Monday, 7 December 2009

Storyboard process- working storyboard
















Working Storyboard
This is the storyboard for our idea of the opening sequence of our idea 'Elizabeth's Diary'.
A story board is written after there is a concept for a film and script. The story board shows the action in a simple format; to show the location, action, movement, sound, lighting, edit transition, timing and a drawing of the action.

When we finalised our idea, we listed the shots in order in the sequence. We then opened up a storyboard template from the shared server. We decided that we would split the task of the storyboard by each of doing a page of two pages of the storyboard each. In order to complete the storyboard we opened it on a word document. We then implemented the information from the shot list onto the storyboard. We estimated the time for each shot and then added them together to see if they fitted the time limit. We then printed the storyboard off and checked for any mistakes. Then T-k did the drawings for the storyboard as she is the most artistic person in our group. We used the information of our storyboard shot and the overall concept of the film, to do the drawings. Davina then inked the storyboard above T-k's pencil drawings. I then looked over the storyboards the finalise them and Ross scanned them into the computer.
We decided that we were not going to include the exterior scenes of the barn and start inside the studio. This is because we decided that we were not going to set it in a barn as it might not look very effective. Also, it may be random that she is hanging herself in a barn as it has no relevance to the film and it may distract from the diary element.

Research sources

In order to have an understanding of the film genre and the themes and ideas in the film, we researched on similar films and other media. This helped us understand how we could build up tension through the scene and what other films have similar themes to 'Elizabeth's Dairy'.

The Shawshank redemption

After the murder of his wife, successful banker Andrew Dufresne is sent to Shawshank prison, who suffers the usual unpleasantness of prison. Over the years, he retains hope and eventually gains the hope of his fellow inmates. He becomes friends with prisoner 'Red', and realises why it is crucial to have dreams. With Andy's spirit and desire, the film leads us into a world of spirit and imagination on Red and Andy's Journey inside the prison walls.

There is a famous scene in The Shawshank Redemption that will be useful for our film. This features a hanging scene, where the character Brooks Hatlen hangs himself when he is released from Shawshank as he feels he has no quality in life in the outside world. In this scene you see feet rocking on a chair and the chair fall over. This then reveals Brooks was here on the beam he was hanging from. We might use this in our product because it could make the scene more effective than showing the face of the girl hanging. This would leave the girls death to the audience's imagination which would be more realistic than how we could show it.

The Ring

A mysterious video tape is killing off anyone who watches it. Whenever the victim watches it, the phone rings, telling them they have only one week to live. A young reporter named Rachel is investigating these events, but after she and her small son watch the tape, it becomes a race against time to find out why the tape is killing everyone and how it could be stopped. The girl who is featured in the killer video tape, has the look that we wanted to have for the girl in the film. She has inspired us for the Elizabeth's character, hair and dress, which will help us choose a suitable actor.



First production group meeting

For the thriller sequence we chose Davina's idea. I liked this idea because it was original but had aspects of other thrillers and horrors to create a tension building opening sequence.

The thriller is based on the character Elizabeth Carter, who is a loner and constantly gets bullied by her peers. Elizabeth Carter is constantly being bullied at school due to her autistic disability. She is an incredibly keen writer and reverts to her black diary for comfort in expressing her feelings about her peers.Suddenly two of the four bullies die, in horrific ways. Elizabeth discovers that the deaths match the way she wanted them to die according to the writing in her diary. Once she discovers this, she turns suicidal and delusional.A few days after the deaths, Elizabeth is announced dead. An investigation is put into her death where they discover she committed suicide.Just when everyone thinks everything is solved, they find a new picture in the diary, and another bully dies. Once again, an investigation is put into this, with the same investigation team. They eventually link all the evidence back to the forth bully, and then the twist that it was her all along, unfolds.Davina, the forth bully is then announced missing, and is nowhere to be found.

In the first production group meeting after deciding which idea we were going to use, we decided on group roles. These were;
Davina- Director
Ross- Producer
T-K- Chief Editor
Me- Director of photography

I was incredibly happy with the decisions made. I think Davina makes a good director because it was her idea and she would have a clear understanding of the plot and how she wanted the opening scene to look. I think Ross makes a good producer because he is organised and is good at making decisions at appropriate times. T-K has a very clear understanding of editing. In the preliminary task, it seemed she found editing easy to cope with and enjoyed the process of editing. I was pleased I got the director of photography and did volunteer myself to have this position. In the preliminary task, I shot the sequence. I think I am very able to use the camera and have the skills for the director of photography. For example, a steady hand and an understand of the 180 degree rule.

