tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46632336744568906732024-03-14T14:14:28.420+00:00Geek GirlFollow the adventures of Geek Girl Kerensa Bryant as she interviews guests, reviews and muses on the wonderful worlds of science-fiction, pop culture and film from the UKs finest film and comic conventions.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10683805050485100997noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663233674456890673.post-65681818547842690372015-03-12T18:10:00.002+00:002015-03-12T20:35:27.738+00:00IN PRINT: Interview with Brian Clemens for SFX Magazine<br />
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In 2011, off the back of a <a href="http://geekgirlnews.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/interview-writer-and-producer-brian.html" target="_blank">radio interview</a> I had with the wonderful Brian Clemens, I visited him at his Bedfordshire home to discuss his extensive career and life in television
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British classic<i> The Avengers</i>, I was inexcusably excited to meet the man in person, and delve into his experiences of the Golden Age of small-screen fame.<br />
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The interview, commissioned by SFX Magazine way back then, was for a special edition that never was (not uncommon in the world of publishing). Alas with a bittersweet ending, my interview finally made it into the magazine (<a href="http://www.gamesradar.com/sfx-latest-issue/" target="_blank">Issue 259</a>), but now paying tribute to Brian who sadly passed away in January 2015. The interview itself was easily five times longer that what's in the mag, and I hope to one day post the rest of it for all to read.<br />
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In the mean time, you can read the interview with Brian in SFX Magazine by picking up a copy, or do the digital thing via the links at the bottom of this <a href="http://www.gamesradar.com/sfx-latest-issue/" target="_blank">SFX lates issue</a> link.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My interview with Brian Clemens OBE, SFX Magazine (Image from my <a href="https://instagram.com/the_geekgirl/" target="_blank">Geek Girl Instagram feed</a>)</td></tr>
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Recently I've been on a prescription of 'happy' films and programmes after working my way through the first 3 series of the frankly depressing <i>Downton Abbey</i>. But I soon ran out.<i> </i>Dying old people totally spoilt any redeeming sunshine Disney could throw at me in <i>Up</i>, <i>The Apartment</i> although a funny premise, left me wide eyed thinking 99% of the male population want to have their cake and eat it, and <i>Guardians Of The Galaxy</i> (hey it's Marvel, they're all a form of geek-serotonin) left me a little flat after all the hype. So I reverted to the ever-expanding film list I on my phone, and cherry-picked an older film recommended by a friend who is the go-to for celluloid inspiration.<br />
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The 1968 film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063663/" target="_blank"><i>The Swimmer</i></a>, starring Burt Lancaster's mesmeric blue eyes and all too short pool-side appearances by Joan Rivers and Janice Rule<span class="itemprop" itemprop="name">, was a total surprise. Granted, it was not quite the pick-me-up boost I was hoping for, but it got me. Anyone who has seen it will totally understand the haunting fall from grace as the lead character tries to swim his way across a Conneticut valley of swimming pools, with a Richter scale of local encounters, from friendly to darn hostile. A simple story in its essence, and totally engaging.</span><br />
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<span class="itemprop" itemprop="name">Oh and if you have any <b>happy film recommendations</b>, please add in the comments below, I seriously need more in my life.</span><br />
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Born in the month of November, as each year passed and I honed my birthday excitement that every child does with age, I was equally aware that I shared my birth anniversary with something much bigger and much more important than my little self.
Through my infant eyes, poppy-spotting would be something I looked forward to. Seeing them adorning coat lapels of strangers and family members, and wreaths decorating my hometown’s monuments was part and parcel of my birth-month anticipation.<br />
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I still remember the nugget of happiness I’d get each year when, hand-in-hand with my mother, she would lead me to the old man or lady, whom shared the warmest smiles that all grandparents exude, and let me pop a coin into the charity pot in exchange for my very own paper poppy. I would wear that poppy with a glow of pride, still a little too young to know its true meaning, but with a distinct feeling that I was being part of something that always felt very special and meaningful.<br />
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It wasn’t long after I started to understand the importance though. At my Catholic primary school we would attend school assemblies, church services and history lessons where the poppy would be explained. Great sadness would overcome me as we were told of the harrowing destruction to human life that was The First World War. For a fleeting few minutes during those assemblies, we all understood that had we been born decades earlier, our brothers, fathers and grandfathers would all have been in that war, and we would have assuredly suffered a devastating loss to our families as a result of their brave sacrifices for their love of us, and their country.<br />
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I am not a great retainer of historical facts at the best of times, so as part of my work on a podcast series with publishers DK Books, I was not too surprised when we uncovered how we are losing memory of even the simplest WW1 facts decades on, that I know I would have been taught in school. So although still to this day the Poppy Appeal and that icon mean a great deal to me, I hope to do a lot more this year to mark this moving anniversary of the beginning of World War One by doing a <a href="http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/TLS-2014" target="_blank">charity event</a>, and please listen to our latest podcast to learn with me, more about why it happened in the first place, and whether it could have been avoided.
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10683805050485100997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663233674456890673.post-69912503908919047272014-05-02T11:56:00.000+01:002014-07-27T17:24:34.399+01:00The Sick Rose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm not sure if I'm brave enough to own a copy, but I think the phrase
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In a time when it's hip to spend your weekends at <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/taxidermy--this-hobby-is-dead-cool-2236663.html" target="_blank">taxidermy lessons</a> and <a href="http://www.jez-eaton.co.uk/eatonnotts-roadkill-couture-1" target="_blank">roadkill couture</a> is a thing of macabre beauty on the high-fashion catwalks, the stalwart minded and cast-iron stomached amongst you can rejoice, for there is now a tome of bookish grim that will make a perfect accompaniment to your your crystal skull and bell-jar adorned coffee table.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Sick-Rose-Disease-Illustration/dp/0500517347/" target="_blank"><i>The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration</i></a> is a stunning 'visual tour through the golden age of medical illustration'. And it's not a shy offering, with pustules and skin complaints aplenty and diseases that could be attributed to the origin of the zombie. <br />
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The gorgeously disgusting but immensely skillful artwork teamed with evocative editorial gives an impressive snapshot into the human struggle against the unknown maladies of the 18th-20th centuries. A must read on an empty stomach, and an animated conversation starter in the office.<br />
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The name of the book is also aptly borrowed from <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172938" target="_blank">William Blake's 18th century poem</a> about ailing love.<br />
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Plus, if you fancy yourself as skilled in the art of diagnoses, give this <a href="http://www.vice.com/read/name-that-horrifying-disease" target="_blank">Vice quiz a go</a> and see if you can match the illness to the the correct illustration. WARNING: Not for the faint-hearted, and there are mens bit's featured.<br />
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Off the back of the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27210448" target="_blank"><i>Star Wars</i> casting announcement</a> furore for Episode VII, check out clippings of the original <i>Star Wars</i> casting announcements that The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have popped up on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheAcademy/photos_stream" target="_blank">Facebook timeline</a>. Announcing the casting of now much-loved <i>Star Wars</i> regulars Peter Cushing, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, it's a treat to also spot Mark Hamill as 'Luke Starkiller', before his character name was revised to the friendlier 'Skywalker'.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10683805050485100997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663233674456890673.post-41197625832394265072014-04-09T20:13:00.001+01:002014-05-02T11:58:22.339+01:00Poodle Fitness, anyone?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uXwX36R4RoaTmXw1tZ0GrAdCjJb9V9vC5VsBdR2EHPPPWRMfrWC2yg3rmxQ9puJ0v8IIpdN-tD1nO0G6g0ZmYuFVCexuAgYqSYiDcfKANS-ZbAu32Do1-iwELndbWWWcfres1HtsrbXN/s1600/kerensabryant_geekgirl_poodlefitness_header.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uXwX36R4RoaTmXw1tZ0GrAdCjJb9V9vC5VsBdR2EHPPPWRMfrWC2yg3rmxQ9puJ0v8IIpdN-tD1nO0G6g0ZmYuFVCexuAgYqSYiDcfKANS-ZbAu32Do1-iwELndbWWWcfres1HtsrbXN/s1600/kerensabryant_geekgirl_poodlefitness_header.png" /></a> <br />
I despise any form of exercise that doesn't involve being chased by a marauding shamble of <a href="http://geekgirlnews.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/zombie-apocalypse-ill-be-dead-28-hours.html" target="_blank"><i>28 Days Later</i> style zombies</a> or doesn't allow me to sport a weapon like a film heroine (think <i>The Hunger Games</i>' Katniss Everdean and <span class="st"><i>Kill Bill's </i>O-Ren Ishii<i>)</i></span>. <br />
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From anti-ageing <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2019881/Snail-slime-latest-beauty-mollusc-mucus-touted-clear-acne-heal-scars-beat-wrinkles.html" target="_blank">snail-slime</a> and <a href="http://www.livestrong.com/article/324039-emu-oil-weight-loss/" target="_blank">emu oil slimming creams</a>, the world is literally mad for finding weird and wonderful ways to get you allegedly slimmer and more beautiful, be it potions or newfangled exercise regimes. I can't say I've been brave/ stupid enough to try any of these, but thanks to the wonder of social media, I thought I'd introduce to you one of those different, and sublimely bizarre exercise regimes that might just get you off your chair and make you wonder <b>1. What were they thinking?</b> and <b>2. I'd still secretly quite like to give that a go!</b><br />
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Cue <b>Poodle Fitness</b> - one of those rare ideas that okay, still won't get me lunging and strutting with a room full of sweaty people (or suspicious looking supporting Furries), but it is so barking, in every sense of the word, that I am ever-so tempted to abandon Davina McCall's workouts in favour of pet inspired pikes, granted in the privacy of my own.<br />
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I noticed too that the video was launched in 2006, so can anyone tell me if it was actually a <i>thing</i>? Is it the hottest trend on some remote island?<br />
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I've no idea if missy motivator Mariko Takahashi (a singer-actress when she's not promoting ex-fat fitness) still lives to tell the tale (should that be tail?), or if those highly unnerving poodle muscles are genuine (I believe people determined enough will succeed at almost anything after the existence of '<a href="http://fox8.com/2014/04/08/no-childs-play-real-life-barbie-comment-controversy/" target="_blank">Real Life Barbie</a>'), but have a watch, let your jaw drop, and poodle power up!<br />
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And for continued amusement, check out the array of <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=poodle%20clip" target="_blank">doggie hairdo or 'Poodle Clips'</a> on Pinterest. You learn something every day...<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10683805050485100997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663233674456890673.post-75501854795163285402014-04-08T14:53:00.002+01:002014-04-09T20:14:14.720+01:00New Film Style Doctor Who Wallpaper by Lee Binding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The official <a href="http://www.doctorwho.tv/downloads" target="_blank"><i>Doctor Who</i> website</a> have just released 3 stunning new film style <i>Doctor Who </i>wallpapers by the overly talented artist <a href="http://www.tea-lady.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lee Binding</a>.<br />
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Why? Because the BBC are commemorating nine years since Ninth Doctor Christoper Eccelston first burst on to our screens with <i>Doctor Who</i>'s television revival back in 2005.<br />
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- Here's a <a href="http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/05/meet-the-designer-behind-those-doctor-who-movie-posters/" target="_blank">fab interview</a> and more examples of artist Lee Binding's work from 2013<br />
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<b>Lord Puttnam is a game-changing thinker, who is not only a film producer with iconic credits to his name including <i>Bugsy Malone</i> and <i>Chariots Of Fire</i>, but he passionately supports young people as founder of Skillset and as an international educator.</b><br />
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I went along to a talk he was giving on 'The Film Industry in a Digital Age' at the International Students House (ISH) in London, and was inspired by his futurist thinking about what the the film industry has to do to survive and thrive in the ever changing digital <span data-dobid="hdw">topography</span> of fast-consumerism, his passion for the BBC and his views on experiential cinema.
