There is a 여성 알바 chance that specific roles on the film crew might be switched around depending on the needs of the movie that is being shot. On productions that make use of more than one camera, a number of camera operators may simultaneously fulfill the responsibilities of a single member of the film crew. Larger films often need the services of either a sound assistant or the aCable Persona when it comes to the film crew roles that are available in the sound department.
When working on larger films, a film editor is often associated with assistant editors and may be asked to edit audio, dialogue, special effects, and any visuals that may be present. In addition to this, a film editor could be needed to act as a supervisor for the work that is done by assistant editors. A film director is the person in charge of the construction of locations and sets, the direction of actors in the performance of their parts, the employment of key crew members, the selection of shooting techniques, and the management of post-production editing. In addition, a film director is responsible for managing the editing process after the film has been shot.
It is common practice for producers to provide support to screenwriters in the areas of scheduling and the drafting of screenplays, the identification of sources of finance, and the selection of a film’s cast and crew. On set, it is the job of the cinematographer to supervise the camera and lighting crews, make aesthetic and technical assessments, and evaluate the film’s final product.
While guiding the creative process of the film from its origin to its finish while working directly with the director, you will be responsible for making aesthetic and technical decisions about the shooting, budgeting, and post-production of the film. You, the director, the actors, and the other members of the film’s team are all responsible for a variety of tasks, such as the hiring of props, the transportation of equipment, and the setting up of shooting sites. Among the other tasks, these responsibilities include the setting up of shooting locations. In this job, you will be responsible for managing the budget, having meetings with all of the departments that are involved in the planning, production, and post-production phases of the shoot, and successfully articulating your vision for the film.
The Production Designer will work closely with the leaders of the various departments to develop the film’s visual aesthetic before production ever starts. This will assist in making certain that the director’s vision is brought to fruition. Production designers collaborate with directors to produce designs for films that capture both the film’s overall look and its underlying themes. These designs are then used in the final product.
The film’s director is the one who is most directly responsible for setting the creative direction of the movie and bringing the story to life on screen. Creativity and vision: the movie director will be held more accountable than anyone else for the end product. This is because the movie director is responsible for both. It takes a significant amount of creative vision, passion, and devotion for there to be a final product that matches the image that the director had in their brain of what the finished work should look like.
Stage directors, in contrast to those who work in television or film, often use cameras to capture the acts they stage. If you are the director of a movie or a television program, it is your duty to make certain that the actors and other members of the crew always provide impressive performances while the production is in progress. The directors of a film and the effects experts who collaborate with them utilize special effects in order to strengthen the impression of realism that is given by the film’s action, scenery, and other components. This is accomplished by combining practical effects with computer-generated imagery. Foley engineers are the individuals in charge of the installation and administration of the microphones and audio equipment that Foley artists use to record sound effects throughout the production of a movie.
Art directors often collaborate with production designers to supervise the development and design of the film’s sets in order to achieve the visual look and sound of the picture. This is done in order to produce the visually appealing appearance and sound of the image. This is done in order to generate the overall impression that the movie will have. Directors work closely with art directors, production designers, costume designers, and site scouts when it comes to the process of designing and building sets for their films.
During the course of the process of rehearsal, the directors and the actors collaborate in order to choose the locations for filming, set up the shooting schedules, and handle the many technical issues that arise, such as the placement of the camera and the lighting. Despite the fact that they frequently monitor actors while they are filming sequences and collaborate with camera operators and cinematographers to set up shots, film directors are typically in charge of leading the production. This is the case even though they are also responsible for leading the production.
They work together with a director of photography to bring the image they have envisioned for the film to life via the lens of a camera. These people are also referred to as cinematographers in certain circles. It is common practice for the director and the film editor to collaborate on projects to ensure that the contributions made by the film editor are in keeping with the filmmaker’s vision for the final output. During the post-production phase of the filmmaking process, a film editor will often work with raw material in order to make a final product that is ready for distribution. This procedure takes place after the film has been produced.
It is the job of the editor to provide assistance to the filmmaker in making sense of the many hours of video that were filmed on location. Post-production is the stage of filmmaking in which the filmmakers, film editors, and music supervisors work closely together to ensure that the finished product is precisely what the producers and directors had envisioned it to be. This is accomplished through close collaboration between all of the parties involved.
A screenwriter is a person who converts stories into screenplays, presents ideas to cinema producers and directors, and works with other people to rewrite scripts together. A music supervisor is not only responsible for writing music for films, but also for directing rehearsals to make sure that all of the cast members are adequately prepared for the parts that they will be playing in a production. A member of the film production crew is accountable for the production of rig plans in addition to the building of sets that are customized to meet the requirements of the director. These responsibilities are carried out with the intention of getting the necessary filming equipment ready for the shooting process. These responsibilities are carried out in conjunction with a cinematographer and a lead lighting technician.
Larger-scale projects will be worked on jointly by a scenic designer and a scenic decorator, both of whose primary responsibilities on the film crew revolve mostly on the planning and preparation of settings.
The chief grip is accountable for managing the technicians who have been brought in for the purpose of working on the lighting and rigging for the film production, in addition to ensuring that the sets are constructed in a secure manner. A solid working connection exists between the gaffer, who is in charge of lighting, and the grip crew. The gaffer, who is the head of the lighting department and will be active throughout the first two phases of production, will be responsible for applying various light settings in order to assist in the development of cinematic visuals for a film. This responsibility falls under the gaffer’s purview because the gaffer will also be active throughout the first two phases of production.
An effective shooting plan for a particular production can only be developed via close collaboration between the directors of that production and the first assistant directors of that film. The runners will interact with the many departments that are responsible for administrative obligations during the production of a film in order to ensure that everything goes smoothly throughout the production.
It is the job of the film director, who stands atop the production pyramid and has unquestioned authority on the set, to correctly adapt a script for presentation on a large screen. This obligation lies squarely on the shoulders of the director. The film’s production designer, along with the film’s director and its director of photography, is responsible for developing the film’s overall aesthetic through the use of the wide range of movie production tasks that can be found tucked away in each of the separate departments. This is accomplished by the use of a variety of different movie production tasks.
It is extremely rare to find a film that does not include any props, and it is the responsibility of the Prop Master to ensure that all of the props are easily accessible, that they function as they were designed to, and that they fulfill the vision of the director (or cinematographer, in some cases). There is a possibility that theater directors and producers would traverse the country with their shows, whilst those working in the film and television sectors will be focusing on advancing their careers (a site far away from a studio, where all or some of the shooting takes place).


