CUEAFS Profile From English Literature to Master of the Visual World


By Antoniya Petkova


CUEAFS’s film talent is


led by the masterful Andrew Daley, the skilful mind behind the recent video productions of the society. The Coventry local has always had a flair for English and photography, but his decisions led him to a path in media production. Through his involvement with CUEAFS, Andrew developed his film skills, while his long locks were successful in collecting quite a few envious looks from the female population in the society.


Andrew


‘got into’ the society almost completely by fate: he does not remember how he ended up on that ‘chance’ mailing list, but soon after that he became a part of CUEAFS’s talented crew, which has brought him many great opportunities. Andrew’s passion for film


was something that was kindled by his family and close relatives, who used to make cinema trips together. “Watching and loving


film has naturally been a huge part of my life.” What he describes as a


long-term interest in film had its two memorable moments: the screening of Mulan in the Ellen


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Terry building (then an Odeon cinema), and the first time he saw Jurassic Park on a big-screen TV (which was still a novelty back in the late 90s). “It [Jurassic Park] has still


retained its place as my favourite film since I first watched it. I’ve worn out countless VHS copies, have signed scripts, early books, multiple DVD copies. Its my most loved film.” His passion for filming


Andrew Daley


and cinematography Andrew found in a secondary school math-turned- film club, of which he became the director. The club soon started making independent productions, and through the skills and experiments with video equipment and a growing interest in photography, Andrew was


led to pursuing a career in media production.


“I just find it [film] such


an attractive media form, having the ability to capture life any way you want in your hands, it feels almost powerful in a sense. I definitely love documentary style film making, capturing the essence of life at its purest.” Before joining the


society, Andrew hadn’t really experienced a wide variety of Asian films and he wouldn’t have described himself as a ‘fan’. “I hadn’t really


experienced any really [Asian cinema], it was all assumptions and misconceptions I was being lead by. My FIRST impression was snippets of Underwater Love whilst I was filming the premiere when we went down to London... I was bemused, scared and shocked at the same time.”


But it didn’t take him that


long to discover such films were ‘the far end of the scale’ and they only served as a tool that sparked his interest in watching more Far East films. Andrew picks coming


to university as a major turning point in his life, though he reflects on the experiences his scout association membership brought him as other important events in his timeline. The things he was able to keep, even despite him ‘growing up too quickly’, is what he calls his trademark humour and arrogance. Though for anyone who has ever met Andrew, that last one is a bit off the mark - though the effort to come off as arrogant is absolutely admirable. Having found a


comfortable place among the CUEAFS crew, Andrew will hopefully remain one of the big brains behind the society’s operation and a major part of its bright future. “The society, well


we’re all like one big family really right? We all know each other and are constantly bumping into each other in the building, so its a very close, tight knit kind of society but I like it. It just feels like a family really.”


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