Ed Lovelace Talk

On Wednesday 7th October we had a talk in the hall at 9am, from Ed Lovelace, an ex media student of Long Road Sixth Form College from 2000-2002.After leaving Long Road, he went on to study media at bournemouth university.
After leaving university he went to work for a record label in London , called creation.
He wanted to get some foundational experience, so he told Creation that he would work for free.

He spoke to us about music videos which he had made ; some low budget and some high budget. Some if his music videos are:

...Gallows - 'Abandon Ship'
...Cage the Elephant - 'In One Ear'
...Cage the Elephant - 'Ain't No Rest For The Wicked'
...Cutting Pink with Knives - 'Laser Hannon'


He told us that he had based ideas for music videos on movies that he had previously viewed.
The budgets of the videos varied, some of his first few were around £100, such as the video he made for Gallows, however the video he made for Cage the Elephant had a budget of around £40,000.

He told us how to get where he is now, it has taken hard work , dedication , and enthusiasm.He also stated how he was lucky to get some work after leaving university, as most ex university students do not get work straight away.

Ed is now moving on to make full length films,he has recently made a documentary type film about a band which left home at the age of 14 and has been touring for 17 years.

We found this talk to be very useful, and insightful into the media business.