TOM MORRISON

Yo! I’m Tom Morrison, and I’m beyond stoked to be spending my co-op experience here at JTWO Films. It took me most of my life to discover that filmmaking was the path for me, but I’ve been a creative mind for as long as I could remember. Starting from my intense love for drawing, music, and my hyperactive imagination, I was coming up with stories from the moment I could talk (and I talk a lot), but I’ve found that the medium of film is the best possible way to bring this myriad of ideas to life. 

My niche is in directing, as it allows me to interact with every aspect that goes into making a film, from pre-production, to being on set, all the way to post. I’m also a people person, and directing allows me to put my love for working with others to good use. However, because I’ve always been a very hands-on person with my approach to art, I’ve also had extensive experience and enjoyment in my work with camera operation, G&E, and even special effects makeup and art department. Whether it’s directing or any of the aforementioned jobs, I bring my creative mind to everything I do and enter a project with the goal of being able to creatively express myself while efficiently helping execute the overall vision for the film, whether that vision is mine or not. 

When I tell a story, I tend to think past the constraints of genre and instead seek out to create a film that elicits a strong reaction from my audience, whether it be laughter, getting scared out of their seats, or just thinking even after they’ve left the screening. While I don’t bind myself to one genre, I try to experiment with how I can convey the messages and emotions of the most ordinary human experiences, and portray them through a more fantastical lens, so that my films are relatable while still making the most emotionally driven aspects of human existence appear as big on screen as they do when we experience them in our day-to-day. My desire to experiment with how my stories are told also branches out into the many aspects of art that I engage in on a regular basis, beyond just caring about how everything looks on camera and how I feel about my actors’ performances. How can I make this scene look more like one of my drawings? How could some music in this scene convey the emotions of the story better than the confines of dialogue? In everything that I do, I’m always exploring and seeking new ways to communicate ideas to my audience, in hopes that they truly feel something once the credits roll.