By Thomas StephensonFor as long as I can remember, I’ve loved movies. Watching them at home or in theaters, making them with my sister and friends on our family video camera, engaging in impassioned debates about what makes them work—or not—and everything in between. Throughout most of my life, the majority of my movie consumption was focused on feature-length films. It wasn’t until much later, as my film knowledge grew, that I fully grasped the significant impact that short films have had on me and the culture as a whole.Like most kids growing up in the '90s, the first short I ever saw was a Pixar film. Some of my earliest memories are of classics such as “Tin Toy”, “Knick Knack”, “Geri’s Game”, and “For the Birds.” Wallace and Gromit’s epic adventure to the moon in “A Grand Day Out” kicked off my obsession with its titular characters. To this day I remain a massive Wallace and Gromit fan and it was a joy to relive my childhood at the World Premiere of their latest adventure, “Vengeance Most Fowl” at the AFI Film Festival this year.Growing up, I always dreamed about working in the film industry, but wasn’t sure where I fit in. I was never interested in writing or directing, and didn’t feel I had the experience to go into production. My passion for film won out in the end; this time last year, after more than seven years of working in public relations and marketing for biotech companies,...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 31 October