Me, Myself & I

Welcome everyone, I am Elena Escalante and I was born in the year 2000. Currently, I'm studying Media at Hurtwood House school. Before this whole new adventure, I used to live in Madrid with my family and I must admit that I still miss many things about my hometown and the people there. However, I am really excited about the opportunities that I might be having here in England and particularly in this school where creativity is genuinely praised. I must recognise that I have never experimented a lot with film making matters, though I have made some very short, amateur films. When I think about Media, the main objective that I have in mind as an artist is to get the spectators to appreciate my ideal aesthetic and my values as much as I do. Having said this, I am really looking forward to follow this motto and getting into practice as soon as possible.

Apart from having always been passionate about Media, I consider myself an avid reader and writer and a "part-time" artist. I can't help falling in love with the works of gods such as John Steinbeck, Truman Capote, Roald Dahl, Neil Gaiman, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bukowski and Lorca.

It's not that I hate TV —in fact, I love series like Sherock—, but I do find the Big Screen far more interesting, my favourite film directors being Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, John Ford and Quentin Tarantino, among many others. I am also very fond of films as varied as Breakfast at Tiffany's, Casablanca, Edward Scissorhands and Jim Henson's Labyrinth. I usually go to the cinema in the weekends, but my interest in Media truly started when I was a young child. I would sit in the sofa with my parents, and my father would pick a different film to watch each evening. By the end of it, I felt amazed and went on to recreate the scenes that I had most liked with my toys. The merit was due to the good choices that my father made and the details about it that he told me before or after the session. The tradition continues till present day, fortunately.

I have also had the opportunity to attend soundtrack music concerts in Madrid, as well as a Muse concert that I remember with especial sentiment. Concerts always help to get inspired; music in general does.

To conclude, I would like to clarify that what I most expect from this course is to get hands-on experience, meet people with a similar taste and ambition, get inspired and produce some good work thanks to the knowledge, help and resources that I hope I can have access to.

I'll guide you through a journey that is not only new for you, but also for me!