The Bicycle Thief (1948), English
I happened to see this movie after watching a interview of Anurag Kashyap, where he says he started making movies because he was moved by the power of cinema after watching this classic. The movie has remained in the top ten best movies of all time, for more than a quarter of a century. I would suggest all bollywood directors watch the movie, because this is how emotions are supposed to be depicted in a movie. A critic once said “The Bicycle Thief is a perfect example of what can be done in front of a motion picture camera, but so rarely done. This movie for the first time showed that a soul of a man can be filmed.” Its like the actors in the movie, don’t know there is a camera filming them, the acting is so natural. And this for a 1948 film. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you sit at the edge of your seat, after the last scene, you might want to run towards the screen and hug the characters.
Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
The Godfather (1972), English
This is one of those films that made me wonder why I hadn’t seen it earlier. The Godfather has the word classic written all over. Colors are used perfectly to give a true feel. Al Pacino shines in this movie, One of the all time best Performance by my favorite actor. A timeless masterpiece, which features some of the best lines ever written for any movie in the world like “It’s not personal, Sonny. It’s strictly business” and “I don’t like violence, Tom. I’m a businessman; blood is a big expense” The greatest gangster film ever made. A new genre was created the day this movie was released.
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Dev D (2008), Hindi
The novel Devdas was always a big hit among Indian directors. However when Anurag Kashap made a film on the book, spectators and critics were awestruck. The movie is dark, darker than bollywood has ever dared feed its audiences. Anurag shows us feminism, like we have never seen before. Dev D is one such cinema which emphasized on sexual desires that exist in a relationship between man and woman. These desires takes a center stage of the plot and somewhere it’s always present in movie though it’s not visible. The audience can feel its presence in every aspect of the movie, be it its settings, colors and lights used or the sequence which follows in the movie. Sex remains the driving force of life. Every action seems to be an outcome of the release of sexual desire. Anurag, has treated its character as human being rather than classifying their feelings according to their gender, like bollywood has done for ages. The female character of his movie is sexually liberated. None of them pursue their feeling guided by their families or by their husbands. They knew about their desires and about their action which she is taking in fulfilling those desires. She is bold, educated and capable of letting the man know her desire and also to prevent any unwanted advances. The movie has 18 songs, yes its a musical but unlike any other bollywood musical you have seen. The songs relate to the movie like they are a part of it, interwoven into the scenes, each song depicting a emotion of one of the characters. Sometimes I wonder, how did a movie with 18 songs get away with showing a women masturbating or a girl giving a blowjob. Thank God it did, if the movie was banned, Bollywood would have missed a masterpiece. Maybe Chattopadhyay’s novel was always meant to show this OR maybe it made Sarat Chattopadhyay turn in his grave.
Rotten Tomatoes: 84% (audience. no critics review)
City Of God (2002), Portuguese
The Movie Tells the story of the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus. The Tagline itself will explain everything about the movie, “Fight and you’ll never survive… Run and you’ll never escape”. A staggering masterpiece. The direction, cinematography, and editing are all Splendid and at the best. The cinematography is some of the best I have ever seen. The City of God is a world you will never want to visit, but watch the movie to visit the city for 2 Hours and you might be tempted to join a anti-gun movement (which is a good thing!)
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
SuperBad (2007), English
Superbad’s not much more than a teen comedy, it’s the best teen comedy to come out in at least a decade (I am not a American Pie fan) and there’s no shame in that. Critics generally dislike Teen comedy. For me its one of the best modern comedies ever. Superbad’s so bad ass that it’s good. Superbad takes talking dirty on screen to a new level that will serve as shock treatment for some, and leave the rest in stitches. The comic timing of both Seth Rogen and Michael Cera is brillaint.
Rotten Tomatoes: 87%
Office Space (1999), English
Another comedy, Movies like Office space remind us why working in a cubicle is not the life, God intended for us. Its witty, wacky and especially the scene where the characters trash a office printer is brilliant. Man it reminds me of my college printer, if only I had the courage to take it to the street. A friend send me the DVD for this movie from US. Thanks Jer!
Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
Psycho (1960), English
Would I dare not include a Hitchcock classic in my list. Psycho is my favorite Hitchcock movie bare none. A masterpiece by any standard. The Film will always be remembered as one of the Path Breaking of the horror genre. Even after 40 years the scenes are still copied in Hollywood and Bollywood horror movies.
Rotten Tomatoes: 99%
Schindler’s List (1993), English
Spielberg’s masterpiece. A Must See. No film has ever had the impact on me like this. It’s brilliant, beautifully shot in black and white. I saw this movie by accident. A friend of mine brought the dvd and he gave it to me saying it was a good movie. The movie was long but it was a emotional journey. The end scene where Schindler leaves his men and cries that he could have saved one more man is probably the most emotional scene I have seen.
Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Italian
The story is of three gunslingers competing to find a fortune in buried Confederate gold. Leone created some of the most memorable shots in film history. A True masterpiece. The way the music drives this movie is absolutely amazing. The visuals are eye-popping, the score (by Ennio Morricone) magnificent, the Civil War set-pieces both stunning and haunting. If you’re going to end a trilogy, this is the way to do it. The good, the bad and the ugly is to hollywood what Sholay is to bollywood. Movie makers look upon these movies and awe at the technical brilliance.
Rotten Tomatoes: 98%
The Matrix (1999), English
This movie makes you wonder if the story was written by a higher being of greater intelligence. What makes The Matrix above the rest of the films in its genre is that there are simply no loopholes. The special effects are absolutely amazing, Intriguingly Philosophical. The more you watch it, the better it gets. And yet another great Philosophical Lines “The answer is out there, Neo, and it’s looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to”, “I’m trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door. You’re the one that has to walk through it”. Understanding the movie can be a life changing experience. The rest of the movies in the trilogy did not meet the expectations, but the Matrix still remains a hit with both Critics and Viewers alike.
Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
Stanley Kubrick is always known to be a perfectionist. Below are three of the favorite movies directed by the great Stanley Kubrick.
2001 A Space odyssey (1968) , English
The ’2001 A Space odyssey’ shows how perfectly Stanley predicted the future. Its like the future simply copied the movie. The ending of the the movie is so complex, that critics still fight over the correct interpretation. The music of a man floating in space has now been copied in almost every floating scene including Tom and Jerry. Imagine a movie that takes viewers right from the evolution of man from monkeys, to the then present age (1968) , and then to a distant future(2001) in one movie. Movie shows how man has used tools to make his life better, from a animal bone to scare enemies to a complicated computer that makes decisions for you!
Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), English
Dr Strangelove is a brilliant comedy, It makes fun of war and the sceanes shot inside the aircraft was so detailed and entertaining, you want to watch them again and again. Peter Sellers was cast in 3 different roles. All 3 roles had distinctively different appearances and accents. For weeks after the films release, nobody even guessed the characters were the same person. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:3SellersRoles.jpg.
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Barry Lyndon (1975), English
For Barry Lyndon, the director, Stanley Kubrick went around the world searching for a camera and lens. Stanley knew he wanted to shoot some low light scenes for the movie. The camera technology in those days was not advanced enough to shoot in low light situations. After two and half years of keeping the movie on hold, Stanley got a camera from NASA and a lens was specially developed for him. The film actually features the largest lens aperture in film history. No one had ever imagined a f/0.7 lens at that time, today photographers can’t live without it. No wonder, the candle lit scenes in the movie are stunning, its like a moving oil painting, just like Stanley Kubrick wanted it.
Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
There are many more movies I would love to include, some I would like to watch. Still looking for a hindi copy of Mani Ratnams Nayakam. Other brilliant movies I like to mention include Citizen kane, 12 Angry Men, the 1925 classic Battleship Potemkin , The Shawshank Redemption and so many more. I should have included more from Hichcock, atleast one comedy from Frank Capra, Gosh I feel so bad leaving these movies out!


Synopsis of SMOG a Literary Crime Thriller
The novel is set in December 1952. London is in the grip of a dangerous smog. Nineteen year old Charlie lives there with his mother, working as a clerk for a small private detective agency. It's a dull life, and he wants to change it by leaving home and dumping his clinging girlfriend Sally. When beautiful Sylvia Bovey-Chase comes to the firm asking for help, he is bewitched by her.
Charlie's mother Miriam is haunted by her husband's death twenty years earlier. She watched him die in a Provencal hospital, partly due to her own negligence following a minor accident.
Charlie lets Sylvia manipulate him into working for her directly. He feels out of place in her glossy world and his expectations are incongruous. As the weather deteriorates and the smog thickens, Charlie loses hold of reality and learns of a link between Sylvia and his mother which leads him down a dangerous path, revealing stories of infidelity, seduction and lies.


Wednesday, September 28, 2011
OSF Tuesday: Jake Wilson
On Tuesday we started off with the backstage tour of the Elizabethan Theatre and the New Theatre which involved us being ushered around by an actor who pointed out interesting facts. We learned about how the Stage Manager signals the actor for entrance onto stage by a set of little amber looking lights. We then explored the entire backstage with costumes, green rooms and actor/actress's lounge. From anywhere behind stage the actors are able to hear and know what exactly part of the play they are in by a series of stereos and TV'S spread throughout the area. After we had finished our Backstage tour we then went to go see the Shakespearean play of "Measure for Measure" which was set in an amazing time period with an interesting idea of a latino twinge to things. The set we saw during "Measure for Measure" was exactly like a shoe box in which had great depth and awesome projections throughout. The play also consisted of amazing costumes which after the show is done can and will be rented out to various projects such as "Saturday Night live." After we finished "Measure for Measure" it was time to go see "The Imaginary Invalid". This play was fantastically written, directed, acted and lighted throughout the play. It had a good overall moral of "Live as if your going to die tomorrow." and how important it is to know the ones who love you. This play was overall well done and i think by the audiences reaction of laughter, tears and an standing ovation the play was a hit. So far OSF has been a wonderful experience amongst me and other kids. we have already begun to talk about ideas we have seen to be used in various plays we create in the future.


