Griffin Loch
What is your favorite art medium to work in, and why?
Griffin Loch behind the camera on his production “A Spark in Nothing”
Film. The art of being able to be transported into these worlds for two hours is something that not many other mediums have. Film has always been my favorite for that reason, you can be put into these stories told through other peoples eyes. You can walk through adventures that are tragic, romantic, terrifying, hilarious, dramatic, the list goes on, but you can first hand watch these moment fall and happen right in front of you. As a writer and director, the true thing that inspires me on the directing side is to experience a film, but on the writing side what inspires me is how much the script elevates that experience. When a film is beautiful but then the script comes in holding strong, riding side and side with the visuals, that is what makes a film an "experience". How you can run with a film that has all these twists and turns while you are feeling every emotion, that is something that has always inspired me. I can remember many times I will go to the theater or watch a movie at a late showing, and after I lay in bed tossing and turning because I just feel so filled with inspiration, excitement, and ideas. Even though I might never fall asleep that night, that is a feeling that not any other medium gives me and that has always made film by far my favorite.
When did you first figure out that art was important to you?
I was very lucky to be born into a family of film enthusiasts. As I grew up, I was always surrounded by memorabilia, movie quotes, posters, and over all just the love of film. At a very young age I was very inspired by black and white films, mainly the silent films of "Buster Keaton". Then moving to "Abbott and Costello" and "James Stewart", slowly creeping to the world of "color films" I kept building this plethora of films in my head everyday building the urge to do it myself. So I would definitely say I started off with a step of filmmaking passion, and that passion continuously keeps growing.
Who is your art mentor?
A mentor is many things. I have taken master classes of amazing world renown directors and screenplay writers all teaching me things that I always carry with me going into any project. But there are two things that have never come close, and that has been having my mom and dad along side me every single project and never leaving me in the dark. If I did not have Tonde (my mom) and Rob (my dad) I would be nowhere close to where I am now. They have basically taught me everything I know, and I will never enter a project without them. They have been in the industry for years and to have that constantly there for me has been something that words can't explain. A mentor is many things, and Rob and Tonde are all those things and beyond.
Finish this sentence: My art is my...
life, love, and forever passion.
What advice would you offer someone just beginning their exploration of their own artistic self?
Be yourself and run after that dream of yours as fast as you can, grab it and make it true. If there is one thing that I have ever learned, it is that nothing is ever going to be easy. Life will find its way to make that passion seem like the wrong passion before you can even pick up a pencil. But if you have that burning in your heart to do make that dream true, as I do, you push ahead and not let one thing fall in your way that you aren't going to pick up and set aside. There are millions of filmmakers, artists, writers, ect... but there is only one you. Make the art that is true to your heart. Be you and make your dreams true, today!
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