In the meeting, we also discussed the opening sequence. We decided in this meeting we wanted the opening sequence to be the hanging scene which is mid way through the film. We thought this would be tense and would make the audience ask questions which would later be answered .

We had many ideas that expanded from Davina's initial idea. In Davina's initial idea the face of the girl was shown as she adjusts the noose and ties it around her neck. I came up with the idea of not showing her face and just showing her feet walk up to the stool, climb on to it and then hang. I thought this would add more of a sense of mystery and would leave the audience wanted to know more for example, who is this girl? Is she the main protagonist in the film? Which will later be answered as the film progresses. I thought this idea would also mean that the audience are even more shocked when the twist is revealed because they thought all their questions were answered. Ross came up with the idea of flash backs of her writing in her diary. This would add another element into the opening sequence and make the audience aware of who the girl is and the importance of the diary in the film. Although this is a good idea, I did feel that flash backs would be hard to edit so that they are fast and professional, but also it answers all the audiences questions within the first two minutes. Just showing her feet, although it may not be as exiting as the flash backs has more tension and atmosphere and makes the audience ask questions rather than have them answered which is an important part of a thriller.

I thought our first production group meeting was successful because we decided what oles we would have in the film making. This helps us to understand our capabilities within the process of this film being made.

My possible thriller idea

My thriller idea is about a small rural town in Alabama, where a string of suicides leads the town into confusion and disbalief about their town and the people in it. The film follows one teenager's death Harry Parker and his family life. The audience are unaware of why he died but focus more on the family. After the death the family are spooked by a strage presence in the house. This becomes the house's poltergiest. They experience paranormal activity in the house especially at night, like screams and cries of what seems to sound like Harry and furniture movement. Harry's sister Mellissa is worst affected by Harry's death and the paranrmal experiences and is eventually possed by his spirit. The family are tempted to contact an exorcist as has fits, screams Harry's name and even talks like him. However, the mother refuses as she is to depressed by what her family has gone through and does not want to believe in the paranormal.

What is a thriller?

In order to shoot the thriller, it was essential to learn what a thriller is and the difference between the thriller and horror genre. A thriller film is designed to keep the viewer on edge with suspense. Thrillers have also been produced for radio, books and television. Thriller is a 'meta-genre' because it is difficult to define as the emotions and reactions come from the experience the audience has of the entire film. The genre of thriller is flexible and ambiguous and can easily cross over with other genres for example, horror. There are many sub-genres of Thriller, for example supernatural thriller, crime thriller etc. The Thriller relies on a detailed plot to create fear, tension and suspense for the audience.

A thriller plays on the audience's everyday basic fears by focusing on the most infantile and therefore repressed thoughts. These thoughts can be voyeuristic, sexual or violent. Thrillers raise questions or Enigma codes in the mind of the audience. Thrillers also have universals themes for e.g. love, death, and money. There is also a sense of delay which is follower by a sense of relief from that tension. However the Thriller genre is sadomasochistic meaning that the audience often enjoys watching the director cause pain and suffering to the characters. Our pleasure is derived from their discomfort. We know this due to the popularity of thrillers. As well as evoking visceral, gut-level feelings rather than more sensitive, delicate emotions, thrillers also create a sense of ambivalence- they feel a sense of identification and sympathy with the hero or victim’s vulnerability.

For example, Flight Plan which is a thriller focusing on abduction of a mother's child on a plane. The tension is built up throughout the film because the child seems to not exists to the other pass angers and staff as she did not have a ticket for the child. This makes the audience believe the women is mentally in and believes she has a child, however there is a sense of relief from the tension when her daughter is found in the plane and has in fact been abducted.
A horror is different to a thriller, in the sense that a horror is intended to scare, unsettle and horrify an audience. A horror film experience is often the intrusion of a disturbing supernatural element into everyday human experience. Horrors have morbid, gruesome, surreal, or exceptionally suspenseful or frightening themes.
Horror often overlaps science fiction or fantasy. Horrors are more visceral meaning the audience get a more immediate reaction of they see on screen.
For example, The Strangers. This is a horror film based on the brutal murder of a couple in their isolated holiday home. The are murdered by strangers from the village in masks. This is horror because although tension is built up, it is through the murders and gruesome scenes. Instead of questions being asked, the audience is horrified by the events in the film.

