Fashion Popcorn: You have made an eclectic mix of videos so far – fashion, music, comedy, art, storytelling, architecture…. What inspires your work? Is there something that brings them all together?
Camilla Robinson: I think storytelling brings them all together, but I am inspired mostly by art history and literature. And I suppose I tend to get involved in projects I think are interesting or amusing, which turns out to be quite an eclectic mix.
Beyond and including the fashion films that you have directed, how do you see fashion playing a part in the films that you make? Maybe tell us about “Little Festival”.
That film came about because I was shooting a band at a festival and had also been asked by a fashion magazine to make a short piece about individuality and self-expression so I was just documenting my own experience and the people around me who were definitely expressing themselves. If you are interested in fashion you see it everywhere, but I’m definitely more interested in ideas and creativity than trends and seasons and that sort of thing.
Where do you see your work heading?
I think some of the disparate strands are coming together. Documentary work is very important to me for research and exploring ideas, but I am getting more involved in narrative and drama. I am just completing a gothic short film in collaboration with the shoe designer Tracey Neuls and accessories designer Dean Sidaway. It is a darkly humorous alphabet, basically a series of death scenes. The first instalment is A-D and I hope to collaborate with other designers to complete the alphabet.
What do you think the future of fashion film is?
There are already a lot of reportage or behind-the-scenes photo-shoot videos being made so I think sophisticated editorial, narrative based fashion films are the big challenge at the moment.
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