We have just passed the equinox and I am now a quarter of the way through which seems quite incredible. Yesterday was the first day I didn’t need a light filter, and the sun, which was straight in my eyes just a month ago, is now tucked behind the trees. The light is changing rapidly.…

At sixth form college in Walthamstow my A-level philosophy teacher, Mr Ellis, came in one day looking depressed. He told us he had spent most of the night before writing a list of all the books he wanted to read and had then calculated that even if he read every waking moment from now on…

I have nearly two months worth of footage and feel that I have an overwhelming amount of material already (over eight hours of footage). I am now beginning to wonder whether my original concept of the piece is limiting in some way. There will be a novelty to watching the tides go in and out…

So the teething problems I mentioned in my earlier post turned out actually not to be teething problems at all but a mistake I’d made  manipulating the clips in final cut. It was a big relief when I worked this out (a few hours after posting the blog) although I also felt a little silly. …

This project has made me think a lot about my relationship to where I live. Moving here from London, to one of the most remote places in Britain, was an extreme decision to make. Deciding not to leave for a year is arguably even more extreme and has challenged me to examine why it is…

The last couple of weeks hasn’t been an easy. It took two weeks to stop tinkering around with the shot. Then another few days trying to work out why I was moving around all over the place (my shoes I think). Only to find after checking today that the picture is still moving too much.…

  The platform and I are gradually settling in. I still have to resist changing the shot and let go of that bit now (although bizarrely I have been neglecting the one thing I do have control over – and have found myself making a mental note each day to check my bloody hair!) Strangely…

So the process has begun! Karen and Andy  have helped me to build a platform from a pallet and a sheet of marine ply which sounds basic but it has been banked up with a lot of gravel and staked to the ground so it doesn’t move (for the next year anyway). I have lovingly…