
Cinema, the Extended Mind and Beyond
In The Extended Mind thesis, Andy Clark and David Chalmers draw attention to the idea that the mind isn’t ‘(all) in the head’ and that it also extends outside of the body (1998: p.2). Chalmers and Clark argue ‘beliefs can be constituted partly by features of the environment, when those features play the right sort of role in driving cognitive processes...the mind extends into the world’ (1998: p.5). The Extended Mind thesis is made up of three interrelated points: the extende

Film School: A Graduate's Perspective
From October 2013 to November 2014, I attended the Met Film School based at Ealing Studios, London for a Masters in filmmaking, specifically Directing. Since leaving film school, I’m constantly asked by people whether or not it was worth going and whether they themselves should attend. In this retrospective look, I highlight the realistic expectations of film school and how it was the right decision FOR ME, but additionally how its not guaranteed to be the right decision for