These Violent Delights
Tristan and Isolde was one of those movies that defined a generation. 20 years later, as the studio plans a re-release of the film, the actress who played Isolde realizes how many members of the cast and crew have died or disappeared. Can the killer be stopped before the reunion--or will the rest of the cast face a similar fate?
"This delicious confection from veteran thriller writer Linnéa (Chasing Eden) oozes romantic suspense. Movie buffs will enjoy the backstory and romance readers the tangled romantic web. To boot, there are plenty of red herrings and creepy suspects for mystery fans. Darken the lights, bring out the popcorn, and enjoy."--Library Journal
"The forthcoming 20th anniversary reunion of the cast of the classic film Tristan and Isolde in the U.K. provides the backdrop for Linnéa’s extravagantly romantic first in a new movie mystery series...Skillfully interwoven flashbacks detail the filming and the professional and personal jealousies as well as emotional entanglements that roiled the cast." --Publisher's Weekly
"Linnea branches out with a new Movie Mystery series. Flashing between the past and present, the story charts events and relationship dramas that surrounded the filming of the movie Tristan and Isolde, some of which have lead to murder. Great characterization and twisty surprises add up to an excellent mystery. For Anastasia Day Huntington, the widowed Duchess of Esmonde, the upcoming re-release of her debut film, Tristan and Isolde, is a bittersweet reminder of things lost. However, upon learning of the sudden death of a friend and former crew member, Anastasia suddenly realizes the number of those associated with the film who have met untimely deaths is frighteningly high. Could some of these deaths actually have been murders? Concerned and fighting agoraphobia, Anastasia reaches out to an old friend, screenwriter Bruce Amerman. When Bruce accepts her premise regarding the deaths, they must figure out the killer’s identity before the gala reunion!" --Romantic Times Book Reivew
"Linnea delivers a romantic suspense novel in which the fatal triangle that ensnared Tristan, Isolde and King Mark is reflected in that which ensnare the three movie stars, making the two tragedies seem equally inevitable." --Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine


In Marvel Studios’ “The Marvels,” Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as “The Marvels.” The film stars Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Samuel L. Jackson, Zawe Ashton and Park Seo-joon. Nia DaCosta directs, and Kevin Feige is the producer. Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Mary Livanos and Matthew Jenkins serve as executive producers. The screenplay is by Megan McDonnell, Nia DaCosta, Elissa Karasik and Zeb Wells.
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Season 1, Episode 6
Monkey Business is episode 6 of season 1 of The Worst Witch TV series. It was Preceded by Double, Double, Toil and Trouble, and followed by Miss Cackle's Birthday Surprise. Monkey Business is based on the second worst witch book, The Worst Witch Strikes Again.
A new term and Mildred arrives back at school with trepidation. Thinking that some extra responsibility might do her some good, Miss Cackle asks Mildred to look after a new first year, Enid Nightshade. On the surface the new girl seems rather quiet and dull. Mildred throws herself wholeheartedly into watching Enid, and Maud feels left out.
Meanwhile, Mr Blossom has waged a war against a wayward fungus that has spread all over the school. One night, as he is skulking about the halls pulverizing it, he sees a monkey in Enid's bedroom.
Enid is rather disenchanted with the school and decides to have some fun in chanting class by singing off key. Mildred bursts out laughing and is promptly kicked out of class for it. Then, while the girls are rehearsing for a play with Miss Drill, Enid has had enough of Ethel's snootiness, and she unties the rope holding the scenery upright, which falls on Ethel's head and knocks her out.
She and Mildred are punished by being made to scrub the floors, a task of which Enid quickly tires. She runs off leaving Mildred alone with the scrub-brush. Mildred goes looking for Enid, and when she opens the door to her room, the monkey (Coco) escapes, and runs strait by the flabbergasted Mr. Blossom and into Ethel's room. Donning Ethel's tie, Coco climbs out the window and onto the school roof.
Not wishing to get into any more trouble when Ethel discovers her missing tie, Mildred climbs on her broom, and flies after him. She manages to coax him onto the broom with her and lands in the courtyard to find it full of students, as well as Miss Drill and Miss Hardbroom.
Miss Hardbroom thinks the monkey is Ethel, but when she uses a reversing spell, it turns out to be Enid's cat, which she turned into a monkey for fun. Mildred is once again given the benefit of the doubt and she stalks away, angry that Enid didn't tell everyone the truth. Enid apologises and the two decide to stay friends.
(Miss Bat singing and Miss Drill doing mime)
Amelia-“IF I COULD JUST GET YOUR ATTENTION FOR A MOMENT!”
Crash! Miss Drill hits the door.
HB walks into staffroom just as Miss Bat attempts to hit a top C and Miss Drill knocks herself out on the door whilst trying out mime: "Have I missed anything?"
Miss Drill’s voice (from the floor): "MISSED!!!"
HB: “Mildred, it will be your special job to look after Enid. I should like to point out that this is not my idea, but some strange notion of Miss Cackle’s to try to turn you into a decent member of the community. Personally, I feel it a great loss to send young Enid down the path of misfortune with you.”
HB: "And who ... need I ask, was responsible for THAT?!"
|The Worst Witch TV Series|


As much as I am a complete book junkie, I am also addicted to movies. I rarely watch television shows but when I do, and it happens to be a good show, I become completely obsessed. Storage Wars: California, Pawn Stars, and Royal Pains are currently on my DVR at the moment. I know . . . I know . . . not the most entertaining shows for a young twenty-eight-year-old, right? I can admit it—I am one hundred percent totally weird and the most unordinary stuff entertains me.
Here are some summer movies I do plan to check out.
Star Trek: Into Darkness
I saw the first one and it was okay, so I might as well check out the second.
Fast & Furious 6:
SEEN IT: In normal wifey fashion I choose to support my “Hollywood hubs” (Vin Diesel), no laughter please, and go see this movie. We all know that after the first, second, and even third one you begin to get the point and realize there is no story line and the movie is clearly just about seeing the handsome men and action. Men + Action = summer blockbuster for the ladies. I honestly can’t tell you the purpose of the movie, but it was action-packed and full of sexiness. And yes, I will be supporting him again for Fast & Furious 7J.
Okay, so I know you’re wondering if I will be going to see this with my four-year-old. The thought had crossed my mind and I decided, NOT! He will probably enjoy the first thirty, forty minutes and then become a distraction. And I really want to see this movie, way more than he does. I’m a wayyyy bigger kid.
Man of Steel
I have never been a huge Superman fan. I’ve watched a couple of the earlier versions (both films and television series) with Dean Cain and may I say this—I cannot be the only one who has wondered what the hell these people were thinking. Did they honestly not know that Clark and Superman was the same man? I mean really. He just didn’t wear the glasses. Anyway, this one actually looks like it may hold my attention. So I’m down to go see it.
World War Z
This is one of those movies that look absolutely awesome from the trailer. It will probably bore you the first twenty minutes while they lead up to the dramatic scenes of the Zombie apocalypse, but I’m sure the ladies will enjoy watching Brad Pitt save the world.
What are you watching this summer?


