My Inspirations
Alfred Hitchcock
AS level gave me the foundations for some of my interests, mainly from our analysis on the film ‘Vertigo’. The work of director Alfred Hitchcock is something I find absolutely fascinating, from his openings, micro elements and narratives. Since then, the director is someone I have vastly watched and researched and inspires some of my work too.
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His film 'The 39 Steps' inspired one of my first year projects. As this is one of the directors early films (1935), I would have normally be hesitant to watch a film of such an age- as I think a lot of my generation would be. However, it was inspiring to see a film so reliant on narrative and acting as opposed to graphics and special effects. Even in his colour films, he uses colour with a purpose and everything contributes to the storytelling.
Grace Wells
Grace Wells is a film maker and photographer with a strong presence on social media. She makes and produces stylised advertisements on TikTok and instagram, and has grown her accounts as much as to be recognised and hired by Amazon Prime Video. Videos such as her 'making commercials for random objects' series have earned her 1.4 million followers and 33 million likes on TikTok, often going viral for these unusual ads.
Recently, she quit her full time job as she started getting approached by bigger brands and opted for only freelance work with these companies in order to balance out her work life. She was even approached by Amazon Prime Video and asked to run their TikTok account for new film 1 know what you did last summer': Social Media presence has massively helped her to be recognized and given her great opportunities with some very influential companies. media on the rise.
