Starting my website

Today I started the basic frame of my website by creating a root folder and pages for the whole of my site, my next step will be to collect images and work and put them into the pages. It looks so tidy  now, I wonder how long that will last...

Best of 2013

The Great Gatsby

A lot of people criticized Baz Luhrmann for this rendition of the Great Gatsby, but I really enjoyed it.. And I have to say, it's always a pleasure watching Leonardo DiCaprio, he is truly an astounding actor.

Prisoners

Prisoners was so gripping I feared I might fall of the seat towards the end, with a brilliant storyline, brilliant acting and some fantastic cinematography. 

The Hunger Games:  Catching Fire

As far as family films go, the Hunger games trilogy is one of my modern day favourites. I love Jennifer Lawrence, and the cast in general actually!

Gangster Squad

Another film I absolutely loved but I didn't hear much about. Ryan Gosling has to be one of the best actors out there at the moment, and I loved the style the film had, it was so smooth

Captain Phillips

A really outstanding true story and Tom Hanks does it so much justice, he even managed to make me cry!

Here's hoping 2014 is such a good year for film!

The Ultimate Christmas Movie

I'm almost ashamed to admit that I've never seen 'It's a Wonderful Life' before, but now that I have I can really see why it's a lot of peoples favorite film ever. Completely plays with your emotions.. proof that a good original story teamed with some brilliant actors can make a really good film.

Scene analysis

Currently working on analyzing a scene for Brendans class, but I'm having trouble deciding which one, really want to do this scene from Drive but I'm worried I'm making life difficult for myself! It's just such a good example of modern film making

Language in media texts

I'm starting to go through my media theory assignment and structure it properly, I've decided to use as many of the texts for as many of the questions as possible, then hopefully I will be able to see what the strongest arguments are and cut out the weaker ones. The problem is, certain questions (language, structure) are far easier to talk about then others, I must try and equally answer each of the questions if I'm aiming for distinction. I must admit it has been easy learning more about Thatcher and the riots.. Hopefully I will do the articles justice.

Dreamweaver and web design

Just been learning the basics in web design today, making my ideas flow for when I design my site.. This screenshot is from the site I've created in this lesson, advertising London. I just used the London theme so I could create a basic looking site that ties together, obviously I wouldn't normally put all these different objects on the homepage, but it was just so I could play about a bit. I need to start sketching up some ideas of my layout.

Beyonces Visual Album

I don't need anymore reasons to love Beyonce, but I really liked the way her new album was released.
There was no marketing prior to the release it was just a social media announcement that it had come, with 14 songs and 17 music videos. You can see clips of all the videos on youtube. Apparently she has already sold record amounts in just 3 days, which just proves the power of the social media, it's  impressive. I think the fact so much effort was put into the videos also shows how music is becoming more visual, videos are now expected with a song release. Video releases as part of the album release is definitely the way of the future.