Having attended Challney High School for Girls in Luton, Shamiam has recently graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with a 2:1 BA in film production.
“At school I was a very independent girl, so if I was going to do something I would do it by myself. I wouldn’t ask for help until I really needed it,” she says.
“I will now ask team-mates for help so I can still do what I want to do. In my last project I was the lighting operator and I want to work as a director.
“Right now I’m looking into anything in the industry that can jump-start my career, like being a film-set runner, volunteering or my own projects.
“This industry is hard to get into but with the experience it will help… to make a better person to get hired more and more. Alongside my job-finding I will be working on my photography skills and making it fun – I need hold a camera one way or another.
“I really don’t know my plan for the future, but I know that I will be in a TV studio doing what I love the most.
“It feels so surreal and like a dream come true, but with the support of family and friends anything can happen really.”