Ralph Shephard

Director @Burnhamwood Productions Ltd

Yorkshire, GB

The trailer \"The Hairy Claw of Grafton Moor\" represents my debut as a writer, producer and director of an animated, dark fantasy film.A lifetime of working in various creative media, painting, illustration, design, cartooning, visualization, and sculpting has paved the way slowly towards putting all my collective visual experiences to use in creating an exciting, visually stunning trailer.I have developed skills in creative writing to develop the story and a real passion for writing song lyrics in collaboration with musicians and composers, to orchestrate how the music takes shape overall and fits with the footage.Overall my ability to energize, motivate and inspire people is my greatest asset. Throughout my career in design, graphics and multi-media sculptural projects, I have always had to exercise my leadership abilities to motivate large teams to deliver high quality work often to short timescales.One of my key skills is being able to articulate the vision of what is required verbally, through the written word and visually; this is probably my most important skill and used with great effect to gain the support of the creative team I work with.