Monthly Archives: May 2014

Is Odysseus Really A Hero?

The ‘Odyssey’; a heroic poem telling the amazing feats of the poor, wonderful, ‘resourceful’ Odyesseus. … if you were to tell the abridged version. Yet if read properly, the ‘Odyssey’ portrays a man that may not be as perfect as

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Donnie Darko; Use of Sound and Music

I thought that I would take a look at the use of sound in this movie as I remembered that it was more interesting than other movies that I have watched recently. There are times at which there is little

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Credits; Hold On

This song does seem to convey the feeling of short-lived passion that comes along with the idea of my main character killing the girl after the first date. It gives a vibe of carelessness which my main character definitely shows,

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‘Say A Little Prayer’ Aretha Franklin

  This choice of song for the end credits of my film may seem a little odd, but it actually fits surprisingly well. I can imagine it as some of it being sung by the girl that my main character is

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Credits; Happy

I quite like the idea of using this song. In his mind, my main character wants to kill his ex because she has betrayed him. I think that I might use a song that reflects my character’s thoughts rather than

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Credits; Someone Like Me

I rather like this song for my credits. My main character thinks that he has found his girl, and he thinks it’s going well; ‘too good to be true’. But the thing is is that it is too good to be

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Credits; Move It On Over

I quite like the idea of using this song for the credits, as it pretty much sums up what would be going through my main character’s mind. However I feel as though this song would much better suit a dark

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Dull Days

After endlessly searching for ‘dull photography’, ‘dreary photographs’, ‘photographing depression’ and such, I fell upon the work of Christian Hopkins. He does photography inspired by his suffering of depression, and I feel as though he manages to reflect this very

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Jodi Bieber

Bieber’s work is filled with ideas and emotion, which I believe she has accomplished  by strongly considering the composition of each image, the posing of the subject and the levels of lighting that she uses. She uses low exposure which

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