ROBERT GOODWIN ON FILMMAKING As with any genre of film it's there to influence me. I wouldn't intentionally set out to do any particular genre of film on a whim, I set out to make the film that I think is the best I can do using the skills and techniques I've picked up along the way. I may "evolve" into, say, an arthouse film maker - though doubtful. What I won't do is copy the latest fad here and now unless I fully understand and am in tune with its ethos and raison d'etre. At the moment I don't like "slow" films so it's very unlikely I'll do one. My idea of filmmaking isn't to entertain the eye with interesting patterns of moving colour - that's just tedious; or watching the outside of a building - that's just CCTV. Films to me are like a story well told with movement, a beginning, development of the theme, twists, and a definite ending - either sad or happy. Film isn't storytelling per se (that's the domain of books and audio books) films are more than that they are rollercoaster rides of the audible and the visible characters; living and breathing; entertaining us by the way they move, the way they express themselves. A slight movement of an eyebrow can't be told it must be experienced visually. Also the movement of the camera is a big departure from simple storytelling - this is the director creating your eye and implanting into you the viceral tantalising images only experienced while watching the screen. Films are fantasy - that's why I like them. They can seem like they represent a reality and to the person who longs for a better world they fulfil his desire momentarily. A certain film may even influence that person for years to come as if he lived through the experience within the film. Film is powerful. A powerful tool to shift people's life paradigms. I love film. Fantastic. Moving. Life changing film.