Light Of The Doe – a Severus/Lily poem
16 Jul 2011 1 Comment
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This is a poem I found in photo form by someone called ProperyoftheHBP on Deviant Art. It’s a poem about Severus Snape who spots a doe patronus:
A man clothed in black
From head to toe
Leaves the shadowy castle
In pursuit of a luminous doe
The creature gracefully glides
O’er glistening snow
But never doth leave a footprint
Does that ghostly doe
The man follow swiftly,
Without a word
And into the forest
Where dark things stirred
His pale hands were shaking
But he was not afraid -
His beacon was guiding him,
He knew her light wouldn’t fade
Harry Potter World Cup round 1 results are in and round 2 begins!!
27 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
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The Harry Potter World Cup competition created by MTV which places popular Harry Potter characters head to head in a fierce duel to become the Harry Potter World Cup champion, has finished its first round and the results are in!!
Here are the characters who went head to head with eachother, and the winner from each round:
Harry Potter vs. Professor Quirrel – Harry Potter
Lucius Malfoy vs. Gilderoy Lockhart – Lucius Malfoy
Prof. McGonagall vs. Cornelius Fudge – Prof. McGonagall
Neville Longbottom vs. Fenrir Greyback – Neville Longbottom
Dobby The House Elf vs. Dean Thomas – Dobby The House Elf
Mad-Eye Moody vs. Kingsley Shacklebolt – Kingsley Shacklebolt
Prof. Trelawny vs. Prof. Flitwick – Prof. Flitwick
Severus Snape vs. Vincent Crabbe – Severus Snape
Hermione Granger vs. Rita Skeeter – Hermione Granger
Nearly Headless Nick vs. Fawkes – Fawkes
Ginny Weasley vs. The Dursleys – Ginny Weasleys
George Weasley vs. Doleros Umbridge – George Weasley
Hedwig vs. Seamus Finnigan – Hedwig
Remus Lupin vs. Argus Filch – Remus Lupin
Gellert Grindelwald vs. Mr. Ollivander – Mr. Ollivander
Albus Dumbledore vs. Mundungus Fletcher – Albus Dumbledore
Ron Weasley vs. Lavender Brown – Ron Weasley
Oliver Wood vs. Peter Pettigrew – Oliver Wood
Arthur Weasley vs. Percy Weasley – Arthus Weasley
Fred Weasley vs. Professor Sprout – Fred Weasley
Luna Lovegood vs. Narcissa Malfoy – Narcissa Malfoy
Cedric Diggory vs. Olympe Maxime – Cedric Diggory
Lily Potter vs. Horace Slughorn – Lily Potter
Rubeus Hagrid vs. Gregory Goyle – Rubeus Hagrid
Draco Malfoy vs. Peeves – Draco Malfoy
Viktor Krum vs. Fleur Delacour – Fleur Delacour
Molly Weasley vs. Aragog – Molly Weasley
Bellatrix Lestrange vs. Cho Chang – Bellatrix Lestrange
Nymphadora Tonks vs. Nagini – Nymphadora Tonks
Sirius Black vs. Rufus Scrimgeour – Sirius Black
James Potter vs. Kreacher The House Elf – James Potter
Lord Voldemort vs. Moaning Myrtle – Lord Voldemort
Whilst it seems that certain characters have been placed together to manipulate the results, i.e. have a certain character win and so move forward in the competition, (Harry Potter vs. Professor Quirrel for instance, or Severus Snape vs. Vincent Crabbe – it was clear who would win), some results were surprising, and so remarked MTV themselves. For instance, who knew that Narcissa Malfoy would be so popular as to beat Luna Lovegood in the competition?? However, as surprising as it is… she did.
Similarly, it was surprising how Fawkes managed to beat 
Nearly Headless Nick; Fawkes appears about three times in all seven Harry Potter books and all he ever does is either set on fire and be reborn, or cry on Harry’s injuries. However, I am not undermining Fawkes as a character as he is an extremely beautiful creature and we know that Nearly Headless Nick, although comical, doesn’t appear that often throughout the Harry Potter saga, (apart from the Deathday Party chapter in Chamber of Secrets which is dedicated to him), and I suppose without Fawkes healing Harry’s injuries, he may have died and thus there would be no more Harry Potter books haha.
I have already voted in the second round, and already there are some clear winners. I would really like to see Severus Snape get really far in the competition and perhaps even win, although I think it likely that Harry Potter either win or be one of the characters in the final round. I suppose only time and your vote will tell.
Voting for round 2 commences on Friday 1st July at 12:01 AM EST, so get voting now and get your favourite character into the final round and see who will win the Harry Potter World Cup Tournament!!
Previews of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 soundtrack available online
27 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in Film, Literature Tags: Alexandre Desplat, Deathly Hallows Part 2, Harry Potter, Soundtrack
For all of the Harry Potter fans out there who just cannot WAIT to listen to the final Harry Potter soundtrack – the Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 OST composed by Alexandre Desplat, I found a website giving a 60 second extract of each song:
http://www.qobuz.com/album/harry-potter-the-deathly-hallows-part-ii-various/0886443025943?qref=sre_1_1
The website is in French, but click on ‘ecouter 60′ on any of the songs, and you can listen to all of the extracts on a mini playlist.
