Kobi Westwood
CAMERA Assistant | Trainee

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Wild Horses
Camera Operator
Short Film
Path of Sinners
First Assistant Camera
Short Film
Beautiful Things
Runner
Short Film

Recent projects

The Natural and The Manmade

Documentary

The Natural and the Manmade is a short film by Sophie Tuckwell, about Zak Miskry – an artist creating animal sculptures out of scrap metal, recycled electronics, and salvaged materials.

Production:
Sophie Tuckwell
Role:
Camera Operator
Date:
Dec 2023
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Official Music Video

The video for Loser sees the camera rotate around Arrdee in several minimalist studio vignettes, watching his previous videography on screen, fighting in a boxing ring and sitting atop a mountain of empty moving boxes – perhaps suggesting that he is here to stay, and not going anywhere.

Production:
Kode Media
Role:
Camera Trainee
Date:
Jan 2023
Music Documentary

On 3rd and 4th August 2021, 6 musicians came together for the first time, to create an original piece of music. This film reflects the two day writing and recording session, elements of the subsequent mixing and mastering at Durham Sound Studios and The Exchange, together with vignettes of the musicians filmed around London. 

Production:
Lo and Behold
Role:
Technical Assistant
Date:
Aug 2021
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Presents The Coolest Tattoo on earth

Two friends, Julian and ‘Dinge’, escape the shackles of privilege to live on a council estate. ‘Dinge’ recalls his most recent adventure of getting the coolest tattoo on Earth, using the darkest needle grease in cosmos.

Production:
Made Better Media
Role:
Production Assistant
Date:
Oct 2018
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This project for Jameson wiskey combined fire breathing, amazing mixology skills and a Phantom Flex camera capable of filming at 1000 frames per second, stretching a second into a minute. 

Production:
Made Better Media
Role:
Camera Trainee
Date:
May 2018
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Official Music Video

We had a lot of fun making this music video for synth duo AK/DK for their new single Lagom. 

With a mix of slo mo, super slo mo and messy messy slo mo, we brought to life the song’s themes of excess and restraint (‘Lagom means ‘just the right amount’ in Swedish). 

Production:
Made Better Media
Role:
Runner
Date:
Jun 2018
Official Music Video

Oh, the memories. Phats & Small’s ‘Turn Around (Hey What’s Wrong With You)’ was one of the most inspiring House tunes in the late ‘90s and it returns in a multitude of forms and shapes to get the amassed crowds cheering and chanting again.

Production:
Made Better Media
Role:
Runner
Date:
May 2016
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University projects

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Voices of a Pandemic - Short Edit

This documentary reflects on the coronavirus pandemic through the voices of many different people from teachers and nurses to students and mothers. The thoughts and opinions of these individuals are visualized through home objects and domestic materials to emphasize the familiarity of home that the lockdowns have caused.

Produced as part of our graduation project for university. 

Client: University for the Creative Arts

Category: Documentary

Role: Co-Creator

Duration: 1 Minute

Released: April 2021

Somewhere, nowhere - Short Edit

This is a film about two strangers living two very different lives, who accidentally cross paths in a deserted place just before Christmas and leave a mark in each other’s lives in just one encounter before parting ways for probably the rest of their lives 

Produced as part of our graduation project for university.

Client: University for the Creative Arts

Category: Short Film

Role: Director of Photography

Duration: 3 Minutes

Released: February 2021

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Blind Expectations

“A stranger, I pass unknown but hatch a plan for someone kind to connect”
Filmed with a Bolex H16
Kodak VISION3 250D Color Negative 16mm 7207 Film

Produced as part of our first year film production unit for university.

Client: University for the Creative Arts

Category: Short Film

Role: Director of Photography,
Camera Operator

Duration: 3 Minutes

Released: April 2019

Happy Accidents

The journey between A-Z can be unexpected but that is exactly what Denise Jaques hopes for. This documentary shows an insight of the journey that she takes while creating Mixed Media Contemporary Mosaic.

Produced as part of our first year film production unit for university. 

Client: University for the Creative Arts

Category: Documentary

Role: Camera Operator

Duration: 7 Minutes

Released: November 2018

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Internal Escapes

We all need escape. Whether you find solitude in the car, in bed, or 5 minutes before the children come home. She finds escape from the turmoil and abuse in the only room with a lock.

Filmed as part of my second year college assessment, with constraints of a minute max runtime and no dialogue, I created my first ever attempt at a fictional narrative. 

Client: Northbrook College

Category: Short Film

Role: Creator

Duration: 1 Minute

Released: October 2016