Gene and Paul lend their voices and animated likenesses to:
The Fairly Odd Parents: Wishology
May 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2009
The Fairly OddParents: Wishology (or just known as “Wishology”) is the 9th, 10th and 11th The Fairly OddParents TV movies made by Nickelodeon in the United States and YTV in Canada, featuring characters from The Fairly OddParents television series. In production order, this movie is divided into 1 hour long episodes: The Big Beginning, The Exciting Middle Part, and The Final Ending. The movie features spoofs of hit sci-fi/fantasy film franchises, such as Harry Potter, Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix and The Terminator. The movie also features a reference to Back to the Future, during the chase between Timmy Turner, Jorgen Von Strangle, and the Eliminators. The Eliminators are a parody of Terminators with one of them in a leather jacket and sunglasses being an obvious parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character in the Terminator series. “Wishology” is the first Fairly OddParents episode to be broadcast in widescreen High Definition (however the regular Standard Definition intro is shown at the beginning).
Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley from hard rock band KISS are doing the episode as themselves, along with actor Patrick Warburton as the MERF members (a parody of Men in Black), and actor Brendan Fraser (The Mummy) as Turbo Thunder, as they will all guest star in Wishology.
Part 1: The Big Beginning
The Big Beginning starts with Timmy wishing he was in his own movie trilogy (which parodies The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter) which is then interrupted by Jorgen. He is sent back home where he can’t find Cosmo, Wanda or Poof and his family and friends don’t remember him (which Timmy claims was just like any one of his other normal mornings). When he screams out his name, an Eliminator (Gary Sturgis) shows up and begins attacking him and chases after him. Jorgen saves him and informs him that his fairies are fine. Or maybe not, since he’s turned all the fairies into gumballs and stuck them in a gumball machine in a greasy truck stop bar. A fat kid starts buying the gumballs and chomps up Binky, then almost chomps up Wanda, but Cosmo rescues her. Meanwhile, Jorgen takes Timmy to a cave in Fairy World called the “Cave of Destiny” (which Jorgen claims is often rented out for Halloween parties, Weddings and Bar Mitzvahs) where there is the prophecy remember about the ancient faries that fought the darkness and stayed in outer space as stars guarding earth. It also explains that a man with a pink hat, buck teeth and the initials TT is the chosen one who “must find the white wand in the rock sealed with a kiss”, which leads Jorgen to believe that it must be Timmy. After finding Cosmo, Wanda, and Poof, Timmy gets chased by Alien Hunters (Spoofing Men in Black, voiced by Patrick Warburton). They believe that he is an Alien due to missing/none files of him. After a battle of wits, Timmy uses the “Men In Blacks” freeze ray and freezes them. Timmy then steals an airplane and ends up in a KISS concert where he finds out that Kiss are actually fairy guardians and that the white wand is one of their guitar, saying that they have been guarding it for centuries(Timmy stating that they are older than they look which Paul Stanley responds “Why do you think we wear the make up?”). They don’t believe him when he tells them he is the chosen one, telling him to say the chosen ones creed. In frustration Timmy ends up saying his name out loud, causing the eliminators to appear, who try to destroy Timmy. Seeing that the eliminators want to destroy him Kiss believes he is the chosen one. The Darkness arrives and tries to swallow everyone in the concert hall before Timmy plays the White Wand and starts forcing the Darkness back with magical bursts from the guitar. The Darkness then retreats after taking all the Eliminators with it and Timmy gives everyone a chance to enjoy the concert again as it is moved to Fairyworld. Shortly after, a muscular looking man arrives, announcing himself as Turbo Thunder and takes Timmy’s guitar before he acclaims that he is the one to defeat the Darkness. Shockingly, Turbo Thunder looks exactly like the cave prophecy’s depiction of Timmy even though Jorgen stupidly believed it was supposed to be Timmy. As he discovers that he is too late, everyone just goes on to enjoy the concert (with Jorgen erasing their memories of the event after it was over). Just as Timmy looks confidently at the Big Dipper constellation in the sky, he feels like it’s finally over only for all of the stars in the sky to vanish again the minute he and his God Parents walked off.
Part 2: The Exciting Middle Part
As this segment begins, Timmy is basking in the glow of being the Chosen One. But it turns out that he wasn’t such a hero after all, when it becomes clear that the Darkness has returned. When The Darkness destroys Mark Chang’s home planet, Mark contacts him to help save the planet. Timmy and Mark fight to free Dimmsdale from the Eliminators, who have disguised themselves as Timmy’s closest friends and family. Timmy manages to stop the Darkness and destroy the Eliminators by throwing various gifts, received from his fame, into the Darkness, including a boom box, some roller skates, and some cocktail weiners (which becomes a major plot device later on in Part 3). The Eliminators survive, however, and absorb the items Timmy threw into the Darkness, gaining roller skates and singing “Get Timmy Turner” to funk music coming from boom boxes in their torsos (a reference to roller disco). After the Fairies are captured and locked up in Fairyworld’s greatest prison Abracatraz, Timmy and Mark team up with Timmy’s enemies, Crocker, Vicky, and Dark Laser, before traveling to find the Blue Moon to locate the second wand (using crude methods like bribing Vicky with fake cash, dullfully admitting him having fairy godparents to Crocker and posting a embarrassing movie of Dark Laser, calling him “Fart Blazer”, on Too Yube (a parody of Youtube). Before they go, Dark Lazer gives them some disguises: (Timmy as Anakin Skywalker, Mark as R2D2, Crocker as Chewbacca, Vicky as Princess Leia, and Dark Lazer as Darth Vader. Along the way, they make a pit stop at a bar(Which is similar to and most likley a parody of Mos Eisley Cantina from Star Wars Episode IV:A New Hope.) Before the Eliminators attack and capture Vicky, Crocker and Dark Laser with ease (it reveals that whatever they threw at them and ended up being sucked up by the darkness automatically gets added to their arsenal, point proven when Timmy saw them shooting hot dogs at them after he had thrown them at the darkness previously). Turbo Thunder, the acclaimed real chosen one, shows up and tricks Timmy into revealing where the second star was before taking off for it (despite the fact Timmy and Mark stowed away on his ship before take off). Meanwhile, as the Fairies and Timmy’s friends and family get to know each other, they all band together to help Timmy as he has risked his life for them in previous adventures. By dumb luck and a few surprisingly fast learned kung fu moves, Poof defeats a group of Eliminator robots before he frees everyone from their prison cell and they manage to save Timmy’s enemies as they are being carted off, still frozen in ice. Together, they use Jorgen’s magic to warp to the Blue Moon as Timmy is just about to get the second wand and is revealed that he IS the true chosen one because he refused to fight the guardian of the second wand, a giant rock monster, while Turbo Thunder did, only to be flicked away, thus Timmy passed the test. Timmy and Mark are ambushed by the Darkness and the Eliminators, who ensure that they will keep coming back in greater numbers than before. Even with Timmy’s friends and family successfully driving the Eliminators back with a combined magical attack, their friendly reunion is cut short when the Darkness appears and tries to inhale everyone. But an even bigger concern is when Timmy tries to use the second wand to force the Darkness away, nothing happened! Timmy then realizes that this whole time, the Darkness wants him (it creepily moans his name). He then climbs the rope his friends and family made, where Trixie Tang admits her love for and kisses Timmy, before he willingly releases his grip on her and gets pulled into the Darkness. The Darkness leaves with Timmy while everyone is heartbroken at losing Timmy (Trixie even cried a little for Timmy’s bravery and Vicky openly exclaims that she’d never call Timmy a “twerp” again). Jorgen and the others firmly decide that since Timmy sacrificed himself to save them, it was now THEIR turn to save him, before he stupidly created a rocket ship using magic and accidentally sending it flying away without anyone onboard it first.
Part 3: The Final Ending
Timmy awakens inside of his own room again and begins a new day at school with everyone’s memories of what happened at the Blue Moon of Vegan erased. However, this is not the real world. Timmy started to notice everyone acting weirdly and it eventually led him to discover that he was NOT in Dimmsdale, but still inside the Darkness. Cosmo, Wanda, Poof and Jorgen disguise themselves as Eliminators and enter the Darkness, bringing Timmy safely back to Earth (strangely, the Darkness kept Timmy close to it’s one weak point, it’s heart). The Darkness now wants Timmy back, but the Eliminator that first chased him is still set on annihilating Timmy when the Darkness does not want him destroyed. Even after he is destroyed and sent plummeting into the ocean on Earth, he magically reassembles himself and takes off to face Timmy. Back on the real Dimmsdale, Timmy reunites with his family and friends in the Timmy Cave beneath his house and they relay what has happened so far before the Eliminator returns. He not only absorbs Jorgen’s wand and sends Timmy’s friends and family into the Darkness, but it uses it’s newfound magical powers to completely solidify the Earth in a giant steel casing and change all the humans (the MERF group, to be more precise) into his robotic henchmen. At this point, he now dons himself the Destructinator, the true antagonist of the Wishology trilogy. Timmy and his fairies return to the Blue Moon to retrieve the second wand and run into a weakened Turbo Thunder. He then reveals the true reason why the second wand did nothing when Timmy used it. It’s true purpose was to “light the way”, as the entire planet turned to face the sun and powered up the wand. It was then revealed that beneath the moon’s surface was a hidden society lined to the brim with magic and it revealed the final part of the cave prophecy, where Timmy would have to find a third and final wand, hidden within the Earth’s ice. Turbo Thunder reveals he was the original chosen one, picked by the fairy council(through auditions),but as stated before he was late and Timmy had to fill in, he apologies and admits that Timmy is the new chosen one. He also tells them he tried out to become the chosen one to take revenge on the Darkness because it destroyed his home world and took his family from him. Turbo Thunder tries to train Timmy but Timmy’s unable to keep up with his super powered teacher. Thus, Turbo Thunder transfers his powers to Timmy, who dubbed himself “Turbo Timmy”, knowing he was the only hope of stopping the Destructinator and the Darkness. The group returns to Fairy World and frees the fairies by giving them wands from the hidden ruins below the moon and fight back the remaining Eliminators, winning. Timmy then returns to Earth to face the Destructinator as the Darkness catches word that Timmy returned. Timmy battles the Destructinator through space and finally leads him back to Earth where they crash land in the Artic. The Destructinator planned to stuff the Earth full of bombs and missiles so that when the Darkness sucked it up, it would unleash a giant explosion, killing both it and Timmy. However, Timmy managed to snatch the self destruction device from Destructinator and uses the robot’s thirst for power to trick him into absorbing all the bombs he planted inside the planet. He then detonates the bombs, destroying the Destructinator once and for all. The massive explosion also melts the ice and reveals the third and final wand. However, Timmy must now fulfill the prophecy and defeat the Darkness. But just then, he realizes something. When the Darkness appeared before Turbo Thunder’s world and Fairy World, it was first attacked by the inhabitants of the world before it attacked them. All the Darkness ever wanted was a friend. With the powers of the Fire Wand (the guitar), the Wind Wand (the wand on the Blue Moon) and the Ice Wand (found buried under the North Pole’s icy layer), he uses his fairies magic to poof up more ice wands on every other planet, creating a giant smiling face of light when he activated the wand’s powers and unleashed a powerful beam of light into the Darkness. After that, the Darkness has now become the Kindness and returns all of Timmy’s captured friends and family, along with Mark and Turbo Thunder’s parents. They celebrate with another KISS concert in Fairy World when KISS and the ancient fairy counselors surprisingly appear after Timmy defeated the Darkness, but the romantic moment between Timmy and Trixie is broken by Jorgen telling Timmy he is going to erase everyone’s memories after the concert. Timmy figured this would happen, but was relieved he wouldn’t have to find anymore wands. But in the Cave of Destiny, as the prophecy showed Timmy with all three wands, a red fourth wand appeared. But, it’s revealed that Cosmo drew it with a red crayon before saying “Just kidding!” and ending up crushed by a rock after getting brain freeze from an ice cream sandwich, ending the Wishology trilogy story.