Even from these tempting teasers you can hear the collision of emotion vs. action that will inevitably intertwine throughout the next film, and I cannot wait for the full soundtrack, (which I preordered on HMV!!) to arrive 
But for now, enjoy the teasers 
The Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 soundtrack is released on 12th July 2011.
The Harry Potter World Cup – Who will win? YOU decide!!
21 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in Film, Literature Tags: Harry Potter Competition, Harry Potter World Cup
Growing ever closer to the release of the FINAL installment of the Harry Potter saga, MTV have produced a Harry Potter World Cup competition, where people all over the world vote in each round for their favourite Harry Potter characters, the winning characters of each round going through to the next to compete to see who the best Harry Potter character of all time is!!
The competition started last night and voting has begun, so make sure you vote in each round for your favourite Harry Potter characters to get them through to the final round!!
Here is the link to the MTV Harry Potter World Cup site:
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/tag/harry-potter-world-cup
Get voting now to see your favourite Harry Potter character WIN the Harry Potter World Cup!!
Good luck!!
Awaiting the release of the Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 soundtrack
21 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in Film, Literature, Youtube Tags: Deathly Hallows Part 2, Harry Potter, Severus and Lily, Soundtrack, The Prince's Tale
It’s not long before the final installment of the Harry Potter saga hits our theatres in 2D and 3D on July 15th 2011. I predict that the majority of people will not only be seeing this film in the cinema, but will also be seeing it on the release date… and I shall be amongst them.
The Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 video game will also be released on July 15th. Whether that is to intentionally coincide with the movie release date to prevent any movie spoilers, or whether it is just because it falls on a Friday I don’t know, (although I am guessing the former), however, a sneak peak at the movie we are given before the release date… is the Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 soundtrack.
The soundtrack accompanying the film will be released on July 12th 2011 and is composed by Alexandre Desplat who is one of my personal favourite composers and who also composed the score for Part 1 of the Deathly Hallows films.
Here is the official tracklisting for the Part 2 soundtrack:
1. Lily’s Theme – 02:28
2. The Tunnel – 01:09
3. Underworld – 05:24
4. Gringotts – 02:24
5. Dragon Flight – 01:43
6. Neville – 01:40
7. A New Headmaster – 03:25
8. Panic Inside Hogwarts – 01:53
9. Statues – 02:22
10. The Grey Lady – 05:51
11. In the Chamber of Secrets – 01:37
12. Battlefield – 02:13
13. The Diadem – 03:08
14. Broomsticks and Fire – 01:24
15. Courtyard Apocalypse – 02:00
16. Snape’s Demise – 02:51
17. Severus and Lily – 06:08
18. Harry’s Sacrifice – 01:57
19. The Resurrection Stone – 04:32
20. Harry Surrenders – 01:30
21. Procession – 02:07
22. Neville the Hero – 02:17
23. Showdown – 03:37
24. Voldemort’s End – 02:44
25. A New Beginning – 01:39
What can we expect to find on the soundtrack?
Well if we look at the plotline of the film, it is made up of epic battle sequences in and around Hogwarts/the ‘fiendfire scene’ and many emotional scenes, deaths/The Prince’s Tale, etc, and so it will be very interesting to see how Desplat has translated these scenes from just visual images, into beautifully-composed music. John Williams was origionally put forward to compose the score for this film, and although it would have been nice to have the composer that also composed the first soundtrack, (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone), (finish the films the way we started them, etc), I am sure Alexandre Desplat has composed a worthy soundtrack as he did Part 1 of the Deathly Hallows films and I am looking forward to hearing it.
I found here a video someone claims to be a preview of track 17 – Severus And Lily. I am not sure how true this rumour is, whether it is actually a preview of the song on the soundtrack, but it certainly is very beautiful, and I wouldn’t be put off the ‘chapter 33′ scene of the film if this were the accompanying score:
This is a very beautiful song, but even if it is real, it is only a small part of the full song as the full song is over 6 minutes, so I am intrigued to see how Desplat has created a song to perfectly fit The Prince’s Tale sequence. However, I trust that it will be well composed, and the fact that the song is over 6 minutes gives me hope that we will be given a detailed look at the story within ‘chapter 33′.
This album will be worth preordering, it is probrably the best way to get a sneak peak into the emotion of the film before seeing it on the release date.
*Watch this space for a review of the soundtrack on July 12th 2011*
The final trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
17 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
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So the Harry Potter saga which has been running for nearly a decade is coming to an end? Well, not quite. As far as I am concerned, the fantastic phenomenon that is the Harry Potter world only truly comes to an end when none are loyal to it, which coincidentally Dumbledore states in one of the Harry Potter books I think how Hogwarts will only close when none there are loyal to it, but I can’t remember 
However!!
Tonight was released the FINAL Harry Potter trailer for the next and last film – Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2. It is what we have all been waiting for, and only real losers will not be watching that film 
so in preperation for watching it, here is the trailer:
There are many shots of ‘The Prince’s Tale’-related moments, (I won’t specify what that is for those who do not know), and honestly, that is the part I am most looking forward to. According to a critic who saw the screen test, he stated that it was the most fantastic part of the film.
