Designing website for accountants business
I am currently designing a website for the accountancy agency Pi accountants (paid), I am using the software Ionos.
Starting up my own jewellery business
I started making my own jewellery and this evolved into an opportunity to sell my items. I and working towards ,going this business online and will be doing the photography, making a website and managing the social media (which i have already started).
Helping to direct school play Chicago
I am currently helping mrs page to direct the school play Chicago, what I have done is staged some scenes, managing younger year groups and making sure that all the actors know what they’re doing, taken photos of the process, and made sure to make a props lists.
Directed a short film - “To Be Perceived”
I directed, co-wrote, acted in, edited, did the camerawork and makeup for a short film called “To Be Perceived” which was shortlisted for the Media Magazine competition. The film explores the effects what a person staring at a person could have on a persons psyche. Due to the increase in use of social media and the fact that everything is available online, people nowadays have a wider understanding of social issues, and the harm that social media can cause on how a person perceives themselves can lead to their wild imaginations thinking the worst. Our film explores the possible thoughts that someone could have when being stared out for a lengthy time.
BFI short course alumni:
From October-December 2023, i was accepted onto a BFI short course, where we met with industry professionals and learnt about their experiences in film and tv and the different career paths they took and why they chose the profession that they did. We met with people such as Kara Smith (wrote for game of thrones, black cake, etc), Rob Savage (horror film director: the boogeyman, the host etc.), Oscar winner Julie Foy and more. We also visited places like ARRI stage in Uxbridge where they filmed part of the Mandalorian.
Another part of the course was the opportunity to make our own short films using professional cameras and editing software, and our films were screened at the Lexi cinema. Ours was called ‘Not another slasher movie’ and I directed, co-wrote, and acted in it.
Media Magazine Article: The complexity of masculinity in the Mandalorian
· Star wars has quite a few story lines that include the trope of troubled father figure – including obi-wan Kenobi and Luke/Leia/Anakin, Anakin and Ashoka, Luke, Leia, and Anakin, hunter and omega, Star Wars is replete with relationships (healthy and not) between both biological fathers and children, and surrogate fathers and children.
· The Mandalorian is a perfect example of a contemporary ‘masculine anti-hero’ and is portrayed as such through the sleek, cool, angular armour worn by, Mando, a quiet loner who stays in the shadows until violence is needed, of which he handles with efficiently and brutality. Most of the first episode is taken by portraying his character and working to present him as a quiet and skilled assassin who can detach his emotions from the job, killing many criminals and mercenaries to get his cut. However, when he sees that the ‘asset’ he has been hired to capture, we see another side of him, the kinder, more nurturing side that you would not expect, and the side that is developed further with his time with Grogu (the child).
· His relationship with Grogu sees a change in Mando’s nature, his hard nature softens and he begins to see the bigger picture, rather than just doing what is best for him all the time, he actively protects Grogu. Through this protection he begins to connect with the wider communities that he was previously isolated from. His compassion also becomes more obvious as he learns how to parents, for example when Grogu is playing with the ship he says ‘stop touching things’ and ‘that’s not a toy’ but by the end of the episode he gives Grogu the part to play with as he learns that’s what a child needs.
· Moreover his paternal role is recognised by others with the armoured tasting that Grogu is now Grogu Djarin and his son.
· The Mandalorian and Grogu’s relationship is a special one, as it isn’t peppered with drama or punctuated with violence, they do not constantly fight against each other or work to cause the most pain (kyle ren and han solo), their strength comes from their unity and understanding of each other, and the way they change to benefit the both of them.
· Their relationship challenges contemporary stereotypes such as the father being solely the provider and not nurturing, and the stereotype that there are not really single fathers, only single mothers. It also challenged the idea that you can’t be scary or formidable and warm at the same time, there is a duality of character that is portrayed in the series without his character seeming disjointed or the change feeling forced. It presents a strong message about what it is to be masculine and challenges toxic masculinity that can be seen in the 21st century, he is in touch with his emotion yet he isn’t a ‘wimp’ or any less of a man for it.
· The Mandalorian is a perfect example of a contemporary ‘masculine anti-hero’ and is portrayed as such through the sleek, cool, angular armour worn by, Mando, a quiet loner who stays in the shadows until violence is needed, of which he handles with efficiently and brutality. Most of the first episode is taken by portraying his character and working to present him as a quiet and skilled assassin who can detach his emotions from the job, killing many criminals and mercenaries to get his cut. However, when he sees that the ‘asset’ he has been hired to capture, we see another side of him, the kinder, more nurturing side that you would not expect, and the side that is developed further with his time with Grogu (the child).
· His relationship with Grogu sees a change in Mando’s nature, his hard nature softens and he begins to see the bigger picture, rather than just doing what is best for him all the time, he actively protects Grogu. Through this protection he begins to connect with the wider communities that he was previously isolated from. His compassion also becomes more obvious as he learns how to parents, for example when Grogu is playing with the ship he says ‘stop touching things’ and ‘that’s not a toy’ but by the end of the episode he gives Grogu the part to play with as he learns that’s what a child needs.
· Moreover his paternal role is recognised by others with the armoured tasting that Grogu is now Grogu Djarin and his son.
· The Mandalorian and Grogu’s relationship is a special one, as it isn’t peppered with drama or punctuated with violence, they do not constantly fight against each other or work to cause the most pain (kyle ren and han solo), their strength comes from their unity and understanding of each other, and the way they change to benefit the both of them.
· Their relationship challenges contemporary stereotypes such as the father being solely the provider and not nurturing, and the stereotype that there are not really single fathers, only single mothers. It also challenged the idea that you can’t be scary or formidable and warm at the same time, there is a duality of character that is portrayed in the series without his character seeming disjointed or the change feeling forced. It presents a strong message about what it is to be masculine and challenges toxic masculinity that can be seen in the 21st century, he is in touch with his emotion yet he isn’t a ‘wimp’ or any less of a man for it.
Media Magazine Article - Alien, is it still a scream! (infographic)
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