{"id":12668,"date":"2018-07-30T11:35:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T10:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.city-academy.com\/news\/?p=12668"},"modified":"2018-10-16T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T13:45:00","slug":"meet-our-tutors-mike-rymer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.city-academy.com\/news\/meet-our-tutors-mike-rymer\/","title":{"rendered":"MEET OUR TUTORS: MIKE RYMER"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mike is an award winning writer and director as well as a City Academy Film School <\/a>tutor. Find out what inspired his journey into the film industry and how to make your own personal breakthrough....<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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What first inspired you to get into filmmaking?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first film I remember watching at the cinema was The Jungle Book<\/em>. I grew up in the 80s which is finding a resurgence in popularity now with shows like Stranger Things<\/em>. It was an era of Blockbuster cinematic fantasies, video rental, very few TV channels, and no internet, so cinema was a big influence. There wasn't a single lightbulb moment, but I loved watching films. There was something so immersive about the joining of image and sound that I didn't get from reading, and I became interested to find out how it was done.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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What was your first \u2018break\u2019 into filmmaking?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I find it's useful to think about achievement like digging a tunnel. The moment you break through is just the final strike of the hammer, and it is all the work leading to that point that puts you in a position to see the daylight. When starting out, I contacted around a hundred production companies, received two replies and one was a 'yes' that led to a few weeks work experience and got me in the door. I built my experience from that point, taking running (entry-level) jobs wherever possible, and soaking up all the information I could find.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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What\u2019s the piece of work that you are most proud of?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I made a short drama called SICK<\/em>, which sought to raise awareness of mental health issues. It was funded by an NHS Charity, endorsed by Samaritans, received a clutch of awards, and was distributed on DVD as part of the Film Four Forgotten Classics Collection<\/em> and through BFI Shop. I think that project achieved what it set out to, having played to audiences at mental health events the world over, which is very gratifying.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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What or who do you admire in the filmmaking industry at the moment?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh wow, such a big question. Everyone who is shaping the agenda for equality and diversity is doing the industry, its practitioners, and its audiences a great service. Those who aspire to filmmaking, the people who join City Academy's courses, are in a stronger position because of this rebalancing. The more varied the voices, the richer the stories, and I look forward to many more of those transformative moments that first led me to cinema.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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What are you currently working on?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alongside teaching and corporate projects, I am researching a remastering of the short film SICK<\/em> for distribution online and developing more narrative work that I hope to make in the future. The final, break-through hammer-stroke is just another beginning. The job now is to widen the aperture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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What can students expect in your classes?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Students can expect to surprise themselves, they are often so much more capable than they realise. Finding a way into filmmaking<\/a> is about finding your place in its structures - connecting who you are with what it offers. Like me, rather than a lightbulb moment, students may be on a journey of evolving curiosity about what filmmaking could mean for them. My classes will help them carve out a way forward and take steps towards their own breakthrough.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Mike Rymer<\/a> is a City Academy Filmmaking<\/a> and Cinematography<\/a> tutor - City Academy run adult Filmmaking<\/a>\u00a0across central London, find a class for you below:<\/p>\n

- All Filmmaking classes\u00a0<\/a>
\n<\/strong>- Filmmaking for Beginners<\/a><\/strong>
\n - Filmmaking Foundation\u00a0<\/a>
\n- Documentary Filmmaking<\/a><\/strong>
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\n- Film Editing<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

See all classes\u00a0taught by Mike Rymer.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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