You can see just even in the trailer just what a spectacle and how epic this finale will be. It looks set to be absolutely mind-blowing. For hard core Potter fans, you will probrably notice bits in the trailer that don’t appear in the book – the shot of Sirius in the Forbidden Forest for example… he was not there in the book However, I am really pleased that Gary Oldman was given the chance to star in this film for he really is a fantastic actor. However, I personally believe Alan Rickman will steal the show, as he has done for the past seven films.
I have heard from critics watching the screen test that they have stayed closely loyal to the book, but have added in little scenes where appropriate but tha
t they only add to the immense emotion of the film, (for example there is a shot of Lupin and Tonks, a shot which fans who read the book can probrably guess what it links to, and is something that wasn’t given much explanation in the books so I am hoping they included it in the film as it would work so well).
This film is set to be the biggest film of the year, if not of the century. There are going to be billions of people worldwide watching to see what happens in the epic finale, and I will be one of them.
Even more excitingly, the film comes to cinemas in 3D and Imax 3D, making it more realistic than ever. It really is going to be a fantastic end to what has been an amazing decade. Many of us have grown up with Harry Potter, literally being around the same age as him in each of the films, and it’s going to be devestating knowing there will be no more books or films, (although one can hope!!) but us fans will keep it alive forever.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 comes to cinemas and Imax cinemas 15th July 2011. Will you be there?
My personal challenge to complete Empire’s list of the 500 top films of all time!!
15 Jun 2011 1 Comment
in Film Tags: Empire Film List Top 500
Recently, Empire magazine published a list of the 500 best films of all time voted for by readers. I’m a film student at university, and I did a quiz to see just how many of these I’d seen, and I was ashamed to see I’d only seen 67!! This is when I had somewhat of an epiphany and realised to be a good film student, I need to see them all!!!
And so, I have set myself a personal challenge to see every film on that list by the end of 2012!! I have marked the ones I have already seen, and I shall mark them off as I watch more and more.
Can I do it? Watch this space!!
- Empire’s list of the 500 best films ever made:
[x] 1) The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
[x] 2) Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
[x] 3) Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
[] 4) The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)
[x] 5) Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
[] 6) Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
[] 7) Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1970)
[x] 8 ) Singing In The Rain (Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1952)
[x] 9) Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
[x] 10) Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
[] 11) Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
[] 12) The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)
[] 13) Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
[] 14) Once Upon A Time In The West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
[x] 15) The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2007)
[] 16) 2001: A Space Odyssee (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
[x] 17) Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
[x] 18) Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
[] 19) The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
[x] 20) Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
[] 21) The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
[x] 22) Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (George Lucas, 1977)
[x] 23) Back To The Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
[x] 24) The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)
[] 25) The Good The Bad And The Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1967)
[] 26) Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
[x] 27) Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
[x] 28) Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
[] 29) Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
[] 30) Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)
[x] 31) Gone With The Wind (Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood, 1939)
[] 32) Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
[] 33) Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
[] 34) The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (Peter Jackson, 2003)
[] 35) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron, 1991)
[] 36) Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1969)
[x] 37) A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
[] 38) Heat (Michael Man, 1995)
[] 39) The Matrix (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999)
[] 40) Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
[] 41) The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959)
[] 42) Kind Hearts And Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949)
[] 43) The Big Lebowski (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1998)
[x] 44) Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
[x] 45) Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
[] 46) On The Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
[x] 47) E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
[] 48) This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)
[] 49) Evil Dead 2 (Sam Raimi, 1987)
[] 50) Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
[x] 51) 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)
[x] 52) The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
[x] 53) Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
[] 54) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
[] 55) La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) (Federico Fellini, 1960)
[x] 56) Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006)
[] 57) Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
[] 58) His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)
[] 59) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
[] 60) Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985)
[] 61) The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995)
[] 62) The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)
[x] 63) Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
[] 64) Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
[] 65) Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)
[x] 66) Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990)
[] 67) Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)
[] 68) Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
[] 69) Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994)
[x] 70) Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 1986)
[] 71) The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
[] 72) 12 Angry Men (Sydney Lumet, 1957)
[x] 73) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
[] 74) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)
[] 75) A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1946)
[] 76) Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979)
[] 77) Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
[] 78) Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)
[] 79) The Thin Red Line (Terrence Mallick, 1998)
[] 80) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1943)
[x] 81) Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005)
[] 82) The Great Escape (John Sturges, 1963)
[x] 83) Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
[] 84) L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
[] 85) Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1996)
[] 86) Carrie (Brian de Palma, 1976)
[] 87) The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1982)
[x] 88) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (John Hughes, 1986)
[] 89) Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
[] 90) When Harry Met Sally… (Rob Reiner, 1989)
[] 91) Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand, 1983)