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Lord Puttnam started off with a talk loaded with impressive stats and plenty of cause for consideration about how digital technology and our consumer behaviours are dictating the future of film more ferociously then ever before, and then he invited questions from the audience.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Audience:</b></span></span> I too remember CDP [Collett Dickenson Pearce, a British advertising agency] very well – I worked as an account manager in Covent Garden in the 70s and 80s, and I wanted to know if you are enjoying <i>Mad Men</i> as much as I am?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>LP:</b></span></span> I absolutely love it, early on I was a total addict. I began to lose some interest once it went past the period when I worked [in advertising]. I was extraordinarily lucky after a painful start in publishing, I was the first person from the agency [CDP] to be sent to New York in 1964, and the world I encountered was precisely the <i>Mad Men</i> world. I’m still recovering from the scene where the gynaecologist is smoking while he’s checking out his patient, but it was illustrative of how barking it was. But what I witnessed is the reason I am so passionate about change and adjusting to change; I literally lived on the cusp of change. If you look at the advertising that was prevalent at that time of 1962, it was unbelievably mundane. If you were advertising a tyre, it was relatively simple to keep a client happy; you would have a claim such as ‘new and improved’. You’d then have a straight forward drawing of a tyre, a price that would hopefully be not much more that last year, then the stockist details and the brand logo.<br />
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At CDP we were trained to think ‘why to people buy tyres?’ which would lead you onto thinking that buyers might be concerned by blow-outs [punctures]. So we’d show a man confidently driving with his classic looking family in the back, and we would talk about safety. Once you’d moved the onlooker to the safety matter, you didn’t have to put prices, because people aren’t concerned about the price if they really think you are selling them something safer. The stockist details need to be added because people would find your product if they believe it to be safer. You’d put a logo on, but the actual advertisement was about the security of a person’s family not about an in-your-face tyre at a price, round the corner. That simple, small example was exactly what was going on in the 60s; it was transformatory. In hindsight it wasn’t all good, we were essentially playing off peoples fears, engaging them with the products, changing the nature of consumerism. But we were also beginning to have a proper grown up relationship with the consumer. We were beginning to address where the customer was, opposed to where the product client wanted them to be. I watched this extraordinary change take place. Massive companies like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._H._Benson" target="_blank">Benson’s</a> go to the wall within 2 years, big organisations that had been going for years and years vanished, but other small agencies like the one I was in grew exponentially. That was really extraordinary change, putting the emphasis on creativity and how good the ads could be instead of just trying to keep the client.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>LP:</b></span></span> No I don’t, because I’ve read enough history to know that that sort of sedation or danger was attributed to the extraordinary danger of Victorian women reading Charlotte Bronte at home, this debate has gone on for a long time. I do know the software, my son showed it to me. The system is basically using speed-reading down the middle of the page, and you accept the fact that your peripheral vision is able to take in more than you realise, and in theory to can train yourself which I’m sure is true, and the claims they are making are very reasonable; that you can move from maybe 200 words per minute to 300-400wpm.
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I think that sort of technology is very interesting, but let me offer another version of it as to why I profoundly don’t share the original concern. One of the most difficult things I had to learn when I was a very young so-called executive, was I had to learn how to dictate letters, which meant calling the typing pool where a young, relatively attractive woman would come in with a notepad, and you, in your young stuttery way had to learn how to . Now I was very lucky as the 2 or 3 people I started with were all very kind to me despite how useless I was, and I spent the next 40 years or so dictating letters. I always wanted to learn to type and I did eventually teach myself rather poorly how to type, but after 40 years of dictating you had to have the entire letter in your head – knowing the differences between paragraphs and sentences, and assembling the logic of it, knowing how you are going to end that letter before you’ve even started it; it’s a real skill that was largely shared and widely used back then. Now we’ve got out present technology, I will bet you a pound to a penny that by 3020 voice recognition systems will become extremely sophisticated and normal. There is no money in keypads for computer manufacturers; they are a kind of non-item. So keyboards will be integrated as standard like on my iPad, and will be eventually be needed less and less. Now what’s the implication of that? Young people will have to re-learn what I learnt 40 years ago, how to articulate and assemble communications, which means you won’t be able to go ‘ahh errr ummm like err umm’ as it won’t work. Old skills will become new skills. I think this is really interesting. I’m a real fan of <a href="http://www.michaelfullan.ca/" target="_blank">Michael Fullan</a> who is the Professor of Education at the University of Toronto who recently wrote a really interesting piece about how the teaching and learning process is about to reverse itself. People who teach will be the people who say to their students at any level, ‘I’ve got a really interesting question and I want you to help me answer it – now here’s my question I want you to go away and think about it – its quite tricky, but come back next week and teach me the answer’. Now why does that work? The mechanics for finding the answers are out there, so this forces the students to go out and start searching for answers. Instead of always supplying the answers, the teacher will now be supplying the questions. The students then come back with their versions of their self-discovered answer, and the teacher then suggests and steers with ‘well have you thought about this?’ There are interesting and engaging alternative ways of learning not just the font of teaching knowledge pumping answers in to you, that find out how good are you at answering quite complicated questions and convincing your teacher you are right. So I’m enormously excited about the future. The one thing I said in passing that is important is that there is a school of thought as we move in to the world of human struggle, is somehow or another we have to lose sight or eject our core values – I think the opposite is true. I think that as we begin to move into a world that is more investigatory, where we seek more knowledge and to improve performance, I think there is a better chance that we might be able to strip back to really what our core values are. I’m excited by a world where we simultaneously evolves taking much of the technology we have today and rethinks and re-evaluates what our collective core values are. That’s a very exciting world.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Audience: </b></span></span>What are the funding opportunities like for graduate filmmakers who want to get their short films made? Given there are a lot of people wanting to see films for free on the internet, what’s your view on funding?
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>LP:</b></span></span> In one sense it’s never been easier – when I started, or when Alan Parker or Ridley Scott started, you couldn’t do anything unless you could afford film stock or an enormously expensive and enormous camera. Now film stock’s gone, cameras are relatively inexpensive and you can upload on to YouTube, its really about as good as you can make it. So being able to demonstrate your talent has never been greater or cheaper. The challenge comes in getting noticed, and that is a problem. Seven hundred movies were released last year, twice as many as 10 years ago, it’s a very crowded marketplace so the opportunity to get your head above the parapet or to be noticed as not drowning is tough. But proving you have I teach and the examples I use is not to get too fancy or too complicated. I’ll try it tonight – who here has never had a bicycle? [Only a couple of hands shoot up] Next question is do you remember the day you got your first bicycle and what did it represent? Freedom and excitement. Next I show my students clips of 3 movies from an Italian film <i>The Bicycle Thieves</i> [1948], then a Chinese film <i>Beijing Bicycle</i> [2001] and then a very recent film called <i>Wadjda</i> [2012] the very first film ever to have been made by a Saudi woman [Haifaa Al-Mansour]. All of them are about the relationship children have with a bicycle and all 3 are remarkable, and all bar Bicycle Thieves won the Palme d’Or award at Cannes. The idea about making a film about a bicycle is accessible. Then like pulling a rabbit out of a hat, I show them a short 2 minute film made in the North East of England by Ridley Scott, his first film. So this idea of making a really simple story well, illustrating a beginning, middle and an end that is emotionally involving and most importantly has a great sense of identity, has never been easier to demonstrate.
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Now getting back to the getting noticed part, I’m going to list some films of last few years that I thought were wonderful but I bet hardly any of you have seen; <i>Frances Ha, Metro Manila, Fruitvale Station</i> which is a stunning film, <i>The Selfish Giant</i>, a beautiful film, none of them barely made a penny. But the directors have been noticed and are making their next movie.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Audience: </b></span></span>[The founder of the Hackney Bicycle Film Society asks] I set up the society five years ago thinking there would be just enough films about bicycle to last us 6 months, but 5 years later I’m still showing bicycle films to a specialised audience. One of the things that intrigues me is that with these audiences in mind and with new technology, whether that’s going to change and are we going to see more fragmented audiences with specialist films aimed at these specific audiences? Is there also a future for films being more social than just being watched individually at home?
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>LP:</b></span></span> Good questions. One problem is that it’s becoming increasingly hard to define what a film is. I’m a huge fan of the Danish series <i>The Bridge</i>. The last 10 minutes of the last episode of series 2 is in every sense a movie. The way the camera is used, the pace, the music is beautiful, it’s pure cinema. It’s the directors way of saying ‘you’ve spent 16 hours with me, in case you thought I couldn’t make a movie, here’s this!’, so we’re really reaching a point where movies stop becoming so distinguished.
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I think there has always been fragmentation most definitely. As well as specialist audiences and cinemas, there were always specialist cinemas I remember when I was young I would go to the Academy Cinema down the road here in London, and the Curzon in Mayfair and Tottenham Court Road and a dual screen that would be showing foreign films. When I talk about cinema I’m talking about [Ingmar] Bergman and [Akira] Kurosawa. I think there is a cinematic conceit that assumes somehow the arthouse film was once popular but now aren’t, but I think that type of cinema always was highly specialist. What does trouble me is <i>Fruitvale Station</i> is a sensational movie and I can’t understand why it wasn’t nominated for an Oscar and that isn’t finding an audience amidst wall-to-wall sci-fi spectaculars. For my money that is better than 12 Years a Slave. The sadness is that there are some very good filmmakers and storytellers who are being reduced by the technology by ever bigger explosions, trying to create bigger gasps by the audience.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Audience: </b></span></span>I think that whole film and television merge has already happened – just look at <i>House of Cards</i> with David Fincher directing and Kevin Spacey acting, the budgets and cost per episode. Like the specialised cinema already mentioned, what are your thoughts of <a href="http://www.secretcinema.org/" target="_blank">Secret Cinema,</a> using social media to put the excitement out there?
