her story
PAULA BROWN A Journey of Rediscovery WWW.POSITIVEFXSTUDIO.CO.UK
“Much is yet to happen in your life. There has
I knew that this was my dream and my passion, to tell
been much despair, but my hand is on you for
stories on film and through animation, but I had no idea
good. I see you in association with the work of
how God could ever turn this from a hobby into a career or ministry.
the Lord. You will be a catalyst among young
I was married to a Graphic Designer and we eventually set
people and there will come power and anoint-
up a part-time business providing Graphic Design and
ing through your hands and mouth” – God
Video Editing services. From this, we produced our very first official corporate video for a company based in Suffolk,
These words were spoken over my life 25 years ago,
UK. This also led to my husband being head-hunted, and in
by a visiting preacher who knew nothing about me, or
2002 we relocated to East Anglia.
the turbulent journey I had been on so far. When God speaks, we often feel very excited thinking, wow, God has great plans in store. The reality is, those great plans have taken me to the absolute depths of utter despair time and again. I have often wondered, what the heck am I meant to do with my life? I couldn’t wait to leave school after being so cruelly tormented and persecuted, just because I went to church. As such, I left school at the age of 15 with just one qualification, ‘Typing’. I got a job working for a large teaching hospital in Sheffield (UK) as a Typesetter in the Medical Illustra-
I worked for Cambridge University for a couple of years,
tion Department. I supported Graphic Designers,
and from day 1, God opened up the opportunity to witness
Printers and Photographers in their roles of producing
for Him to a laboratory full of scientists. It was such an
various patient related materials. This is where my
amazing time of being able to share the love of Jesus.
passion for the creative industries began, and where
Unfortunately, this was also a season where my husband
God led me to acquire a whole new set of skills. As a
and I started to grow apart, as we worked long hours. This
child, my parents had an old ‘8mm cine film camera’.
almost destroyed us both. I wanted to crawl into a hole and
I loved capturing footage of family moments. Fast
never come back out, utter despair yet again.
forward a few years and I purchased my first digital video camera and a manual editing deck. This was
Thankfully, God was far from done with me yet. I changed
before computerised edit suites, like we have today.
jobs to try and have a fresh start, but I just wasn’t enjoying
I absolutely loved editing footage and seeing what
admin work anymore. So, I took a leap of faith. I quit my job
stories would emerge. For me, the icing on the cake is
and returned to full-time education. It was extremely risky
watching the audience engage and respond to the
not knowing if I was doing the right thing.
completed films. It is truly an incredible experience. www.christianwomeninbusiness.com.au
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