Emma Jones-Gill

The point is A Levels are not the be all and end all, and most of the time do not reflect who you are, or the full potential of your academic ability.
I'm proud of you no matter what results you got - you survived sixth form!

It's #alevelresultsday today, which means reflecting on mine from 9 years ago. I was predicted BBC and ended up with DDE. I got into Derby through #clearing, graduated in 2019 with a 2:1. In 2022 I got into Kingston to do a #Masters and graduated with a Distinction!! And now I'm doing my #PhD.

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Meant to share this last night, but after 12+ hours of work over two days, I finally have a reference Masterlist for my #PhD.
Everything I've watched, listened to, and read academically, fully Harvard referenced too.
Just need to crack on and finish up my upgrade supporting document.

Another sunny day, another day in London doing PhD related things.

The Freud Museum and Swedenborg House to explore their Quay Brothers Exhibition.

Off to see Flow at the local cinema tomorrow, so may have a movie day for my PhD too.

#phd #phdlife #london #quaybrothers #freud

Photo of a cinema screen with the words The Garden Cinema "Quay Brothers Short Films" + Q&A in the top corner and KINOTEKA film festival logo, and Polish Film Institute logo.

Another trip to London to watch The Quay Brothers films in the Kinoteka Film Festival. Sadly I only managed to get tickets for the first part as I didn't realise there was a second until it was all sold out.

Even with a migraine, I'm excited to see more Quay Brothers films, and for the Q&A after.

Final Thoughts: 3.5/5 ⭐ It's non-linear and labrynthine so lost me a bit, but the sound design was beautiful, the puppets believable as autonomous beings and sets creepy and eerie.

Hopefully this will kickstart my PhD motivation - I'm in such a busy two weeks that I've had barely any time or motivation for my studies.

#phdstudent #kingston #kingstonuniversity #kingstonuniversitylondon #film #cinema #stopmotionanimation #stopmotion #surrrealism #quaybrothers #bfi #bfiimax

Photo of a cinema screen at BFI IMAX with the text: KINOTEKA Sanatoriun Under the Sign of the Hourglass plus directors Q&A. With logos of different companies involved in the production of this film.

Been trying to get out to more events that feature stop motion films. I haven't yet made it to the Quay Brothers in my stop motion viewing, so their newest feature is one of my first viewings - Alice in Not So Wonderland (2007) was my first Quay Brothers film.
#phd #phdlife #ksa #stopmotionanimation

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So proud of you!!

The Breakfast Club was released in theaters on this day 40 years ago 📚

Emma’s profile Emma uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 350 films watched. Bio: 26. She | Her. PhD student at Kingston University exploring Stop-Motion Animation, Sound, and the Uncanny.

Which if anyone wants to keep up with what I'm watching, you can find me on Letterboxd here:
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I do watch films outside of my PhD. Currently I'm challenging myself to watch down my physical DVD collection (which is sat at 532 films, 40% watched) so Letterboxd will see how well I do.

Without even realising it I've watched 135 films for my PhD so far. If I watch everything on my spreadsheet (which I have a lot to update) once, I'll surpass 200 films.

Currently I'm on an Alice in Wonderland, stop motion and uncanny mood, hence a lot of Alice showing up.

#phd #filmsky #letterboxd

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS was released 34 years ago this week. One of the most commercially and critically successful crime thrillers ever made, the making of story is like having an old friend for dinner…

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YouTube video by DiscussingFilm WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL Directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham | FULL INTERVIEW

We talked with ‘WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL’ directors Nick Park & Merlin Crossingham about:

• Spoilers & success of the recent film

• What makes Feathers so villainous

• Upcoming Aardman projects, including the ‘Pingu’ show

Watch here: youtu.be/96882DK_xI8?si…

Libraries are essential.

Support your local library, speak up for your local library, love your local library 💙📚

We can never express enough support for libraries!

Huge GGs, Sam! You're absolutely smashing it!

Coraline (2009, dir. Henry Selick) was released 16 years ago, today!

Henry Selick’s stop motion masterpiece CORALINE was released on this day in 2009 #filmsky

Huge GGs and congratulations! It was so cool to catch the end whilst I was on my lunch break.

The past 20 Best Picture winners at the #Oscars

😂😂 Mum guessed that and it got laughs cause Dad and Kieran immediately got Moonlight.

Technically no, it's become my book to read on the train. But I am already 25% through it.

I'm reading at home 'I'm a Fan' by Sheena Patel. It's a debut, dark, and parasocial. Plus really short chapters and less than 200 pages.

You're giving me far too much credit (as if I didn't just test the family on the last 20 Oscars best picture winners 😂) 💙💙

😲 What is 2025 coming to? I'm reading a literary fiction book not a thriller.

Birthday book bonanza is going to benefit from an extra genre.

On a serious note, what are you reading?

Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days

This is incredible! In awe over how smooth this is!

G hecking G, Sam! You're absolutely killing it!

Gotta be SSX Tricky (100% all the characters at the start of the year). Although SSX3 is probably smoother, SSX Tricky was my one of my favourite childhood games and it has a special place in my heart.

That's so cool! And so well deserved! Congratulations! 🎉

WOW! That is an amazing number of people who have us as their number 1 podcast this year. Genuinely mind blowing.

Thank you all!