Experimental Works
Jen Eachus, Makeup Artist
A film made for the showreel of Makeup Artist Jen Eachus.
More info: jeneachusmakeupartist.com
Models: Hannah Doyle, Orlagh Rose - both from Maverick Models
Make up and Design: Jen Eachus
Technical Assistance: Peter Waiting
Lighting: Brin Coleman, Nozibele Manyana
Camera: Dave Speers
Editor: Brin Coleman
Directors: Jen Eachus, Brin Coleman
Categories: Experimental Photography
Bing Satellites - Hidden Shallows
A track from the album Music from Mission Control or something, available on CD and download from bingsatellites.com
I filmed a few long slomo shots of waves crashing against Laguna Beach in California. I knew the waves there were spectacular - no good for swimming or surfing but great looking as they are large and powerful right by the beach.
I tried a few effects and layered different shots but in the end, a particular shot on its own suited the music better than anything else.
Filmed and edited by Brin Coleman.
Assisted by Alex Coleman.
Categories: Music, Experimental
Manchester Thunderstorm, 10th September 2017
After a sunny late afternoon, Manchester was suddenly struck by a thunderstorm.
After the first flash of lightning, I quickly set up the camera and filmed the storm from my livingroom, in slow motion.
Shot at 96fps
One section slowed down to 10% of that to show the detailed progression of the lightning fork.
Filmed & edited by Brin Coleman
Additional sounds:
Thunder HD Sound, recorded by Mark DiAngelo
License: Attribution 3.0
soundbible.com/1913-Thunder-HD.html
Thunder Sounds, Thunder Strike Strike 2, Thunder Strike 3 Sound, recorded by Mike Koenig
License: Attribution 3.0
soundbible.com/1907-Thunder.html
soundbible.com/2016-Thunder-Strike-2.html
soundbible.com/2012-Thunder-Strike-3.html
Categories: Documentary Experimental
Manchester Sunset, 24th March 2017
There was a particularly lovely sunset in progress so I set up the camera to capture it at 25x speed.
Music: Bing Satellites - Up There In The Ether
from the album Castles In The Sky, available from bingsatellites.bandcamp.com
Categories: Experimental, Music
Manchester Sunset, 24th March 2017
There was a particularly lovely sunset in progress so I set up the camera to capture it at 25x speed.
Music: Bing Satellites - Up There In The Ether
from the album Castles In The Sky, available from bingsatellites.bandcamp.com
Categories: Experimental, Music
The Moon, 10th March 2017
Exactly what it says!
The Moon was pretty perfect last night with wispy clouds floating by.
I set up the camera on the window ledge in my living room.
One thing you soon realise if you film the Moon or look at it through a telescope is that the Moon moves quickly. I shot in 4K and cropped a shot following it to keep it centred.
There'll be plenty move of this sort of thing in the future.
Categories: Experimental
Bing Satellites - Return To The Castle In The Sky
Video for a track of the new Bing Satellites album 'Castles In The Sky'.
Layers of cloud time lapses to accompany layers of drifting atmospheric ambient music.
The album is available on CD and download from bingsatellites.com/castles
Filmed and edited by Brin Coleman
Categories: Music, Experimental
Smoke and Light
A quick experiment with smoke and slow motion.
This won't be the last!
Crew:
Producer / Director: Brin Coleman
Music:
Bing Satellites - Ocean Waves at Nighttime, from the album Little House by the ocean, available on CD and download from www.bingsatellites.com/littlehouse
Categories: Experimental
Fall Colors & Sounds
A visit to Ann Morrison Park in Boise, Idaho, part of the green belt that runs through the city along the Boise River.
The temperature in Boise can change rapidly. In the park at time of filming, it was 28°F (-2°C) but it would rise into the 60s in the afternoon. Perhaps this contributes to the beauty of the place and the vibrant autumn colours.
Filmed in Ann Morrison Park, Boise, Idaho, October 2017.
Filmed & edited by Brin Coleman
Categories: Documentary, Experimental
5x5: Fall - Boise, Idaho, 2017
Five pieces of film, five seconds long, capturing the atmosphere of Fall in Boise, Idaho.
One of the first videos I made at college was 5x5: Autumn (see it at vimeo.com/moonandbacon). It was a good filming exercise and showed how important atmosphere is to a film.
On my latest trip to Boise, the fall colours were spectacular: deep rich colours in the leaves with a backdrop of beautiful, clear blue sky. I thought I should revisit the original idea.
Filmed & edited by Brin Coleman
Categories: Documentary, Experimental
Blocker - Butterfly Cluster
Promo for 'Butterfly Cluster' by Blocker from the EP 'The Other' available from blocker.bandcamp.com
I filmed some timelapse footage while travelling on the roads of Idaho but the roads were bumpy and although I had a tight grip of the camera, the footage was very jerky.
When I watched it back, I realised it would fit this music, so I set about experimenting with it.
This promo is the result of those experiments.
Filmed in Juily 2017 in Idaho, USA.
Filmed and edited by Brin Coleman.
Categories: Experimental, Music
Ghost Harmonics - Ray Of Light
Video for the next minimalist ambient album by Ghost Harmonics which will be available to download and stream from 22 March 2017 from ghostharmonics.com
The music focuses on one single note and its harmonics that, usually hidden, are allowed time to breath and be discovered.
With this video, I have tried to capture the feeling I have while playing this music: it is hypnotic and psychedelic. The slow, minimal nature of the music lets the mind wander.
I also wanted, perhaps for the first time in a performance video, to make it personal and actually feature me, an actual human being with emotions and everything, creating the music.
Music and video recorded, produced and edited by Brin Coleman at MCos, Manchester during February and March 2017.
Categories: Music, Experimental
Ghost Harmonics - Monochrome Drone II
Promo for the new ambient drone album by Ghost Harmonics, available to download from 22 February 2017 from ghostharmonics.bandcamp.com
The music is one continuous longform ambient drone focusing on just one note.
As you listen to the one note, you start to hear harmonics and textures that would normally be hidden in the music.
Filmed in MCos in February 2017.
Filmed and edited by Brin Coleman
Categories: Music, Experimental
Ghost Harmonics - The View From Here
Promo for the upcoming ambient album The View From Here by Ghost Harmonics which will be available to download from 8 March 2017 from ghostharmonics.bandcamp.com
The video shows the actual recording of the album in MCos, my studio in Manchester.
Ghost Harmonics music is very minimalistic ambient drones focusing one one note and its harmonics. Sounds and textures of that note which are normally hidden are given a chance to be explored.
Crew:
Producer / Director: Brin Coleman
Categories: Music, Experimental
An Introduction to Ghost Harmonics
A look at the strangely familiar looking ambient musician Ghost Harmonics, who creates chilled out and minimalist longform drones.
He explains how the music is made, just what Urban Ambient music is and how the idea of playing just one note came about.
You can find music from Ghost Harmonics at ghostharmonics.bandcamp.com
Crew:
Producer / Director: Brin Coleman
Categories: Music, Documentary and Factual, Experimental
5x5: Autumn
For college.
We were given the task of filming and editing a 5x5 film with the subject Autumn.
Five 5 second clips with just ambient sounds to convey the idea of Autumn.
Filmed in the Fielden campus of The Manchester College in October 2015.
Filmed and edited by myself.
Categories: Experimental