WINFAMY
With the media whipping everyone into a frenzy over graduate unemployment, and The Telegraph declaring with a terrifying confidence that ‘Graduates without work experience ‘wont find job’’, it’s encouraging to hear a story of graduate hope and promise. That’s exactly what the Winfamy project is.
Five graduates come together with their eclectic talents to create a manifestation of Director Phil Lindsey’s teenage daydreams. Phil told 1883 that “when I was 18 I wrote a bunch of sketches that I imagined would be captured on film and put on the telly by the end of my first year at university. I was going to meet my writing partner somewhere around fresher’s week and I would be recognised as a genius before I was 20”.
With the media whipping everyone into a frenzy over graduate unemployment, and The Telegraph declaring with a terrifying confidence that ‘Graduates without work experience ‘wont find job’’, it’s encouraging to hear a story of graduate hope and promise. That’s exactly what the Winfamy project is.
Five graduates come together with their eclectic talents to create a manifestation of Director Phil Lindsey’s teenage daydreams. Phil told 1883 that “when I was 18 I wrote a bunch of sketches that I imagined would be captured on film and put on the telly by the end of my first year at university. I was going to meet my writing partner somewhere around fresher’s week and I would be recognised as a genius before I was 20”.
He’s running a few years late but the
bright side is that instead of finding just one perfect partner he’s found
four: Oliver Trickett (Sound Engineer), Grace Gummer (Voice Artist), Martin
Willis (Voice artist) and Joshua Kirk (Graphic Designer). Each person seems to
slot seamlessly into the Winfamy mould, being rewarded for their participation
with a space in which to unleash their own particular talent.
Together they create an enjoyably niche
combination of Chris Morris inspired comedy sketches accompanied with kitsch
graphic designs. They’re a collective brimming to the rim with ideas;
considering the project’s evolution into animation or even live-action. Despite
their obvious motivation and talent, what is really encouraging about the
Winfamy project is that they have overcome the various obstacles which have
stood in their way, the obstacles which take the form of plummeting employment
statistics, especially in the arts.
They revolve their creative projects
around un-related jobs, they work in clothes shops, in delis and as teachers
but they’re young and hungry enough to not only find time, but make time to
work on what they love.
Words By Morgan Meaker
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