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>LP:</b></span></span> The success of Secret Cinema and that sort of cinema has surprised everyone, which it shouldn’t have really as <i>The Rocky Horror Picture Show</i> has been around a long time. One of the nicest things for screenings of something like <i>Bugsy Malone</i> is that people are turning up to the screenings in plastic overalls in order to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/apr/06/bugsy-malone-screening-families-splurge" target="_blank">splurge each other at the cinema</a>! I’m not yet into that myself yet [audience laughter], I’m not old enough. The other format is cinema as a live show – last year Helen Mirren’s <i>The Audience</i> was one of the most successful films to transform cinema. The ability to have operas live in cinemas [also see <i>Corialan/us</i>] from a cash flow point of view this is quite fantastic. This is an interesting paradox - as the world becomes more digital, more connected and surreal, the desire for live experience increases – so what’s happening is that audiences wanting to experiment are going up, the demand to watch operas is going up. Some people find that surprising but I genuinely don’t, as there’s always been a reverse reaction. As we lean into the unreal interactive world, the more we yearn for real connection and that’s what we’re achieving through things like Secret Cinema.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Audience: </b></span></span>With the advent of technology companies such as Google and Amazon making their own content, do you think Hollywood and the television industry have left it too late to capitalise on the financial success of DRM [Digital Rights Management] and the restrictions imposed to make a legitimate purchase?<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>LP:</b></span></span> Hollywood is just a place, a head office, where a lot of people gather, they don’t make films there. If I had to predict, I’d say Netflix or Amazon or another such company will buy one of the Hollywood studios, simply because it would be easier for them. They are huge distribution machines, it would make them more secure acquiring content. The other thing that I think will happen unquestionably is that one of the big Chinese conglomerates will as well because the Chinese movie industry is now the second largest in the world, and they will soon feel like the are trapped inside their own language and not able to use their unquestionable financial power to get out into the marketplace.<br />
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Will Hollywood have missed out? No, it will just another exchange, which is pretty consistent over the past 50 years. Another part of the answer is the copyright, as they currently don’t offer the consumer enough choice, so they have to find the right place to value change. For me the music industry was literally its own execution – many smart people were telling the music industry years and years before what happened that their prices were too high, they were abusing it’s core market, but they didn’t listen. So what happened was as soon as could access music more either freely or at marginal cost, they did. The key is finding fair prices where the consumer is comfortable, doesn’t feel like they are being taken advantage of, and when there is creator return is sufficient to access an interest cap. It’s this cycle that needs to be recreated as its this cycle that piracy breaks, defeats.<br />
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The Spanish movie industry is decimated because piracy is so rife, largely since 2008. If people's natural instinct is to get material for free and if that isn’t arrested by turning them into legitimate consumers by serving the consumer with a fair proper price, then its game over. Trying to get that message across is difficult. <i>Gravity</i> is a good example – in the first few weeks families of 4 or 5 members seemed happy to go to the cinema and pay £100 to see the film – that is a lot of money, but the experience was so extraordinary and the buzz was so intense, the want of being one of the first people to see it was so strong that people would do that.<br />
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I personally think the DVDs have found a good place in the value chain at around £7-8.99. I think a box set is remarkable value – being able to buy an 8-10 part series for £12.99 is incredible. Finding the different price point in the value chain is what it’s going to be all about. Once we’ve done that, I think the crack-down on piracy is going to be very important. Piracy is literally pulling the plug out of the bottom of the value chain and everyone else is paying for it. You as a legitimate consumer are effectively underwriting the pirates, but equally I think the frustration is also caused by the studios. For example the other thing I think is ridiculous is that you have a 5 month wait in-between a films final showing at a cinema and it being released on DVD or on television, because cinemas insist on their period of exclusivity which is not the way we live now. The way we live now is that we make the decision to either be in a large audience and laugh together which is what I love, or we want to grab a pizza and watch the same film at home; that’s our choice and that choice has a price attached to it, so that choice needs to be there. The novelty of cinema is that they see it as a privilege which is rubbish and it won’t last. Its dealing with all these discontinuities and seeing how they evolve a finding a sense of the marketplace, then I really do think we can tackle piracy.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>LP:</b></span></span> Radio proves to be amazingly resilient – the death of radio has been predicted for a long time, but why has it proven so resilient? Because we can listen to it while doing other things while listening to it. We live in a 2-3 screen generation. The bigger question is what is the future of the BBC? Another interesting aspect of this debate is whether its correct to criminalise people who can’t afford the license fee? So let me make my argument for the BBC – I was Director of Anglia Television, then ITN and I was Deputy Chairman of Channel 4 for 6 years so I do think I know a little bit about this. The BBC is the goldstone by which all television and radio are forced to judge themselves by. And anyone who thinks that ITV or Sky wouldn’t give their eyeteeth to cut their costs by offering you something that isn’t as good if they could, is nuts. The reason that the quality of British television is so good is because the benchmark set by them is what every other station is forced to aspire to. Next Monday there’s a new station launching [London Live] at a different place in the value chain, so the BBC is our goldstone. If you look at those countries that maintain a public broadcasting system, you see flourishing creativity. I’ve already mentioned the Danish station producing programmes like The Bridge, which is based on a very well funded national television station, a very well funded equivalent of RADA, and a very well funded film school, so the quality is inherently high. Where as other countries who abandon public service broadcasting very quickly find themselves in the purchase programme, buying in programmes from elsewhere because they are cheaper. The BBC are absolutely fundamental to the future of creative Britain, there is virility of voice, and the quality of the programming itself. The quality of drama will be maintained as long as the BBC license fee is high enough. The moment it can’t afford top quality per drama, every one of us will be able to ratchet down because we’ll be able to cut costs.<br />
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The BBC is experimenting in other ways to generate income such as the iPlayer, which is very interesting. You can now pay extra if you want to see something premiered on the iPlayer, which I think is fine. So if you want to see something 2 weeks ahead off air, you pay a premium. Tony Hall, the current BBC Director-General would die in a ditch before he allowed the radio license being disconnected from the television license as in the end, the BBC started as radio. I think the people wh love the BBC in their hearts, in their guts, it starts with radio and did start with radio. So I don’t think in our lifetime we’ll ever see 2 license fees. There are not many things I would march in the rain for, but try and take my BBC away from me, and I will be at the front of that march and will die in a ditch before it happens.<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.michaelfullan.ca/a-rich-seam-how-new-pedagogies-find-deep-learning/" target="_blank">Michael Fullan's blog</a> </li>
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Spending hours trawling the web for work, play and inspiration, I thought I might start sharing some of my favourite pictorial finds, and of course, with an obligatory geeky flavour (and on that note, what <i>is</i> the geekiest flavour I wonder?).<br />
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I was reading some sort of automated Twitter email telling me what <a href="https://twitter.com/The_GeekGirl" target="_blank">my interactions</a> had been over the year, and then spotted this vivid image that someone had as an avatar.<br />
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It's a front cover from the British children's magazine called <i>Look-in</i>, that was published from 1971-1994. The cover is of the original series of <i>The Six Million Dollar Man </i>featuring a bionic Lee Majors, the <a href="http://www.totalfilm.com/news/bryan-singer-to-remake-the-six-million-dollar-man" target="_blank">feature film</a> of which has been long since rumoured.<br />
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And an original collection of <i>Look-in</i> television adverts:<br />
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I found the video above on a <a href="http://radiosoundsfamiliar.com/look-in.php" target="_blank">Look-In fan page</a> which features a few more of the fabulous magazine front covers, plus there are a <a href="http://radiosoundsfamiliar.com/the-look-in-archive.php" target="_blank">few more over here</a> too that you can actually look inside! (Click on the front cover thumbnails and the interactive versions open to the right)<br />
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I found this <a href="http://johnslookout.150m.com/coverarcmain.htm" target="_blank"><i>Look-in</i> cover archive</a> which is a great study of the development of British magazine design (shame they are all tiny images though). Quite sad the magazine is now defunct, maybe it'll eventually get resurrected in time, like the re-launched <a href="http://www.starburstmagazine.com/" target="_blank">Starburst magazine</a>...<br />
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Paint brand <a href="https://www.dulux.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dulux</a> has been taking notes from films like <i>Pleasantville</i> and <i>The Artist </i>and have jumped, quite beautifully I may add, on the vintage bandwagon with a highly stylised pastiche on the prohibition-era.<br />
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In a tinted temperance where bottles of whiskey are substituted for cans of Dulux paint, this ad pulls at the heartstrings and wouldn't be seen out of place as a Hollywood short film nominee. I shudder at the thought of a world without colour, so I'm especially on board with the agency's thinking behind this ad, which I hope you'll agree, creates a very visually evocative campaign.<br />
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Oh and fans of the Dulux dog fret not, he still gets a cameo at the end. <br />
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Watch the video below - I'm just popping out to buy some paintbrushes....<br />
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...And here's a similar attempt by online fashion label <a href="http://very.co.uk/">Very.co.uk</a>: <br />
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Off the back of my last post about <a href="http://geekgirlnews.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/an-advert-worth-sharing-sunday-times.html" target="_blank">Culture Magazine’s simple ad</a>, it sparked a conversation between myself and my boyfriend about adverts we grew up with.<br />
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We enjoyed very similar recollections, both being British and our similar ages helping frame our collective memory being children of the 80s, but the one theme that unified our favourites, was the age-old classic of the animal star turn.<br />
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Yes our furry friends have proven to be a commercial hit time and time again, often overshadowing the human actors within the same campaign. Why is it that animals sell products so well? What with a decade of <a href="http://youtu.be/Pjh8179JuM4" target="_blank">Rolf Harris nursing our whimpering pet-loving hearts</a> and Dale Winton camply encouraging our best friends to earn their keep in the form of <a href="http://youtu.be/-KnhxRQ6JaQ" target="_blank">prize-winning agility</a>, cats, dogs, monkies and even 007 squirrels have won our hearts and sold us everything from toilet paper to cars in the world of the commercial break.<br />
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So I thought I’d compile a life-list of the most memorable advertorial animal antics that still make me laugh watching them all over again.
