Destiny’s Films

I’m a member of The Hospital Club!!! Okay, so what’s The Hospital Club? Well, it’s a really cool members club in Covent Garden and a lot of the members are from the creative industries. 

The Hospital run a scheme every year called the Creatives In Residence. I got shortlisted to represent film and won! I’m joined by 7 others that represent different creative outlets like fashion and music. They’re really cool so I’m having a great time. The first time we all met I laughed a lot and ended up getting drunk. That’s always a good sign.

On the night of the launch I got called up to the stage when my name was announced as the film representative. When I got up there a camera flash went off and startled me. All I could see were all these faces staring at me. I freaked out and stumbled on my speech. It was rubbish! I got given a cocktail with a strawberry on top afterwards however so it weren’t all bad.

The scheme includes me getting hooked up with a mentor and a life coach. I’ve never had my life coached before so should be interesting … 

They’re also gonna show Tight Jeans for two weeks before each of their film members screenings! They’re gonna do the same with The Park the following two weeks which is amazing. If you’re a member, be sure to check them out!

Ok, so it’s been a while since I’ve blogged so let me update you.

My film The Park got into the Birds Eye View Film Festival! It’s run by a bunch of cool chicks that were really nice to me. They hooked me up with interviews on Colourful Radio and BBC London Radio where Jason Solomon said that Tight Jeans was the best short film of the decade! It was a lot of fun.

On the way to my last screening, I got a phone call from one of the organizers telling me that BBC news would like to interview me. I was like “great, I’ll be there.” When I got there, I saw the interviewer sitting at a table with a couple of the Birds Eye View organizers. As the woman had a bunch of notes, I assumed that the interview was gonna be tape recorded. I sat with them and answered a bunch of questions. Next minute I know, a camera man appears. It turns out that that was just the prep, it was gonna be filmed. I was like “cool.” I get a little nervous in front of the camera but I told myself that everything was gonna be okay. The news lady asked me questions about being a female filmmaker and the pros and cons attached to that. I think that my answers were okay but not perfect. When the news lady signed off, I asked her  if she would like to do it again. She looks at me perplexed before saying “Oh, you can’t that was LIVE.” I start shaking, one of the organizers holds me and says “I left a message on your phone saying it was live, I thought you knew.” I couldn’t believe it, I have the worst rep when it comes to bad language. All I could think of was thank God I didn’t swear! That would’ve been awful, can you imagine ? “Oh fuck, I messed up that line, can we do it again?” I properly lucked out on that one. 

Here is a links to the Colourful Radio Interview

Colourful Radio