Film Student

Mini Bio

Alex Shepherd is an enthusiastic person who enjoys a challenge and achieving personal goals. His aim is to work within the film industry, Alex has made his own short films to show his skills as a filmmaker.

Alex has a Youtube channel called 'chewbaccawakka', which is where he uploads his films. When he is not making films, he is watching films. Alex's favourite movies include The Big Lebowski, Goodfellas, The Dollars Trilogy, Evil Dead 2 and Die Hard.

BA LENS BASED MEDIA - Major Project

Grindhouse-style vigilante comedy thriller directed by Alex Shepherd and starring Josh Pemberton, Natalie Hiscock, Steve Faulkner and Alex Shepherd.
Max Storm (Joshua John Pemberton Boyce) returns to work and goes after Bill (Alex Shepherd), a man who killed a woman. While persuing Bill, he bumps into some interesting characters such as San Miguel (Cameron Lochiel) and Dave (Joe Southern).

Initial Project

A stop motion animated short by Alex Shepherd made as my initial project for my course at Weston College.
Teaser trailer for my uni project which is a short stop motion film.

 

FdA Film & Media Arts Production Films

A showreel that I've made for uni to show the films that I've made. The films in the showreel are; THE HITMAN (2011) INTRUSION (2013) COFFEE (2014) WCR DOCUMENTARY (2014) THE HIRED GUN (2015) TIMERUNNER (2015) DREAM SEQUENCE (2015) THE THIEF (2015) PLAY DEAD FOR ME (2016)

 

Everyday Activity Assignment

Coffee

director/editor/camera operator/sound recorder/writer

Short film made for uni. Starring Shane Geen Directed and edited together by Alex Shepherd

Documentary Assignment

WCR Community Radio Documentary

director/editor/camera operator/sound recorder/

Documentary made for university, this documentary is about a radio station in Warminster, showing what it is like to work there. Filmed by Alex Shepherd Special thanks to Mike Allberry, David Cox and Clint Denyer for taking part on this documentary.

Style and Meaning Assignment

The Hired Gun trailer

Trailer for the style and meaning film

The Hired Gun

director/editor/camera operator/actor/writer

https://youtube.com/devicesupport http://m.youtube.com

Blood and Sweat

runner

My rough cut so far of my latest film

Experimental Media Assignment

Fast and Furious Wacky Races

editor

For a university experimental media project.

 

PCP

IDEC Weston Super Mare 2015

camera operator/boom operator

https://youtube.com/devicesupport http://m.youtube.com

 

Three Location Film

The Thief

director/camera operator/editor/actor

Short film made by Alex Shepherd Stars Shane Geen and Alex Shepherd with camera work done by Chrisie Wood-hopps and Alex Shepherd

 

Group Projects

Nantes

camera operator/sound recorder

City Symphony film by FdA Film & Media Arts Production students from a residential filming project in Nantes, France February 2015.

 

Final Film

Play Dead For Me

director/camera operator/editor/social media manager

Short slasher horror comedy about a man that is trapped in the woods with a serial killer. Starring Ben Sworn, Jordan Skinner and Matt Hopkinson. Directed by Alex Shepherd

Play Dead For Me Trailer 1

Trailer for a horror thriller film directed by Alex Shepherd.

Play Dead For Me Trailer 2

Trailer that I've made for my uni course.

 

Films from other courses

Final Film Project

Intrusion

director/editor/camera operator/actor

A horror/crime/thriller by Alex Shepherd Starring Alex Shepherd, Ben Sworn,.Shane Geen, Mark Price and Mike Allberry. PLOT: A gang of robbers decide to break into a house, hoping to find money but they only find a man who lives there.

Documentary

Master Sensei

director/editor/camera operator

The complete version of my college documentary project as it was originally intended. The documentary is the life of a karate teacher from Trowbridge, England. Directed by Alex Shepherd

Advert

Werther's Original Horror

actor/writer

Sci-fi film

Virus

director/editor/camera operator

Plot: A college student that keeps getting bullied by a bunch of people finally decided that he had enough and planned revenge by giving them a virus in emails that actually kills them.

Anti-drugs advert

Think Before You Do Drugs

camera operator

Advert made for college about drugs. Filmed by Alex Shepherd, Ieuan Williams and Charlie Bradfield. Starring Ieuan Williams, Charlie Bradfield, Alex Shepherd and Sam Crudge. Edited by Alex Shepherd

Short film

The Hitman

director/writer/editor/boom operator

Filmed at Wiltshire College.

I wrote, filmed, edited and directed this film.

Camera practice

The Serial Sprayer

camera operator/editor

Horror spoof filmed by Alex Shepherd Starring James Quigley and Pete Hamblin.

 

Personal films

Clarendon Secondary School Camera Club Project

The Midnight Drifter

animator/camera operator/editor

Made at my secondary school for a camera club.

I animated, filmed and edited this film.

Personal Film

The Damned

director/editor/camera operator/writer/actor

I wrote, edited, filmed and directed this film.

Personal Film

House of Killers

director/writer/camera operator/editor/actor

I wrote, edited, filmed and directed this film.

Personal Film

Timerunner

director/editor/writer/camera operator/actor

A film by Alex Shepherd Starring Alex Shepherd, Ben Sworn, Matt Hopkinson, Mike Allberry, Emma Smith and Shane Geen.

 

Contact:

Email: alexshepherd1993@outlook.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chewbaccawakka

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaR2RRbjSAVVrFtZD5NMvHQ