What inspires me as a filmmaker

Since being young, the idea of being able to combine visuals and sound to portray a story has always been of interest to me. It wasn't until I started studying at college that I realised that this was a passion of mine and that it was something I wanted to learn how to do myself.  Directors such as John Carpenter and Wes Craven inspire me as a filmmaker. Craven’s style of making you fear the ‘unknown familiar’ and use of real life to scare audiences, with films such as Nightmare on Elm Street which was based on high school bullying, is something I aspire to do in my own films. These directors created the basis for modern horror films.