Each day we are bombarded with moving images, telling us what to buy, what to think and how to feel. I wouldn't exactly consider myself an artist, I work with words rather than images, and while I was trained in the Adobe family of applications this past semester, I never worked in depth with film.
I love to draw in the margins of my notebooks, dizzying patterns that extend to an entire page making it very difficult to read the notes I have taken on any given day. I am driven by fashion, I started by simply sketching outfits and cartoonish models as long as I can remember. I always made works that were criticized for being "too busy" however that is reflective of our world where this is no focal point. No indicator of path ,nor showcase of what matters.
Now I love helping direct photoshoots for Hunter's Cult. Magazine. I do these things because I find pleasure in it. Collaborating with friends or just letting my mind wander with a pen in my hand always brings me comfort.
I am inspired by my friends who are film majors and they have helped me a lot in executing short film ideas that I could have never done alone. They helped me appreciate just how much work goes into making a piece of moving media.
My inspirations have also come from watching loads of vintage movies and cult classics. My favorites I have recently watched were The Graduate, Blue Lagoon and Donnie Darko. I love how music in these films emphasized their themes. In the cases of The Graduate and Donnie Darko lyrics even speak to the audience about the action taking place within the films.
This semester I hope to be able to tackle and fully understand the processes involved in creating works of film I can be proud of.
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