We went to Hyde Park Picture House to watch 'Made You Look' which was a film about creativity in the digital age, and then listened to a Q&A session afterwards.
The film spoke about links between digital and analogue image making techniques and how they can battle against etcher or work together in synthesis. It included loads of interviews with interesting opinions from practitioners working in the industry now. It was great to hear them talk openly about their practice, some had very strong views against digital media and others were more accepting of it.
What I gathered from this film is that it is totally up to you what media you choose to work with as long as it works for you and you are getting enjoyment from it and managing to support yourself with it. The film related strongly to my context of practice essay from first year and I actually referenced some quite from the trailer because the film wasn't out yet.
The Q&A session afterwards got me thinking about life after university and being in the big wide world by myself trying to get a job and make some money from what I have learnt and what I do. Similar to my conclusion in last years essay, I think that it is down to personal preference what media you use for your work, but with the ever-rising use of the internet as a means of communication, it will be impossible to avoid digital forever if you want to be succesful in the years ahead of us.
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