“Film Studies has been my favourite subject and working in filmmaking is ultimately the career I want to go into. It also gave me the opportunity to gain a place on the prestigious BFI Film Academy, where we took part in workshops with cinematographers and writers to work on real film set to produce a film that was shown at the cinema. We are studying ‘Hollywood Film’ as a module and, last week, we watched Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’. After watching the film, we talked about different emerging concepts from the film that you’re not always aware of, such as Auteur Theory, gender, post-World War II, masculinity and Freud.

We are currently planning the production of a short film, which means we produce a portfolio of pictures, ideas, a journal, inspirations, analysis and ultimately shoot our own film at the end of the year. We visit HOME Arts Centre in Manchester for courses and screenings, and there is a Berlin trip coming up where we will get to experience the culture and creativity across the city. Our teachers support us in applying for the BFI Film Academy, and I was one of the lucky ones to gain a place. This was great and I worked with industry professionals to produce my own film which was screened at the cinema.”