I've tried to focus on real animals, so <a href="http://youtu.be/kaF6FxmixJk" target="_blank">Duracell Bunnies</a> aside, have fun getting these classic jingles stuck in your head.<br />
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<i>PG Tips Tea - The Tipps</i><br />
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These fine long-armed friends have technically been featuring on screens since the 50s, but every kid growing up in the 80s will remember the Tipps Family, the tea-swigging wig-wearing humanised chimpanzees, which ran in time parallel with music legend Michael Jackson hitting the headlines for his oddball adventures with <a href="http://www.centerforgreatapes.org/residents-details.aspx?id=6" target="_blank">pet ape Bubbles</a>.<br />
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I especially love the <a href="http://youtu.be/nsohzJ-V7Kk" target="_blank">spoof 'Brook Bond' character</a>, on a mission to keep the secret tea ingredient from enemy clutches.<br />
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<i>Carling Black Label - I bet he drinks Carling </i><br />
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I bet he doesn't. He'd be face flat in his nuts. I also think this was the inspiration for the iconic 90s <a href="http://youtu.be/NZJ2ypCVAQA" target="_blank">gladiatorial assault course, with added lycra</a>.<br />
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<i>Cadbury's Caramel - Take it Easy Caramel Bunny</i>
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So it turns out bunnies with eyelashes and curves in the right er, imagined places really sell chocolate bars. Yes sexy animal animations came to the fore with Cadbury's hitting confectionary gold with the safe-for-family-viewing Caramel Bunny, voiced by actress Miriam Margolyes of <i>Harry Potte</i>r 'Professor Pomona Sprout' fame.<br />
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Not so safe was the 1988 release of the innovative live action animation film<i> Who Framed Roger Rabbit</i>, with the suggested parentally guided Caramel Bunny all grown up in the form of <a href="http://youtu.be/fIXAT6fGUw4" target="_blank">saucepot Jessica Rabbit. </a><br />
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<i>St Bruno Tobacco - The patron saint of pipe smokers</i><br />
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Possibly the most famous St. Bernard on the planet before <i><a alt="Beethoven film poster" href="http://0.tqn.com/d/dogs/1/0/f/3/0/-/Beethoven-PG.jpg" target="_blank">Beethoven</a></i> came along, this advert made me assume they all carried packages around their necks (apologies to the pets I <i>may</i> have tried this on) and would always come to the rescue when I was stuck up a tree, or down a well, or isolated in the <a href="http://youtu.be/pqNXdFsa3d8" target="_blank">Artic Circle</a>. Alas commercials LIE.<br />
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<i>Kit Kat - Dancing Pandas</i><br />
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Okay okay, bit of a cheat as these 'pandas' are blatently Torvill & Dean in costume, but these cheeky cheats were the talk of my playground and quite probably the cause of many a grazed knee as we twirled ungracefully in imitation. More chocolate, more animals, more timeless catchphrases.<br />
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<i>Wall's Sausages - Wwwwwall's!</i><br />
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Long before <i>Babe</i> the talking piglet came to be, there was Willy the banger-blinkered pooch. Inspired by Willy's legacy, Wall's gave the canine world an utterly bizarre second chance in 2011; nothing says 'thank you' more than a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fe16XkwJkY" target="_blank">ring-sized keyboard playing French Bulldog</a>, it would seem.<br />
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<i>Andrex - The Andrex Puppy</i><br />
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Soft and strong and very, very long, and utterly forgiveable time and time again. You can hear parents up and down the country cursing that puppy and their kids with an early introduction to the menace of <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TPing" target="_blank">TPing</a>.<br />
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<i>Dulux - The Dulux Dog</i><br />
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A singing shaggy pup with a paintbrush in paw. What's not to love?<br />
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<i>Budweiser - Frogs Bud, Weis, and Er </i>
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Not sure how to explain this one really, other than how it made beer contravercially amusing to kids. That and the writer's may have been watching <a href="http://youtu.be/0auCDOERZyE">Rupert and the Frog Song</a> prior to the first storyboard.<br />
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<i>Real Coal Fires - Dog, Cat and Mouse Kisses</i><br />
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Funny how an advertiser's power to twist the laws of Mother Nature still make you go 'awww'.<br />
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<i>Compare The Market - Compare The Meerkat</i><br />
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Your finest spoof Russian Bond villain impression at the ready, this advert echoed in every element of my life. My boss would do it in board meetings, my mum would attempt it over the phone during our catchup's, I'd pass a group of lads who'd managed to drop the word 'simples' repeatedly in to everyday parlance. You are probably doing the accent in your head just reading this. And I bet your left eyebrow is raising in dramatic tandem...
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<i>Three - The Pony #DancePonyDance</i><br />
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A <i>Thriller </i>filler commercial break, with a moon-walking pony. Think this resonantes as I used to always imagine my toys came to life when I wasn't watching as a nipper, so a highly trained filly busting smooth moves behind a tractor isn't so far-fetched...<br />
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<i>O2 - Be More Dog</i><br />
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Frankly any ad using the <i>Flash Gordon</i> theme song is a winner. But this one has action-cats! <br />
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<i>Mercedes-Benz - Intelligent Drive Magic Body Control </i><br />
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A pairing as unique as <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8965006/The-Krankies-We-used-to-be-swingers.html" target="_blank">The Krankies</a>, you've never witnessed knife-edge tenderness as hashtag-y as this. Freeview are also really rolling with the social media punches with their Twitter channel promising more chirruping and meows from the pair, and there's even a romantic <a href="https://play.spotify.com/user/freeview-catandbudgie/playlist/0hwbXPkQdhT0humX0mXYBl" target="_blank">Spotify play list</a> to get you in the er, mood.<br />
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And O2's earlier foray into animal advertorial antics even included a squirrel, named <a href="http://youtu.be/0MtogHiDh0c" target="_blank">Hemingway</a>.<br />
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<i>McVitie's - Kittens and Biscuits </i><br />
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Two of my most favourit things, combines in 29 seconds of crumbly cuteness.<br />
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Have I missed off your favourite? Let me know in the comments section below. <br />
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I was introduced to <i>Inside No 9</i> by a friend at work. When I asked him to describe the first episode to me, unsure as he struggled for words, he finally grabbed (quite appropriately) at ‘disturbing’.<br />
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From the intricately menacing minds that brought us <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/leagueofgentlemen/" target="_blank"><i>The League of Gentlemen</i></a> and <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vw45s" target="_blank"><i>Psychoville</i></a>, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have linked arms once again and have skipped us around their deliciously dark comedy cerebrations with their new six part series, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03tvq6m" target="_blank"><i>Inside No 9</i></a>. Each episode stands back turned, humming quietly alone in the corner, with a nervous tension that rarely lifts outside of the <i>Fight Club</i> sized plot twists and Ken Kesey-esque table-turning character development; quite impressive for a thirty minute run time.<br />
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Comedy serpents, Shearsmith and Pemberton shed their characters from one episode to the next, with the first episode <i>Sardines</i> proving one of the most squirmingly uncomfortable programmes I have ever watched. Starring <i>The IT Crowd’s</i> Katherine Parkinson and Musketeer Luke Pasqualino, the cameos don’t stop here with a long list of British acting and comedy supremes including Gemma Arterton (<i>Tamara Drewe</i>), Oona Chaplin (<i>Game Of Thrones</i>), Kayvan Novak (<i>Four Lions</i>), Tamsin Greig (<i>Green Wing</i>), Timothy West (<i>Bleak House</i>), Julia Davis (<i>Gavin & Stacey</i>) and Denis Lawson (Wedge in <i>Star Wars</i>!). Episode two <i>A Quiet Night In</i> is a fresh and brilliantly executed dialogue-free script (is that a thing?), and episode three <i>Tom & Gerri</i> is the very definition of my colleagues original conclusion.<br />
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A psychoanalysts dream, I can’t wait to see what the series has left in store for us and am already chomping for a second series!<br />
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Also make sure you check out the interactive digital seventh episode of Inside No 9, <a href="http://www.insideno9extra.co.uk/" target="_blank"><i>The Inventors</i></a>. <br />
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Oh and check out these super film styled posters by the BBC:<br />
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Watching television advert breaks these days is like a barrage to the senses - with so many products, personalities, tag lines and tones of voice (flashback to Charlie Brooker's <i>Black Mirror</i> episode <a href="http://youtu.be/Fay3bevS0HM" target="_blank"><i>Fifteen Million Merits</i></a>), it comes as genuine relief when an ad shines out that makes you actually want to voluntary watch it again.<br />
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This happened a couple of days ago when I caught the latest ad for the Sunday Times Culture Magazine. I just love the simplicity of the 'four corners of culture' merge into one another, from film (<i>Forrest Gump</i> on his bench) to TV's <i>Mad Men</i> credits to music to art (Michelangelo's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creation_of_Adam" target="_blank"><i>The Creation of Adam</i></a>) to music and so on.<br />
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Love celebrity cook Mary Berry? Well the national treasure and judge of <i>The Great British Bake Off</i> popped into our DK Books headquarters and discussed everything from dinner party planning to her choice of dessert when putting on a feast for Prince William and Kate <span class="st">Middleton</span> (as well as plugging her book <i>Cook Up A Feast</i>).<br />
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In my earlier post about the fabulous <a href="http://geekgirlnews.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/staring-in-eye-of-celebrity-at-bafta.html" target="_blank">BAFTA portrait exhibition</a> showing off photographer Andy Gotts's work, I mentioned that part of the fun walking around the Somerset House display rooms were the film quotes dotted around. For those of you who either couldn't get to the exhibition or just like to try out your film knowledge, pop your answers in the comments below - and no Googling or IMDBing! The BAFTA mask of judgement is watching you...<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10683805050485100997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663233674456890673.post-3731971125976356542014-02-04T23:11:00.004+00:002014-02-11T13:40:16.667+00:00Staring in the eye of celebrity at the BAFTA Behind The Mask Exhibition<br />
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They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but in this case, it’s in the eye of the BAFTA holder, as this wonderful <i>Behind the Mask</i> portrait exhibition at London’s <a href="http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/behind-the-mask" target="_blank">Somerset House</a> reveals BAFTA winning (and nominated) celebrity faces, laid bare to photographer Andy Gotts’s camera lens.<br />
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Photographer Andy Gotts has a zero-Photoshop policy, meaning every hair, follicle, tender wrinkle and facial contour is where it belongs, unedited and thoroughly au naturel. Literally a ‘warts and all’ approach. I adore this fact. In an age where the average glossy, high-fashion magazine front cover has been <a href="http://www.beautyredefined.net/photoshopping-altering-images-and-our-minds/" target="_blank">manipulated to present an ideal</a> that you and I will never attain, Gotts has captured all of these personalities, on the most part quite evidently free from makeup and clear of the stylist's chair. I found myself scanning these faces, at centimetres distance from them, taking in their DNA, stunning in their honesty.<br />
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As the exhibition name suggests, <i>Behind the Mask</i> works well on two counts. One being the iconic BAFTA logo associated with the charity which I always think is in someway an homage to the Greek theatrical masks of <a href="http://breakofdawntheater.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/story-behind-comedy-and-tragedy-masks.html" target="_blank">Melpomene and Thalia</a>, and two, the idea that actors and actresses put on their characters like outfits, and shed the character mask and nuances at the end of each performance.<br />
