London to Brighton
Thursday, March 17th, 2011
OK so, I admit it – it’s been far too long since I updated this site. It’s often the case that NDAs (non disclosure agreements) with clients, and often just plain old trust, mean that I can’t write too much about what I’ve been working on until after it’s broadcast or released. Rest assured, there will be an update soon!
In the meantime, I would like to let you all know that I am cycling from London to Brighton in aid of the British Heart Foundation in June. Us film editors are not renowned for our fitness, spending hours slouched in front of a bank of screens, but I’m trying to buck that trend and in doing so hope to raise a little bit of money for the charity that looks after and promotes the fitness of the nation.
If you have a little spare cash and feel you can sponsor me – it would mean so much to me and to so many others. Please click the widget below to donate!
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New Showreel
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Gwyn Moxham’s new 2010 Editing Showreel is now online for your viewing pleasure. Please head over to the editing page to watch now…
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2009 Round-Up
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Being as I haven’t blogged in a while I thought I’d take the opportunity to round up what I’ve been doing over the past year and to keep everybody up to date. My new year’s resolution is to keep the headjar site and my twitter feed more regularly up to date, but I’m expecting that things will change as soon as the next big project starts and I find myself knee deep in work and bound by non-disclosure agreements.
2009 started slowly but turned out to be an extremely good year. Having made the decision to abandon assistant editing in late 2008 and focus on finding more jobs as the main editor, the traditional lean media winter was always going to be doubly tricky, but in January I started work on the excellent short film ‘If I Should Fall Behind’, directed by the supremely talented Morgan Bushe of Dublin’s Fastnet Films.
The atmospheric 15 minute film, named after the classic song by Bruce Springsteen, was funded by Filmbase and RTÉ, with prints provided by the Irish Film Board. It follows haunted father John Neeson (Paul Roe), his wife Sharon (Fiona O’Shaughnessy) and son Lawrence (Shane Murray-Corcoran), around the Dolphin’s Barn area of Dublin as they struggle to come to terms with a recent tragedy and their familial responsibilities.
The film, which was edited around myself and Morgan’s busy work schedules, was finally completed in the summer, and in October 2009 was selected for the Times/BFI 53rd London Film Festival. To see my work on a 35mm print at such a prestigious festival so close to home was a real thrill and was a great opportunity to show friends, family and colleagues some of the work I do. Going forward in 2010 we hope to see ‘If I Should Fall Behind’ in many more film festivals around the world and I’ll try and keep you updated as to where and when it’s showing right here.
On the topic of film festivals, as many of you will know I was honoured to be able to attend the Cannes Film Festival this year, and to write about it on this blog. At the festival I made many great friends and contacts and look forward to working with them in the future.
Following work on the Irish film, I have edited a number of commercial projects in 2009, including the ‘Super Contemporary’ strand for Beefeater Gin and the Design Museum, and an Anti-Smoking viral for Parkville Pictures.
In August through till October I worked on ‘George Michael: Live In London’, taking over from esteemed live music editor Brian McCue on this amazing live concert film. To work with such established talent was a real thrill, and it was also my first job using the very excellent LightWorks editing system, something I only came to try last year, having always wanted to work with the system. The film was shown in theatres in the US in December and is available now on Blu-Ray and DVD in the UK. Grab a copy now!
Of course as always, there are a number of unreleased projects I’ve worked on over the past year which I can’t yet talk about, but there will be more information soon. 2010 is already shaping up to be a very exciting year, having already started editing yesterday, when I cut a promo for ‘I Love Your Hair’ by DJ Marble, which we’ll be doing the online edit and grade on shortly, after which I hope the video will be up online somewhere for you all to see.
I’m about to start work on a much overdue new showreel to replace the last one, as I’ve done an awful lot in the past two years that I really need to show to new clients! There are also a number of exciting projects tentatively lined up that I’m very excited about. Watch this space for more news…
I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2010 in which I look forward to working with you, socialising with you or even just chatting about obscure features of Final Cut Pro on Twitter. Have a very happy new year!
Tags: 2009, annual, Cannes, DJ Marble, Fastnet Films, George Michael, If I Should Fall Behind, lightworks, London Film Festival, round-up, Super Contemporary
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Super Contemporary
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Just a quick little update to inform everyone of a series of 18 videos I edited for ‘Super Contemporary’ – the exhibition from the Design Museum and Beefeater 24 that “delves into and examines the creative magnetism of London”.
The exhibition features specially comissioned works from designers as diverse as Sir Paul Smith, Neville Brody, Wayne Hemingway and Zaha Hadid, and the exhibition’s website contains 18 videos that were directed by Samuel George and edited by myself over the summer following the exhibition’s launch.
Please do take a chance to watch the videos while you can by following the link below:
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What’s new and coming soon
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Hi all! Here’s a quick rundown of what’s going on at Headjar HQ and what you can expect from us in the coming months:
Firstly, we’ll be blogging live from Cannes between 12th-26th May so be sure to check back for our take on the world’s premier film festival. We hope to see a lot of films and catch up with friends and colleagues old and new. If you’re going, drop us a line and we’ll see you there!
Secondly, we’ve just about completed post-production on Morgan Bushe’s new short film ‘If I Should Fall Behind’, produced by our Dublin friends, Fastnet Films (of the excellent “Kisses” fame) and Tilted Pictures. The film is edited by Gwyn Moxham and we have a few interesting articles on posting the film to come soon.
Thirdly, Gwyn is now represented by Liverpool agency General Post for freelance editing work. Please call John Baker on +44 (0) 161 707 8752 for more details. We look forward to working with General Post and their clients on future projects.
Watch this space for more updates soon!
Tags: Agent, Cannes, Editing, Fastnet, Films, News
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The New Headjar Website is LIVE!
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Hey everybody!
After a few years’ absence, the Headjar site is finally back and looking damned fancy, although we say it ourselves. There might be a few little teething issues in the first few weeks – but bear with us and we’ll have them ironed out in no time!
Be sure to check out the front page which is streamlined to always show you the latest news and to link you through to the most recent videos we’ve uploaded to YouTube. So far there’s only 3 little films that we did quite some time ago, but we hope you’ll enjoy them anyway. There will be more good things coming soon.
Also, don’t forget that Gwyn Moxham is a freelance film & video editor with credits for the BBC, FIVE, RTÉ and History Channel, and you can see his CV here.
We hope you enjoy the site and look forward to sharing lots of interesting things with you here soon!
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