Videos & Short Films

Short Stories

The Confrontation Fixed.mp4

The Confrontation

Planned, shot, edited and directed by Dakota Morrill in an hour to demonstrate use of Foley sounds and typography in film. Shot on a mirrorless Sony ZV-E10 with the goal of getting a variety of different shots including symmetry and movement.

My first project completely created on my own.

Starring Lewis Roberts & Quinlan Kirk

Filmed at The Sheffield College - Hillsborough, UK.

In The Halls (1).mpeg

In The Halls

My first short film, shot and directed by Dakota Morrill, Lewis Roberts, Quinlan Kirk, Felix Hartman, and Richard Hague. Edited by Dakota Morrill. Shot on a DSLR Nikon 4100 with the goals of using compositional elements and exploring editing techniques.

Original plans were scrapped due to weather conditions and most of the shots were improvised as we divided shots between 5 of us for the assignment. All the footage was pulled together and I had to get some extra establishing shots to create a story in post.

Starring Richard Hague and Dakota Morrill

Filmed at The Sheffield College - Hillsborough & Livesey Street, Hillsborough, UK.

Crack.mp4

Crack

A comedic sketch comedy short made for an exhibition in 2 days.

Filmed by Felix Roberts and Kai Broadley and written and directed by Dakota Morrill. Shot on a Sony ZV-E10.

Starring Dakota Morrill

Filmed in the city of Sheffield, UK.

Gloves Off

A short film shot based off of the following stimulus:

Imagine that you are a man. You have gone back to your office at the end of the day, tired out. You’re just sitting there, staring, so still that a young typist doesn’t notice you as she enters the room. She takes off her gloves and empties her purse on the table. She has two pound coins, a twenty pence piece, and a matchbox. She puts the money back in her purse, and she goes over to the bin and tosses in her black gloves. She uses the last match to set light to them. She watches the gloves burn. The phone rings. She picks it up it up, listens, and replies, “I’ve never owned any black gloves in my life.” She goes back to the bin and then realises that you are watching her.

Starring Youssef Ait Aissa, Eve Atkinson, & Kiane Watt

Directed by Eli Hartley

Camera Operator: Dakota Morrill

Edited by Youssef Ait Aissa

Filmed in and around Newcastle Upon Tyne

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Dramatic Fashion Ad.mp4

Intimate Fashion Ad

Planned, shot, edited and directed by Dakota Morrill as a means of further advancing editing skills and camerawork as well as working with minimal control of set/actors.

Filmed at The Sheffield College - Hillsborough, UK.

Pure Royal FINAL FINAL ad.mp4

Energetic Fashion Ad

Planned, shot, edited and directed by Dakota Morrill as a means of further advancing editing skills and camerawork as well as working with minimal control of set/actors.

This second ad was shot with the intent of creating something a bit more youthful and energetic similar to many of the more mainstream fashion commercials.

Filmed at The Sheffield College - Hillsborough, UK.

Jim Beam Ad.mp4

Jim Beam Ad.

Created in collaboration between Dakota Morrill, Lewis Roberts and Richard Hague as a single day class project.

Shot on a Sony ZV-E10.

Filmed at The Sheffield College - Hillsborough, UK.

Unofficial Sheffield College Film & Photography Access Course Ad

I shot this as a fun way to combine my assignment requiring documentary aspects with footage I had passively shot throughout the one year of my Access Film & Photography course at the Sheffield College in 2022/2023.

Shot on two Sony FS7s and my Sony ZV-E100

Filmed at The Sheffield College - Hillsborough, UK.

Documentaries

Homecoming: A Documentary For My Mom

A documentary I shot of my mom when she came back to her home country of England and took me around to all the places she grew up for the first time in 20+ years.

Shot on my Sony ZV-E10

Shot in Northern Ireland & Southern England.

Drag Creature

A documentary made for our foundation year film course, went through a lot of production issues with audio that resulted in re-recordings and a lot of editing finesse by Youssef Ait Aissa.

Filmed on my Sony ZV-E10 with other external footage used not recorded by us.

Filmed in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne