Women Beside the Screen Wk1 – Introduction

This week was my first face-to-face class for 2021! This is was exciting and daunting at the same time being around a group of people in a small room was something I have not experienced in a long time. Once we were all together and hearing about everyone’s inspirations for choosing this studio really motivating and inspired me.

During class we watched and listened to content about women working within the industry, hearing from Kristen Stevens was very interesting and my first in person exposure of successful woman who has been working within the industry and spreading awareness of how great women are within the film industry. Getting her perspective and being consumed in her passion was truly amazing. The concepts that Kristen explained and the ideas behind why women are still not equally represented within film was very special and interesting to learn. Her passion towards MWFF was great to see, it is unfortunate that I missed the festival but I really look forward to contributing towards this amazing space dedicated to women creatives.

In addition to hearing from Kristen Stevens it was also great to watch part of the documentary on Jill Bilcock, being such an amazing editor and learning about what has contributed towards film was such an eye opening documentary.

These were key moments of the first week of the studio which were great first inspirations for the rest of the semester! I look forward to what is coming next.