Samoa, September 2017

Creating films with the students was such a gift. The random assortment of skills each of them brought to the table made it really fun to work out how best to utilize the snippets of technical knowledge that they had and create with them a cohesive final product. For example, by providence there was a 16-year old student who was interested in scoring films, and happened to be using the exact same software as me! It was fantastic to be able to share all of the tricks that I had learned in my years of using the program, and he actually taught a fantastic sidechaining trick that I’ll take away with me for my next projects. Obviously, the environment and sightseeing was amazing. Floating over giant clams and through coral reefs was pretty humbling as well as interesting, and our group made the most of the one GoPro that we brought with us. The tropical flora and the welcoming reception we were given by the locals really made us feel at home and we were soon totally comfortable with sharing our knowledge with everyone we met through the workshops. Overall, a fantastic experience on which I would happily embark on again