in the culture jungle

Since i joined up to Screenselect a couple of months ago i’ve been consuming vastly more dvds than ever before. I’ve never really been into films and I find it completely pointless wasting 15 quid to buy a film that you may watch once or twice before a new technology comes along and you find that your “collection” has become obsolete. So this lets me watch films for 15 quid a month so even if you watch 4 it’s still cheaper than the video library. Plus you get a greater choice and all the benefits of a website where you can search by directors, actors, recommendations etc…. Think i’m averaging about 7 a month which isn’t too bad and I’m certainly not addicted as Jess seems to think. Also the train from Reading to Sheffield has turned into my own cinema – time passes much quicker when you have a film to watch (apart from the jealous looks this seems to attract)…

The film production course I’m currently taking has made me realise how much time and effort goes into making even a short film. We are currently “shooting” a 90-second story to music (no live sound) which is going to take about 7 hours to film in total! It’s most definitely not going to be an Oscar winner thats for sure…

On a forthcoming trip to the Lake District after Easter – we are hoping to get hold of a camera and shoot a 5 minute film along the theme of the Wicker man. This should be a lot of fun….

Unfortunately last weekend’s tranmission was cancelled due to licensing problems at the venue – we took a trip along to Headcharge instead which was good fun (despite a bad showing by Junglist Alliance) and then Saturday went to the Union and Bassic Standardz in the Raynor Lounge which is a quality little night showcasing the local talent – only downside of the night was the firealarm at 12.40am when we were evacuated to the same area as a rowdy alcohol-fuelled rugby crowd who had been to Poptarts…

One thought on “in the culture jungle”

  1. Good news that you can search by actor. Now you can make sure that you have seen the entire Patrick Swayze back catalogue. I will give you a bell tonight. Went to the pub yesterday to watch England B vs Sweden. Terrible game, what is the point?

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