[] 92) Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
[] 93) The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973)
[] 94) The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)
[] 95) Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961)
[] 96) American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
[] 97) Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
[] 98) North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
[x] 99) Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)
[] 100) Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
[x] 101) Raising Arizona (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1987)
[] 102) The Hustler (Robert Rossen, 1961)
[x] 103) Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
[] 104) The Rules Of The Game (Jean Renoir, 1939)
[] 105) One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
[] 106) A Man For All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann, 1966)
[] 107) An American Werewolf In London (John Landis, 1981)
[] 108) The Tree Of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi, 1978)
[] 109) Touch Of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
[] 110) Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)
[] 111) Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982)
[] 112) I Am Cuba (Alexander Payne, 1964)
[] 113) Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (Adam McKay, 2004)
[] 114) The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
[] 115) Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974)
[] 116) Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
[] 117) Miller’s Crossing (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1990)
[] 118) Withnail And I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
[] 119) The Wages Of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
[] 120) The Battle Of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)
[] 121) Los Olvidados (Luis Buñuel, 1950)
[x] 122) The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
[] 123) A Woman Under The Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)
[] 124) The Silence Of The Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
[x] 125) A Bout De Souffle (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
[] 126) Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid (Sam Peckinpah, 1973)
[] 127) The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973)
[] 128) Lost In Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
[] 129) Harvey (Henry Koster, 1950)
[] 130) The Man Who Would Be King (John Huston, 1975)
[] 131) The Last Of The Mohicans (Michael Mann, 1992)
[x] 132) Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
[] 133) Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
[x] 134) Seven (David Fincher, 1995)
[] 135) Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)
[] 136) Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
[] 137) Dances With Wolves (Kevin Costner, 1990)
[] 138) Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967)
[] 139) Blow Out (Brian De Palma, 1981)
[] 140) As Good As It Gets (James L. Brooks, 1997)
[x] 141) Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937)
[] 142) Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
[] 143) Cyrano De Bergerac (Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1991)
[] 144) There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
[] 145) Sophie’s Choice (Alan J. Pakula, 1982)
[] 146) Shampoo (Hal Ashby, 1975)
[] 147) Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)
[] 148) Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969)
[] 149) The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948)
[] 150) The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971)
[] 151) Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000)
[] 152) Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
[] 153) The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961)
[] 154) Betty Blue (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1986)
[] 155) Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
[] 156) Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998)
[] 157) True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993)
[] 158) Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
[] 159) The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)
[] 160) Being There (Hal Ashby, 2001)
[] 161) The Year Of Living Dangerously (Peter Weir, 1982)
[x] 162) A Nightmare On Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1944)
[] 163) The Bridge On The River Kwai (David Lean, 1957)
[] 164) The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
[] 165) Partie De Campagne (Jean Renoir, 1936)
[] 166) Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton, 1964)
[] 167) Don’t Look Now (Nic Roeg, 1973)
[] 168) Tootsie (Sydney Pollack, 1982)
[] 169) Viridiana (Luis Bunuel, 1961)
[x] 170) La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
[x] 171) Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)
[x] 172) The Wizard Of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
[x] 173) Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
[x] 174) Superman The Movie (Richard Donner, 1978)
[] 175) Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1988)
[] 176) A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell, 1944)
[] 177) City Of God (Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, 2002)
[] 178) Hellzapoppin’ (H.C. Potter, 1941)
[x] 179) Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, 1999)
[x] 180) To Kill A Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962)
[] 181) Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (Russ Meyer,1970)
[] 182) Performance (Donald Cammell, Nic Roeg, 1970)
[] 183) Le Samourai (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)
[] 184) Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971)
[] 185) Paths Of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)
[] 186) United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006)
[] 187) The Big Country (William Wyler, 1958)
[] 188) School Of Rock (Richard Linklater, 2003)
[x] 189) Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
[x] 190) Big (Penny Marshall, 1988)
[] 191) Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
[x] 192) Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)
[x] 193) Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)
[x] 194) Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
[x] 195) It’s A Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)
[x] 196) Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1999)
[] 197) Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)
[] 198) Fargo (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1996)
[x] 199) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
[] 200) Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995)
[] 201) JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
[] 202) The Killer (John Woo, 1989)
[x] 203) Life Of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
[] 204) The Bride Of Frankenstein (James Whale, 1935)
[] 205) The Addiction (Abel Ferrara, 1995)
[] 206) The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)
[] 207) The Misfits (John Huston, 1961)
[] 208) The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
[] 209) Local Hero (Bill Forsyth, 1983)
[x] 210) Platoon (Oliver Stone, 1986)
[x] 211) Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
[] 212) M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
[] 213) Songs From The Second Floor (Roy Andersson, 2000)
[] 214) Army Of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969)
[] 215) Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
[] 216) Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Schlesinger, 1971)
[] 217) The Magnificent Seven (John Sturges, 1960)
[] 218) Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953)
[] 219) The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
[] 220) Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)
[] 221) McCabe & Mrs Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
[] 222) Mother And Son (Aleksandr Sokurov, 1997)
[] 223) Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
[] 224) Distant Voices, Still Lives (Terence Davies, 1988)
[] 225) Get Carter (Mike Hodges, 1971)
[x] 226) Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann, 1996)
[x] 227) Léon (Luc Besson, 1994)
