NEW BACKROUND! READ!!

I was fiddling around with making my blog look a bit more unique and I decided to make my own background. Its not great but to look at it properly you will need to zoom out of the page as in make the text smaller. You can do this by pressing "Ctrl and -  and  +" 


This will allow you to see all of it :D Hope you like!


Comment on what you think! 

Arctic Monkeys // The Culture Show

Clip:

Arctic Monkeys Interview        

Presenter:

Lauren Laverne   

Link: http://bbc.in/b5kMg2

                                                              By: Sebb 

Mise en Scene:

Right from the word go a lot of pretty amateur effects are used to create a slightly more unique introduction than the rest. It starts with a couple of shots from an urban terraced housing street blurring out into one another. It isn't synced very well to the music as it just shows random clips with no specific tempo to the sound track. They use fast zooms and blue flashes as well as some defocusing and Gaussian blurs. Then a four piece window shows clips on the panes using motion tracking probably from AAE.

 The majority of the colour correction for the first 27 seconds is a mixture of light and dark blues. After the introduction, we see the presenter Lauren Laverne coming down a narrow back street on her way to see "The Monkeys." Here she talks about their old and new albums as well as notifying people of their awards and accolades. For another 30 seconds, when she enters their studio, things get a little weird. Random red eyes pop up on the screen blinking rapidly as well as a deep blood red colour reflected on the silhouette of the lead singer, Alex Turner. She interviews the band for a good minute before cutting to a clip of the Queens of the Stone Age. The interview is sat out with a vivid red background placing the two interviewees in a sort of deep perspective which just adds a new element to the scene. 

Sound:

The sound is diegetic as the people in the film can hear the interviewer talking to them. If there was an interview where the sound was non-diegetic, which means sound outside the world e.g. music, it would be pretty useless and a waste of time.

Lighting:

The lights are mostly high key in the interview but are quite low key in the opening shot to create a spookier more surreal mood. I think they used a 3 light setup in the interview as there is a key light, fill light and a back light. Also you can tell that there are lights to the left of the band members and to the right and finally one above them. I could tell this by the shadows being casted on to Alex’s forehead and by the way the cheek eclipsed when they move their head slightly.

Camera work:

The composition consisted of a variety of long shots, medium shots and close ups. Especially in the intro, skipping from long shot to close up with a quick zoom made the scene jump out at you a little more than just simply tracking or panning the camera from left to right. Not many angles were shot on Canteo as well as not shooting high or low angles. They were just shot looking directly at the persons face. If the angle was pointing up at the interviewer then it would create a status of more importance and an interview is not a suitable scenario to place someone in a “more importance” situation.  

Editing:

The editing at the beginning as I said was pretty amateur, there was not really anything to make it look really different and stand out yet if that had been done then the attention from the band would of been taken away. The editing was focused on the ethos of the band which I guess would be more chaos and craziness other than beauty and art. This shows as the cutting rate is pretty quick to begin with but only features flash, fade and cut transitions. Anything else would have been too cheesy such as a bar or checkerboard transition. Later on in the clip a transition called a “film burn” or a “light leak” is used to create a more clean quick and professional look from going from clip A to B. These are usually red and orange colours but to fit in with the blue colour correction they changed the hue colours to a more bluey purple.

Overall this clip was good to get an insight into the bands thoughts and feelings on their new album being released “Humbug” as well as their influences in the music world. The 10 minute video finishes with one of my favourite songs “Crying Lighting” which wraps up the video with a quick cut and a slight sound fade.

Review of drama/singing auditions.

On Friday we were told that we would be watching some "rough" drama acts. I didn't really know what I'd be in for so I just had to wait and see. 


We were sat in a drama room with a wooden floor and a wall mirror behind us. 


The first act up was a young woman who looked around 17. She did a 10 minute monologue about her time getting into Chicago, performing in Chicago and how she got on with all the hype and criticism. 
She was very good in delivering her lines and really delving in to the character she was playing! She was one of my favourites.


The second act was two young women who were talking about a "boy book."
In this book they were talking about how to let boys know you didn't like them and how to manipulate boys into how you wanted them to act. Their acting was great and really convincing!


However there was a really painful act. A young man who acted out taking a pet bird back to the shop with some dodgy accent! It was pretty awful and I couldn't wait for it to end. The man serving the angry customer however sort of saved the performance with his strong and consistent cockney accent!
This made the act a little more bearable! 


There was a mixture of good and bad but it was still a good indicator of A-level Drama.

Employment Opportunities - Research

Heres some research that i've compiled on Employment Opportunity's in Warwickshire. Mostly in the media scene...


Photography:


Wink Photography - Stratford-upon-Avon
Venture Photgraphy - Leamington Spa
Storm Studios - Leamington Spa




Design:


Thinking Creations - Stratford-upon-Avon
Creative Zoo - Warwickshire

A list of the media events in Warwickshire 2010.

Here is a list of some media events taking place in Warwickshire: 

• Cox's yard - Sika Studio Presents

The Sika Fam are on this evening, representing the best in UK hip-hop, a mix of live MC's & the best DJ's from Warwickshire. Cheap tickets and drink but 16+ only.

• RSC - Matilda

Matilda, a wonderful fun-filled performance taking place in the Royal Shakespeare centre theatre in Stratford upon avon. Tickets are selling fast so prebook. Performances from 9th of november 2010 to January the 30th 2011

• Coventry Art Exhibition - Fine Art Students

At the glass box gallery in Coventry, University students will be holding a showcase of all the work as part of a professional practice.

• My Generation -  Stoney Social Club Coventry

A tribute band taking place in Coventry. £10 a ticket or buy on the door.

• The Big Draw - Chedham's Yard

At the methodist hall in Wellesbourne for all ages to get involved in arts and crafts. For more information visit http://www.warks.co.uk/local-events.htm 

• Dig for Shakespeare - Stratford

A big dig is taking place in Stratford town to find artifacts and unknown items that the earlier ages could of possessed. http://www.digforshakespeare.com/