“somebody” 30.01.26
honestly wishing the best for this release. Doul has put in some great work on this track and it deserves attention. Was a last minute shoot but we got it done on the day really happy with the photos they came out especially good. Next time we can go bigger for sure.
follow @doulwatt , keep your eyes on him this year.
also happy late birthday xxx, you raised this generation of artists.
2026 is supposedly bad fortune for the year of the monkey, which makes this the perfect year to win anyway.
i feel like last year i didn’t apply myself properly. I did some shoots, shot some stuff I’m really proud of… but on my days off i found it difficult to keep myself going. i guess it was a form of depression or anxiety; i kept showing up to work with 1000% energy when i didn’t need to, but in private it became a weird mental self-harm. not being able to progress personally and get up to take the photos i wanted. it definitely led to all of the photos i took alone last year into becoming empty spaces, no faces shown, silhouetted figures which became scary when i realised they were a reflection of myself. i know who i am, but struggled to engage in the good parts. focussing on the quiet, awkward and stressed parts of myself. It added up and became demotivating to look at the work i was creating and feel emptiness. on the other hand, when the photos felt exciting and motivated by (what i can only describe as) mania; there isn’t a greater feeling. my mind is asking me to focus on that part of myself.
happy new year if you’re reading.
to create a great film is so difficult, that’s why we keep trying.
On halloween 2025 we graduated. it took 2 years to find out filmmaking is long addition. each number is adding a total of mistakes that eventually equal a film. i think a nice way to view it is- the more mistakes you make the better the film will be. I distinctly remember my kickboxing coach, mr. stocker, repeating to me over years, “nothing is impossible, everything is a challenge”. When we see things as a challenge, it will become something to reach for… it becomes physical- he said •-• with that in mind; so many annoying things can happen when making a film. i guess it’s like running a marathon. you could cramp up, you might collapse while running and it just feels impossible. but the challenge isn’t to finish the race when you fall, it’s to get back up.
to all of us graduating: we are proof to ourselves that we can get back up and show up to a challenge. with enough persistence, determination and devotion to ourselves we ran the marathon. the challenge became physical and was handed to us on paper, proof that we got to the finish line.
i wish i took more photos of everyone but i guess i was lost in the moment for most of it and i couldn’t track everyone down so forgive me for using goofy photos of you all especially the goat tutor tommy since i feel like he just arrived and was reasonably sober.
I also was given the ‘emerging filmmaker award’ which was voted for by my class and i’m still really lost about, but i promise you will all be on set to make the next one with me.