[] 228) No Country For Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007)
[] 229) Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)
[x] 230) Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004)
[x] 231) Shaun Of The Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
[x] 232) Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
[] 233) Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984)
[] 234) The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass, 2007)
[] 235) Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
[] 236) Black Narcissus (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1947)
[] 237) Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, 1991)
[] 238) Requiem For A Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
[] 239) Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988)
[] 240) Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)
[] 241) Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947)
[] 242) King Kong (Merian C. Cooper, 1933)
[] 243) Heimat (Edgar Reitz, 1984)
[] 244) Dazed And Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)
[] 245) Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004)
[] 246) The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940)
[] 247) All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979)
[x] 248) Pandora’s Box (Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1929)
[] 249) My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946)
[] 250) Sunrise (F. W. Murnau, 1927)
[] 251) Darling (John Schlesinger, 1963)
[] 252) The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1963)
[] 253) First Blood (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)
[] 254) The Verdict (Sidney Lumet, 1982)
[] 255) Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch, 1939)
[] 256) Le Quai Des Brumes (Marcel Carné, 1938)
[] 257) The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1997)
[x] 258) The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)
[] 259) Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
[] 260) Field Of Dreams (Phil Alden Robinson, 1989)
[] 261) Roman Holiday (William Wyler, 1953)
[] 262) The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)
[] 263) Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, 1981)
[] 264) American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973)
[x] 265) A. I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
[] 266) Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)
[] 267) Crimes And Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, 1989)
[] 268) The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938)
[] 269) A Place In The Sun (George Stevens, 1951)
[] 270) The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, 2005)
[] 271) Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (Tim Burton, 1985)
[] 272) The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (Dario Argento, 1970)
[x] 273) The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941)
[x] 274) Sin City (Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, 2005)
[] 275) My Neighbour Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
[] 276) Layer Cake (Matthew Vaughn, 2004)
[x] 277) On The Town (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1949)
[] 278) Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma, 1993)
[x] 279) National Lampoon’s Animal House (John Landis, 1978)
[] 280) Mad Max 2 (George Miller, 1982)
[] 281) Interview With The Vampire (Neil Jordan, 1994)
[] 282) The Godfather Part III (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990)
[] 283) Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
[] 284) Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983)
[] 285) Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)
[] 286) L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)
[] 287) Secrets And Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996)
[] 288) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis, 1988)
[] 289) John Carpenter’s The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
[] 290) Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
[] 291) Rocco And His Brothers (Luchino Visconti, 1960)
[] 292) La Belle Et La Bête (Jean Cocteau, 1946)
[] 293) La Maman Et La Putain (Jean Eustache, 1973)
[] 294) The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, 1956)
[] 295) The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987)
[] 296) All The President’s Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
[] 297) It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)
[] 298) Le Cercle Rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970)
[] 299) The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942)
[] 300) Sawdust And Tinsel (Ingmar Bergman, 1953)
[] 301) Love And Death (Woody Allen, 1975)
[] 302) The Best Years Of Our Lives (William Wyler, 1946)
[] 303) Together (Lukas Moodyson, 2000)
[] 304) Radio Days (Woody Allen, 1987)
[] 305) The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006)
[] 306) Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, 2007)
[] 307) Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969)
[x] 308) The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
[] 309) Transformers (Michael Bay, 2007)
[x] 310) Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984)
[] 311) American History X (Tony Kaye, 1998)
[] 312) Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
[x] 313) Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
[] 314) Sweet Smell Of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)
[] 315) Sense And Sensibility (Ang Lee, 1995)
[] 316) Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
[] 317) Midnight Run (Martin Brest, 1988)
[] 318) Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)
[x] 319) The Lion King (Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, 1994)
[] 320) Braveheart (Mel Gibson, 1995)
[] 321) Funny Face (Stanley Donen, 1957)
[x] 322) Aladdin (Ron Clements, John Musker, 1992)
[] 323) The Last Seduction (John Dahl, 1994)
[] 324) Lone Star (John Sayles, 1996)
[x] 325) Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
[] 326) Out Of Sight (Steven Soderbergh, 1998)
[x] 327) The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993)
[x] 328) The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)
[] 329) The Lives Of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
[] 330) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith (George Lucas, 2005)
[x] 331) The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999)
[] 332) The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999)
[x] 333) Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978)
[] 334) The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942)
[x] 335) The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
[x] 336) Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
[x] 337) 300 (Zack Snyder, 2006)
[] 338) Jules Et Jim (François Truffaut, 1963)
[x] 339) Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
[] 340) High And Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
[] 341) The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975)
[] 342) The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1925)
[x] 343) Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter, 2001)
[] 344) The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese, 1978)
[x] 345) Fatal Attraction (Adrian Lyne, 1987)
[] 346) Leave Her To Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945)
[] 347) All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)
[] 348) Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1968)
[] 349) Arthur (Steve Gordon, 1982)
[] 350) Planet Of The Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)
[] 351) Zulu (Cy Endfield, 1964)
[] 352) Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Sturges, 1948)
[] 353) Bugsy Malone (Alan Parker, 1976)
[x] 354) Un Chien Andalou (Luis Buñuel, 1929)
[] 355) Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007)
[] 356) Napoléon (Abel Gance, 1927)
[] 357) The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
[] 358) Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002)
[] 359) The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)
[] 360) The Return (Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2003)
[] 361) Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994)
[] 362) The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