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Intro to final cut pro

Final cut is a new server that runs off G5 macs. It is a non-linear based package and is timeline based. In the lesson we started off learning about the server. The system allows work to be 'checked out' of the server and then once complete it can be 'checked in' to a separate server. This method reliable and therefore minimises the chance of losing files. We were then taught about 'log rushes' which is selecting the more effective shots and from our filmed material and putting it into a 'logged bin'. We then selected the best shot by marking an "in" point and an "out" point and then placed the shots chronologically on a timeline. We then trimmed and cut the shot correctly to give an illusion of a simultaneous event. We then could add sound and create special effects. I found final cut pro much easier and reliable to use than any other editing package I have used before. Final cut pro gave a far more sharper cut, to make the sequence look more effective and realistic.

Monday, 12 October 2009

Preliminary Task shooting Evaluation

The task was to film a short sequence involving two people. We had a certain storyboard; so we had to follow the script and the shots used.

We filmed in the media editing studio above the school theatre. There were advantages and disadvantages of this location. The room was quite old and dilapidated, which went along with the crime theme of our film. It was a blank canvas, which was a benefit because we had allot to work with and could experiment and not be limited to the background. However, it was quite a small space so it was hard to keep the lights out of the shot. There were other problems with the lights. We had limited lighting and because there was a white background, there was a large shadow on the wall behind the main focus. This was bad because it would show the audience that there was lighting in the room and would also distract from the scene.

I had quite an active role in the filing of the task. I was in a group of three and I filmed the sequence. T-k was the director, so when she said 'stand by', I replied with 'Standing by'. Then, 'roll camera', 'camera rolling'. I helped set up the tripod and adjust it to suit the angle of filming. I set up the camera, made sure the aspect ratio, shutter speed, exposure, decibels and light were correct on the camera and then finally bubbled the tripod. I then did a sound check to make sure the microphone was picking up sound for the film. I filmed the entire sequence and followed the commands of the director. I also thought of some ideas for different shots to make the piece of film more exciting, for example a low angle shot of the sequence. This would be to make the actor who requested the other to steal a brief case to look more threatening and powerful.
We wanted the lighting to match with the set, so we did not want too much harsh lighting. We wanted it to be slightly low key. We used We used two side lights with a downwards angle, this was two light the set so the actors could be seen clearly but also to make the scene seem slightly mysterious. I think the lighting was effective in the task because, the lighting supported the scene. The lighting probably could have been improved because we noticed a slight shadow on the back wall caused by the lighting, but because of the set and lighting available we could not remove this.

We set the camera up as a group and I think we did it in a correct way. We set up the tripod by unclasping the brackets and pulling the tripod upwards so it was at medium height. We then fixed the camera on the tripod by sliding the camera onto the top of the tripod and making sure it was secure, and then turned on the camera. Finally we made sure that the information on the video camera screen was correct. We understood that we had to look for the aspect ratio which was 16:9 and was correct for the shoot. We then looked out for the shutter speed which was 50, which was correct. The exposure was 1.6, which is too bright and would make the mise-en-scene appear white. Therefore I changed this to 2.4 and made sure I kept this constant throughout so it didn't appear as though the lighting had changed. I made sure the decibels was 0 and there was a light bulb which meant that it was shot with artificial light. We also made sure that there was sound being picked up from the camera by doing a sound check.

We made certain that the tripod was level in each shot. We did this by bubbling the tripod, this involves moving the camera on the tripod until the small circle is in the middle of the large circle. We checked the tripod after every cut and bubbled it again if it was necessary. We checked the shot was framed correctly in every shot by having a practise run before the actual shot. Where the actor stood in the frame, we marked it on the floor. If the actor did not stand in this place we did other takes of the same shot until it looked more correctly framed. We also made sure the lighting equipment, our shadows and any other unwanted obstacles were in the shot.

