Freddie Skerritt
Freddie Skerritt
My name is Freddie Skerritt, I am a 21 year old aspiring filmmaker. I've been studying film since I was 16 years old. I've had a huge passion for film since I was four years old and I am currently studying the Film & TV degree at the university centre of South Essex. Whilst I have been studying here, I have learnt a lot more about film and this has allowed me to create and be apart of short films. I do have experience with working with people outside of the university, I have had two weeks of work experience on the One Show.
This job was a great way for me to gather experience and learn a range of different equipment. I was out on external shoots with the team and two days of my sound recording made it onto broadcast tv. I was also apart of a short film which was three days, during my time on this production, I worked as the behind-the-scenes photographer, I also helped as a part of sound as a back up. Movies that have been very inspiring for me have been Blade Runner 2049, Magnolia and the Indiana Jones Trilogy. Indiana jones is a trilogy that inspired me when I was young to create films.
My Social Media Platforms (My Linktree):
https://linktr.ee/fredsterskerritt
My Skill Set Strengths:
Floor Manager
Scriptwriting
Camera Work
Director
Sound
Software's I Have Experience In:
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Audition
Here are some Short films I have made:
This is dunk, this was shot in August 2023, a short film that I have co-directed and co-produced with my good friend Bill. This was written by me too. This was made just before I started university. This is a project that I am really proud to be a part of and I was really happy with how we co-directed this together. I was also acting in this with my good friend Bradley. This project was a one day shoot.
This is After Dark Volume 1 (2022), this was a short film where I have co directed with my friend Bill. This was the first instalment for a duology that we have created as a collective. This was my friend following me because I am the actor in this. Bill was the cinematographer but we both had a shot list of what we captured what we wanted really well. This was a project we really enjoyed making so we decided to create a sequel to it.
This is After Dark Volume 2(2022), this was the sequel to after dark volume one. This was directed by Myself and my friend Bill. We captured the essence of the original. This was filmed back when I was studying level 3. This was just my friends and I trying to create something different to everything else that we made. This was us following one of our college friends around two local shopping centres.
This is a project that I have recently worked on in university with my class friends. I acted as the director and I found this really fun to create. I was the director, floor manager and one of the camera operators. This allowed me to run the entire set and get the cameras setup to how I wanted and I made sure that the lighting was perfect with the red and white balance so that our green screen background would key out. This is a collaboration that I am really proud to be apart of.
This is a short that I have created for my final major project in college. This was shot in the spring of 2023. I worked with two of my friends Bradley and Bill. I was the Director, Writer, Producer, editor and Actor. This featured both myself and Bradley. The film follows two characters that are debating whether or not to continue their passion into filmmaking or learn a trade. This shoot was a three day shoot.
This is a project which is my final project from my first year in university. This was a documentary about the local Southend museum and it was titled the Southend archaeology dig up. This was a fun process because I managed to be camera operator for this and I really think that the shots look great. I find being a camera operator is one of my strengths. This was a group project and I also edited my own mix of this project.
This is a short that I have directed and starred in, my friend Bill was the cinematographer. This was from another collaboration with the makeup artists from last year. Our makeup artist wanted to use both fire and water so we experimented with these different elements in this short film. This collaboration was a really positive shoot.
This was a university project that I helped the make up students for a collaboration, this also helped us collaborate with the actors. This was a one day shoot that led to me editing green screen sheet. I held up the green screen on the day of the shoot and then when it came to the editing process I used the background that they wanted to use.
Work Experience:
D.R.A.W! : Short Film
This is D R A W !, This is a comedy western that I shot the behind-the-scenes photography's for, these images have made their way onto the IMDB page. I also helped with sound on the second day of the shoot as a fill in which was really beneficial for me. This was a three day shoot and it was a great collaboration to be apart of. This has not been released yet.
Photographs taken by Myself:
Seminar Shoot
I have taken some images from a seminar shoot that I was apart of from last year. They needed someone to take photos and record the seminar. We did exactly that. I took the photographs on this shoot.
Photographs taken by Myself:
Working On Set: