• OLIVER BUCKLEY
• VAN STRIFE
• SHAWN TETRAULT

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BIO

Name: Oliver Buckley
Age: 30
Height: 2ft
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Puppet
Preferred Language: English
Education: New England Institute of Technology
Years Active: 2017 - Current
Occupation: Founder of Embrace The Film, Film Critic, Content Creator
Hobbies: Movies, Gaming, Writing

Who is Oliver Buckley?

Oliver Buckley is just a little guy from a small town in the ocean state. 
But You can just call him Oli. 

Having grown up on a steady diet of horror films, Oli has loved movies as far back as his fluffy cotton brain can remember. He loves watching and discussing them at length as much as humanly possible. Film means quite literally the world to him. He would go as far as to say that if movies no longer existed, he wouldn't know what purpose he would have on this earth, and that everything he knows about life, he has learned from cinema, stretching from the basic concepts of right and wrong, good and evil, all the way down to things like empathy, love, and dedication. 

Throughout his life, people have told Oli that he should become a film critic, and to put his love and knowledge of decades worth of cinematic history to some good use, in a world that often disregards all that film does to enrich our lives. So he created Embrace The Film, a movie review and discussion channel on YouTube, so that he can finally give it the old college try. Not to mention, having some fun while he does it. As he puts it, "Why not do what you love for a living, right?" 

What is Embrace the film?

Embrace the film is far more then a YouTube channel to us her at ETF. For us, ETF is our passion, our home, our little slice of paradise. It is a place where we can go to watch films, discuss them intricately, and share our thoughts and feelings about them with a community of like minded film fanatics. 

​Embrace the film is a constantly evolving Film review channel on YouTube, that offers content such as feature and short film reviews, and video essays and analysis, with aims to produce original content, Behind the scenes videos, and so much more. But even more then that, ETF hopes to create a flourishing community of people who love an appreciate film in all of it's forms. 

So we hope that if you have a passion for film, or even if you just enjoy the occasional flick, that you will find a new home here with us at Embrace the Film. 

BIO

Name: Van Strife
Age: ???
Height: ???
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: ???
Preferred Language: English
Education: ???
Years Active: 2013 - Current
Occupation: Cinematographer at Embrace The Film
Hobbies: Gaming, Movies, Anime, Photography, Videography

Who Is Van Strife

Not much is known about Van Strife other then the fact that he is our camera operator here at Embrace The Film. He has been with Oli since the beginning, capturing the show in a simple yet high quality format and helping to enhance the production of the show to a higher level then many other channels. His skills behind the lens are top notch and he brings years of production experience to the table in order to assist in delivering the most visually appealing viewer experience. 

BIO

Name: Shawn Tetrault
Age: 30
Height: 5'7"
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Preferred Language: English
Education: New England Institute of Technology
Years Active: 2003 - Current
Occupation: Editor at Embrace The Film, Freelance videographer & Editor, 
Hobbies: Movies, Gaming, Writing, illustration

Who is Shawn Tetrault

Shawn Tetrault is another filmmaker from the Ocean State, with over 15 years of experience in video production and editing. His passion for film began at a very young age watching and collecting horror films on VHS. He began filmmaking with his friends in High School and quickly developed a love for the creation process and the art of telling stories. Spending much of his time writing in the early days, he decided to turn his passion into a career by working freelance for a variety of companies and fellow filmmakers under the banner of OVERLOOK, a small production group that formed in 2014. Though the group disbanded in 2017 Shawn carried forward under the Overlook brand using it as an umbrella for his filmmaking and design skills until 2018 when he began working with Oliver Buckley.

Oli brought Shawn on initially as an editor, however he has gone on to assist in the production process in an uncredited capacity and his brand Overlook has become the Banner under which Embrace The Film is produced. To this day Shawn has continued to pursue new skillsets in the video production field and everyday aims to elevate his skills in editing, to better enhance the quality of content that ETF is able to release.