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It's easy to think that each of the subjects in Gotts' prints have just put on a mask for that single shot, hanging in front of you. But stood there, pausing for thought, it's incredible what you notice. Ralph Feinnes covers most of his face, perhaps in a bid for gaining control, almost turning the camera aspect on the photographer, framing him up instead with his hands. One of my favourites in the collection is the surprising lack of visage in Samuel L Jackson's portrait, choosing to have the back of his head and neck pictured; kooky or original, I'm undecided, but it stood out from his exhibition neighbours. There are many perceived flaws on show, I mentioned the lines and the skin imperfections, but there are also the genuinely flawless complexions of Charlize Theron and Thandie Newton who, it seems, really are as finished and immaculate as the perfume and beauty adverts portray. Looks aren't everything. It's also the feeling the portraits emit. For example, a lot of laughter fills the air and whitewashed walls between the portraits of comedy actors Timothy Spall, John Cleese and Brenda Blethyn. The maniacal gurn of Heath Ledger is also frankly a little unnerving, as both his choice for such a portrait, and knowing what sadly became of his life. Then there are some people who just have a face you can't stop staring at; you don't know why, but you are drawn to something in the skinned architecture, the glint of the eye, the balance of symmetry. That stand out face for me was Ben Kingsley. Funny really as I really haven't seen many of his films (from his <i>vast</i> filmography), and it's not a chemical thing, but the portrait is just, powerful.<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.ivillage.com/helen-mirrens-drunken-tattoo-regrets/1-a-75015" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Helen Mirren’s ‘regrettable’ hand tattoo</span></a></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The film quotes on the walls (<a href="http://geekgirlnews.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/bafta-film-quote-quiz.html" target="_blank">play my BAFTA Film Quiz</a>)</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The casually dressed to the premier-ready apparel choices </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The photo opportunity with the giant BAFTA mask in the entrance hallway</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The actors/ actresses lost deep in thought </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The softened, blurred lines of Kelly Macdonald and Julie Christie</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Robin Williams mid-laugh</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Finger fishing Michael Palin</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Helena Bonham-Carter's choice of headwear </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Alan Rickman under some sort of Harry Potter styled curse</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Emma Thompson, channelling a spirited <i>The Sound of Music</i> glee</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Kevin Kline childlike, thoughtful, in the naughty corner</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The grunge border effect on Johnny Depp's portrait</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times-Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The strength in Kirk Douglas, still believable that he could lead an army to freedom</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hugh Jackman, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Liz Smith photographed by Andy Gotts</td></tr>
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<a href="https://www.bafta.org/press/bafta-and-andy-gotts-mbe-to-exhibit-behind-the-mask-photography,308,SNS.html" target="_blank">Behind The Mask exhibition</a> is <b>FREE</b> and runs until 7th Feb 2014 at Somerset House, and then relocates to BAFTA HQ at 195 Piccadilly until the BAFTA awards day of 16th Feb 2014. Give yourself at least an hour to see all the portraits, more if you really want to spend time with Sir Kenneth, Tilda and company.</div>
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I came across this gorgeous image in an SFX Magazine quiz last year.
It's famous <i>Superman</i> character creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and Siegel's then wife, Joanne Siegel; the lucky lady who character Lois Lane was based on.<br />
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Born Jolan Kovacs, professionally modelled under the name Joanne Carter, then married into the name Joanne Siegel, how incredible it must have been to see the evolution of Lois from her real life reflection to four-colour legend.<br />
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I love it when real locations are woven into programmes I love, so when in London at the weekend visiting the Museum of Brands near Notting Hill with a friend, we thought we'd quickly look up the existence of the shrouded mainline underbelly of Leinster Gardens, as featured in <i>Sherlock</i> Series 3 episode <i>His Last Vow</i>. So it unravelled that the building not only existed, but was only a short hop from our ramblings, so ramble we did, in the footsteps of <i>Sherlock</i>, and the BBC production crew...<br />
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Mary: "Where are you?"<br />
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Mary: "Well what am I looking for?"<br />
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Sherlock: "The lie, the lie of Leinster Gardens, hidden in plain sight. Hardly anyone notices, people live here for years and never see it. But if you are what I think you are, it'll take you less that a minute. The houses Mary, look at the houses."<br />
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Mary: "How did you know I'd come here?<br />
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Sherlock: "I knew you'd talk to the people no one else would bother with."<br />
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Mary: "I thought I was being clever."<br />
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Granted there isn't actually much to see, but it is really quite goose-pimply spotting the ghostly frost of the windowed face, knowing that it is both dead behind the eyes, as well as a deadly drop to the rail lines.<br />
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So practice your narrowed deducing eyes, grab your deerstalker and get yourself down to 23-24 Leinster Gardens (closest tube is Bayswater) and take in a little bit of London legend and get just a little bit excited to know you are standing where Sherlock devised, manipulated and divulged with the mask of Benedict Cumberbatch*.<br />
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<i>Game of Thrones</i> is a raucous feast for its viewer's eyes. Extending the epic imagination of George RR Martin's original novels, the HBO series success boils up hugely from it's utter beauty. From the intricate detail of the <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pocketmuseum/costume-research-game-of-thrones/" target="_blank">costumes</a>, the insane dedication to <a href="http://youtu.be/imPwJ_AsVk8" target="_blank">CGI mastery</a>, the exotic locations, and of course the handsome cast, the series would be essentially naked, the scripted skin and character bones left open to the elements of viewer ratings and reviewer squints, were it not for the thought and gabardine imagination of the first, second and repeat impression.<br />
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So before any of the episodes have been committed to digital camera, pencil lines are cast upon paper, mood boards and story boards are constructed, ideas are evolved, looks are born, scenes are framed and the wild beasts of Westeros and Essos are captured.<br />
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Will Simpson is an artist who has been visually conceiving the mystical worlds of <i>Game Of Thrones</i> since Season 2 in 2011. His artwork has recently been on display at <a href="http://www.orbitalcomics.com/events/" target="_blank">Orbital Comics</a> exhibition for the very lucky people who could make it. Prior to his work on <i>Game of Thrones</i>, Simpson has also had an incredible career in the British comic book industry, having worked for 2000AD and Warrior, on titles including <i>Batman, Judge Dredd</i> and <i>Rogue Trooper</i>.<br />
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I took some photos, which by no means do justice to the utterly gorgeous talent that flows from this man's fingers, that <i>attempt</i> to show just how stunning his work is. What I think is incredible is that Simpson's developing eye for the characters are literally at the very first stages of visualising the Lannister's to the Stark's, so the strength of <span class="st">Daenerys Targaryen</span> is in every line of his pieces on Orbital's walls. Her defiant, raised chin, bearing her sprawling dragon children about her empire-fierce shoulders, in the piece 'Drakaris'. The perfect harmony between master and pupil, <span class="st">Syrio Forel and Arya Stark, reflected within the beautifully balanced framing of Simpson's piece 'The Water Dancers'. To die for art (but not quite in the same way as Ned Stark, mind).</span><br />
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<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WillSimpsonGameOfThronesFanpage" target="_blank">Will Simpson Game of Thrones Fanpage on Facebook</a></li>
<li>Stunning book featuring Will Simpsons art: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CB5GI80" target="_blank">'<span id="btAsinTitle"><span style="padding-left: 0;">Inside HBO's Game of Thrones: The Collector's Edition'</span></span></a></li>
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"What's a little murder between friends?" Danny Boyle asks of us in his debut feature film, <i>Shallow Grave</i>. Released in 1994, this year marks the 20th anniversary of the film that introduced Ewan McGregor, Kerry Fox and Christopher Eccleston to the spotlight. Before McGregor was a Jedi or a big deal in <i>Trainspotting</i>, before Eccleston was the Ninth Doctor and the Messiah, before Fox was winning awards for her roles in <i>Cloudstreet</i> and <i>Intimacy</i>, experience the house-share nightmare of the 90s that'll encourage you lock your bedroom door at night.<br />
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Shallow Grave also features some other notable Scottish greats including Ken Stott of <i>Rebus</i> fame (and I implore you all to track down the amazing <i>Takin' Over The Asylum</i> miniseries featuring Stott and a whippersnapper David Tennant), and <i>The Beach</i> and <i>Trainspotting</i> screenwriter John Hodge.<br />
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Kerry tells us of her time working with Director Danny Boyle (<i>Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, 28 Days Later)</i>, anecdotes on set about wielding a knife at Christopher Eccleston and adapting to the UK film industry.<br />
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Simon regales us on his adventures working with the Pope (yes, you read that right) and also Italian film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000783/" target="_blank">Director <span class="st">Dario Argento</span></a> (<i>Once Upon a Time in the West, Opera</i>), his link to the Sex Pistols, and what influenced him when working on <i>Shallow Grave</i> including <span class="st"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/" target="_blank">Akira Kurosawa's films</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="st">I recorded the post-screening Q&A with Kerry, Simon and host Amy Rapahel (author of <i>Danny Boyle: In His Own Words</i>), so please enjoy! </span><br />
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<span class="st">Recorded on 12th January 2014 at Brighton's Duke of York's Picturehouse, event produced by <a href="http://www.soundstage.thespace.uk.com/" target="_blank">Soundstage Events</a>.</span><br />
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<b>Further information:</b><br />
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I studied Internet Computing at university, but it's been a long time since I stared at a screen of C++ or faced the headache of iterative code, so I rarely mix in developer circles these days. But when a friend at work invited me to a <a href="http://lanyrd.com/2014/meetthetag/" target="_blank">Meet the W3C TAG event</a> at Google's London Campus (7th Jan 2014), that was enough to whet my nerdy appetite, let alone the speaker lineup, which featured none other than history game changer, inventor of the World Wide Web, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/berners_lee_tim.shtml" target="_blank">Sir Tim Berners-Lee</a>.<br />
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The internet has grown to be so vast, that is has become an impossible entity to police. Anyone who makes websites, or does any form of programming would have heard of the W3C, or the <span class="st"><a href="http://www.w3.org/" target="_blank">World Wide Web Consortium</a>. Led by </span>Berners-Lee, the W3C are a global group of industry experts who essentially meet up and produce a set of web standards, a code of conduct if you like, for anyone producing content for the web, making suggestions and advising on a best practice about how the internet should be used to its full and best potential, for all concerned. The <a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/" target="_blank">W3C TAG</a> (Technical Architecture Group) are the experts who specialise in web architecture matters like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface" target="_blank"><span class="st">Application Programming Interface</span></a> (API) design.<br />
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I spent the evening listening to the exceptionally passionate speakers on the panel, notably Berners-Lee, Google Software Engineer Alex Russell and Mozilla's Anne van Kesteren (panel moderator) discuss such topics as the ethics of <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management" target="_blank">Digital rights management</a> (DRM) </b>and the role of Netflix in the market, the TAGs principles when it comes to setting web standards, plus the coolness and exciting flexibility, and subsequent involvement of the W3C TAG regarding <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/19/google-believes-web-components-are-the-future-of-web-development/" target="_blank">Web Components</a>. For more in-depth accounts of the discussions, I found a couple of great posts from Adactio (<a class="email fn p-name u-email" href="mailto:jeremy@adactio.com">Jeremy Keith)</a> and <a href="http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2014/i-met-the-tag-2/" target="_blank">Bruce Lawson</a> that elaborate on the panel coverage. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Members of the W3C TAG. L-R: Anne van Kesteren (Mozilla), Tim Berners-Lee (W3C), Alex Russell (Google),<br />
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To a certain extent, working with the web requires a huge dose of
philanthropy. The human condition to innovate and improve needs to come from a
genuine need to better what we have already, which is where groups like
the W3C come in. At the very start of creation, those with the power of
creation need to access all elements of their product, from the ways it
will be used to who will and won't benefit from its existence, which was very prevalent in the panel's surface discussions.<br />
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Admittedly the finer details of the discussions went somewhat beyond my knowledge base, but it was a great evening building on my periphery learnings and hearing the opinions and angles from some incredible industry brains, but most importantly, I totally got to be in the same room as the man who made the internet; TOTAL nerd-out.<br />
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I also recorded the panel. It's a bit muffled in places but make out what you can and hope it's of use to you:<br />
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<b>Quick breakdown of the <i>Meet The W3C TAG</i> recording above: </b> </blockquote>
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<b>0 - 4m :</b> Introductions<br />
<b>4m 30s :</b> Bruce Lawson (Opera) asks what the TAG core principles are (Alex Russell answers) </blockquote>
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Alex Russell: "The tactical goal is to try to inform the standards process with the experience of being a developer. Think about the people who makes browsers. You don't get hire to make a browser because you're the world's best web developer; if you're that, you get hired to make websites. You get paid to make browsers if you're gnarly at C++." </blockquote>
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Talks JavaScript, JS promises and Bit Code. </blockquote>
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<b>12m 10s</b> : Alex Russell: "We are doing archaeology; there is something down there." See the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2004/10/27-tag-charter.html" target="_blank">TAG charter</a>.