We chose appropriate angles for the shots, which reinforced the subject of the task. We had to follow the certain shots that were on the storyboard. However we used other shots to make the task more exciting. We shot the scene in a low angle shot of the demanding bully type character. This made her seem more powerful and high status. To do this I laid on the floor and held the camera upwards and made sure the character was correctly positioned in the frame. We then shot the other character with a high angle shot, this made her seem powerless and very low status. To do this, I adjusted the tripod so it was at maximum height and then pushed it together, so the tripod was easy to carry. I then held the tripod up and shot the camera on a downwards angle. We used over the shoulder shots of each character, using different distances. This was so you could see the expressions clearly of each character. We shot a long shot from the front, this was for the establishing shot of the scene. We then used close ups on the door opening and closing and the briefcase being picked up and put down. This was to emphasise the entrance and exit of the characters and to show that the briefcase is the center of the scene.

We conformed to the 180 degree rule. This rule is very important. If you imagine a line across the frame, you have to stay to one side of the line and if you cross the line it makes the shot look as if the characters are the opposite way round. We were effective in sticking to this rule and checked if we were crossing the line before we did a take.

I have learned allot during the filming of the preliminary task. I learned the appropriate terminology and I feel my confidence in filming has increased dramatically. I knew how different shots make people look a certain way but this task has made me understand this clearer because it has put these theories into context for me.

Monday, 5 October 2009

Intro to video camera

We were introduced to the cameras that are used on the course, these are the Sony PD170. We learned about the different parts of the camera, how to assemble the camera and what to look for on the screen. We learned that you have to look for on the screen:

--:--:--:-- this is the time code which shows how many frames there are
the number means how many frames there are per second
16:9 means the aspect ratio
50 is the shutter speed (50 times a second)
F1.6 is the exposure / iris this would be light and F11 would be dark
db is short for decibels which should be 0
the light bulb on the screen means indoor/artificial light
the sun on the screen means outdoors/natural light
48K is the sound quality


We then tested the knowledge we had gained by filming a 20 second clip of our choice. We chose to film it in the school car park, with the subject a girl waving at another and her ignoring the girl. We did a long shot of the scene, a mid shot and a close up all from different angles. This was to show the different emotions and personalities of the two people in the scene. We did many cuts because we wanted to get the shots just right so that the mise-en-scene was the same in the frame every time. For example, we did not want the girl to be waving with her right hand in the long shot and her left hand in the mid shot because then it would be confusing and not look real. We then watched the clips again on the computer and we realised that we had accidentally set the exposure to 1.6 which is very light. We didn't realise this at the time because we were in limited time and didn't think about looking at the footage straight after it had been filmed. If I was to do this exercises again I would know to turn the exposure up to a more convenient setting and check back that the lighting was not too bright or too dark.

Friday, 2 October 2009

Inroduction to photoshop

We were given an introduction to the CS2 photoshop. I really enjoyed this lesson because I have only really used photoshop for art and using the spot healing tool. We learned how to use certain tools that could be useful for our horror posters.

I experimented with different tools to create this photo. I took a picture of Chaz outside the main school. I thought this photo was good to experiment with because you can see his face clearly. I first used the spot healing tool. I zoomed into the photograph and proceeded to make the skin look completely clear with no imperfections. To cover blemishes on photoshop, I used the spot healing tool. A circle appeared and I adjusted the circumference of the circle by decreasing the number on the brush tool. I then clicked on a spot i wanted to cover and it adjusted it to fit in with the skin around it. I then used the healing brush tool and the dodge tool to highlight the areas around his eyes to make his skin seem brighter. I then used the clone stamp tool. This makes objects appear many times on the page. This gave the effect of Chaz's head on the post box. I clicked Alt on the keyboard and clicked on the point I wanted to clone. I then placed the mouse over where i wanted to clone the image to. By holding down and moving the mouse it clones the image where ever the arrow is on the page. I then gave the face a ghostly image by decreasing the opacity to make it only slightly visible. I did this by clicking on the layer of the cloned image and adjusting the opacity to get a correct image with the tool bar at the top of the page. To make his real face look smudged and stretched, I used the liquefy tool. I did this by clicking on filter then liquefy. I then adjusted the circumference of the circle so that I could work on the smaller facial features. To make the features look stretched I clicked on the facial feature and moved the mouse outwards.

Intoduction to stills camera


We were taught how to use the cameras in an appropriate way in order to take exciting and interesting photographs. We first learned how to work the cameras, for example how to zoom in and keep it in focus. We learned about the rule of thirds. This is a rule that applies to all visual art. It is the theory that all images should be divided into nine equal parts with three horizontal lines and three vertical lines. The most important parts of the photograph should run along these lines.


