ONE MAN CAM
WRITER, DIRECTOR, CAMERA OPERATOR, VFX, EDITOR : Rohit Gill
Crew
After finishing my first degree in visual communication, I worked in theatre and spent ten years working in the field of visual effects. Working on television programmes, commercials, title sequences and features like Harry Potter and United 93. As a London Film School graduate, I have produced and directed 35mm shorts, including a project for The National Gallery. I currently work as a freelance film-maker and recently finished a promo for RDX SPORTS, representing Ruqsana Begum, British and European Boxing champion.
I wanted to create a punk version of a Roland Emmerich movie. The seed for Planet X came from concepts based on Gaia theory and imagined, what if earth was able to reproduce an alien planet? Complication arise when politicians and news corporation make their own fabricated stories and beliefs about the planet. The writing process allowed me to delve further into my inner fears and explore xenophobic themes through the world of current affairs; explore news which are seen by many as propaganda vehicles, selling us stories of threat through over exaggerated and distorted information. The film explores satire, symbolism and allegory. Planet's X design was inspired by (Lovecraft's) Cthulhu ideas.
SOUND DESIGNER: Steve Rafter
Steve’s wide ranging experience as an audio professional has, over the years encompassed many areas of expertise including, film, TV, theatre, live events, art installations, advertising, music and education. Highlights of this period of Steve’s career include working with Kevin Spacey & The Old Vic Theatre; being shortlisted for the World Stage Design Awards 2005 in Toronto; designing the sound for the largest, free theatre event in London at the South Bank; several years of successful runs of shows at the Edinburgh International Festival and receiving favourable notices from many of the UK’s leading theatre critics including The Guardian, Timeout: London and The Independent.
In 2008, Steve moved to Dubai in order to join Creative Force Audio Production, one of the region’s leading audio post-production studios. In 2014, Steve returned to the UK to set up BOMO Audio, a boutique sound design & audio production service for digital creative, media professionals and brands. Steve is also an Associate Lecturer on the MA in Post Production Sound Design at Bournemouth University.
MUSIC COMPOSER: James Morris
James Morris is an award-winning composer for film, tv and games.
He started writing music as assistant composer to Guy Michelmore on an array of projects (including Marvel's Iron Man: Armored Adventures and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes) and from here has moved on to score many other films, adverts and games with much success.
