Author: Jon Ellison – filmmaker
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On the 12th Day Of Christmas, My True Love Sent To Me… – a Reminder of When 'Twas the Season
So apparently, today’s the 12th day of Christmas. I say apparently because I never fully believed that there were actually twelve days of Christmas, aside from Christmases Eve and Day and Boxing Day (December 24th, 25th and 26th). I’d’ve thought it was just some silly carol that suggests that there are 12 Days of Christmas.…
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Happy 2023!
Happy New Year readers! It’s that time again where we celebrate the start to a brand new year after a night of boozing in town and singing Auld Lang Syne or however one prefers to celebrate. It’s also the time when we reflect on what’s happened and what we’d been through over the previous year.…
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Announcement!: The Mummy Resurrection is out next week!
Hello everybody, I hope everybody is having a great month and ready and looking forward to Christmas. Speaking of which, I have a special treat for you for Boxing Day next week. A feature film which I worked on, as a boom operator, will be hitting the screens on Amazon Prime. Yesterday, I attended a…
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48 Hours in the Making
One weekend per year, a film-making challenge is held in the Midlands – where local filmmakers team up to produce a film in relation to the genre provided to them and within two days precisely. Being how dedicated I am to film-making, I had developed my experience within the field and so far this year,…
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The Northern London(?)
Hello, once again. There were other topics I intended to discuss for this month. However, since I’ve recently returned from a short vacation in what I would roughly say is my second favourite location in England behind Skegness, those topics will be brought up another time. Note that I’m not limiting it down to a…
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The Graduation That Occurred Better Late Than Never
Hello everybody. I thought I’d share an important update with you. Before I do so, those who read my previous blog posts will know that I studied a master’s course in Creative Writing. My graduation ceremony would’ve taken place on January 2021. But thanks to you-know-what, that didn’t happen. But last month, one of…
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The Writer's Guild Of Great Britain
As this is a monthly activity, the intention was to write a blog post sooner, but very important business stepped in, hence the delay. However, I would like to introduce to any fellow writers reading this, a Guild which I recently joined that may come in useful. The organisation I’m referring to is the Writer’s…
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Best Global Shorts Winner!
Everybody, I would like to announce that one of my short films has won an award for both Best Fictional Short & Best Comedy Short! Three months ago, I entered one of my films to the festival Best Global Shorts. Best Global Shorts screens short films internationally and is now in its ninth season. In…
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No Fare: The Sian Green Story
Hello once again. Before I start, just a few updates. Firstly, I’ve taken part in a mentoring scheme set by Screen Northampts, a film-making-related organisation based in Northampton. Basically, what happens is that Screen Northampts arranges for a staff member to mentor those who are pursuing a career in the film industry whether it be…
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Jon Ellison's Videography
Jonathan David Ellison’s Videography One of my previous posts represented my filmography. Now this section indicates the projects I worked on; all of which relate more to video production. These range from theatre shows, public relations videos, corporate projects and so forth. Some of these projects are unavailable for public viewing…