We also learnt about the four hotspots. This is the theory that because westerners read from left to right, they also read an image in this way. So therefore the most important part of the photograph should be in the top left hand corner, with the top right second, the bottom left third and the bottom right fourth. We also learned about head space and how you shouldn't have much or any head space in the photograph because it draws your eyes of the actual image.
We then got into groups and took pictures using these theories around the school. I took this picture of T-k and Davina who were in my group. I am proud of this picture because it uses the rule of thirds and the four hotpots in the correct way. T-k is standing up in the left hand corner and to give the photograph depth and difference Davina is crouching in the fourth hotspot. This photo doesn't have hardly any head space over T-k's head which is another important element.

Intoduction to studio

We were introduced to the television studio in the school. It is a large area with a grey interior. For the task it was laid out in an interview format. The task was to pretend we were being interviewed for the channel T4. Two people were chosen to be the interviewee's, two for the camera and two for the lighting. The rest were chosen to be interviewed. The room was set up with three lights and one camera on a tripod. I was chosen to be interviewed. We were given a sheet with questions to awns er for example; what type of music are you into? This practical exercise gave me the opportunity to experience an interview set up, have a first glance at what the camera and lights look like and how they work.

Tuesday, 29 September 2009

My hobby

This photograph was taken in a hip-hop workshop in school. I chose this image because dance is my favorite hobby and I have thought about working in the performing arts doing dance as a career. I think this image is effective because I look really into the movement and as if I'm working hard. I also like the picture because it is slightly off focus on everyone else so makes the image of me stand out. This image also uses the hot spot theory. The teacher (the man in the purple cap) and I are in the main hot spot. He is an important person in the image as he is leading the class and I aspire to be doing this in the near future. We are both the largest images in the photograph. The people appear smaller because of the perspective of the photo. This is a mid shot, although it could be argued it is slightly low angle because everyone in the photo is leaning down so this is to see the people's bodies in the image.
The only criticism I would give this photo is that it is taken in the mirror, so there is a clearly visable line running down the centre of the photo. This is not only distracting but slightly disjoints in the image. However this could not be removed because it was the best place to take the photograph.

Portraiture


This is a portrait image of me. It is a mid shot that shows my shoulders upwards. I like this picture because it is very laid back and I am smiling which creates a happy easy going feel.
To create this image, my partner took a picture of me. I primarily used curves in order to create the look of a Polaroid picture.
I used the selection tool to cut out a boarder of an existing Polaroid image. I cut and pasted the whole image into the Polaroid boarder and moved the boarder in front of the image of me. I used the curves tool and set the red panel to a smooth S curve. I moved the blue panel and moved the peak of the curve down. I moved the green channel into another S curve and adjusted all of them to get the desired result.
I really like how this image turned out because the Polaroid boarder gave it a vintage feel. I got to use the editing techniques I enjoy using such as curves also called cross-processing.
I wanted to show a vintage style of photograph because I like vintage fashion and small vintage shops in London. I like films with a vintage genre particularly 'The Notebook'.

Me as a pop icon

This is a portrait picture of me super imposed onto a picture of Lady Gaga. I rendered a picture of my face from a stock image. I feathered the image, so that the edges slowly faded away so it blends in well with the picture. I then took the picture of my face, scaled in down to the size of Lady Gaga's and aligned my facial features with hers. I cut out and feathered some skin on my face, leaving my most prominent features like my eyes and my mouth. I then used the spot healing tool to blend in my skin with Lady Gaga's. I added a warming photo filter. This helped to blend my skin and make the picture seem more realistic.
I think this photograph is very effective because it is blended well and it could be an actual person. The techniques I used to help me gain an understanding of how to blend an imagine into an other and to also use filters, levels and curves. I think the photgraph I chose of Lady Gaga was a good choice because the lighting was bright like the photograph taken of me. It was straight on and very eye catching. The text also made the picture look like a CD cover which I think was effective because it highlighted the pop genre of the photograph.

Me and friends!

This is a photograph taken before my leaver's prom in June 2009. This is a wide shot taken in my friends garden. I really like this photo because its very naturalistic and not posed. We are having great fun and this is shown through the image.
This photograph uses natural light because it was taken on a hot summers day outdoors. I also like this photo because the image is encompassed with people. There is barley any head space and the background of the greenery makes the people in the image stand out.

