Moments of

At the beginning of the year, I started thinking, ‘Hmm, what am I going to do at the end of this year?!’ It’s all pretty up in the air. I’ve never not known what I’ll be doing next year because at school you just go into the next grade. Now I’m like ‘Oh I don’t know!’ It’s good that I’ve been able to work on projects like the ‘Moments of Clarity’ animation, which I feel might give me a bit of street-credit coming out of film school (haha). Hopefully I’ll be making movies in the near future!

What advice would you give to other young people who are interested in getting into animation and film?

Do it! It’s something you can do when you’re by yourself, the illustration part at least. It’s not hard, and if you like movies, try and meet other people who like movies too. Here in Tasmania we’ve got the amazing Wide Angle, who are an independent notfor-profit organisation for the Tasmanian screen sector. There are lots of people who like movies there! I know some schools have ‘film classes’, and I got to do a film elective in year 12 which was really great because I got to meet people who also like movies. So just remember you’re not the only one who likes movies (haha)! Which is what I thought when I was back in high school, like ‘No one’s seen Hitchcock?! Gah! You don’t know who Hitchcock is?! (haha)’.

If you’d like to know more about Jess and the new animation series ‘Moments of Clarity’, be sure to check them out on Facebook: Moments of Clarity, or Instagram: @thesearemomentsofclarity, or simply look Jess up at JessMurray5463 on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook!