Let me explain.

First of all, allow me explain something.

My name is Mike Morrell and I am soon to be a film student at Westminster Film School in London. That "soon to be" is in fact two weeks! Man, time flies by when you're...doing nothing.

The idea of this blog is to allow anyone the chance to follow my filmmaking journey. Though I start in humble beginnings, my aim is to make it to the top (and unlike most film students, I don't mean top of the nearest Tesco management scheme.)

Sure, it sounds unlikely.
Everyone wants to be a film director.
Everyone wants to go to Hollywood.
Everyone wants to be in the movies.

But I just think back and realise that even Francis Ford Coppola, the director of 'The Godfather', started in film school. Sure, he was in Los Angeles and I'm in London, but we all have to start somewhere, right?

Though I am often filled with doubt that I could ever make my (and excuse the disney like sentiment) ...dreams come true... I'll do what it takes to work as a productive and finally, influenetial member of this brilliant industry.

This blog will serve as part personal diary, part record of my filmmaking journey, spanning film school and hopefully beyond. I figure that if so many people try and fail on this journey, it might at least help for me to look back on the choices I've made and maybe, maybe get some advice from my readers in the future.

The journey begins. I think it starts uphill.