FOR award-winning filmmaker Libby Penman, filming at a skatepark and filming wildlife are very similar. That’s not to say she thinks skateboarders…
FOR award-winning filmmaker Libby Penman, filming at a skatepark and filming wildlife are very similar. That’s not to say she thinks skateboarders are feral creatures – it’s just that the skills she honed as a teen in her local Fife skatepark are the ones she uses now, with the focus instead on wildlife.
“Then in my Master’s degree, part of it was filming and part was animal biology, behaviour and ecology. Again, I did not think I would go down a science route but when you understand an animal better, you can film it better. You can anticipate certain behaviours and plan the shoot better because you know what time of year and what time of day are best.”
Beyond that, pupils should follow their passions, she believes, even if they don’t seem to lead to a typical career. She then worked her way up from a runner and now regularly directs, shoots and edits for TV. Her 30-minute documentary Shooting Animals featured on national news on World Environmental Day 2022 and won the best documentary prize at the Scottish Short Film Festival.
While she has filmed animals all over the world, Penman has a special affection for Scottish wildlife but worries about the declining numbers of many species.
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