Visiting Film Producer - Darren S Cook

Last lesson, we had a film producer called Darren Cook visit our A2 Media class to give us all an indepth insight into the life of the production of film and the media-film industry itself.

 Darren is the founder of Scruffy Bear Pictures and worked his way up to become his own film director. Darren emphasised that a film cannot be made single handedly and it requires a whole team of people to make it happen. The film directors do not do everything on their own, and they usually say what they want the film/setting to look like and it is up to the production crew to make these wants come to reality.

Next Darren showed us some of the short films that he had directed. All of the films that he has produced are on a video website called 'Vimeo', which is a great tool allowing short films to be promoted and shared. Some of the short films that Darren showed us included 'Little Angels', 'Three' and 'Wisdom'.

Darren clearly communicated that films do not need a high budget to be 'good' films. Some of the work that he was showing us was either made on a very low budget or surprisingly no budget at all.
Darren's visiting and informing was a great experience for me and has boosted my own confidence for my 5 minute short film. This is because, Darren showed us that you do not need expensive equipment to create a high quality short film. 'It is all about the lighting, lighting is everything'