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7 Movies to Watch Starring Pugs
Just last week I was watching a movie that had pugs starring in it and it totally inspired this post. I wanted to share with you 7 movies you should watch that have pugs in them. Seriously, who can’t pass up a movie with a pug in it. So if you are looking for something to watch over the weekend whilst snuggled up to your pug, be sure to check out one or two or even all of these movies.
1. Men In Black
2. The Adventures of Milo & Otis
3. Men In Black II
4. The Nut Job
6. Kingsman: The Secret Service
And not to miss when it hits the screens in July 2016
7. The Secret Life of Pets
Do you have a favourite movie with a pug in it? Tell me in the comments your must see movies starring pugs.


This two-channel video depicts O’Gorman’s attempt to capture “sousveillance” footage at the Windsor/Detroit international tunnel in response to increasingly invasive surveillance measures imposed by Homeland Security. O’Gorman’s first attempt to shoot the tunnel was in the spring of 2005, when he concealed a video camera in his car, only to be thwarted by border guards. For his second, more successful attempt, O’Gorman ran the Detroit Marathon sporting a headcam. “Border Transmission” is a sequential remix of these two single-take videos. A key element of this project is the serendipitous soundtrack, recorded live in the car during O’Gorman’s first ill-fated sousveillance attempt.
Onion City Film Festival, Chicago, 2008
Antimatter Underground Film Festival, Victoria, BC, 2008
Detroit/Windsor International Film Festival, 2008
Detroit Docs Festival, 2008
Art Gallery of Windsor, Borderline Case exhibition, 2008


A political thriller, set in Rome in June 1800, Tosca tells a story of passionate, yet tender love, jealousy, betrayal, lust, and self-sacrifice. Tosca’s action takes place over a span of less than 24 hours during the Napoleonic wars and amidst great political unrest, making it one of the most dramatic thrill rides in opera.
The plot centers around three main characters: Rome’s diva Floria Tosca, her lover Mario Cavaradossi, and the corrupt Chief of Police, Baron Scarpia. Scarpia has long lusted after Tosca, and when he suspects Cavaradossi of assisting an escaped political prisoner, he seizes the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. He will manipulate Tosca into revealing the prisoner’s hiding place and Cavaradossi’s involvement, so he can have Tosca for himself.
When Cavaradossi is captured, Scarpia offers Tosca a horrific bargain – she must give herself to Scarpia, or her lover is killed. What will she choose, and who will survive?
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Working with a Marvel Universe star, what?!
Today I had the privilege of working on a short film with some fantastic people telling a great story. Working with Laith Nakli and Maryam Mir was an unforgettable experience. Sweet Refuge tells the story of a family of Syrian immigrants trying to stay connected to home by continuing to bake and share their famous baklava. This is a beautiful story, and I am grateful to be a part of it. Look out for Sweet Refuge on the short film festival circuit in 2022!


"Netflix's Da 5 Bloods could have had some big stars in the movie, including Samuel L. Jackson and Denzel Washington. Spike Lee’s latest film has been receiving some glowing reviews as of late, despite having been made on a relatively small budget, considering its amount of stunts and effects.
The film tells the story of four Vietnam vets who return to the small southeast Asian nation for the first time since the war ended. Known as the Bloods, the friends (Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.) are careful to tell outsiders that they have returned to Vietnam in order to find and bring the remains of the fifth Blood – Stormin’ Norman (Chadwick Boseman), back to the United States. While this is partly true, the Bloods also have a second function in Vietnam: to recover a substantial number of gold bars that they discovered and hid decades earlier during wartime. But of course, everything doesn’t go as planned. The film’s cast is a strong one, though Da 5 Bloods could have arguably benefited from younger look-alike cast members in the flashback sequences, as the lack of substantial difference between present-day Bloods and Vietnam-era Bloods can be distracting at times.
As it so happens, Lee’s casting choices did go through a small period of change prior to shooting Da 5 Bloods. However, the changes involved the main cast, with the previously intended line-up promising some serious quality as well. In an interview with Collider, actor and previous Lee collaborator, Giancarlo Esposito revealed that he had originally been set to star as a Blood in Lee’s latest film, alongside Jackson, Washington, and Washington’s real-life son, John David Washington. Unfortunately, the cast didn’t come together as intended due to scheduling conflicts. Said Esposito on Lee’s original casting choices:
“It was me and Samuel L. Jackson and Denzel Washington, and Denzel’s son. I just love and adore Spike Lee, and the messages that he created in his films that are so powerful and strong, and also because the cast he was talking to at that time. But it didn’t work out for any of us because the shoot got pushed, and Spike was wanting everyone to be there the whole time overseas when he shot it, and I was still shooting Better Call Saul, and was juggling that with Godfather of Harlem, so it didn’t work out. It was so hard for me not to be able to do that film.”
Fans of Lee’s work, as well as of heavyweights Jackson, Denzel and John David Washington, will likely be disappointed that things didn’t go as originally planned. Not to take anything away from the actual cast of Da 5 Bloods, but one can’t help but think that the film would have felt entirely different had Lee’s original choices been able to take on the roles of Bloods. Unfortunately, that’s just the path that movies take from time to time, with everything not always falling into place as initially believed or intended. It doesn’t seem that Da 5 Bloods was harmed in the least by going with the cast that it ended up going with – a testament to Lee’s superb direction and the talent of the cast involved.
Casting decisions have got to be one of the more tenuous aspects of making a movie. It’s hard to name a single hit film that didn’t, at one point or another, have other actors in mind for some of its most memorable roles. In the case of Da 5 Bloods, the star power that Lee originally had in mind wasn’t meant to be, but the film itself is one that has already made a permanent mark on the history and political climate of cinema."


