So after five years in total of studying media at college & creative film productions in university I finally made it to the season finale. I handed in my final dissertation which was a written piece on 'How American cinema demonstrate racial & political commentary on African American hairstyles through aesthetics'. My dissertation was six thousand words also including three researched films of my choice, with references to Bell hooks & Stuart Hall. I have to say studying media & creative film productions at university gave me a chance to discover black history in cinema. Through Blaxploitation films such as Black dynamite or Shaft as well as social awareness movies such as School Daze 1998 Directed by Spike Lee. I felt that I have found my ambition to study black culture in cinema & feel proud to see how far we have come in cinema history. I would like to add towards that movement one day, to direct, write or produce a movie around black excellence.

I was on Instagram a while ago a saw post regarding black culture in cinema so far. They Instagram influencer made a valid point which was "Why is every black movie has to have a storyline related to slavery, gangs or police brutality? Why can't we just see a movie where a black individual is running their own company or an action hero? Why does it have to based black people overcoming historical adversity?". It was something that completely went over my head for someone who is invested in cinema & tv series. I feel like now we are slowly moving towards that dream, I would hope to add towards it. 

While been in lockdown I have decided to look at my life to such a degree, mentally, physically, & finically. I have defiantly have been effected by Covid related to my business. At the same I am looking to studying more ways to increase my finances & develop new ideas through business. 

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2 weeks ago I did my very first booking in photography since Lockdown. The booking was for a client who has developed a brand new business around selling trainers online. He had contacted me to ask if I could take professional product photography for his trainers. My thoughts while working on product photography was that I never really missed a beat. I was very grateful and ambitious to be working on a pair of trainers to promote. At the same time I do miss taking pictures of live audiences and working at different events. I do believe that by the end of the year hopefully I would have accomplished a lot more with my photography business. 


During the past 6 months of been involved in Lockdown and even in 2020 it definitely has made an impact on my business like everyone else. It has also given me an opportunity to learn more skills in terms of promoting my business online, I am happy to say that I have developed new skills. One of them is Facebook Ads, by using Facebook Ads I am able to generate more audiences towards my business. Another strategy I have applied is blogging. By writing out blogs like these it helps me to articulate my thoughts and opinions online, it allows me to express myself more in depth. Finally Tiktok, this was an interesting one for me because I have spent countless time looking at Tiktok videos on Instagram then realised how much attention I am giving. Tiktok allows audiences to use music freely to promote any concepts. This will attract more attention to your business as well as developing new energy. This keeps your content fresh, creative and energized daily.

I hope you guys succeed in everything you do in life, whether its though fitness, business or acting. Anything you set your mind to. Always be willing to learn from others. 

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​So I have been studying a film degree and so far it has been a ambitious thrill ride from start to finish. I am at a point where I am about to hand in my last two assignments, one is my dissertation and the other is critical evaluation. The start of 2021 has been quite challenging because my classes had to be switched to online sessions which means that I was un able to accomplish some of my projects to the degree I visualised. It was only my practically assignments that was affected by lockdown, my work around planning my dissertation has been going well. In terms of my practical assignment I needed to complete a 5 mini series on a MMA fighters journey of who he is and how Covid has effected him during the pandemic. My original plan was to make one big 16 minute long documentary. I was going to interview him by asking questions like 'Who he is?' and 'What does he do?' then evolve the topic around his perspective on the sport itself. I was then going to film him training and mix the footages together under one montage spectacle. The problem is that the gyms closed down and I had no access to film him face to face. 

The new plan was to create a 5 mini series instead and to break them down into 3-9 minute parts allowing the audiences to specially understand his side of the story from multiple perspectives. For example one episode was about the adversities he has gone through, another was based around how Covid has effected his training sessions etc. This situation allowed me to be more creative on how I tell his story by using content he has sent me as well as making experimental art concepts to enable his opinions more visually. In the end I was quite happy how the series turned out and I can't wait to see his reaction when he sees all 5 episodes one by one. Lockdown has made it challenging for me but it as enabled me to learn and to grow in so many aspects, I feel like a new person. Even stronger. I know it is not me making this up because since I have seen family members, friends they can sense a brand new energy and vibrancy from my personality. 

I hope that anyone who is going through university during this time has found the chance to improve personally, mentally and emotionally. I want you guys to read this and believe that everyone has had a tough time during lockdown and it is okay because we can come out stronger. 

​Here is a small PDF book you can download for free 'How to find peace within' and link to the Yoga burn challenge package as well.

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So recently we have just left another lockdown on April 12th I believe. My thoughts so far is that during the first couple of days been back into the normal world, been around a numerous amount of people in terms of walking around my city Birmingham there was a small sense of anxiety. Not too much but there was a small feeling. It felt a little bit surreal at first to be around a lot of people, just like everyone else I have been in my home working on university assignment's. So to be present around people it did feel more then just a couple of months, in fact it felt like I have been away from the world for a whole year or even longer. This time now I feel very different, more related and more composed, even though it has been too good for some during the lockdown periods it different gave others a chance reflect on themselves and trying figure out what want in life as individuals. I started to meditate a lot during lockdown, I wanted to allow myself to be more calm and find ways to gain a peaceful mind frame for the lockdown period. I would have to say it was really was a great way to find a new form of peace for myself. As soon as I adjusted to the real world once again, I found myself setting  in quiet nicely. Maybe it took a couple of weeks or two but in the end eventually I feel more motivated then ever.

To anyone who is reading this post, I hope you found it easy to gain back your confidence in terms of getting back into the real world once more. I have spoken about meditation which was once of the ways that has kept me a peace and more abundant. 

Here is a small PDF book you can download for free 'How to find peace within' and link to the Yoga burn challenge package as well.

Enjoy!

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