Monday, 28 September 2009

Horror Poster

We then had to design and create another horror poster. However, this had to be our own ideas of a film. We had to take our own pictures and edit them to fit in with the horror genre.
My inspiration came from a path in my village church. The church seems never ending, so I cam up with he film 'No Way Home'.


To make this poster, I used a variety of techniques to make the poster look dark and forbidding which connotes horror.
The poster, the syntagm was put together with the paradigms. I chose one paradigm, the path church to be the background of my poster. I chose this rather than any other location because it looked dark, never ending and frightening. I took a picture of a wide shot of the path, this was to create the forever expanse of the path. I lowered the saturation so that it would become a background image.


Then I made the borders on the top and bottom of the poster. I used the grunge brush, that looked like blood and used a deep red colour to paint with. Once these areas were complete I found a text that I thought was suitable and connoted a horror theme. I then put a gradient overlay on it and positioned as necessary.

I then placed a texture over the top of the whole image and set its mode to hard light, this is why you can see different shades of red on the borders and a grainy feel to the piece as a whole.
I photographed a boy in a black hooded top to create the appearance of a black cloak. I chose this garment because I felt that it looked dead like and ‘spooky’ which is what I wanted to portray in my poster. I rendered the face in the photograph and reduced the saturation to create the dead effect. I then did minor adjustments. I used the spot healing tool and took away any blemishes so the face looked even more corpse like and professional. I then placed a different texture over the face, creating a layer mask for the hair, nose and eyes.

I then used a variety of layer modes, grunge brushes, the burn tool and opacity levels to create, an ill looking horror genre style face. I then surrounded the picture with black smoke which gave me the idea for the smoke at the top of the poster.

To create the feeling that you are being watching in the poster; I cut out eyes of a photograph I took of my sister. I took a photo of these eyes because they signify evil, no way to turn and being surrounded. This is what I wanted my horror film to be about. I feathered the eyes to make them blend in so they were not sharp making it look like they were park of the background. I used the colour balance took to make them red and set the opacity down so they could just be seen.

I then took a picture of a group of flowers. I did want a picture of a dead flower but I found this difficult so I used the burn tool to make the image darker. I chose this paradigm because it was juxtaposition between the dead and the living; the ‘ghost like’ image of the boy and the once beautiful flowers contrast. I increased the saturation compared with the background so they would stand out and layered them with smoke to give the poster an evil, mysterious quality.
I then added the names of the producer director and cast and added a logo to make the poster seen more professional.

I think my poster was effective for because it connotes horror and fear. I think the smoke created mystery and the eyes draw the reader into the poster. However, I think I could gave improved on the photograph of the flowers to make them seem more dead which would have created a more obvious juxtaposition.

Blade Poster

We were first given a task to design and create a poster to advertise the film 'Blade' We had to include pictures, the film title and a slogan we had made up. We learned about the four hot spots and I incorporated them into my design. The title of the film, the vampire picture and the picture of Blade were all in the hot spots, which draw the reader into the poster.

Using the photoshop layers, I established the first layer which was the red background. I then used a variety of black grunge brushes to create the blood inspired horror background. I then cut out using the 'lasso' tool a picture of Blade. This was very hard to do because the picture is detailed. I think I could have edited it better if I spent more time on it. I then cut out a picture of a vampires mouth from a picture found on the Internet. I feathered the picture and used the burn tool to give a smoke feel and give a 'gorey' smoke feel. I then wrote the text that I imported from www.dafont.com . I used white text so that it would stand out from the black background. I used the gradient tool to back the 'Blade' look like it was a blade. I then imported the small print from another poster.

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Introduction

My name is Alexandra Hall and I am currently studying media for AS level at Hurtwood House. I really enjoy media because it has already taught me a lot about the media around me and it is also fun to do! I particularly like the artistic side of media, I like photography and improving them on photoshop. Media has made me look at film and television in different ways because I do not just watch the film, I think about how it is made. My favorite films are Precious, The Notebook and Trainspotting. I prefer low budget indie English films to American Blockbusters. I prefer films with an deep storyline rather than special effects.My favorite music genre is indie rock. My favorite bands are Biffy Clyro, The Libertines and Jamie T. I am also studying theatre studies, business studies and dance. I dance and act as a hobby and as well as watch films I love to go to the theatre. I prefer practical subjects because they are fun but you are learning every day.I hope you have fun reading my blog and hopefully find it interesting,
Alex