From Graduate to Commercial and Funded: the journey of a Narrative Director.
With Solent University film production graduate Aram Atkinson.
Join Him as he returns to Solent to talk his route from graduate to working narrative director.
There’s no set pathway for filmmakers and creatives like there is for more traditional careers, so I had no idea what to do when I graduated from Solent in 2013. I stumbled along just figuring it out one short film or low-paid job at a time. 11 years on, though, and I can celebrate having shot films that have played at BAFTA-qualifying festivals, designed creative campaigns for global brands, directed commercials on aircraft carriers, produced docs across Europe, Asia, and Africa, and this summer, I will be directing my first funded short film. Telling stories and knowing how to use a camera has unlocked some amazing experiences for me, and I want to help the filmmakers of tomorrow do the same!
Aram has won national and international awards, had films screened at BAFTA qualifying film festivals, directed commercials for brands like the Royal Navy and British Airways, more recently he has been funded for an original short film.