In late 2011 I entered a competition run by Stoli Vodka to find four people to star in a short film about creativity in the UK. I was a brand new artist at the time, having just finished my course at the London College of Communication four months earlier. I had begun to sell my work to the public only two months earlier. I was terrified of winning, but I entered anyway……in the dying hours of the competition.
And because life always gives you what you need, whether you’re ready for it or not……I won! The following January I was filmed by BAFTA award winning filmmaker, Martin Smith, while I shot some new images for my “Tales from the Moors Country” series. I’m absolutely thrilled with the stunning cinematography and how Martin was really able to capture the aesthetic and the mood of my images, without showing the finished work….no mean feat with someone who edits their images as much as I do.
I am so proud to have been involved in this project. I hope that anyone who sees it and is in the position I was in, can feel the power of possibility lift the weight from their shoulders.
So, take a look at Twenty Four: Four and I hope it can do as much for you as it did for me. There are some images from the premiere below the video, along with the finished image I was working on during filming.
If the film strikes a chord with you and you find it inspiring, please tweet it, share it, email it to your friends and let’s help everyone to live a more creative life.
And here’s the final image, Raven’s Song.
