I’m in The New Wave – A Celluloid Revolution for @lbbonline @cinelabuk speaking about learning how to develop and print my own photographs as a teenager to shooting on film and why I love it. You can read the full article online (link in bio) For me, shooting on film is as much about the process as the end product. It demands a more considered and thoughtful approach to filming. In practical terms, there’s a very real financial cost with every second you shoot, so it means you have to be very precise and efficient. It creates an atmosphere on set that’s attentive and focused, I can’t really put it into words but it somehow elevates the whole production. There’s a magic to the analogue process that everyone collectively respects and appreciates. The latitude, character, depth, and colour of film yields softer, more romantic and dreamlike visuals that just connect with me in a much more visceral way. I also love the imperfections of film, the fact that some things are out of your control. That’s the beauty of film, it captures the moment and translates it into a physical form. The marks, the light leaks, the hairs, the weird defects become the happy accidents. Shooting digitally has a more clinical, clean, cold aesthetic which feels more alien to me. I think it goes back to my early relationship to film as a teenager, when I fell in love with the physical process.