Was it a steep learning curve, going from making short films to making a feature length film?
In terms of the terminology, while yes it is feature length, it is also just an extension of my previous work, a kind of hybrid between documentary and reality and fiction. But obviously the set up of making a feature length film was different and it was pretty daunting. There are lots of components involved. There were a lot of things that I didn’t know that I had to learn on set. I have never done blocking before, and had never worked with actors and text. Steve McQueen and Sam Taylor Wood have also made the transition from being artists to film-makers. Do you think it is a natural progression? Steve’s work is probably closer to mine. I wouldn’t make a narrative feature unless the material was really close to my heart and it made sense in relation to my previous work. Television and film has been sniffing around artists for a very long time, but it takes a while for that relationship to turn into anything. It has almost happened for me a few times, I was going to do a film with the B
