Jill (she/her)

STAFF MEDIA REVIEWER

HI! I’m Jill and I have always been mesmerised by media. I have a home video of myself in a nappy standing, staring at Faulty Towers playing on a small television, possibly a metre maybe 2 away from my face. I continued this love into study, with a Masters in Media Production, and I use that study to its full potential via my rants to my friends, partner, or whoever will hear me, so now the Florien readers! My main love for film comes from falling for a great story, my partner jokes that I love films where nothing happens, and to his credit he isn't wrong. When a story is well written, scripted and shot well, I don’t need the explosions or car chase scenes, unless it's directed by George Miller. Lately I’ve found love for older films such as It’s All About Eve, and for some movies in colour, I’ve been gradually going through the Cher Filmography which I hope to never snap out of. Other than movies I love a good comfort sitcom, a scripted series is my soft spot, following a character arc and a spot of romance never harms anyone. My biggest love has got to be British panel shows, these are on constant reruns, I often fall asleep to QI or Would I Lie to You and throughout the year I’m always watching a season of UK Taskmaster. When I’m not consuming media, I’ll be at my favourite cafe or restaurant enjoying a coffee, matcha or inhaling some pasta, but mostly on the lounge with my partner and my lap size dog, Scully.

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