Star Champion
Music Composition. Working inside the dubstep/electro genre, this piece was commissioned initially as a thirty second piece which grew to become the extended soundtrack for a boss battle for the sci-fi inspired video game Star Champion
A Quiet Place Audio Review
Directed by: John Krasinski Composer: Marco Beltrami Sound Design: Erik Adahl/Ethan Van der Ryn Emily Blunt and Joe Krasinski tiptoe through a post apocalyptic, auditory nightmare in which the slightest noise can trigger the unwanted attention of some particularly brutal creatures that hunt by sound alone. From the first moment of seeing the trailer to A Quiet Place, ..
Choose your own Buenos Aires adventure.
A nineteen hour bus ride out of Puerto de Igazu gets you to the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires. Surprisingly you sleep deep and long on the journey, still shaking off the might of a heavy night spent in perpetual happy hour. The previous evening sits in a hazy corner flashing snippets of stirring conversation ..
The most terrifying journey I have ever experienced…
The most terrifying bus journey I have ever experienced took place over fourteen hours from Cusco to Ica. We continued to travel northwards to our eventual destination of Huaccachina to experience sand boarding and the notorious sand buggy rides in the idyllic but tiny oasis town. Despite booking the highest level of Peruvian luxury coaching ..
Which gadgets/items should I take on an extended holiday/vacation?
For those in the envious position of planning an extended trip, you may be asking yourself which items or gadgets do I really need to take? What follows is a list formulated from experience on a trip spanning five continents from September 2013 to May 2014. SmartPhone My iPhone 5 was perhaps the piece of tech ..
Borderlands Handsome Collection Sound Rebuild
Music Composition and Sound effects. The Borderlands Handsome Collection trailer was the perfect vehicle to demonstrate technical ability in a combination of Reason 8 and Logic Pro X
The Wolf Among Us Review
An extreme heat hangs over the residents of Fabletown. As the humidity stifles the inner city woodlands area, an oversized walking toad is pushing your buttons and your arch nemesis is knocking lumps out of somebody upstairs. It’s going to be a long night. As Sheriff Bigby Wolf, it is up to you to keep ..
Donnie Darko – The Directors Cut Review
What makes you think I’m not a superhero? Jake Gyllenhall Maggie Gyllenhall Jena Malone Patrick Swayze Drew Barrymore Directed by Richard Kelly Synopsis: In this eighties inflected, supernatural/sci-fi classic, Jake Gyllenhall stars as a troubled teenager experiencing bizarre visions after escaping death from a falling jet engine. His intelligence intimidates his teachers, but increasingly ..
Academic
Smoothing the troughs of academic downtime in secondary education with creative learning approaches.
Smoothing the troughs of academic downtime in secondary education with creative learning approaches.
It’s the last week of school and fatigue is beginning to set in. The weariness of my students has begun to manifest in a heady blend of restlessness and cynicism. Students have completed their coursework and the next teaching module isn’t due to start until after summer break. I have a challenging period five lesson ..