<b>16m 50s</b> Alex Russell discusses CSP (Content Security Policy).<br />
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<b>18m 25s</b> <a href="http://yehudakatz.com/" target="_blank">Yehuda Katz</a> discusses historical API capabilities.<br />
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<b>23m 30s</b> : Audience member asks about <a href="http://www.cmswire.com/cms/customer-experience/discussion-point-encrypted-media-extensions-in-the-html-standard-022920.php" target="_blank">Encrypted Media Extensions</a> and the TAG agrees with <a href="https://plus.google.com/107429617152575897589/posts/iPmatxBYuj2" target="_blank">Ian Hixson's views</a> on the matter. (EME enables HTML/DRM). Anne van Kesteren summarises Hixon's paper; that EME is "unethical" anothe panel member chips in "and it doesn't work".<br />
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<b>26m 28s : </b> Tim Berners-Lee beckons the room: "Put your hand up if you think <a href="http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management" target="_blank">DRM</a> is bad or unethical or evil. (A flurry of people stand up). Now sit down if you've ever used Netflix or iTunes. (Majority sit down, one person left standing). (To the person standing) So you don't use Netflix, listen to music on iTunes or us a DVD player, Blu-rays? (Person responds yes to DVD player) Berners-Lee "So you <i>do</i> use DRM". Berners-Lee uses <i>Concert Window</i> gig feed functionality as an example of good DRM, and how you can crack a DRM feed, but that people don't.<br />
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<b>31m :</b> Tim Berners-Lee: "We are stuck between a rock and a hard place if we say DRM is evil and horrible so lets not implement it." Then discusses what the W3C have to think about, the alternatives for the industry. It's not simple.<br />
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<b>32m 10s :</b> Russian TAG member Sergey Konstantinov comments how being from Russia he hates DRM due to it's restrictive nature of DVD region matching.<br />
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<b>33m :</b> Audience member: "It's easy to forget the purpose of copyright of DRM..."</blockquote>
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<b>Further links:</b><br />
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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/w3ctag" target="_blank">Follow the W3CTAG team on Twitter </a></li>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10683805050485100997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663233674456890673.post-69980574079405282792014-01-10T19:21:00.001+00:002014-01-17T18:17:36.010+00:00Underground Design<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harry Beck's original tub map, 1933 (Source: <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/2443.aspx" target="_blank">TFL</a>)</td></tr>
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I've always held a design crush on London's cavernous Underground network. From the <a href="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/2443.aspx" target="_blank">Harry Beck</a><b> </b>tube map to the iconic and ageless royal red, white and blue station roundel beacons, which still signify stuffy shelter from the London rain today. Then there's the mystery and macabre history of what lies under the Underground architecture, from the shrouded <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_and_unopened_London_Underground_stations" target="_blank">ghost stations</a> to the City's <a href="http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/LondonPlaguePits/" target="_blank">plague pits</a> housing our ancestors beneath the sleepy electric traction of carriages, worming their way through the capital's earth. Author Neil Gaiman playfully weaves various Underground stations into the mythology of his fantastic book <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neverwhere-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0755322800" target="_blank"><i>Neverwhere</i></a>, painting his <span class="st">extemporaneous</span> 'London Below' with an appreciative nod to the lore of London <span class="st">long ago</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bob Mazzer</b></span><br />
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<span class="st">Steaming forward with modernity, but still a little before the setting of Channel 4 series </span><i><a href="http://www.channel4.com/programmes/confessions-from-the-underground/episode-guide" target="_blank">Confessions from the Underground</a>,</i> I recently discovered the <a href="http://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/19/bob-mazzer-on-the-tube/" target="_blank">70s and 80s Underground portfolio</a> of photographer <b>Bob Mazzer</b>. Instead of avoiding the fatigued faces of daily commuters, he pointed a camera at them, capturing an essence of what London's transit lungs looked like over three decades ago, when smoking and drinking on the system were legal, where mods, punks and rockers reigned fashionably supreme, and where mobile phones and tablets only existed in the imagination. Oh and also highlighting that the train interiors have changed very little. I especially love the 80s pop-siren redolence caught in the image below, and comparing his 70s/80s stills to his <a href="http://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/21/bob-mazzer-on-the-tube-today/" target="_blank">more recent ones</a>; what differences can you spot?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph by Bob Mazzer (Source: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/10204874/London-Underground-in-the-1970s80s.html?frame=2628239" target="_blank">The Telegraph gallery</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph by Bob Mazzer (Source: <a href="http://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/19/bob-mazzer-on-the-tube/" target="_blank">Spitalfields Life</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph by Bob Mazzer (Source: <a href="http://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/19/bob-mazzer-on-the-tube/" target="_blank">Spitalfields Life</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph by Bob Mazzer (Source: <a href="http://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/19/bob-mazzer-on-the-tube/" target="_blank">Spitalfields Life</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph by Bob Mazzer (Source: <a href="http://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/19/bob-mazzer-on-the-tube/" target="_blank">Spitalfields Life</a>)</td></tr>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Janol Apin</span></b><br />
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These blog posts always take me on an internet adventure, so as a result of digitally hunting for Mazzer's work, I discovered French photographer <a href="http://www.janol-apin.com/" target="_blank"><b>Janol Apin</b></a> who akin to Mazzer, likes to use the Paris Metro stations as the base for his 'Métropolisson' collection. Apin's collection however has a very definite injection of humour, as each piece is a literal visualisation of the station's name. See what I mean below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph by Janol Apin (Source: <a href="http://untappedcities.com/2013/11/04/janol-apins-photography-of-paris-metro-station-names-literally-translated/" target="_blank">Untapped Cities</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph by Janol Apin (Source: <a href="http://www.janol-apin.com/photos/metropolisson" target="_blank">Janol Apin</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph by Janol Apin (Source: <a href="http://www.janol-apin.com/photos/metropolisson" target="_blank">Janol Apin</a>)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Adam Magyar</b></span><br />
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And then there is <b><a href="http://www.magyaradam.com/" target="_blank">Adam Magyar</a>'s</b> high-speed camera capture of Metro platform-dwellers in his film <a href="http://io9.com/nyc-commuters-are-suspended-in-time-in-stainless-1499713100" target="_blank"><i>Stainless</i></a>. Here's an excerpt:<br />
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Being a commuter myself and having spotted their efforts, I also wanted to highlight in this post that Transport for London is a supporter of artists, running their <a href="http://art.tfl.gov.uk/" target="_blank"><i>Art on the Underground</i></a> projects year round, showcasing 'contemporary art that enriches the Tube environment'.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on" target="_blank">London Transport Museum</a> usually has a great exhibition schedule too, and they also do great <a href="http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/museum-depot/guided-tours" target="_blank">guided Art and Poster tours</a> for all the typography and design fans, as well as a <a href="http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/museum-depot/guided-tours#depotguided" target="_blank">Behind the scenes at the Museum Depot tour</a> for a nosy at vintage stations signs, old printed ephemera (tickets, leaflets etc) and retro technology (including ticket machines and train control stations). They also have great bitesize 'Depot Discoveries' YouTube series, covering everything from the progression of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vSM5o61qas&list=PL67D45FD405B0D731&feature=share&index=5" target="_blank">underground ticket design</a> to the electric circuit inspired <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc8juOe0ibs&feature=share&list=PL67D45FD405B0D731&index=17" target="_blank">Underground map</a> and the launch of the tourist's favourite, the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc8juOe0ibs&feature=share&list=PL67D45FD405B0D731&index=17" target="_blank">RM1 Routemaster bus</a>.<br />
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So, next time you find yourself on the tube, filter out the countless ads and promotions from your eye-line, unstick yourself from the bubble-gummed seat fabric, calm the conversations of strangers from your mind, and try and spot the artistic beauty that may be surrounding you.
