With Yourself

The main ambition of this project was to create a story that highlighted the internal dialect we all face on a day-to-day basis. I chose to draw attention to the fact that our thoughts can directly impact how we feel in our day, and it’s even more prevalent now in a time where most feel isolated. In this film, I wanted to embrace nature and the grand scale of the Wild Atlantic Way (Sligo, Ireland), as I believe nature is a great way to re-calibrate the mind in many senses. I chose writing as the leading form of rumination as this is when we are most aware of the internal exchange. When we write, we are putting our introspection directly onto paper, I felt that the written reflection of downhearted thoughts would make for an interesting self-revelation. I aimed to create a strong auteur-driven piece of stylised filmmaking, with a visual style not motivated by realism but routed in telling a story through powerful cinematography and music.