[] 363) Good Morning, Vietnam (Barry Levinson, 1987)
[x] 364) Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, 1994)
[] 365) The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, 2002)
[] 366) Predator (John McTiernan, 1987)
[] 367) Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)
[] 368) Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, 1980)
[x] 369) The Breakfast Club (John Hughes, 1985)
[] 370) Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976)
[x] 371) Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (Gore Verbinsky, 2003)
[] 372) Army Of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1992)
[x] 373) Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
[x] 374) Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007)
[x] 375) Four Weddings And A Funeral (Mike Newell, 1994)
[] 376) Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
[] 377) Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
[x] 378) The Goonies (Richard Donner, 1985)
[x] 379) Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007)
[] 380) Children Of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
[x] 381) Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, 1975)
[] 382) Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
[x] 383) Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005)
[] 384) The Shop Around The Corner (Ernst Lubitsch, 1940)
[] 385) Ace In The Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)
[] 386) The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci, 1968)
[x] 387) Rain Man (Barry Levinson, 1988)
[] 388) The English Patient (Anthony Minghella, 1996)
[] 389) Election (Alexander Payne, 1999)
[] 390) 2 Days In Paris (Julie Delpy, 2007)
[] 391) Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
[] 392) Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)
[] 393) Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004)
[] 394) Cloverfield (394, 2008)
[] 395) Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995)
[] 396) The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
[] 397) Night Of The Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968)
[] 398) Killer Of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1977)
[] 399) Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1924)
[] 400) The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)
[] 401) Batman Returns (Tim Burton, 1992)
[x] 402) Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, 1947)
[x] 403) Do The Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
[] 404) RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
[x] 405) Dirty Dancing (Emile Ardolino, 1987)
[x] 406) Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 2008)
[x] 407) The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1967)
[] 408) Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983)
[] 409) Men In Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997)
[] 410) A Hard Day’s Night (Richard Lester, 1964)
[x] 411) Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi, 2004)
[] 412) Heathers (Michael Lehmann, 1989)
[x] 413) Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)
[] 414) The Double Life Of Véronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)
[] 415) Dawn Of The Dead (George A. Romero, 1978)
[] 416) Bad Taste (Peter Jackson, 1987)
[] 417) Lords Of Dogtown (Catherine Hardwicke, 2005)
[x] 418) V For Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005)
[] 419) Days Of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)
[] 420) Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe, 1996)
[] 421) Lethal Weapon (Richard Donner, 1987)
[] 422) A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956)
[x] 423) Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
[] 424) To Have And Have Not (Howard Hawks, 1944)
[] 425) Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson, 2000)
[x] 426) Enduring Love (Roger Michell, 2004)
[] 427) Spring In A Small Town (Mu Fei, 1948)
[] 428) The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (Werner Herzog, 1974)
[] 429) Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1968)
[] 430) Big Trouble In Little China (John Carpenter, 1986)
[] 431) Electra Glide In Blue (James William Guercio, 1973)
[] 432) X-Men 2 (Bryan Singer, 2003)
[] 433) Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
[] 434) The Cat Concerto William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, (1947)
[] 435) American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)
[x] 436) Beauty And The Beast (Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, 1991)
[x] 437) Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002)
[] 438) The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher, 1987)
[] 439) Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage, 1997)
[] 440) Akira (Katsuhiro Ôtomo, 1988)
[] 441) Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1973)
[x] 442) Atonement (Joe Wright, 2007)
[] 443) Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)
[x] 444) Hairspray (John Waters, 1988)
[x] 445) Dumb And Dumber (Peter and Bobby Farrelly, 1994)
[] 446) High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000)
[] 447) Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
[] 448) A History Of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
[] 449) Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (George Lucas, 1999)
[x] 450) King Kong (Peter Jackson, 2005)
[] 451) Speed (Jan De Bont, 1994)
[] 452) Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000)
[] 453) Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008)
[] 454) The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, 2004)
[] 455) Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986)
[] 456) 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)
[] 457) Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
[x] 458) Batman (Tim Burton, 1989)
[] 459) Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, `952)
[] 460) Crash (Paul Haggis, 2004)
[] 461) Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
[] 462) Dead Man’s Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004)
[] 463) Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007)
[] 464) Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (Stanley Donen, 1954)
[] 465) 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995)
[] 466) Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000)
[] 467) The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
[] 468) The Crow (Alex Proyas, 1994)
[x] 469) Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)
[] 470) Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992)
[x] 471) Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban(Alfonso Cuarón, 2004)
[] 472) Le Doulos (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962)
[x] 473) Into The Wild (Sean Penn, 2007)
[] 474) Enter The Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973)
[x] 475) Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Gore Verbinsky, 2006)
[] 476) Santa Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989)
[x] 477) Rebel Without A Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
[] 478) Flesh (Paul Morrissey, 1968)
[] 479) The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (Norman Z. McLeod, 1947)
[] 480) The Son’s Room (Nanni Moretti, 2001)
[] 481) Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999)
[] 482) Scream (Wes Craven, 1996)
[] 483) The Big Red One (Samuel Fuller, 1980)
[] 484) The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2001)
[] 485) The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
[x] 486) Breakfast At Tiffany’s (Blake Edwards, 1961)
[] 487) Superbad (Greg Mottola, 2007)
[x] 488) Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)
[] 489) Brick (Rian Johnson, 2005)
[x] 490) Sweeney Todd (Tim Burton, 2007)
[] 491) Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
[x] 492) Amores Perros (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000)
[] 493) In The Company Of Men (Neil LaBute, 1977)
[] 494) Sideways (Alexander Payne, 2004)
[] 495) Jailhouse Rock (Steven Soderbergh, 1957)
[] 496) Superman Returns (Bryan Singer, 2006)
[] 497) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
[x] 498) Back To The Future Part II (Robert Zemeckis, 1989)
[x] 499) Saw (James Wan, 2004)
[] 500) Ocean’s Eleven (Steven Soderbergh, 2001)
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 Trailer!!
