Back to stories listingNicole Georgiou
I started at London based production company, Silverfish Films, as a runner in the summer of my graduating year. It was only supposed to be for one shoot but I kept offering to help with other tasks and made myself useful elsewhere. I think immersing yourself, having the right attitude and not being scared to be thrown into the deep end is probably what helped the most.
I am now an in-house Director/Producer at the company. It involves a whole range of different things, especially because I work on shorter-form content which means that no day is ever the same and we are constantly moving on to the next film. I develop ideas and scripts, manage clients, organise shoots globally, conduct interviews, pull stories together and oversee edits until final delivery.
I think the exciting thing about it is having the ability to have an idea and see it come to life from beginning to end. I have found stories in remote villages in Malawi, gone out there and made them into films that have given voices to people who wouldn’t otherwise be heard. This has resulted in securing additional funding to help more people like them which I think is a pretty great thing to be a part of.
I think the best thing about the course is how practical it is. Being taught the entire production process and how to do things – from scheduling to editing for various genres gave me the ability to pick up different skills and an all-around understanding of how to make a film. I was then able to implement those skills by doing multiple shoots throughout my degree. It gave us a space where I could test out what worked and what didn’t, and I was able to learn from that and improve with each film I made with the support of my lecturers.
By the time I had to go on a shoot for work, I had a pretty strong understanding of what to expect and what to do, which helped me make myself really useful and I was then able to use this knowledge to develop my skills even further.
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