FDA YEAR 2

 As of COVID-19 university has been a difficult operation in terms working abroad. We were asked to do various projects with different themes and unfortunately one of our projects has not come to fruition as of yet - our first studio shoot for FDA's  second year. We were tasked as a group to write, produce and direct a short to our liking with the help of our wonderful tutors Anne Parisio and Rosie Gunn. Although we didn't manage to produce work based on our studio shoot we were tasked with developing a production pack to ensure we were prepared (are prepared) in case we do eventually possess the chance to produce and shoot a short film to our liking. Our story was based on mental health during the New Year's in the new millenia. Our protagonist is a white male that is mentally disturbed whilst trying to overcome the obstacles presented to him during the passage of a new decade and millenia stemming from 1999 to 2000. Our protagonist suffers from not only anxiety but also p...

 For my first project of my second year of university I was assigned the theme of maps & networks during the briefing with the intention of creating something that is connected with the title of the module. Having taken the assignment quite literally as you can imagine I carefully searched the meaning of the words "maps" and "networks" even variations of the words such as synonyms or even verbs like "networking" and what these could mean not only in the dictionary but also in this day and age of technology. Having spent a long time trying to come up with ideas I just couldn't come up with anything. Although I had already implanted in my mind what I wanted to improve on this time around in terms of production and post production, I still had no idea what I was going to do. I have this friend of mine who will video call me at least 20 times a day. Do I enjoy video calling? Sure. Do I find it necessary? No, unless we are in a distant country. The way ...