I was over the moon when Val, the principle of The Valerie School of Dancing, asked me if I could create a short promotional video for the school. Having been a part of VSD since the age of 5 (as both a student and a teaching assistant), this project gave me an opportunity to practise my cinematography in a familiar environment whilst simultaneously giving back to people who have been a happy and strong influence in my life. I’ve been back to film a couple of times, in order to make a series of videos social media tracking the school’s progress towards our next theatre show.

I shot this series on a Panasonic GH4 with a Sigma 18-35 lens, edited in Premiere Pro and built the motion graphics in After Effects.