This a commercial produced for Aaron Ashmore, founder of children's book company Etch & Pin. This commercial was produced to highlight and advertise his series of books on Coventry's history.

This is an advertisement for the new Flaming Hot MTN DEW flavour. - Directed, shot, and edited by Darien Smith I used practical filming techniques, green screen, 3D models, and 2D animation to create this advertisement This was shot and edited in my home studio Software used: - Premiere Pro - After Effects - Blender

This is an advert I created for UK Jewellery brand VLKN. They sell jewellery made of different types of volcanic stone such as Obsidian, Onyx, and Basalt. - Directed, shot, and edited by Darien Smith I had a discussion with VLKN's lead marketing executive about their company's branding and customer demographic before creating this advert. It was important I stay in line with the volcanic theme of the brand, as well as the dark moody vibe that their website presents. Overall the were very happy with this 30 second ad I created for them. This advert was filmed and edited at my home studio. Software Used: - Premiere pro - After Effects - Photoshop

This is an advert for Flipz Chocolate Pretzels. I used many practical effects combined with creative editing techniques to achieve the visuals in this advert. - Directed, shot, and edited by Darien Smith

This is a promo video for a documentary that is currently in its final stage of production. The documentary follows one of the countries leading projection mapping specialist as he works alongside Labirion, an Italy-based theatre group. This collaboration was brought together to produce a revolutionary form of projection-centred theatre. - Directed, shot, and edited by Darien Smith

This a peek behind the scenes of an album cover photo shoot for upcoming music artist CLAVIS 7EVEN. - Directed, shot, and edited by Darien Smith

This is a Commercial created for children's entertainer Coventry Spiderman. The client requested a short cinematic video reminiscent of a Hollywood Spiderman movie.

This documentary follows the life of Jake Smith, otherwise know as, Coventry Spiderman. through this video we get an idea of what its like to be a children's performer when times are tough. We also get a glimpse into Jakes personal life as he provides for his children while entertaining others. - Directed, shot, and edited by Darien Smith

This short film was created as an experiment with AI image-to-image processing via a custom-made Dreambooth model based on photos of the film's actor, and Image generation via Stable Diffusion. I used the AI to try and create a transformative effect between the practising dancer, and the Black Swan. In this film, the dancer is performing a variation of the Odile/Black Swan Solo from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.