Over the Christmas break I had chance to catch up on some back issues of The Stage ( frantically busy November and December had left me swamped!)
On 14 December, ‘West End Producer’ answered a question about whether audiences should ask for their money back if they can’t hear the actors. His assessment was a resounding ‘yes’.
The problem, it seems, is growing, and can be traced back to the fact that actor training has shifted to concentrate more on acting for film and TV rather than stage. No learning how to project the voice and gesture; more concentration on the flicker of an eyebrow to convey all, and naturalistic speech levels suited more to a private tête-à-tête.
I agree with him. It’s a problem for me, let alone for my elderly parents who no longer feel they get much out of a visit to the theatre. And it could be more an issue for the big, established theatres – the ones who can afford ‘star’ actors fresh from a TV series to try to bring in new audiences. Back in 2015, we went to see Othello at the RSC in Stratford on Avon. Expensive seats, close to the stage. It was interesting staging, but very underplayed, and as for hearing what was going on – no chance. For the first time, I came away from a performance there feeling disappointed and underwhelmed, even bored.
But – a couple of weeks later we saw the same production in the live screening version. Just for curiosity. It was wonderful! We could hear all the words, and see all the intricacies of the facial expressions and body language – everything that had eluded us in the properly live performance.
It all goes to show that screen-accustomed actors are great if your show is for screen. But don’t assume that they’re right for the stage. And maybe, just maybe, given the potential for far greater numbers to see the screened version than the real, live version, using screen actors is the wisest choice. But does such a shift mark the moment of acceptance that live theatre is a dying art?
Judge for yourself the screened version – with the RSC DVD here.


For this weeks instalment we are looking at our favourite all time most bestest films.
This was quite a difficult one for me as we were to pick 10, when I probably could have picked 100.
Breakfast Club (1985)- This is a perfect easy watch, feel good, teen angst film. One of my favourite songs plays out at the end as Judd Nelson fist pumps the air, with such a great sountrack how can one resist.
Everything about this film is great, I love to watch it when I’m not feeling 100%, it’s a rainy day or I’m bored. I must watch it at least twice a year.
Goonies (1985) – Another 80’s classic which shouldn’t surprise anyone since it’s my fav era. This is my ill film, whenever I’m sick it goes on. Ir reminds me of when I was a kid and layed up on the sofa with a blanket when I was poorly. It’s such a comforting film.
Legally Blonde (2001) – This film despite is feel good comedic value is actually quite inspiring. It fills me full of hope. Morale of the story…If Elle Woods can do it so can you! It’s just amazing!
Erin Brockovich (2000) – This film has it all. I laugh, I cry, I feel…it’s just brilliant from start to finish. The fact it’s based on a real story is just crazy, what the people must have suffered. Erin…seriously what a woman.
If you haven’t seen this I must advise you do! Now lol!
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) – I’m a bit of a disaster film nut which is great way to prepare for these events happening lol. I love this film, especially in the winter months all cosy and warm. Little bit of eye candy with the gorgeous Jake Gyllenhaaul who I love in every film he has done.
Practical Magic (1998) – This was thw year I left school and I saw this at the cinema so many times. At 16 I really thought I could make myself into a witch and be as awesome as these gals were. This is a great film and so funny 🙂
Pretty In Pink (1986) – One word…Ducky! Man he gives me the feels. Why doesn’t she just be with him, he’s so sweet and funny. All the way through this film I still hope even though I’ve seen it a thousand times. Another 80’s classic from me:)
Revenant (2015) – What? A serious film! Yes I know but come on have you seen it? Absolutely magnificent! Leo at his best and I actually hated Tom’s role in this film, what a nob! And that’s putting it mildly. I cried so hard through this but wow amazing. The cinematography was mind blowing.
Zodiac (2007) – Another Jakey film. I am obsessed over crime stories like this. Based on a real life story that occurred in America and still goes unresolved. It’s a great piece of work and portrays the darkness of the whole situation.
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) – One of my fav psychological thrillers. I can actually see this happening in real life and that is a scary prospect. The films was done brilliantly and always has me on the edge of my seat.
That’s my 10 and I hope that I’ve inspired you to sit and watch something epic.
I’d love to know what your favourite films are.
Thanks for reading and don’t forget to check the other girls out.
The Stationery Geekette x


Summary The recent hit, ”Baby Broker,” which won two awards at the Film de Cannes held in May, was a Korean film produced by a Japanese director. Under the direction of Hirokazu Koreeda, a renowned Japanese film director, eminent Korean actors and actresses such as Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doo-na, and IU came together to create a movie that has been highly praised both by the Korean and Japanese communities as well as the global society. In this article, Professor Kwon Yongseok highlights the significance of a Japanese director shooting a movie in Korea considering the past and current relationship between the Japanese and Korean governments. Furthermore, he discusses the teamwork of Koreeda and Song in making this film as well as Koreeda’s decision in including one of South Korea’s most popular singers, IU. Professor Kwon indicates that these factors could lead to a new phase for both the Japanese and Korean film industries in which the entertainment industry could help to overcome the tensions in diplomatic affairs.


Hi there, my name's Howard Berry and welcome to my website. I am Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer in Post-Production for the undergraduate BA (Hons) degrees in Film and Television Documentary, Entertainment and Fiction at the University of Hertfordshire, and an Apple Master Trainer.
I have a broad range of industry experience, from working as a visual effects editor and rotoscope artist on mainstream feature films, to post-production for short films, commercials, concert videos, documentaries, corporate videos, oral history interviews, in roles including editor, motion graphics designer and colourist. I can edit with Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro, and I am also a skilled user of FilmLight BaseLight, Adobe After Effects, Apple Color, Motion, Sibelius, Cubase, Soundtrack Pro, LightWave and Shake. I can also operate a Steenbeck and cut film manually, should the need arise! I have also worked as a Producer for short drama and also documentaries.
Most recently I have been working on several productions. The first, Smile, Baby, Smile, is a 17-minute short drama adaptation from a short story by Deborah Moggach. The film premiered in December 2012, and will be screened in Florida in the February 2013. The second film I am working on is a 45-minute drama in the style of a Dynasty-style soap opera, entitled Impirioso. Parts of the film were shot at Hatfield House, which has been used as the location for several feature films The film is due to be premiered in January 2013, and has been written and directed by the artist Sarah Baker.
Last academic year, 2011-12, I was very proud to be the University of Hertfordshire Tutor of the Year. Students nominate the people they think most deserve recognition for outstanding commitment to and achievement in excellence in inspirational teaching with over 160 students nominating tutors in this category. I was commended for having passion for my subject and for my ability to enthuse my students. Students say I am "friendly, fun, patient, supportive, organised, intellectually stimulating, sincere, caring and a great teacher". I was described as "an asset to the course and to the University".
I am also co-founder of The Elstree Project which is an oral history project, designed to record, preserve, share and inform others about the history of the various film and television studios which have and continue to exist in Elstree and Borehamwood. In this role, I have worked as a Producer, Director, Camera Operator, DoP, Sound Recordist and Editor! So far, I have directed 32 documentaries, with more in progress. More information can be found on the project website.
Finally, I make regular weekly appearances on BBC Three Counties Radio as a guest panelist for the Friday night Entertainment Hour, which is part of the Drivetime show presented by Roberto Perrone. Even if you don't live within the Three Counties area, you can always listen live or on catch-up through BBC iPlayer.
If you would like to contact me, please use the links at the bottom of the page.


Dawit Shimelis Kebede
Date of Birth: 1983
"Emra & Dabo started a little over four years ago when I met Jan and Matti in Addis Ababa. Needless to say, we became friends immediately. This script was developed with the belief that something this personal (friendship) can become universal. The young actors’ background, life, struggles, and all the real landscape gave the film an authenticity that I hope will make it more powerful and more emotional for all kinds of people. It has been an adventure for the cast and crew and we are all looking forward to what viewers will think."


