Today we viewed a majority of the classes PB3 submissions in a mini film festival, which wasn’t a bad start to the morning of my 18th birthday.

I was honestly blown away by the skills of some of the kids in my class; I envied their ability to seamlessly join audio and visual in a holy matrimony to create these productions of a professional standard. It’s so intimidating when you know that you’re sitting in the same room as these incredibly talented people based purely on luck.

We ran out of time for my group to have a crack at the ‘coloured hats’ evaluation process, however the most striking film to me was by a girl named Hannah, who interviewed her grandmother in her nursing home. These were the notes that I jotted down:

• Lack of score is jarring, but in a provocatively good way.
• Grandmother is excellent talent – delivers really well in front of camera and presents as a loveable character.
• Found footage ties in seamlessly with the discussion of love and marriage, it almost seems as though that is footage from the grandmother’s wedding.
• The background noise from the nursing home gives the interview an overall realistic and voyeuristic feel, brilliant.