sometimes miss them but i always try to reply in the end! I try my hardest to help as many people as possible, even if it does take up a huge amount of time.<\/p>\n<p>Peace, and keep shooting!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/ethics-statement\/\">Oh and do read my website ethics statement here<\/a> if you get a chance&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3962\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[4001]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3962 lazyload\" title=\"sleep\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep-752x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Need...sleep...\" width=\"234\" height=\"319\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep.jpg 940w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 234px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 234\/319;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3962  \" title=\"sleep\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep-752x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Need...sleep...\" width=\"234\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/sleep.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Need...sleep...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Examples of commercials<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>NT LIVE: Shot on EX3 and Letus Ultimate<\/h3>\n<p>[xr_video id=&#8221;0d867833e4d04986a1bd2dbffacf7da3&#8243; size=&#8221;lrm&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Greenpeace: Voices of change. Shot on Canon 5DmkII<\/h3>\n<p>[vimeo 6695584 600 338]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Examples of my raw handheld work<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>Venice&#8217;s People: Canon 7D<\/h3>\n<p>[vimeo 7412515 600 338]<\/p>\n<h3>Monarch&#8217;s &#8220;Miles away&#8221;: Canon 5DmkII<\/h3>\n<p>[vimeo 10180051\u00a0640 272]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Examples of more classical personal work<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>The Echo: Sony Ex1 and Letus Extreme<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">[xr_video id=&#8221;0451316f95fc4595811b777177dc544c&#8221; size=&#8221;lrm&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Alone in Tokyo: EX1 and Letus Extreme\/ Ultimate<\/h3>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=973337&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=973337&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<h3>Sky: Canon 5DmkII, 7D, GF1<\/h3>\n<p>[vimeo 8951807 640 360]<\/p>\n<h3>A day at the races: Canon 7D<\/h3>\n<p>[vimeo 9978341 640 360]<\/p>\n<h3>3 Seconds: Sony Ex1 and Letus Extreme<\/h3>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1420964&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1420964&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<h3>Salton Sea Beach: Canon T2i\/ 550D<\/h3>\n<p>[vimeo 10314280 640 248]<\/p>\n<h3>Love from Southend: Sony EX1\/ Letus Ultimate<\/h3>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1025907&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1025907&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<h3>Prague: Canon 1DmkIV<\/h3>\n<p>[vimeo 8324034\u00a0747 420]<\/p>\n<h3>Legends: Sony EX1 and Letus Extreme<\/h3>\n<p>[xr_video id=&#8221;d9466e4eeaa845e69129bd83de92730f&#8221; size=&#8221;lrm&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/life-of-crime\/\">Life of Crime Examples<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>Jimmy Nicholson: Sony F350, JVC HD201\/ Brevis 35<\/h3>\n<p>[xr_video id=&#8221;357cd431a75044f9bfb35d140982324a&#8221; size=&#8221;lrm&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Bruce Reynolds: Sony F350, JVC HD201\/ Brevis 35<\/h3>\n<p>[xr_video id=&#8221;62e5a27f59d44b0c9a11e0c5d9660bda&#8221; size=&#8221;lrm&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/religion-films\/\">Religion series example<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>Buddhists: Sony F350<\/h3>\n<p>[xr_video id=&#8221;21f6c68a786545a5be92da1136ffe533&#8243; size=&#8221;lrm&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/anorexia-films\/\">Anorexia series example<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Anorexia Part 2: JVC HD 201\/ Brevis 35<\/h3>\n<p>[xr_video id=&#8221;1b0d6d99321942af900d2f8d6a4e9209&#8243; size=&#8221;lrm&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/films\/if-i-were-pm\/\">Something from a while back!<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>If I were Prime Minister&#8230;Sir Andrew Green: Betacam SX<\/h3>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1176282&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1176282&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/1176282\">Sir Andrew Green<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user540422\">If I Were PM<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/what-is-my-work-2\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1630,665,663,2914,2911,2908,2916,2915,2912,664,2918,2917,2919,2909,2906,2920,2913,2910,2907,1332],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4001"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}