The Value of Time

29 April 2015

Freelancers are aware of the challenges they face in managing time, and most of us acknowledge that time is a valuable resource. Despite this, time is often squandered.  Perhaps this is because time feels amorphous and can be difficult to quantify. I have been both freelance and a company director for the majority of my […]

The Joy of Practice

5 November 2014

I’ve been pretty ‘creative’ my whole life and have turned my hand to a variety of art forms. As a teenager, I was a competent musician, I have been dancing, drawing and painting since childhood, and I’ve enjoyed writing on and off since college. I’ve also been cavalier in my approach and tend to drop […]

MPAA 2012 Statistics

10 March 2014

The Motion Picture Association of America has published its movie going stats for 2012.  There are some interesting figures to pull out.  Firstly, and this continues the conversation about Women in Film, female attendance is up from 2011 by 1%.  So 52% of women attend cinema versus 48% of men.  This is in relation to […]

Women in Film

14 February 2014

When I walked onto my first feature film set in 1998, I was one of a handful of females.  I was also young and the assumption was that I was either an actress, or part of make-up and hair.  Then, as now, the majority of film crews and HODs (heads of department) are men.  Although […]

Why the 40 Hour Work Week Wasn’t Such a Bad Idea

11 February 2014

Anyone who reads my blog on a regular basis knows that I often bang on about how people do not value their time enough. Film crews for instance, have been asked to work longer and longer hours for the same rate of pay. And in many cases, for an even lower rate of pay since […]

Muscles, Memory and Movement

11 February 2014

When the body performs a movement, the muscles and the brain send messages to each other, forming a neural feedback loop that will be reactivated the next time this movement occurs. Sometimes, this loop can be interrupted or malformed through injury or bad habits, resulting in injury or muscular atrophy.  Lately, I’ve also been wondering […]

Perfect Day

10 January 2014

It’s not often that one can say this, but yesterday I think I had a perfect day.  I’m working on a new film, with a group of wonderfully professional and lovely people.  The day started with a productive and playful dance rehearsal, and finished with a session in the gym and dinner with my sister.  […]

The Value of Time

27 June 2013

A friend of mine was recently promoted. Of course, she was given a raise. She was also told that she would (informally) be required to work around 55 hours per week. This was 10-15 hours MORE then she had been working. My fella pointed this out and said; “so you haven’t actually got a raise, […]

In Other News…

24 August 2012

In other news, the Olympics came and went and aside from the ‘Hobbits in the shire’ opening, I very much enjoyed the opening ceremonies. When I could tear myself away from mate spotting, the two stand out moments for me were the tribute to the NHS (take that America!) and a wonderful piece by the […]

The Optimism Bias

31 January 2012

I’ve been reading a book called ‘The Optimism Bias‘ by Tali Sharot. In a nutshell, the premise of the book is that people tend to have a cognitive bias towards optimism, and that this bias has been naturally selected for because it helps us to get things done, to move forward, to procreate. The reality […]

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