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<b>Further links:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/07/19/bob-mazzer-on-the-tube/" target="_blank">Bob Mazzer On The Tube by Spitalfields Life </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.janol-apin.com/photos/metropolisson" target="_blank">Janol Apin's website - Métropolisson collection</a></li>
<li><a href="http://art.tfl.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Art on the Underground website</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/" target="_blank">London Transport Museum website</a></li>
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legendary Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer</div>
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legendary Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer</div>
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I've been searching high and low for some wall prints to decorate my new place. We all know what we like when we see it, but searching and trawling on the web for art with a film, sci-fi or geeky twist is a mine-field, as there is simply SO much out there. One site I came across that is a great starting point if you are after a limited-run print is <a href="http://society6.com/" target="_blank"><b>Society6</b></a>. Based in USA (keep an eye on the shipping costs), I've complied this blog post on my favourite pieces and artists on Society6 which might help speed up your search for a new artistic talking point, ready for when your neighbour pops over to borrow your <i>Game Of Thrones</i> boxset or spare controller pad.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://society6.com/artist/samgilbey" target="_blank">Sam Gilbey</a></b></span><br />
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Starting on the bias, everything this man has produced I've adored thus far and you can spot his glossy hi-life digi-brushstrokes a mile off. With lots of commercial work in his portfolio, chances are you've seen his stuff in magazines and promos. Sam has a strong sway towards cult film and television programmes, check out his <a href="http://tmblr.co/Z5F_swhFI8Fx" target="_blank">Virgin Media illustrated Guide to Doctor Who</a> and his <a href="http://www.samgilbey.com/post/43575369187/virginfographic" target="_blank">Oscars infographic</a>.<br />
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> <a href="http://samgilbeyillustrates.com/" target="_blank">Sam Gilbey's website</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://society6.com/artist/JohnAslarona" target="_blank">John Aslarona</a></b></span><br />
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The colours of MATCHSTICK MAN are just so vivid the piece feels utterly alive.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://society6.com/artist/opifan64" target="_blank">Eric Fan</a></b></span><br />
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With an eclectic portfolio, Eric Fan has some great prints available for fans of Steampunk-surreal and fantastical nature subjects.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://society6.com/artist/r0gue" target="_blank">Danny Haas</a></b></span><br />
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Just dreamy. I love the childlike dream state a lot of Danny's work take on, and with a very definite <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/13/100-years-of-propaganda-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/" target="_blank">propaganda</a> influence.<br />
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<a href="http://society6.com/artist/replaceface" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Replaceface</b></span></a><br />
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Sheer brilliance.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://society6.com/artist/Gregguillemin" target="_blank">Grégoire Guillemin</a></b></span><br />
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Pop art superheroes caught in the act and films reduces to minimal shapes.<br />
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<a href="http://society6.com/artist/BethHoeckelCollage" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Beth Hoeckel Collage & Design</b></span></a><br />
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Collage at its finest. Mixing 50s heyday illustration with sky-gazing drama.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://society6.com/product/MOONRISE-gyk_Print#1=45" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazfWZWf4DdIeOPWi4l89PX5fMP3M0k7oMCTzaOb6Us0QB6ihCq65Dahytg-SzeMXVQu2Uobvy1xZeHLR4517nAx-92myrKWXxJp09YU89YjAVrdoTW_P3yIdKx3QoP5oNlxKGEnDlEFe6/s1600/_BethHoeckel_moonrise_kerensabryant_geekgirl.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/MOONRISE-gyk_Print#1=45" target="_blank">MOONRISE</a></i> by Beth Hoeckel Collage & Design</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/FOLIAGE-4GW_Print#1=45" target="_blank">FOLIAGE</a></i> by Beth Hoeckel Collage & Design</td></tr>
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<a href="http://society6.com/artist/alicexz" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Alice X. Zhang</b></span></a><br />
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Colour queen! Check out the spectrum she's used in her Sherlock print; beautiful!<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://society6.com/product/Take-Aim-i6Y_Print#1=45" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKd_5qrZwjDMy6qt1AXarGETL4Uq6StyoAvhZJYmcEdcSnzI5DrxCWmEU4mN1wNicAgPkehObdoqPaISzaUxMBLXrQ8Bw7XxjajcRH-uawuzmtnPIBppjViVFW65sABA3xPuVMXad_H4Rp/s1600/AliceXZhang_HAWKEYE_kerensabryant_geekgirl.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/Take-Aim-i6Y_Print#1=45" target="_blank">Take Aim</a></i> by Alice X. Zhang (Hawkeye)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://society6.com/product/Sherlock-Holmes-o2f_Print#1=45" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rtBPuVQZCg1MXG7At9mnv_RO94DufAct69pH_Oind1d51skp3bbQjmuuhxaGtyTru3cf8sHVkeOhtmWXUOabesa-g0R_HmY4xvr7AQ5GHslteWodoX6uy2IuOss1bSmUrQZ6dXfkhcGU/s1600/AliceXZhang_sherlock_kerensabryant_geekgirl.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/Sherlock-Holmes-o2f_Print#1=45" target="_blank">Virtuoso</a></i> by Alice X. Zhang (Sherlock)</td></tr>
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<a href="http://society6.com/artist/igo2cairo" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Terry Fan</b></span></a><br />
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Imaginative grunge. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/Mr-and-Mrs-Frankenstein_Print#1=45" target="_blank">Mr. and Mrs. Frankenstein</a></i> by Terry Fan</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://society6.com/product/Dino-Rodeo_Print#1=45" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVITNpojPu9sydI7fT0Z4QMVphbGNNxkxJxt5W_3GAkT3Qj8KTiNiZjNI9HZ3qw5fTQLPaGzeriCsqJwWTf_hhsGW7ffekn_3tXZ9Y2KSxFc7zTqbtGttdlHNCqmi6MUzQw4VIGaGzLym/s1600/Terry-Fan_rodeo_kerensabryant_geekgirl.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/Dino-Rodeo_Print#1=45" target="_blank">Dino Rodeo</a></i> by Terry Fan</td></tr>
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<a href="http://society6.com/artist/wytrab8" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hillary White</b></span></a><br />
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Mixed up magic.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://society6.com/product/A-Boy-and-His-Dog_Print#1=45" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGvCgk6Y__go9IE1v8hxW4IMvY8v_v3Y0O_EfnAHfPHkv-8SSu7VjF-OFc45daLQbIFRw3Z7Czg9ks8AHFrGh3ye3dLO7q5EeO7sblTjnuAACM_akMeinjSLMqbGFcpMekX0YzWqRod_G/s1600/HillaryWhite_neverendingstory_kerensabryant_geekgirl.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/A-Boy-and-His-Dog_Print#1=45" target="_blank">A Boy and His Dog</a></i> by Hillary White<br />
(Neverending Story / Star Wars)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://society6.com/product/Pika-Stardust_Print" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9y4zr2WdoAHSPo3vZUIJWuPInSQjbYGzHXLU2ZN7W73FUDYJ4QHg14eGCulvNX8n-er0rnjczt7H96irvfzN0Cs62BsH3D4ow_9Z6xyfaSK3z9Gv_QnBr1kjR4O_C31FLWdgAgZ_U31sl/s1600/HillaryWhite_pikachu_kerensabryant_geekgirl.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/Pika-Stardust_Print" target="_blank">Pika Stardust</a></i> by Hillary White<br />
(Pokemon)</td></tr>
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<a href="http://society6.com/artist/powerpig" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Powerpig</b></span></a><br />
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For the Lego fan in your life...<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://society6.com/product/I-am-a-Giddy-Goat_Print#1=45" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6Hl6omClEdP8QXBqe6BK2pQIHN8vvSkkr-g1Pry9F5OCcfxTRuAJXqMFECQDJgHLYa6c_4YlVUUSGBISKRKHVi9WUUA49QW3aLoQfkz5kH1rNZaV3yOb1bp8GQ0xPpIq3xjwoMdvmd2e/s1600/Powerpig_itcrowd_kerensabryant_geekgirl.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/I-am-a-Giddy-Goat_Print#1=45" target="_blank">I am a Giddy Goat!</a></i> Powerpig (IT Crowd)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://society6.com/product/This-is-Thriller_Print#1=45" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVanuJLihYnAlM9WSxtE75WEy15T5DYZr5ZaoisPo9w4gIrZHNHT66kcy5HgBz-o6XUGg8_Lv3jzZccnS4PTvtlJY_g1StwNDHWZU3h7h1NV3FOvKQoQ61Z-SwtjAoy3Caecap4CLP6qt/s1600/Powerpig_thriller_kerensabryant_geekgirl.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/This-is-Thriller_Print#1=45" target="_blank">This is Thriller</a></i> by Powerpig</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Other pieces I spotted...</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/Ariel-Efl_Print#1=45" target="_blank">Ariel</a></i> by Fernanda Suarez</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://society6.com/product/Michonne-Ft1_Print#1=45" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://a1.s6img.com/cdn/0010/p/2594359_9219193_b.jpg" height="400" width="266" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/Michonne-Ft1_Print#1=45" target="_blank">Huntress</a></i> by Fuacka (Zombies!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://society6.com/product/A-Team_Print#1=45" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAtcpW6pL3z_D3Iyu6UsDUHfKn9m26XFGJc8qTpqlVI7Nu-ZDxszG6Sia0obyUswPytCcQafzihZb2Cq4XSoO_8wBDUMJiveytSxB7XA_RV43MS3if8u4WXEurbyeQ4TB6koBKKXGYjWv/s1600/LiamBrazier_avengers_kerensabryant_geekgirl.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/A-Team_Print#1=45" target="_blank">A Team</a></i> by Liam Brazier (The Avengers)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://society6.com/AmberGrey/Game-of-Thrones-Ygritte-gCX_Print#1=45" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://a1.s6img.com/cdn/0014/p/4846819_8438660_b.jpg" height="400" width="287" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/AmberGrey/Game-of-Thrones-Ygritte-gCX_Print#1=45" target="_blank">Game of Thrones - Ygritte</a></i> by Amber Grey</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://society6.com/product/Walking-Shadow-Turtles_Print#1=45" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUNfxd85lNniAJQjTKaCewpYREQXzdJD2gW-Vs-EUco_Xl_AbXQTzUIwHZCHo3tVoMxVHmeNpqCdblkicaDYDAqtuXMdjPUHsgHJ3OKQ_bV3PN9F1-A6BzjRK_ekvnZfvqlW84dcZViap/s1600/JasonRatliff_turtles_kerensabryant_geekgirl.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/Walking-Shadow-Turtles_Print#1=45" target="_blank">Walking Shadow, Turtles</a></i><br />
by Jason Ratliff<br />
(Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles)</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://society6.com/product/Idealism_Print#1=45" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://a1.s6img.com/cdn/0009/p/2155379_10994591_b.jpg" height="400" width="282" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://society6.com/product/Idealism_Print#1=45" target="_blank">Idealism</a></i> by Genis Carreras<br />
Love his <a href="http://geniscarreras.com/shop" target="_blank">'Philographics'</a><br />
and bold, simple style</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10683805050485100997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4663233674456890673.post-38141573833696633412013-12-31T18:30:00.000+00:002014-02-15T19:36:37.191+00:00Cinecity 2013: My guide to being a film festival volunteer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In November, I helped out at Brighton's annual film festival run by the fantastic <a href="http://www.cine-city.co.uk/cinecity-11th-brighton-film-festival/" target="_blank">Cinecity</a> team. The theme for the festival's 11th year was <span class="st">'Adventures in World Cinema', so as you'd imagine, the schedule spanned global offerings from mellifluous Mexico to forward France and many film making nations in-between. The festival also payed homage to </span>Jan Švankmajer, the wonderfully imaginative Czech surrealist filmmaker, with free screenings of his bizarre short films and an exhibition of his incredibly detailed and eclectic treasures, kindly on display for the inquisitive.<br />
