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ABOUT US

 

Underscore Studios is a London-based Not-for-Profit Social Enterprise working between Visual Arts, Events and Education.

We’re a company committed to increasing accessibility in the arts and we especially recognise the lack of working-class voices in the Arts Industry. Alongside creating original work we continue to be an affordable alternative to traditional modes of creative training, many that are currently inaccessible.

We do this through practical and affordable workshops that strive to give you the tools you need to create your own work.

 
 

 What do we mean by Working-Class?

The Arts industry is still wrestling with finding the “right” way to define the term working-class. In some instances, you may come across surveys that ask you what your parents did for a living or whether they went to university or not etc.

The term Working-class can mean different things but for us at Underscore Studios being working-class may mean:

  1. Growing up on low income with little to no access to wealth

  2. Growing up, you likely qualified for free school meals

  3. Little to no connections, (familial or otherwise) to people with high-income, professional, or powerful jobs

The list above comes from the personal understanding of being working-class but it is by no means set in stone.

One of the ways we may help amplify working-class voices is by building upon our collective understanding.

 
  • Emma Robson

    EMMA ROBSON

    CO-FOUNDER
    Actor / Musician / Director

    Emma is an alumna of NYT and CSSD, and has an MA in Film, TV & Screen Media. She is the producer of Underscore Studio’s current project, These Streets, director of Lovebirds, which won awards at festivals, and Underscore’s resident script reader.

    Alongside Underscore’s film work, Emma is also involved in theatre – she has most recently composed the music for a comedy double bill she is acting in, producing and co-directing later this Spring.

  • Jordan John

    JORDAN JOHN

    COMPANY DIRECTOR

    Writer and Founder of Underscore Studios.

    Jordan is a contributing writer on “COMMON: an anthology of Working-Class Monologues” published by Team Angelica Publishing

    Creative Access x McLaren Racing Career Development Bursary Winner.

    Guy Ritchie’s Set Access Mentoring Program

    CinemaForAll with BFI Audience Fund Coaching and Bursary Winner

    FilmHub London membership awardee

    Arts Council Award Grant for Poetry Film, These Streets

  • Cinematographer, Jon Fraser

    JON FRASER

    CO-FOUNDER
    Director / Cinematographer / Designer


    Obsessively studies filmmaking in pursuit of creating captivating frames. He’s also a highly experienced self taught Motion Designer and Editor. Jon has worked on music videos, short films and independent feature films.

    Currently exploring virtual production and action design/choreography.