Unit 6.1

The past month has been interesting to say the least. After having a good few months of being woefully unproductive, everything started to happen at once. I never lost sight of my ambitions, but my ideas on how to make them come to life were starting to waver.

I still to this day believe that the best way to learn something is to do it, to practice it, so my point of view on making films is if even your with a group of friends, without any budget or proffesional no how but filming things you think are interesting, its going to be a valuble experience. So with that point of view firmly in mind I was ready for a Kevin Smith start to my film making carrer, shooting after hours in the back of the shop where I work, getting mates to act and make props.

And while this is still very likely to be how I start out, now I have been given an insight into the industry I would never have pictured myself of getting a couple of months ago. I've managed to get an apprenticeship with a film distribution company, which is showing me how a film actually gets shown to the public, if following the traditional methods, something which normally few people get hands on experience in, especially at 18.

So on top of learning useful information thats relevant to what I'm interested in, I'm in a stimulating enviroment surrounded by people who share a passion for film, like mine, which is a valuble source of inspiration. So in other words, its a pretty long way off from where I saw myself a few months ago.