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This is the first film festival I'd helped at. I work at a number of educational film and arts related events in Brighton and London, so had a margin of an idea of what to expect; lots of smiling, 'all hands to the pump' attitude and a great opportunity to learn. I've also been to a number of film festivals as both press and as a film fan, so my experience overall wasn't too much of a shock to the system, but more a completion of a cinematic circuit, of sorts. So I thought that instead of just giving an account of my experience at the festival, I'd compose a more practical breakdown of what a festival steward does, and how you can benefit by volunteering at your local festival.<br />
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<b>Lots of Smiling</b><br />
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Whether you are working for free as a volunteer or getting paid, the ability to smile <i>genuinely</i> is a base requirement in the service industry. Cliched yes, but be it a volunteer taking tickets at the door, sharpening pencils ahead of film surveys or gracefully gliding around an audience handing out the microphones during Q&A sessions, you are one small cog in a fantastic machine that should result in a great 'experience' for each and every screening attendee. Putting it simply, pretend the festival goer in front of you is you. You would want to be greeting cheerily, any questions you may have you would want answered promptly and confidently, and any information that may be beneficial to your visit, highlighted to you. It's not rocket science. We can all spot bad customer service a mile off, but good customer service is a silent art. It should be seen and heard, but not so often spoken about; an accepted norm. Then there is <i>great</i> customer service - it can be equally viral as bad, but with an added fuzzy glow that can't be bottled.<br />
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At a film festival like Cinecity, the screening lineup will often be an exciting assortment of first screenings, so only members of the press and people in the film industry would have seen the titles up until this point. So use this as an exciting opportunity to really do your research. You may never get asked about the directors filmography or the camera's used in a film's production, but at a festival like this one where many of the pictures are of international content, get clued up on the country of origin, the language spoken (if foreign with subtitles), watch as many trailers as possible so you have a flavour of what to expect, and a tip I found handy was keep an eye on other films in the programme with similarities. As not everyone in the queue is a film buff, they often look to festival stewards to be able to recommend other films in the festival lineup. If a customer has just come out of Jan Švankmajer's <a href="http://www.cine-city.co.uk/festival-event/little-otik/" target="_blank"><i>Little Otik</i></a> and they really enjoyed the emotion and offbeat styling, naturally you could recommend his other films in the festival, or screenings with heart, such as riotous coming-of-age punk-romp <a href="http://www.cine-city.co.uk/festival-event/we-are-the-best/" target="_blank"><i>We Are The Best</i></a> or the stunningly creative found-footage compilation of <a href="http://www.cine-city.co.uk/festival-event/all-this-can-happen/" target="_blank"><i>All This Can Happen</i></a>. Naturally, you will also need to know the when and wheres of these screenings, so also never be far from a copy of the festival programme - ideally have spare with you to hand out too (I had a mini print-out always in my pocket).<br />
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Having a natural interest in film, I also found it advantageous knowing other films and seasons coming up outside of the festival that would be screened at the local Brighton venues. For example, I know that one of the Picturehouse cinema managers puts on a really strong LGBT programme throughout the year called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EyesWideOpenCinema" target="_blank"><i>Eyes Wide Open</i></a>. Films such as <i>Stranger By The Lake</i>, <i>Floating Skyscrapers</i> and <i>Jeune Et Jolie</i> all featured during the Cinecity run, so films like <i>Blue Is The Warmest Colour</i> or <i>Break My Fall</i>; films showing concurrently or in future months as part of the special Eyes Wide Open lineup, may be good recommendations to those asking for films with such a thread.<br />
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At your festival induction (<i>always</i> make the effort to go to inductions when offered), you should have been given a building tour so you should already be prepped regarding locations of the basics such as toilet facilities, food and drink outlets and fire escapes (and procedures). If you have questions at the end, this is a great opportunity to source the info, as it's likely a customer or another steward will have the same question, but you'll be the one left stuck and on the spot, often when you cannot leave your post to seek the answer. Be it the dress code expected from you, the details of the festival promotional ticket offers or the location of the other venues involved in the festival, do your homework.<br />
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<b>An opportunity to Learn</b><br />
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I love helping and running events and film festivals because I learn <i>so</i> much. From all of my simple and practical tips in this post, to the spectrum of films I get to watch (when before I may never had even heard of), to the conversations I have with the new film industry people I get to meet - every event, film and conversation is an opportunity to learn about the industry, broadening my tastes and further submerge my passion for film. From the pure enjoyment as a viewer to my sheer love of business and processes, what you take away from your experience will always be individual to you and wholly down to what you <i>want</i> to get out of it. <br />
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I was new to Jan Svankmejer's body of work, but after watching many of his short films and features at the festival and streaming online, I've also learnt about <span class="st"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Quay" target="_blank">The Quay Brothers</a>; stop-motion animators who, in the same ilk as Svankmejer, are incredible artists whose work I encourage everyone to find out more about. I got to watch films that I had no preconception of; </span><span class="st">a rarity in this day and age of the multi-trailer and many-media film review. </span><br />
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I also find that many localities and industries can prove surprisingly small, which can prove a great benefit of those looking to perhaps find a job with a film twist or network with creative equals. Both Brighton and the UK film market prove no exception. I often bump into filmmakers, cinema chain faces and avid film fans as a direct result from being part of these great events. Be it a job to some or something to do in spare time for others, the invisible celluloid of the love of film running through all these individuals is more often than not the same, so a common ground of familiarity is ever present.<br />
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<b>Why work at a film festival? </b><br />
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<b>For someone wanting to get into festival and event management</b>, working at a film festival will give you an insight as to the sort of person you need to be; there may be smiles on the outside, but the ability to clone oneself and organise like a demon are commonplace necessities in all levels of festival and venue staff.<br />
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<b>For someone who just wants to get to watch a load of films for free</b>, you also get to meet great people with similar interests, who you can make great friends with over a pint of Fanta and vat of popcorn.<br />
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<b>For someone wanting to network with film industry professionals</b>, keep an eye out for Q&A panels with the actual filmmakers or contributors in attendance, as there may be opportunities to meet them and network after the event - but don't be a pest; remember your duties as a volunteer still come first (if you want your reputation to remain in tact) and try and have a business card, or something to exchange contact details via.<br />
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<b>Support your local film festival</b><br />
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Whatever your pull towards getting involved, support your local film festival by going along to watch a film you are intrigued by that might not be your 'usual' cup of tea. Sign up to a festival volunteer list (usually advertised anything from 1-4 months before the start of a festival) and be an asset within a hub of cinematic fun. Don't be put off by your age, day job or the worry that you'll be competing against film students and film buffs. There will of course be a maximum number of volunteers that any one festival can take on, but the volunteer criteria is often very simple; the ability and willingness to help, and a love of film, oh and flexibility - some volunteer dates will be set in stone, others may be a very last minute request to step in. We are all so lucky to have a wealth of film festivals happening around the British Isles, so hopefully you can find one local to you.<br />
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<b>Further links:</b><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.cine-city.co.uk/" target="_blank">Cinecity Film Festival website </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840905/" target="_blank">Jan Svankmejer's filmography on IMDB</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_festivals_in_Europe#United_Kingdom" target="_blank">Wiki page on UK film festivals</a> - not definitive</li>
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legendary Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer</div>
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legendary Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As part of an extensive social media
campaign, DK partnered with Albion London, a creative digital agency to
come up with a limited run of teeny editions of the new DK Lego book, using
these world famous minifigure characters in a series of Instagram videos and
Facebook minifigure fact posts. But a mini book wasn’t all, Albion then
painstakingly spent days scouring Lego stores for the perfect pieces to
recreate celebrity minifigure doppelgängers. Amongst these celebrities lucky
enough to receive their very own brisk-based twin were comedians </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dara O'Briain and
Jimmy Carr, actor Simon Pegg and comic book creator and presenter Jonathan
Ross, plus personalities Fearne Cotton and Dawn Porter, to name but a few,
phew! The Tweets flew and international coverage soon picked up with Lego fans around the globe sharing the fun and asking for their very own copy of the book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
part of the DK books marketing team, I couldn’t wait to pop along to Brick Lane
bookshop (how apt) to take part on this mini-shoot, complete with film crew and
Lego model sets all around. Granted, we were all upstaged by these pocket-sized
plastic people, but how often do you get to say you feature in a video with <i>Pretzel
Girl</i>?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But was it worth it? Well the social media stats for all DK channels saw uplift, from both paid and organic shares, and the national coverage was nothing but positive.</span><br />
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<b>UPDATE: </b>Somewhat excited, <b>Econsultancy</b> picked up on our work and <a href="https://econsultancy.com/blog/64350-dk-lego-partnership-driving-social-growth" target="_blank">wrote an article about it</a>.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here
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<span lang="EN-US">If you haven’t already get a copy,
it’s a total lust-product with everything from the development of the LEGO
minifigure facial features to the coveted and mightily rare <a href="http://legopicture.com/the-most-expensive-lego-minifigures-today-news/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Star Wars</i> solid gold C3PO</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">You can also listen to an interview with the
book creators (with my dulcets on the intro) here:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">DK Books blog post about the shoot >>
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<span lang="EN-US">Albion London’s video summary of their
fantastic work >> <a href="http://www.albionlondon.com/blog/lego/">http://www.albionlondon.com/blog/lego/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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