A selection of awards season nominees is coming to a cinema near you in January.
Released on New Year’s Day 2020 is the satirical black comedy ‘Jo Jo Rabbit’ written, directed, produced and featuring Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnaork). Nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and seven Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, including Best Picture, the cast of ‘Jo Jo Rabbit’ includes Scarlett Johansson (Lost In Translation), Sam Rockwell (Vice) and Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect).
Nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, and eight Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, including Best Picture, is the First World War film ‘1917’, directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty), which opens on 10 January 2020. An almost two hours film shot with the effect of one continuous take, the expansive ensemble cast includes Andrew Scott (Spectre), Richard Madden (Cinderella), Colin Firth (A Single Man) and Benedict Cumberbatch (The Current War).
In contention for two Golden Globes and four Critics’ Choice Movie Awards is ‘Bombshell’, directed by Jay Roach (Trumbo). Charlize Theron (Young Adult), Nicole Kidman (Lion) and Margot Robbie (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood) have received critical acclaim for their performances in this drama, released on 17 January 2020, on the exposure of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes of sexual harassment.
Tom Hanks (Castaway and so many other great films) receives his tenth acting Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Fred Rogers in the drama ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’, opening on 31 January 2020.
In Scotland I attended Dunfermline High School from 2010 to 2016 and Edinburgh Napier University from 2016 to 2020, emerging with two Advanced Higher and five Higher qualifications from the former and graduating with an undergraduate bachelor of arts honours degree in journalism from the latter. After two years away from further education due to the coronavirus pandemic, I'm going to be studying the MFA Photography course at York St John University in England from 2022 to 2024. I've achieved The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Bronze) Award and received grade five level certification for electronic keyboard from Trinity College London. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, watching television series, listening to music and going to the cinema as well as catching up with friends, travelling by railway and hostelling overnight and overindulging in food and drinks in a pub or restaurant then having to go to the gym to burn it all off again.
By studying journalism and photography, my aim of practicing photojournalism professionally will hopefully be once step closer. Both are partial artforms requiring the rest of the work to be undertaken by the audience, the specialism of photojournalism, however, providing each of its two parts with greater context. Exploring photographic techniques (aerial, timelapse, editing) through a variety of journalistic styles (features, poetry, songwriting) will allow me to develop my portfolio, hone my camera skillset and narrow my focus further in anticipation of working life. Without a global pandemic to deal with this time. Fingers crossed.