It’s the movie that everybody is talking about since the trailer dropped and questions have been swirling around how much of this movie that’s ‘based on a true story’ is actually true?
Now if you’re one of the few that hasn’t heard of this movie or even seen the trailer, here it is.
The storyline of the movie according to IMDB is “An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.”
The thing that has caught everyone’s attention is that in the trailer we are told that the movie is based on a true story, so we are here to tell you what is and isn’t factual.
The story centres around Andrew Thornton, who was a narcotics officer and lawyer turned leader of a drug-smuggling ring in Kentucky known as ‘The Company’.
While returning from Colombia, Thornton threw bags full of the drug from his plane near Blairsville in Georgia before he also jumped from the auto-piloted plane. However, Thornton’s body was later found in the driveway of a Knoxville resident where the Georgia Bureau of Investigations believe that he may have hit his head on the tail of the plane and then failed to open his parachute before plummeting to the ground.
In the following, as part of the investigation, the flightpath of Thornton’s plane was tracked and along the path officers discovered infamous 175-pound black bear dead in the Chattahoochee National Forest after overdosing, having ingested one of the 10 bags full of the drugs which was estimated to be 70 pounds or 31 kg’s of cocaine. The above is all true!
Now this is where the film strays from the truth, instead of the bear being found deceased, the movie then takes a dark turn when bear goes on a drug fuelled rampage through the surrounding forrest, dismembering everything in it’s sights.
The famous bear dubbed ‘Pablo Eskobear’ has since been stuffed and can now be seen at the Kentucky For Kentucky store in Lexington.


This year, in honour of Estonia's 100th birthday, we'll be offering a complementary glass of sparking wine and making a toast to all of you who continue to provide both amateur and professional short films about Estonia and Estonians.
Without you, there wouldn't be an EstDocs Short Film Competition!
You can find out more about the competition by clicking here. We'll show up to 15 short films and be offering these three awards:
? an Amateur film award, to be presented by the Estonian Studies Centre
? a Professional film award, and
? an Audience award.
Even if you're "just" an amateur, you have two prizes to shoot for, so why not pick up your phone or your camera (or both!). And while the films absolutely must be no more than 7 minutes, they can be a lot shorter, too. We've received excellent 2- and 3-minute films that audiences loved. You can also submit more than one film, of course.
(P.S. You don't have to be Estonian to submit a film. Refer to the guidelines for more information.)
Why not make a short film about the fun you're having at this year's Suvihari?
This year's 2018 Seedrioru will feature lots of music and dancing. Come for the whole weekend or just part of it.
And while you're there, make a short film (or have your kids film one) and send it to EstDocs!
Get your Suvihari Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/se...
This year, EstDocs will offer films from Latvia and Lithuania, too.
And we'll also be featuring vintage films from the past and will host both afternoon and evening screenings at HotDocs, stay tuned for more information on this.
We are pleased to let you know that Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson, the man who was Iceland's Foreign Minister in 1991, will again be joining us this year.
We'll update you with more information once some of the EstDocs schedule is settled.
Reminder: This year's EstDocs Festival is October 19 - 23


- PAST EXHIBITION
- Youki Hirakawa
- Years Later
- 2019.09.14 Sat - 2019.10.14 Mon
- Opening reception: 14th September, 6pm
STANDING PINE is pleased to present a solo exhibition ‘Years Later’ by Youki Hirakawa from Saturday 14thSeptember.
Born in Nagoya in 1983, Youki Hirakawa is known as a video artist presenting the time dwells in places and matter through the method inspired by media archaeology. He lived and worked in Germany from 2011 to 2016, and currently lives and works in Aichi. His recent on-going series of video works 'Lost Films' created from films lost in the past times has been attracting lots of attention from global audience and invited to various international film festivals including International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands), International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (Germany) and others.
This exhibition features his new series entitled ‘Years Later’. While he researched Japanese lost films, he noticed one fact. It is that, even though the rate of disappearance of Japanese prewar films is high, lots of bromide and still photography related to these films have been existing even now. Having observed and carefully looked over these related documents, Hirakawa recreated the stage setting which may have been used in the film in the past in his studio. However, the artist did not aim to perfectly reproduce this stage setting. There happened to be an inevitable ‘difference’ between the one from over 100 years ago in the process of recreating. His imagination was stimulated by especially this distortion.
The stage setting after the characters have gone away. The space which once existed is still left as a photography. Remains of various stories were scattered here and there. The artist rearranged these fragments and reproduced a new story (thing). Over hundreds of years later, the fragments of history will be told again. Hirakawa brings them back to life as a mysterious and tranquil film world.


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You spend many hours browsing and searching for a good movie. When finally, you hit the one, you already feel tired because of these hours’ browsing. If you are going through the same situation, don’t worry at all. Keeping different moods and interests in various genres of movies. Here is a long list that you can add to your to-watch list over the weekend. You can have multiple choices of movies on weekly basis. You can save your time and watch the best one immediately. Without spending hours and hours searching for it. To save your time and tell you about something fascinating to watch. let’s talk about some interesting Netflix upcoming movies. You can watch these movies and enjoy them with your friends.
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Many of us are still fond of animated movies. There is still an inner kid there in us. Like our childhood cartoon series, now we are more inclined towards animated movies. You have watched numerus animated movies with your family and enjoyed them a lot. The perfect dialogues, animation and overall display, but The Mitchells vs. the Machines. It is one of its type and undoubtedly one of the best options to watch with your friends and family.
Phil Lord and Chris Miller are the producers of this movie. It is made originally by Pictures Animation. This is the studio behind great movies like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The movie finds a father and daughter who are struggling to connect. The father decides to take a road trip for sending her daughter off to her college where she is studying filmmaking. Apocalypse occurs and forces them for working together. This movie has a lot of surprises for the audience at every turn. It has emotional touches as well as colorful artistic scenes.
If you are looking for Netflix upcoming movies that have adventure and fascinating essence in them, you should watch Crimson Peak. Crimson Peak is not a horror movie, rather it’s a Gothic romance where ghosts are present for sure. It has sinister effect and the movie is more inspired by Jane Eyre than by The Conjuring, and it makes the movie a great entertainment to have. This movie has set in 1901, the story follows an aspiring writer.
The writer meets a handsome English gentleman and they fall in love. Both of them get married quickly and she moves to a remote area of England with his husband and his unfriendly sister. The place where they go is actually full of ghosts. The movie has twists of haunting and romantic ghost story. It’s surely a fun to watch this interesting and thrilling movie with your friends.
Things Heard and Seen:
Among best Netflix upcoming movies, Things Heard and Seen is one good option to opt as recommended by an assignment help firm . Taking the essence of this haunting portrait from Elizabeth Brundage’s sinister novel All Things Cease to Appear. The movie revolved around a house that is cursed and had and unsolved murder in it. It shows a couple; Amanda Seyfried and James Norton. The couple moves from Manhattan to a place that is in Hudson Valley.
This place is actually a historic town. They start spending their lives there but some puzzles disturb them slowly when they live at that place where old incident has some memories. They face the situation like a puzzle that raises so many questions and gradually the pieces of the puzzle start fitting together. This movie is surely a great addition in the list of those who are fond of watching thriller and adventurous scenario.
Army of the Dead:
Are you looking for some exciting entertainment to watch over the weekend? If you want to see one of the good options of interesting and thrilling Netflix upcoming movies, then Army of the Dead is surely a must watch. This movie is especially interesting for those who love to see horror and zombie effects.
Creator of Dawn of the Dead has made Army of the dead. This action movie that is about a Zombie flick showed the trailer. It is a minute-long trailer. This is something attention-capturing for those who love to watch thrilling and action movies. This movie shows the chaos that happens during the Zombies’ appearance and when the situation becomes more adventurous. We are definitely looking forward to this amazing movie that will win the heart of the audience.
Stranger Things 4:
Stranger Things 4 is a science fiction that has its previous seasons as well. Although it’s such an interesting movie with full of thrill and action, still many of us don’t know about its previous parts. Stranger Things 4 is one of the best Netflix upcoming movies in this season. It has a mysterious trailer that focuses on the other “gifted” children who is living in the research lab. We hope more monsters and mysterious things in this new release.
These are a few options for watching Netflix upcoming movies that you can have in your bucket list for the next time when your friends come and you plan to watch a movie with a lot of popcorns and nachos in your hands to enjoy your weekend in a perfect manner.


