Directed by Richard Armitage & Josh Knox
Things are finally looking up, and it’s almost hard to imagine a locked-down London right now.
Ezra takes us on a journey through a desolate London as he reminisces on what life was like before all of this, whilst reminding us of how far we have come.
READ OUR INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD
Tell us a bit about yourself and your filmmaking background.
I have always had a keen interest in all things film and photo since a young age, I think skateboarding played a key part in that. I moved to London to study Photography, just from being here and surrounding myself with likeminded people, I soon found myself working in the world of film. Since then I have been shooting all types of content all over the world, I can't imagine doing anything else.
How did lockdown affect your creativity and inspiration to make art?
It’s been very up and down, at times being locked up has actually given me more inspiration to get out and create. Whilst on the other hand it can completely suck all of the life out of you, leaving you more demotivated than ever.
What obstacles did you overcome while in the making of this film?
With lockdown affecting the creative industry so hard, it has been difficult to keep motivated at times. Rather than letting it bring us down we took the opportunity to get out and make something.
I think the concept was the most difficult part of the whole process. We really wanted to create something that reflects these incredible times, something that we can look back on in the future to remind us of what we have all been through, and how far we have come. We chose to tell this story through a poem, describing all the things we love, what we miss and what we hope for once things open up again. We used a skateboarder as a visual vehicle to show the state of the city, London has never looked anything like this, and probably never will again, we had to document it.
Any hacks or tips for making a short film?
Just get out there and go for it, act on inspiration, the worst thing you can do is sit on an idea for too long and let it deteriorate.
Tell us about the journey of getting your film to audiences.
The whole process of promoting films like this is a very new journey for me, so I’m currently learning about how this works, it's very confusing.
What are you working on now?
I have another short film that I also shot at home over lockdown, I just haven’t had the time to really get stuck into the edit yet, I’m super excited to get working on it though!
Any film recommendations that we should add to our watchlist?
Too many to list!
I did watch ‘THE LAST STORM’ by Liam Saint-Pierre last night though and loved it, well worth a watch!