Lockdown Videos: Winners And Honourable Mentions

These videos show how the Armed Forces community has an incredibly creative side which they have been able to express amid the restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Packed with artistic filming, a little humour and great ideas, the videos reveal how there is a creative flair in all of us.

During the height of lockdown we asked you and your kids to get creative in photography, arts & crafts, videography and written word / audio as part of our Forces Voices competition.

All video entries were judged by television and film producer Guy Tannahill whose career spans more than 30 years and has included Hollywood blockbusters, critically acclaimed independent features and award-winning high-end television drama.

Here are the winners and honourable mentions from the videography category and the stories behind them, in the producers' own words.

Content Warning: Please note that some of this video content contains adult themes and types of humour that may not be suitable for all tastes and age groups

Adult Winner Matt Jones: The Competition                           

“My pet and best mate is a 13-year-old golden Labrador, Buddy.

"He is quite a cheeky chappy and I thought I would portray this through film as he attempts to enter a film in the Forces Voices 2020 competition during the COVID-19 lockdown period.

"This is a sentimental and heart-warming story."

Honourable Mentions

Hannah McCleery: World of Wool                       

"This is a piece of stop motion video with some homemade sound effects. It is about the "magic" of needle felting. 

"Turning balls of fluff into little creatures or 2D projects.

"All creations are my own and created during the COVID-19 pandemic via the technique of needle felting which was taught to me by my sister Sophie Buckley.

"I should also give credit to my husband Andrew who helped make some of the fish swim and put up with me littering the "craft room" with wool and animals. He wants to work in bomb disposal but that's not his kind of bomb site.

"I just hope the chaos that ensues in this video brings a little bit of joy to someone and maybe inspires you to start felting too ... or make a stop motion video - if you have the time."

Charles Brunskill: VO of Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

“My brother told me about a poem once.

"So to thank him for bringing it to my attention, I made this short video to accompany my rendition.

"I think the video is about wanting to be in the moment, to stop and take stock regardless of who 'owns' the land.

"But, we aren't able because we all have things to do, work, kids or just life."

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