This is a few pieces of digital work, mainly composed in Adobe Illustrater and Adobe Photoshop. These all show off various learned techniques and what I like to show in my work. They all have a tad bit of me in them, my thoughts, my loves in my life, and what I find enjoyable throughout my daily tasks as an evolving artist.
Stephanie Toop
Artist Statement
“Underlying Factors”
Wellfirst, I should say what I do, I create short films and documentaries, alongwith music videos. There is somethinghypnotic about this career, so enticing and hard to break into, I believe thatis why I want this career so bad, it makes you constantly think. This careerjust so happens to be my escape, a leave from my daily life. When I arrive onset for a project I am there to work, I am enthralled by every piece of thispuzzle called filmmaking. This is the career that changes on a daily, there isno repetitive structure, and also there’s an underlying meaning of going towork and having something different to film and see every day. It is the careerwhere I can not only be thinking critically, but also able to use myimagination all the time.
Alsothere are the goals for myself, for my career and why I want these goals tohappen. Goals are important and knowing a path to stay on is a diligent process.I would say my goals as an artist are, to do great things, show things thatsome won’t show and reach that audience that is left behind, and also touch myaudience and tug on their emotions. I know that showing life and actual eventis the route I want to go down. I want to be the director who has her audienceat the end saying, “I totally see that in life, I see that playing out ineveryday actions.” I want to create music videos the way they were meant to be,which is gravitating, heart-stopping feeling, and also like gasping for air. Ifeel as though stripping down a song with the actual band and trying to figureout what they want shown and how the song was written is the best form to showa music video. It is more real and true that way and I want to bring that back.
How Iwork is completely different than most, I am constantly working and trying towork on something, I feel better that way. I don’t like to sit around and waitfor the last minute, when I have a project to do I dive into it, no matter whatkind of project it is. When I work it is all I think about, all I want to do. Ibreathe, sleep, and eat my work. I am a diligent worker which is why I hateleaving a project not done. I always have to finish it, or I feel less alive ina way. If I am not working or figuring out a project there is something wrongwith me, I’m either dying or sick. Over the past few years I have worked andhave not given up. Along with working like a mad woman there are my materialsneeded for my scatterbrained head. As many people know I need music to functionand work properly, I need a notebook and a pen to write down my thoughtsthroughout my day. I work with cameras, editing software, and a computer.However there is so much more needed for my career and my work ethic, but thoseare just the highlights. My bottom line is this is what I love what I do and i can not live without it.
Artist Statement
“Underlying Factors”
Wellfirst, I should say what I do, I create short films and documentaries, alongwith music videos. There is somethinghypnotic about this career, so enticing and hard to break into, I believe thatis why I want this career so bad, it makes you constantly think. This careerjust so happens to be my escape, a leave from my daily life. When I arrive onset for a project I am there to work, I am enthralled by every piece of thispuzzle called filmmaking. This is the career that changes on a daily, there isno repetitive structure, and also there’s an underlying meaning of going towork and having something different to film and see every day. It is the careerwhere I can not only be thinking critically, but also able to use myimagination all the time.
Alsothere are the goals for myself, for my career and why I want these goals tohappen. Goals are important and knowing a path to stay on is a diligent process.I would say my goals as an artist are, to do great things, show things thatsome won’t show and reach that audience that is left behind, and also touch myaudience and tug on their emotions. I know that showing life and actual eventis the route I want to go down. I want to be the director who has her audienceat the end saying, “I totally see that in life, I see that playing out ineveryday actions.” I want to create music videos the way they were meant to be,which is gravitating, heart-stopping feeling, and also like gasping for air. Ifeel as though stripping down a song with the actual band and trying to figureout what they want shown and how the song was written is the best form to showa music video. It is more real and true that way and I want to bring that back.
How Iwork is completely different than most, I am constantly working and trying towork on something, I feel better that way. I don’t like to sit around and waitfor the last minute, when I have a project to do I dive into it, no matter whatkind of project it is. When I work it is all I think about, all I want to do. Ibreathe, sleep, and eat my work. I am a diligent worker which is why I hateleaving a project not done. I always have to finish it, or I feel less alive ina way. If I am not working or figuring out a project there is something wrongwith me, I’m either dying or sick. Over the past few years I have worked andhave not given up. Along with working like a mad woman there are my materialsneeded for my scatterbrained head. As many people know I need music to functionand work properly, I need a notebook and a pen to write down my thoughtsthroughout my day. I work with cameras, editing software, and a computer.However there is so much more needed for my career and my work ethic, but thoseare just the highlights. My bottom line is this is what I love what I do and i can not live without it.
Stephanie Toop
Professional Bio
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wingsto the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and toeverything.” - Plato
There was a time when I had first read this quote, it sentshivers down my spine and somehow I knew how to tie everything I love in my lifeto one career: a filmmaker. I choose to truly focus on showing life and reality,leaning more towards a documentary filmmaker and music video director. All ofthis came about in high school. I attended a small town high school and choseto be by myself; I liked to be alone with just my music while walking around,and though I had friends they were not as great as those tiny littleheadphones. With that, I started to look at life in a different way, wanting toshow the images around me.
I attended Mott Community College in Flint. I stayed reserved,jotting down ideas for projects. The next three years were dedicated tograduating. Now I am here at College for Creative Studies, something I havebeen working toward for a while. I want to show how me moving here has affectedmy work in such a positive light that it is unbelievable.
With the move to Detroit I feel more alive than ever. I knew coming here was going to immenselyhelp me with my work. That being said, I found so much inspiration around here,the people, my walks, the time of sitting and enjoying the music, my ownthoughts; my work ethic has even inspired me. But there is something deeperhere than just inspiration; my goals have changed. I used to want to leave, getout of this state, now I am not so sure. I have found so many ideas that soundamazing to follow through within Detroit. But my main short goals are to finishthis year with more potential than ever before, with a mind full of buzzingideas, and to pull in the community and the fellow students at College ForCreative Studies. I want to make things different for young artists and I wantto do that here.
Professional Bio
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wingsto the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and toeverything.” - Plato
There was a time when I had first read this quote, it sentshivers down my spine and somehow I knew how to tie everything I love in my lifeto one career: a filmmaker. I choose to truly focus on showing life and reality,leaning more towards a documentary filmmaker and music video director. All ofthis came about in high school. I attended a small town high school and choseto be by myself; I liked to be alone with just my music while walking around,and though I had friends they were not as great as those tiny littleheadphones. With that, I started to look at life in a different way, wanting toshow the images around me.
I attended Mott Community College in Flint. I stayed reserved,jotting down ideas for projects. The next three years were dedicated tograduating. Now I am here at College for Creative Studies, something I havebeen working toward for a while. I want to show how me moving here has affectedmy work in such a positive light that it is unbelievable.
With the move to Detroit I feel more alive than ever. I knew coming here was going to immenselyhelp me with my work. That being said, I found so much inspiration around here,the people, my walks, the time of sitting and enjoying the music, my ownthoughts; my work ethic has even inspired me. But there is something deeperhere than just inspiration; my goals have changed. I used to want to leave, getout of this state, now I am not so sure. I have found so many ideas that soundamazing to follow through within Detroit. But my main short goals are to finishthis year with more potential than ever before, with a mind full of buzzingideas, and to pull in the community and the fellow students at College ForCreative Studies. I want to make things different for young artists and I wantto do that here.
