| Site name | Back to the Viewer |
| Site URL | https://backtotheviewer.wordpress.com/ |
| Twitter Handle | @j_haseltine |
| Categories | Reviews General News Editorials |
| Site Rating | PG-13 |
| What is the main focus of your site? | The main focus of Back to the Viewer is to provide a platform to communicate with fellow cinephiles and share my thoughts. Reviewing contemporary and classics, shorts and features. I also write Articles that act as opinion pieces on the film industry as a whole. My interests vary and am an active member in the film blogging community. |
| What are your blogging goals, personally and/or professionally? In other words, what, if anything, are you trying to get out your blog? | My blog started as a way for me to share my thoughts and treat it as a personal project. Something to curate and put on my CV. In recent times my passion for film and in particular writing about film has extended to a desire to one day become a film critic for a major press outlet in the UK. But ultimately, I enjoy blogging as a hobby and wish to continue doing so at Back to the Viewer. |
| Do you prefer an interactive community for your blog or are you the teacher and your readers the students? | I much prefer an interactive community. Sharing thoughts and opinions on a film, character, director, or industry news including trailers wouldn’t be the same if I felt like I was preaching to my followers. I encourage comments and engagement and ensure that when I get a comment I return the favour and keep up to date with my followers activity as well. |
| How long has this site been active for, and how frequently do you post updates to your site? (Note: sites must be active for at least three months for entry to the LAMB.) | Back to the Viewer has been active since August 2014. If I focus all my attention on my blog I can post up to 4 times a week, however, as I am currently in between jobs and job hunting I struggle to get more than two posts up each week. Nevertheless I aim to stay active for the foreseeable future and joining LAMB is a great opportunity for me to pin down a regular writing schedule. |
| Name up to three of your favorite movies (and no more). | Back to the Future Total Recall (1990) Amelie |
| How did hear about the LAMB? If it was a LAMB, do you recall which one? | I often stumble across LAMB on a number of different blogs and have been meaning to apply for membership for a while now. The most recent was at French Toast Sunday when they promoted the LAMB meet-up in London. |
| Other question | Meeting fellow film bloggers in a social enironment is really appealing to me and so the London LAMB meet-up is my real inspiration behind applying for LAMB membership. I think it would be great to put some faces to names and meet new people who share this passion for writing. |
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