01 May 2011 1 Comment
in Film, Literature
It’s the film we have all been waiting for!! The Epic finale to the Harry Potter saga!! The trailer was released two days ago and everyone is talking about it.
And why?
Because it is AMAZNG!!
The Harry Potter films have been running for nearly a full decade now, capturing audiences worldwide, both old and young, and that space inbetween And now the trailer has been released and for those who haven’t read the book, you may be wondering what is going on in certain shots?? Well I will outline any sections of this article where there are spoilers….
Here for instance:
*SPOILERS*
The trailer begins with a shot of Severus Snape <3 Who I am completely in love with. I absolutely adore the ground he walks on because, for those of you know the tragic tale of The Half Blood Prince, you will understand just the emotion captured in this first shot if you realise where he is – Godric’s Hollow, the place where the love of his life lived and died.
I accidentally-on-purpose read the summary of the film from a critic who has seen the test screening, and when I read what happened in the first shot of The Prince’s Tale memories, I realised I was ruining something I have spent almost the past four years waiting for – The Prince’s Tale on the big screen!! I won’t repeat what I read because I had to stop reading because I don’t want to watch the film knowing what is happening exactly. However, according to this critic, the tale of Severus and Lily is the best part of the film!! Which I am so relieved to hear because there is such a huge fanbase for Severus/Lily that I think many fans would be distraught, and I know I would be, if they didn’t honour this part of the book entirely. Afterall, Severus Snape ends up being the true hero of the books, and it is pretty much down to him that Harry could finally beat Lord Voldemort.
*END OF SPOILER*
There is one really truly visually beautiful shot in the trailer that I adored, and that is the shot of Lily and Petunia in the meadow when Lily is showing Petunia that she is able to produce a flower out of thin air. Just the lighting, the tone and the mood of this shot to me reflects everything that Lily represents – natural beauty. Lily, although little mentioned in the books or films, she is quite a big character, I mean for a start off it is her sacrifice for Harry that saved him from being killed, she is presented as a beautiful and pure person that always had the ability to see the best in people, and the director, David Yates hopefully knew what he was doing when filming any of the ‘memory’ scenes.
This trailer, although only a glimpse into what the very last film will be like, you can guess the sheer hype surrounding it and it is clear what a phenomenon above all of the other Potter films this will be.
This really is not a film to be missed, and it will be available in 3D, making it more realistic and amazing than ever!!
Here is the trailer:
Harry Potter And The Dealthy Hallows: Part 2 is set to be released on 15th July 2011.
Kodak Film Competition 2011
01 May 2011 Leave a Comment
On March 4th 2011, I attended a competition at my university with a friend of mine which was sponsered by Kodak. The aim of this competition was to over the course of about 7 hours, read a brief we were given by Kodak, and create a 30 – 60 second advert based on this brief by planning, shooting and editing before the 7 hour deadline was up.
It was certainly an interesting competition. My friend and I were the only 1st year fim students, everyone else was either TV and Advertising, (which was quite intimidating as they had experience in the advertising area), and three 2nd year film students, who my friend and I joined up with. Quite a coincidence really as we found out we were all the only film students at the competition and we had happened to join up together.
Throughout the day, we encountered a few problems in the shape of finding an actress to star in the film. We got hold of one girl but it was a long time before she turned up, and so we had to rush the filming and editing. However, we pulled through and finished just before the deadline, and when we saw all of the films, we didn’t know just how well we had done, but as it turned out, we came 2nd!!
Coming 2nd was to us an amazing achievement, particularly as this was our first competition. The judges said our film fitted the brief best and that we would have won if it wasn’t for the fact our editing needed to be ‘tighter’, (basically our actress was so slow-moving, particularly the turn before she takes a picture of the flowers, that the editing couldn’t solve this and so that bit ruined it and so we came 2nd).
I think we did so well in fitting the brief, etc, simply because of the fact that we are film students and so our talents lie in narrative and visual imagery rather than just trying to appeal to an audience.
So, this is the video we made on one of the 2nd years youtube accounts:
Sweeney Todd – Designs For A Demon Barber transcription
30 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in Film
This is the transcription of the bonus feature on the dvd of Sweeney Todd (Tim Burton), that I had to do when writing my Tim Burton essay. The bonus feature is called ‘Designs For A Demon Barber’. It is very interesting and do watch the bonus feature if you get a chance
Coleen Atwood – Costume Designer for Sweeney Todd
Dante Ferretti – Production Designer
Francesca Lo Schlavo – Set Decorator
Tim Burton – Director of Sweeney Todd
Coleen Atwood: When I first spoke to Tim [Burton] about Sweeney Todd, he, in his own expressive way, said he wanted to create a world which felt sort of mid-Victorian, and a poorly world that people lived in, without making it too precious.
Dante Ferretti: I spoke to Tim [Burton] about the look of the movie, and they told me “remember the movies in the United States, Hollywood in the forties”. And they gave me a movie: “Frankenstein”. They said look at the movie, this is the kind of feeling I like.
