Zach Bloom Media

As a young child, I liked to create short films. Initially, I used my iPod and iMovie to create stop animation movies using Lego figures to depict fun storylines set to music. As an older child, I became part of Henry Jenkins participatory culture; a prosumer, wanting to create content for my own YouTube channel. It was during the first lockdown, when my world shrunk and life went online, that I started creating short films. It combined my love of narrative with love of technology and helped me cope with the isolation. I experimented with various video editing software before settling on Premier Pro. I was self taught, watching YouTube tutorials first on the basics, then on specific skills, such as key framing or colour grading.

Lockdown March 2020

I used Da Vinci Resolve 17 to create this video. I was really passionate about creating this video. I really enjoyed creating the narrative, I thought about all the stereotypical behaviour during lockdown which I then filmed and edited selecting the right music to tell the story.

It was my first time back at school following the first lockdown and I was keen to show off my editing skills that I had learnt during the lockdown.