jessica tooth
Videographer. Editor. Filmmaker. Content Creator.
Jessica is a spirited, passionate filmmaker based in the UK, between Peterborough and London. She has attained multiple academic accolades in the art of film and video production, including a 1st Class Honours in BA (Hons) Film Production from University of Lincoln and a Pass with Distinction in MA Film Studies (with Philosophy) from King's College, London. As well as her academic achievements, Jessica is an accomplished creative with a diverse skillset spanning directing, producing, cinematography, screenwriting, editing and photography. Her experience is founded in a wide array of short films and projects, as well as her professional work shooting content for brands, companies and initiatives including the PFCA, Nexus Connected, Devaney-Togher Academy and Project Fashion Fixed.
Jessica hopes to create films and content that both educate and entertain, drawing upon historical knowledge to contextualise what it means to be a woman in the 21st century. Her most notable work includes Rosemary (2023), an experimental historical fiction film which recently won Best Student Film at the Experimental, Dance and Music Festival 2023. Her graduation project, Murder at Curtain Call (2022), is a neo-noir murder mystery which won the award for Best Crime/Action Student Short film at the London Independent Film Awards, as well as being officially selected for Prodigy Film Festival, London Movie Awards, and First-Time Filmmaker Sessions @ Pinewood Studios. Her filmography, professional work and academic portfolio can be viewed below.
SHOWREEL
SHORT FILMS
FREELANCE WORK
60-second highlight reel shot and edited for Nexus Connected using footage captured at ATHX South - Farnborough on 7th October 2023.
60-second highlight reel created for Nexus Connected by Jessica using footage captured at the community workout hosted by Leo Tyson at The Shredquarters Brighton on Saturday 11th November 2023.
30-second highlight reel created from a brief given by Jenz Robinson, founder of the Gym Owner Network and a coach working for MarchOn and the PFCA. Shot and edited by Jessica, the montage-style video recaps the Small Group Personal Training Seminar for Coaches hosted by the PFCA using footage captured at MarchOn headquarters in Harpenden, UK in October 2023.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH & WRITING
Blood, Sweat and Tears: How affectivity and gendering combine to progressively challenge historicity in ‘Rosemary’
Experiments in Discomfort: Feminist representations by British female directors in The Other Side of the Underneath (1972), Morvern Callar (2002) and Aftersun (2022)
Love, Nature, and National Geographic: the relationship between humans and landscapes as depicted in Free Solo (2018) and Fire of Love (2022)
Gender, power, and femininity: Representations of early modern queens in post-heritage cinema
Black Erasure in the Hollywood Musical: The politics of race, nostalgia, and pleasure in Damien Chazelle’s La La Land (2016)
A critical analysis on the extent to which studio releases of the 1970s addressed issues raised by second-wave feminism, with reference to Carrie (1976) and Looking for Mr Goodbar (1977).
A Critical Analysis of 'The Aesthetics of Form and Convention in the Movie Musical’ by Timothy Scheurer: How La La Land (2016) functions as an integrated musical
A critical discussion of how the psychoanalytical approach can be drawn upon to help us understand the role and attraction of horror in popular culture, with reference to the films of Ari Aster and Psycho (1960).
Representation of Class Identity in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)