About the Project
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Me.
Hi there! My name is Sophie, and I am the
girl behind the project. At 21, I have an Arts Degree in literature, history,
film and social enterprise from Griffith University, as well as a pretty sweet
job at my state’s writers’ centre. Needless to say, none of the opinions stated
here have any sort of affiliation with either. You can find my personal & writerly blog over at http://owlishgirl.blogspot.com.au/
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at anowlishgirl at gmail dot com.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at anowlishgirl at gmail dot com.
About the
Project
I've
always been a pretty intense lover of cinema. A lot of this can be pinned to a
pretty intense love of stories and storytelling generally. I grew up reading,
being read too, getting involved in literature as an experience, as a world of
thought, and when I got a little older I started to view film as something that
was just an extension of this. Film as book's spouse, its lover, and in that
way it married itself to me as well.
I kind of
got into this thing early last year where I wanted to re-educate myself in old
things. I read a lot of classic literature - from Plato to Bronte, Franklin to
Dark, James to Kerouac. I loved some of it (Dark especially) and hated some too
(Dickens, weirdly). It was this learning curve in the best kinds of ways, and I
found myself wanting to mirror the process with film. To dip my toe in the
mise-en-scene of a hundred different genres and eras and to meet characters
that I only knew through the remakes. I ended up deciding to do this by
watching all the nominated Oscar films that I could get my hands on - to work
my way through history from Wings to The Artist, and this is
something that I'm edging towards, enjoying, and I figured that it could be a
cool thing to share with people here.
As a rule, I update with reviews on Tuesdays and Thursdays with the occasional Saturday surprise, and am currently reviewing the first Academy Awards.
As a rule, I update with reviews on Tuesdays and Thursdays with the occasional Saturday surprise, and am currently reviewing the first Academy Awards.
xo
About Me
- owlish
- Sophie Overett is a 22-year-old writer from Brisbane, Australia. She has a propensity for thermal singlets, white wine and making bios sound like terrible dating profiles. Her work has been published in Voiceworks and Writing Queensland. She’s also a fortnightly online columnist for Lip Mag where she writes about representations of women on TV. She has two cats and a blog. You should probably check out that last one.