Film is a brutal industry to break into… Artists sketch storyboards until their wrists stage a rebellion, writers churn out so many drafts they start forgetting which version is reality, and the hunt begins for actors who can deliver a line without staring straight down the lens. Then you pray you can find a cinematographer who actually knows which end of the camera points at the action, and a director who won’t have an existential crisis on day one of shooting. And don’t even talk about post–production… editing is where sleep goes to die.

But that is exactly why the medium of film is so powerful—so breathtakingly human. Everyone contributes. Everyone carries a story. Everyone discovers something about themselves in the process… and shares that discovery with others.

When I studied Film at Franklin College in Grimsby, encountering new stories and new filmmaking forms was practically a daily ritual. I dove into formats and aspect ratios, auteur theory, directing styles, the eternal debate over who truly is the greatest filmmaker of our time, and the weekly argument about whether John McTiernan’s Die Hard qualifies as a Christmas film (it does—don’t fight me). I heard at least one passionate monologue about why every movie should be shot in 4:3 “for the art.”

We all connect to film differently—behind the camera, in front of it, or sunk into the comfiest cinema seat available, watching a timeless masterpiece or the latest blockbuster explode across the screen. We come to film to experience. To feel. To be moved. To reflect.

Graphic Design may be my forte—but Film is just as much of a passion. I hope the stories I share through the lens, and the ones I’ve yet to create, offer you an experience worth remembering.