Film, books and other stuff...

Films, Books and other stuff....


So i went to hear the film critic from radio five live talk about his new book "The good, The bad and the multiplex", i really enjoyed it as i am a relatively new listener to their podcast (only dabble in it but a good listen) i didn't quite manage to followeverything he was talking about. The speech he gave was enjoyable with funny and lines and the inevitable member of the audience searching for the spotlight.
    For those of you that dont know Mark kermode at all he is a guy that speaks about his feelings towards films that he has been invited to watch, basically he watches the bad stuff in the hope that you wont. I agree with alot of his views on cinema however he may over do the centimentality just slightly. Most of the films today are like Mcdonalds pumped full of bad stuff and easy to digest, although the after effects are somewhat unpleasent.
 After his 'rant', he then decided to ask us the audience whether we had any questions for him. There was one woman in particular who decided that she was not happy with just asking a question, she felt she deserved longer in the spotlight. She was constantly rambling on about being a doctor on a plane or something until she finally asked "my son said he saw an articl that said any films with smoking in them will be immediately rated an 18 film, is this right and why?" Kermode and herself chatted for abit about the topic until Mark asked the woman "do you smoke?" to which she replied with a shrug of the shoulder and a caless voice "Oh sorry short moment of alzhiemers". Mark Kermode had just made a very strong on point on the negativities of smoking-of which there are many!-and i think she was trying to be somewhat defensive, however it just made her look worse.  The main gripe that personally had with this woman was not that she was acting kind of self important, but more that she took so long to ask a very simple question.
The final part to the evening was the book signing and no disrespect to Mark because he seems like a very decent guy but we were one of the first in the queue which meant that we did not have to wait to long to get to meet him get the book signed.

                  Big thanks to Mark 'the film critic' Kermode for an enjoybale event although it would have been better in 3D :)

What do you want to be when your older?

What do YOU want to be when your older?

"success doesn't come to you, you go to it" 

I have just entered a very important time in my education. A levels have sparked many ideas about what careers i may want to pursue in the future. The courses i have taken are Double business applied and media studies each subjects lending both blend meaning that i can transfer my knowledge of business and marketing to aid me in my media studies.
      The career i am most interested in perusing at the moment is journalism, it seems like an interesting job in which i think i would do quite well. I would not mind writing for any type of magazine or company however i would love to write about games and the gaming world.
      I managed to achieve a B grade in English lit which i see as a huge achievement for some one with a B prediction. 
      Although i have only just started blogging, i believe i have always been able to convey my thoughts and feelings on topics in a way that is easy to understand and digest. I just need to keep practising so that i can write more weighty pieces on the subjects i am interested in. 
If anybody would be interested in replying to this blog and giving me any tips or advice on how i could possibly improve these blogs and i would much appreciate any feedback from actual journalists?
I will submit another blog as soon as possible but until thank you for reading and feedback is much obliged.

First day at sixth form!! :O

So i have just got the grades i need to get into the sixth form however i was unable to get the right grades to let me do the subjects i wanted to do. i was stuck with doubled business applied and media studies.

      It was a day of great trepedition and trebulation, i entered the sixth form common room for the first time and it felt welcoming, although i did not enjoy feeling like the new kid after spending so long at the 'top' of the school.
My first period was a 'free' or study period however as i had just started i spent the whole hour tryna work how the hell i was going to survive the next 2 years. My first lesson was Business and to be honest it was a good introduction to the AS course. It is a course that is taught by three different teachers; two of them teaching the exam part of the curriculum and the other teaching the coursework section.
 To start we had one of the exam teacher s and she was good and quite helpful. we learnt about customers and what it means to be a customer. oh and also who prvides the customers wth a good/service.
after two hours of business seperaterd by break time i spent a good 3 hours enjoying another 3 free periods. -_-. The first day was ery much like Year 7 again, as you are the new kid once again in an environment which you are not familiar with and customs that you are also not familiar with.
Oh and on the first wear a smart and simple outfit, for instance a shirt and tie and you cant go far wrong.