This is My Sad Night:
It is indeed my student film! It was my final independent project and it is online for me to share with you!
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Tim Burton: A Filmography
Hot on the heels of my Dark Shadows review from last month, I rediscovered this little gem of a film by animator and film maker Martin Woutisseth:
Sunday, 10 June 2012
Echo Chamber
I'm a big fan of the TV Tropes website and they have just released the first two episodes of the second series of Echo Chamber, the show made by tropers for tropers.
Basically the story is this: A guy named Tom has been tasked with making videos about certain tropes (for those who don't know a tropes are "devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations" (according to the website) for a mysterious employer. Along with his snarky producer Dana and his cloudcuckoolander cameraman Zack, he struggles to complete videos, the subject of which always seems to relate to whatever they are doing.
Show Within a Show is the first episode:
Obviously the show relies a lot on meta humour and reflexivity and is a must for anyone who has so much as glanced at the main site. I sat and watched all twelve episodes today and I am hooked. It's updating every Tuesday and Thursday and the videos can be seen here along with the relevant tropes!
Basically the story is this: A guy named Tom has been tasked with making videos about certain tropes (for those who don't know a tropes are "devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations" (according to the website) for a mysterious employer. Along with his snarky producer Dana and his cloudcuckoolander cameraman Zack, he struggles to complete videos, the subject of which always seems to relate to whatever they are doing.
Show Within a Show is the first episode:
Obviously the show relies a lot on meta humour and reflexivity and is a must for anyone who has so much as glanced at the main site. I sat and watched all twelve episodes today and I am hooked. It's updating every Tuesday and Thursday and the videos can be seen here along with the relevant tropes!
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Trailer Blaze
Some people spend their bank holidays at the beach, visiting culturally significant areas, having picnics or visiting relatives. My family went and saw two films in a row at the cinema which may go some way to explaining how I am the way I am. The two films were Prometheus (see yesterday's top ten) and Snow White and the Huntsman (I want to do some special blog posts on fairytale films soon).
It's a running joke in my family that my favourite part of the cinema is the trailers which is secretly partly true.
Tuesday, 5 June 2012
Sunday, 3 June 2012
Jesus Henry Christ
Jesus Henry Christ (Dennis Lee, 2012)
A cute film about a child prodigy who goes in search of his father.
A cute film about a child prodigy who goes in search of his father.
Friday, 1 June 2012
March Round Up
Hello June and a happy extended bank holiday weekend to my fellow Brits! Here is my brief round up of May:
Top Film: Avengers. An obvious choice but what can you do. A special mention also goes to Stolen Lives which I watched one afternoon while skiving off from important essay work.but didn't have time to write about.
Worst Film: Faces in the Crowd, which I didn't write about due to sheer frustration. Bad story, bad acting, bad everything.
Most looking forward to in June: A toss up between Prometheus and Snow White and the Huntsman at the cinema. I've also stockpiled a collection of DVDs that I need to watch including those oscar darlings The Artist and War Horse and as nerdy as it sounds I'm actually looking forward to the DVD extras (don't shoot!)
Sarah x
Top Film: Avengers. An obvious choice but what can you do. A special mention also goes to Stolen Lives which I watched one afternoon while skiving off from important essay work.but didn't have time to write about.
Worst Film: Faces in the Crowd, which I didn't write about due to sheer frustration. Bad story, bad acting, bad everything.
Most looking forward to in June: A toss up between Prometheus and Snow White and the Huntsman at the cinema. I've also stockpiled a collection of DVDs that I need to watch including those oscar darlings The Artist and War Horse and as nerdy as it sounds I'm actually looking forward to the DVD extras (don't shoot!)
Sarah x
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