Francesca Lo Schlavo: It was good for me to prepare these books for each set. For example, for the parlours, because we did two different parlours. We did the pie shop. We did the old mansion. So I prepared for each set some books because I like to understand what he was thinking.
Tim Burton: It kinda goes back to old horror movie stuff where we didn’t really want to have a thing like ‘London 1853’ or whatever; just to kind of keep it in the fable London. It’s Victorian. It’s to try to make it not too late. Just kind of in the middle where things were still developing. There was a bit more crime right in the middle of that period, but again, movie London, sort of horror movie London, and not be so literal. Because also to do a musical, it didn’t feel like one of those hardcore realistic types of, you know. That’s why we didn’t shoot on location; we built all the sets and did it again, to get that old-fashioned, horror movie style where if you felt it wasn’t realistic in terms of the setting, we tried to make feel realistic in terms of the emotion of the characters.
Dante Ferretti: Fleet Street is a real street in London and I went over there. We took all the sizes just for making it right for the dimensions. To make everything even graphic more close to the reality there. Of course I saw all the research. We chose a place where we see from Fleet Street, we see the St Paul’s Cathedral and then we chose one place, one area, and for this area I did the sketches. Everything is important. Every small set, even a small thing, but the barber shop is the centre of the story. And we discussed this in the beginning, in the very beginning. At first I made the sketches. I sketch, and then he look at the sketches and said “I like them. I want to think about them a little bit”. And then a few days after he came to see me, he said “Dante you know what? I would like to make something.” He made for me a little sketch. And then he looked at the wall and he found the same idea I already made just on the wall. He said “ah you already made!” The big window which is very important for the story with all the light. We were on the same wave.
Francesca Lo Schlavo: The barbershop, we did three different barbershops because we start with the happy moment. The dressing in the first period, it was with flowers, with colours and then they change a lot.
Dante Ferretti: We are on the Dunston Market set. It’s what’s on top of there, [shot of “St Dunston’s” printed on a wall], it’s already wrote. We built this actually in a very short time, almost in ten weeks. This set if you look, it’s not colour. The only colour is for Pirelli. Otherwise all the colour, it’s very important for the look of this movie. It’s almost everything is black and white. If you look around, the only colour is some green or stuff. Otherwise, all the walls of the shops, everything is almost desaturated.
Tim Burton: We go for a slightly desaturated quality, but, I mean, we try to do that as much upfront. I mean, technology-wise, you can do a lot, but we wanted to set the tone from the beginning because it just felt like it helps me, it helps the actors see the world which you want them to be in without just shooting them and cranking the dials at the end. We tried to set the tone we were going for from the very, very beginning.
Coleen Atwood: As an artist, Tim Burton changes all the time, like all of us. In the movies that I’ve done with Tim, I’ve tried to bring something different to the table, and sort of have it be something that inhabits his world, but still not the same thing, and not predictably Tim. Johnny [Depp]’s costumes are very simple. I love a great shirt, so we made some very nice shirts for Johnny I think, with hand-pleated bibs, and little embroidery like he might of had made in a foreign land when he comes to London. [Points to Sweeney Todd’s coat costume]. This is his leather coat that I developed and had manufactured. I did the design in the first prototype, and then they came through with me. Big time, but it’s got a lot of handwork in it. And it is leather, and the lines were cut with razors. It gives it some texture instead of being a flat piece of leather. [Picks up Sweeney Todd’s barber coat costume]. This is his barbering coat which he wears a lot in the movie. It’s made out of old bed sheets made into costumes. We did the technique with the fabric to get the colour, and it’s all hand-sewn, so it’s got a nice early feeling to it. [Image of a drawing of Mrs Lovett in a Victorian dress]. This is something that Mrs Lovett would wear, and has. [Picks up Mrs Lovett’s first outfit in Sweeney Todd]. This is her early costume which is her ‘poor’ costume. This was made out of a curtain panel that I found that’s from the period that I over-dyed and made it all mouldy and mingy for the film. The embroidery in this collar was done with straw which was popular back in those times and it’s extremely rare and fragile. [Presents more modernised clothes]. We have a lot of layers in this period, and these are some of the things that would be popular fashion items today, I think, if they were out on the market, but this goes underneath the costume. It’s actually an all-in-one underwear from the period. [Presents outfit Mrs Lovett wears in the “By the Sea” sequence]. This is a bit of a diversion from the sort of normal look of the film, but we have a number that is part of Mrs Lovett’s fantasy about this fantasy life she has, and this is one of the costumes she has in that. So, this would be her impression of the flashiest things she could have. [Presents Sweeney Todd’s bathing suit costume in Sweeney Todd]. This is Johnny’s bathing suit, first we weren’t gonna use it. He was like “oh I don’t know if I wanna do that”. But then we all decided it would be a pretty good thing and a great laugh if he did it. What I love the most about making movies is that every movie is different, that you’re always learning new things, that you can always develop new ideas, and you know, especially with Tim. He’s a director who appreciates the texture and the costume – that’s a real treat for a costume designer to work with.
Dante Ferretti: Tim with all his movies did something special, because it’s not only as a director, it’s very creative. Every movie you see, every movie is different, and every movie is always with a very big fantasy.
