frankie enticknap PHOTOS: MILA AUSTIN
GET TO KNOW FRANKIE: My name is Frankie Enticknap, I am an eighteen year old human, gap year student and YouTuber from Cambridge, England. I am an artist on the side, I do lots of different things but I mainly take conceptual, and emotional (almost surrealist inspired) photographs. My channel is relatively new, but I make videos on art history, the artistic process in general, inspiration, and general upbeat chit chat! INVOLVEMENT IN THE FILM INDUSTRY: FE: I started making videos for two reasons: one, I noticed that there were very few, if not no other people on YouTube making vlogs that were accessible to everyone, that were inspired and catered towards art and art history. The art channels I had followed were all aimed directly towards people who were already adorers of art! So for that reason I decided to make a channel that anybody could watch, whether you loved art, were interested in understanding it more, or literally couldn’t stand it! The second reason is that there has always been a sort of diamond incrusted veil of presence hiding art away from people without any knowledge in that area, some people find it scary and off putting. When in reality art is just wonderful, and so complex and interesting, there are so many dimensions, countless artists, movements and styles to explore, it’s so exciting! It shouldn’t be pretentious, it should be a wonderful new adventure for people who haven’t been exposed to these things before! I am genuinely excited by art, and I want to share that! LIFE WITHOUT YOUTUBE: FE: At this point videos make up a very small part of my life so this is just the beginning for me! I am desperate for my channel to grow, and more people to be exposed to a subject that, in a lot of cases, is completely new to them. But if I wasn’t making videos, I, like a lot of people, would find it difficult to spread my interests so widely which is why filmmaking is so wonderful, and YouTube is such a brilliant platform. I am currently on a gap year working as a Punt Chauffeur (giving guided tours of the river in Cambridge), doing an internship as an Archive Assistant in an art history based environment, and I am waiting to start my degree in Art History!
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DREAM COLLABORATION: FE: I would have to say probably Carrie Hope Fletcher. She portrays such wonderful messages to young humans. She’s fun and awesome but she makes her viewers feel so much more confident and inspired. Inspiration should be given more credit if you’re inspired you have more reasons to get up and enjoy life every day. This is why art, music, writing, acting, going on adventures etc. are all so important. ADVICE FOR ASPIRING FILMMAKERS: FE: I guess I would say you don’t have to be a hardcore, badass filmmaker to make films. If you love something, and you want to share it, do it! It’s the perfect platform. Most of the time people don’t realize they love something until someone talks to them about it!