Post by Aaron Dunleavy on Nov 26, 2012 23:29:13 GMT
Hello, I've just joined the forum and thought I should start by introducing myself.
My name is Aaron and I'm an 18 year old filmmaking student at Blackburn College in Lancashire. I am massively influenced by Shane's style of work and aspire to be working at his level in the future.
As strange as it sounds coming from a filmmaker, I actually don't watch a great deal of films and have little interest in the big Hollywood blockbusters that everyone else seems to rave about. I love gritty British films focused around social realism and kitchen sink drama which explains why Shane Meadows is my biggest inspiration as a filmmaker.
I first fell in love with his work after watching This is England a little while after it was released and have since been working through his catalogue of films as well as all the commentary and behind the scenes goodness that I could find. I still have a good amount of his work to watch including Twenty Four Seven and Once Upon a Time in the Midlands as well as most of his early shorts but I purposely have spread out his films so that I have something to look forward to and don't see everything too quickly.
I am 3 years into a college course and will be off to university next year, I really want to make the right choice and at the moment don't really know which course would suit me best. If anyone could give me any recommendations or advice I would appreciate it.
I have made quite a bit of work whilst being at college and I'm currently finalising a short which I have recently filmed, heavily inspired by Shane. I will be posting it in the next week or so if you would like to take a look. Whilst I have been at college I have had several international opportunities in South Africa where I have made a few short documentaries on the apartheid and slavery that once plagued the nations. Whilst it was an incredibly life changing experience, I know that I want to go into narrative film rather than documentary.
Last week I went to the Warp Films 10th anniversary in Sheffield where they screened the live re-score of Dead Man's Shoes. It was honestly the best night of my life and a rather surreal experience walking around the venue with the cast and crew of the film as well as other Warp releases. I met a lot of familiar faces including Shane and Mark Herbert, both really great to speak to and Shane remembered being taught photography along with Paddy Considine by a tutor who now teaches at my college in Blackburn. It was a really incredible event and I definitely want to attend more similar Warp nights in the future.
If anyone has any recommendations in terms of filmmakers or films similar to Shane and his work that you think I might enjoy please let me know!
Thanks,
Aaron.
My name is Aaron and I'm an 18 year old filmmaking student at Blackburn College in Lancashire. I am massively influenced by Shane's style of work and aspire to be working at his level in the future.
As strange as it sounds coming from a filmmaker, I actually don't watch a great deal of films and have little interest in the big Hollywood blockbusters that everyone else seems to rave about. I love gritty British films focused around social realism and kitchen sink drama which explains why Shane Meadows is my biggest inspiration as a filmmaker.
I first fell in love with his work after watching This is England a little while after it was released and have since been working through his catalogue of films as well as all the commentary and behind the scenes goodness that I could find. I still have a good amount of his work to watch including Twenty Four Seven and Once Upon a Time in the Midlands as well as most of his early shorts but I purposely have spread out his films so that I have something to look forward to and don't see everything too quickly.
I am 3 years into a college course and will be off to university next year, I really want to make the right choice and at the moment don't really know which course would suit me best. If anyone could give me any recommendations or advice I would appreciate it.
I have made quite a bit of work whilst being at college and I'm currently finalising a short which I have recently filmed, heavily inspired by Shane. I will be posting it in the next week or so if you would like to take a look. Whilst I have been at college I have had several international opportunities in South Africa where I have made a few short documentaries on the apartheid and slavery that once plagued the nations. Whilst it was an incredibly life changing experience, I know that I want to go into narrative film rather than documentary.
Last week I went to the Warp Films 10th anniversary in Sheffield where they screened the live re-score of Dead Man's Shoes. It was honestly the best night of my life and a rather surreal experience walking around the venue with the cast and crew of the film as well as other Warp releases. I met a lot of familiar faces including Shane and Mark Herbert, both really great to speak to and Shane remembered being taught photography along with Paddy Considine by a tutor who now teaches at my college in Blackburn. It was a really incredible event and I definitely want to attend more similar Warp nights in the future.
If anyone has any recommendations in terms of filmmakers or films similar to Shane and his work that you think I might enjoy please let me know!
Thanks,
Aaron.
