Little Birds is a short film about a village in West Wales, which is the test site for the British Army's latest surveillance drone, the Watchkeeper. The drone testing is viewed from the perspective of two families who live in the village. The film was screened at the 2017 International Film Festival of Wales and was selected for Lift-Off Film Festival’s Online Showcase for First-Time Filmmakers.
Directed, Edited and Produced by: Anita Hawser
Social teaser video for the WIILMA Foundation’s 2021 New Year Concert celebrating Victorian Music Hall, which was filmed at Leytonstone Library during the lockdown in 2020.
So proud to have helped out as a camera operator and photographer for WIILMA Music Arts Christmas 2020 concert, which streamed live on YouTube on Xmas Day. WIILMA exists to reduce loneliness and isolation through a collective of creative industry professionals from across film, TV, opera, ballet, music & the arts.
A short film I shot and edited about the Weald Foundation, which brings rare armoured vehicles from the First and Second World Wars back to life from bits of scrap found on former battlefields or in shipwrecks at the bottom of the Black Sea.
Flight of the Gripen
Six years after the Brazilian government signed a contract with Saab of Sweden to provide its Air Force with new fighter jets, on 24 September, one lucky Brazilian Air Force pilot got to fly the Gripen F-39 multi-mission fighter jet for the first time on Brazilian soil.
The Royal Air Force: 10 Years of Flying the MQ-9 Reaper
In 2017, the Royal Air Force celebrated more than a decade of flying the Reaper drone on combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The drone, which carries laser-guided bombs and Hellfire missiles, has been used to target Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria.
Uncle John’s Bakery
A casting tape I shot and edited for my Diploma in Factual Production and Development at NFTS. We were given different professions to cast. Mine was an artisan baker.
An online video looking at Ben Kreimer, a journalist who tells wildlife stories using drones.
Interview and editing by: Anita Hawser
A short film made from Skype and archival footage about the Drone Journalism Lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and how it was grounded by the US Federal Aviation Administration.
Interview and editing by: Anita Hawser
A video/audio slideshow of the natural wonders of the island of Mljet, which is Croatia's greenest island. A ferry ride from Dubrovnik, the island is covered in Mediterranean forest and crystal clear lakes. The cacophony of crickets is a noisy yet comforting accompaniment to the strange eeriness and beauty of the island.
Photography and editing by: Anita Hawser