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DYLAN J WHITTY, FILMMAKER // MARKETING CREATIVE

ABOUT ME

NOTE: ALL WORK PRESENTED PORTFOLIO WAS PRODUCED, SELF-SHOT / DIRECTED (AND EDITED IN POST-PRODUCTION) BY ME (EXCLUDING ZUT MEDIA AND LUSH PRODUCTION)

Since graduating from my degree, life has been interesting to say the least: I travelled the world, worked as a creative director on highconcept music videos as well as a variety of other projects in both music and branded marketing. Armed with a passion for the medium, a distinctive visual style and a love for concepts and storytelling; I like to redefine expectations, collaborate and create purposeful productions and content with a clear vision, message, story and audience in mind.

I'm driven by the notion that the moving image has the power to change the world (or at least our shared-perception of it). Whether it's a film, music video or social content, visuals create and amplify the zeitgeist. Images help us to connect and understand each other and the world around us. Visuals create culture - they entertain, help us to momentarily escape our realities and (I believe, most importantly) show us that a world exists beyond the one we create for ourselves. whether it’s a brand, musician or film. visuals shape identity.

BRANDED

LUSH COSMETICS // “SPRING INTO THE SURREAL”

2023, LUSH COSMETICS, FREELANCE EDITOR

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BRANDED

GRAND NATIONAL BROADCAST ADVERT

2020, ZUT MEDIA , *POST-PRODUCTION EDITOR WATCH THE ADVERT WATCH THE ADVERT WATCH THE ADVERT

MUSIC

MUSIC MUSIC

DIRECTOR, DOP, POST-PRODUCTION & CAMERA-OP

2020, Pour Lé Mérite, CONCEPTION TO COMPLETION

At the start of the decade I was approached by The Jackobins, a popular band based in the north of England . They approached me with a single idea: an epic music video set in the First World War. Easier said with a relatively small budget. The idea and song called for a story, narrative and a concept brought to life resourcefully. I took surreal images of a cold modern world and contrasted them against one consumed by violence: a world war. The project required resourcefulness and distinctive, cinematic visuals in order to realise a music video that was part short-film.

ISOLATION AND DEFAMILIARIZATION WERE ANCHORS FOR THE VIDEOS OVERALL VISUAL STYLE. I WANTED TO CONTRAST THE PAST WITH THE PRESENT, THE OLD AND THE NEW.

MOODBOARD

PRE-PRODUCTION MOODBOARD 2020, POUR LÉ MÉRITE, MDS

MARKETING

INSTAGRAM PROMO VIDEO STILLS, POUR LÉ MÉRITE (2023)

PLM PROMOTIONAL POSTER, DESIGNED BY DJW, 2020, POUR LÉ MÉRITE

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POUR LE MÉRITE

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BEHINDTHESCENES

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MUSIC

MUSIC MUSIC

DIRECTOR, DOP, CAMERA OP, POSTPRODUCTION

2023, Wanderlust, CONCEPTION TO COMPLETION

Pacficaze, a newly formed band lead by Jack Pilkington, wanted to create a cinematic music video for their debut single, Wanderlust.

I was given total creative freedom and a small budget. Utilising neon lighting, a black magic camera and a rucksack, I took Jack to the lake district to shoot a music video about a man who has an epiphany in the wilderness whilst trying to find his way home.

The video is a celebration of life and the beauty of the world around us post-pandemic.