Beccy Strong talk
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She is a film maker and now also works as an art
photographer
· She has also worked for the BBC as a camera woman and sound recordist
· Did a BA course at Manchester university, as a student she would go out clubbing at night and during the day she would spend her time recovering; she would then watch tv and watch what was going on in the world. This was the start of her passion for film making.
· Initially when working for the BBC she was taken on as an office working, doing typing, filing, scanning etc. Less than a year later she managed to get herself into the field and start doing filming.
· She did a project with the BBC where they went into the Amazonian jungle and took pictures of a domesticated big cat and made it look like it was a completely wild animal. As part of this deal, they helped make sure that she remained protected, within her environment.
· Once this project was finished, she found herself out of a job, so she contacted Kodak and struck a deal with them, through this they supplied her with the equipment that she needed. As part of this she also got in touch with BA Airlines and managed to get some tickets for her travel.
· She was set a project working 5 days, almost doing freelance work
· Elephant diary’s- Beccy’s first major series work, made up of 5 parts
· ‘Mountain Gorilla, A species in intensive care’ – this was a project that she carried out with her family, taking her son who was three at the time. It was a tough journey, but an amazing one as well. She found working like this hard, especially working in a job like this with a young son.
· Nomad Blood – Martha Tilston
· Later she went onto do an MA course at Plymouth University in photography
· Her work that she did for her first-year show was very similar to my own work that I am doing for the ‘Weird and Wonderful project’ in terms of taking a picture, the important thing is not to take anything away from the individuals. She documented the gay community and transgender individuals, and wanted to document their stories, so she decided to use recording as a method for this.
· Inspired by the book; ‘lost child in the woods’ – Richard Louv
· She has also worked for the BBC as a camera woman and sound recordist
· Did a BA course at Manchester university, as a student she would go out clubbing at night and during the day she would spend her time recovering; she would then watch tv and watch what was going on in the world. This was the start of her passion for film making.
· Initially when working for the BBC she was taken on as an office working, doing typing, filing, scanning etc. Less than a year later she managed to get herself into the field and start doing filming.
· She did a project with the BBC where they went into the Amazonian jungle and took pictures of a domesticated big cat and made it look like it was a completely wild animal. As part of this deal, they helped make sure that she remained protected, within her environment.
· Once this project was finished, she found herself out of a job, so she contacted Kodak and struck a deal with them, through this they supplied her with the equipment that she needed. As part of this she also got in touch with BA Airlines and managed to get some tickets for her travel.
· She was set a project working 5 days, almost doing freelance work
· Elephant diary’s- Beccy’s first major series work, made up of 5 parts
· ‘Mountain Gorilla, A species in intensive care’ – this was a project that she carried out with her family, taking her son who was three at the time. It was a tough journey, but an amazing one as well. She found working like this hard, especially working in a job like this with a young son.
· Nomad Blood – Martha Tilston
· Later she went onto do an MA course at Plymouth University in photography
· Her work that she did for her first-year show was very similar to my own work that I am doing for the ‘Weird and Wonderful project’ in terms of taking a picture, the important thing is not to take anything away from the individuals. She documented the gay community and transgender individuals, and wanted to document their stories, so she decided to use recording as a method for this.
· Inspired by the book; ‘lost child in the woods’ – Richard Louv
