There comes a point in everyone’s career where you get an opportunity to work on film, whether 16mm, 35mm or others. Usually this first opportunity comes with incredible excitement and stress. I know it did for me! There are a few different ways of learning how to load or work with film. If it’s within your financial means, there are different short courses you can take at GBCT or NFTS, where the most experienced people will teach you the ins and outs of working with film on a variety of cameras. Another option is to ask a DOP, focus puller or loader to do you a favour and take you to a rental house and pass on their knowledge themselves. I was lucky enough to be taught this way.

Anna: I always knew I wanted to study in London, but I couldn’t decide between spatial design or graphic design (eventually I decided to do graphic design). The degree was really broad and was far more, what I now know to be, based around art direction than pure graphic design, but I still had no idea that production design and art direction were an option for jobs at that point.