The Funeral Director, Southwark Playhouse, 2018; Traverse Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, North Wall and HOME, 2019
The world premiere of the 2018 Papatango New Writing Prize winner by Iman Qureshi, chosen from a record 1,384 entries; subsequently remounted in a co-production with English Touring Theatre.
Hanna, National Tour, 2018
The world premiere by Samantha Potter, Papatango's second Resident Playwright, which sold out a month at the Arcola Theatre before touring to Cheltenham, Oxford, Canterbury, Bedford, Luton, Exeter, Mold, Greenwich and Cardiff.
Trestle, Southwark Playhouse, 2017
The world premiere of the 2017 Papatango New Writing Prize winner by Stewart Pringle from 1036 entries, nominated for OffWestEnd Awards for Most Promising Playwright, Best Female and Best Male.
Orca, Southwark Playhouse, 2016
The world premiere of the 2016 Papatango New Writing Prize winner by Matt Grinter from a record 1053 entries, nominated for OffWestEnd Awards for Most Promising Playwright and Best Set.
After Independence, Arcola Theatre, 2016; BBC Radio Four, 2017
The world premiere by BBC Scriptroom winner May Sumbwanyambe. An unflinching examination of land ownership, belonging and postcolonial justice in Zimbabwe. Winner of the 2016 Alfred Fagon Audience Award, and adapted on BBC Radio Four.
Tomcat, Southwark Playhouse, 2015
The world premiere of the 2015 Papatango New Writing Prize winner by James Rushbrooke, directed by JMK Award winner Kate Hewitt with an Olivier Award-winning cast. Nominated for OffWestEnd Awards for Best New Play, Best Female Performance and Best Male Performance.
Transatlantic Commissions, Old Vic Theatre, 2015
The world premieres of new plays by three emerging American writers: The End of Something by Chad Beckim, Misanthropes by Thomas Bradshaw, and 15, 16, 17 by Emily Schwend.
Donkey Heart, Trafalgar Studios, 2015
The West End transfer of my production of Moses Raine's new play, directed by TMA, Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Award-winner Nina Raine, lit by Olivier Award-winner Peter Mumford, with cast including Tony Award-nominee Amanda Root.
Coolatully, Finborough Theatre, 2014
The world premiere of the winner of the 2014 Papatango New Writing Prize by Fiona Doyle, directed by David Mercatali (Fringe First Award).
Donkey Heart, Old Red Lion Theatre, 2014
The world premiere by Moses Raine, directed by Nina Raine (TMA, Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards).
The Keepers of Infinite Space, Park Theatre, 2014
The world premiere of Omar El-Khairy's play on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Unscorched, Finborough Theatre and Milano Playwriting Festival, 2013/15
The world premiere of the winner of the 2013 Papatango New Writing Prize by Luke Owen. Transferred to Italy in 2015.
Tejas Verdes, Edinburgh Festival, 2013
The Scottish premiere of Fermin Cabal's classic play on the fortieth anniversary of the Chilean coup.
Happy New, Trafalgar Studios, 2013
The West End premiere of BAFTA-nominee Brendan Cowell, starring Critics' Circle and Ian Charleson Award-winner Lisa Dillon.
I Didn't Always Live Here, Finborough Theatre, 2013
The English premiere of Stewart Conn's classic Glaswegian play.
Pack and Everyday Maps for Everyday Use, Finborough Theatre, 2012
The world premieres of the winners of the 2012 Papatango New Writing Prize, two new plays by debut playwrights Louise Monaghan and Tom Morton-Smith.
The Fear of Breathing, Finborough Theatre and Akasaka Theatre, 2012/13
The world premiere of a verbatim play on the Syrian revolution. Transferred to Akasaka Red Theatre, Japan.
The Madness of George III, Oxford Playhouse, 2009
The first revival of Alan Bennett's classic play, in the city where Bennett began his writing career.


Screenplay Festival March
To mark the beginning of the 10th Screenplay Festival, a film festival held in Shetland celebrating film, we marched from the Market Cross to the Mareel. Along with the band there was the Junior Jarl's Squad, and quite a few volunteers in fancy dress, including one as Godzilla.
It was a lovely summer's day for the march, with sunshine warming us for the whole route. We played a selection of marches along the route including 'First Parade' and 'Erimus'. Once we arrived at the Mareel, we played a selection of film music including 'Bare Necessities' and 'James Bond Theme'.
Here's hoping that next year's march is as good again.


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Day After Disaster features a dynamic young woman, mother and wife, Erika, who is thrust into a world turned upside down by a series of natural disasters. Finding herself alone in a city mutilated by this disastrous situation, she must save herself. Once free of the city confines, she desperately tries to navigate through the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to get back home to her family. Not knowing if they are alive or dead she must call on all of her survival instincts to plot a course through this broken environment.
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- Rated R
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Reviewed by David Medsker
any have groused about the demise of the major studios’ indie branches (Picturehouse, Paramount Vantage, Warner Independent, etc.), but something strange and wonderful has blossomed in their absence – the major studios have begun to start thinking like indies, at least some of the time. Sony, in particular, has had a great year between the critical success of Sony Pictures Classic’s “Moon” and the massive commercial success of TriStar’s “District 9.” However, they have saved the best for their flagship studio Columbia: “Zombieland” is an instant classic, a road movie that occasionally breaks out into hilariously gory zombie madness. Self-aware without being self-impressed, this is a movie with no use for the dumb, the weak, or the timid, so it doesn’t bother getting them involved. Hell, yes.
The story begins with a nebbish but smart young man (Jesse Eisenberg) who’s trying to stay alive after the human population succumbs to mad-cow disease, turning the infected into angry, flesh-eating zombies. He has a list of rules to literally live by (the fewer you know, the better), but his overly orderly way of surviving hits a wall when he meets up with an impulsive, devil-may-care zombie killing machine (Woody Harrelson), who insists on calling people by the city they’re from as a means of not getting too attached. (Eisenberg is now known as Columbus. Harrelson, Tallahassee.) As Columbus and Tallahassee make their way across the country, they run into a pair of hustlers named Wichita and Little Rock (Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin, respectively), and together the four try to survive both the zombies and each other.
While the movie is a tad fetishistic with the slo-mo, it produces some eye-popping visuals, and not of the literal variety, thankfully. In fact, while the opening sequence pours on the gore, director Ruben Fleischer knows when to show the goods, and when the violence is better off implied. (Either that, or he had a shot pulled from the supermarket scene. If that is the case, he was done a favor.) He also pulls a neat stunt in framing Columbus’ rules “Panic Room”-style, but as flashy as “Zombieland” gets, the story is the star. It understands the need for characters to be able to take a breath and actually get to know each other in between kicking undead ass.
That story, however, pulls an unbelievably dumb stunt when it comes to the actions of a certain actor and his amusing cameo appearance, forsaking cold logic for an easy laugh for the only time. It is the only major flaw in an otherwise wildly entertaining movie, with a Comeback of the Year-caliber performance by Harrelson at its core. Your move, vampires.
Single-Disc DVD Review:
The DVD for "Zombieland" provides interesting extras, but nothing extravagant. There are featurettes on the making of the movie, the production design and visual effects. (Strangely, there is no mention of the movie's awesome cameo role.) There is a chatty audio commentary by director Ruben Fleischer, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and writers Rhett Riese and Paul Wernick. The most pleasant surprise is the inclusion of an episode of the Crackle.com series "Woke Up Dead," starring Jon Heder and Krysten Ritter.


January 8th, 2018
Film technicians' hours worked down by 55% in 2017 compared to 2016
Less work since Film Tax Credit eliminated
HALIFAX – New numbers show there is less work for film technicians in Nova Scotia since the Film Tax Credit was eliminated. The numbers come from IATSE Local 849, representing the bulk of the motion picture technicians in the province.
“Our film and television industry has been through a lot of upheaval over the past few years. While there has been some recovery - thanks to the hard work of everyone involved in the industry - it’s clear there is a need for change in terms of government policy,” said Susan Leblanc, NDP Film and Television spokesperson.
IATSE Local 849 represents about 300 NSworkers in the industry. The number of hours worked by IATSE members declined by 55 per cent in 2017, compared to 2016. The number of hours worked in 2017 represents just 33 per cent of the hours worked in 2014, before the Film Tax Credit was eliminated.
“The numbers speak for themselves,” said Jenny Reeves, President of IATSE Local 849. “Our industry is still facing many challenges, three years after the Film Tax Credit was eliminated. For our members it has meant fewer hours and greater economic insecurity.”
Before the Film Tax Credit was cut in 2014, the film and television industry had added $180 million to Nova Scotia’s gross domestic product and employed 3,200 people, according to a PriceWaterhouseCoopers report.
“Premier McNeil’s decision to eliminate the Film Tax Credit, after promising to maintain it, continues to have a negative impact on our local cultural sector. We need a government that supports arts and culture and that understands the benefits of strong cultural industries,” said Leblanc.
Total number of hours worked
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- 30 -