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Dec 07
In part 1, we took a look at some ‘different’ television commercials that shrugged aside the usual boundaries limiting creativity in regular advertising. In part 2, we’ll continue to look at some outstanding adverts and analyse these from both an artistic and commercial view.
TV or Internet?
Essentially, the adverts that go out of their …
Nov 29
When we talk of producing, directing, casting and cutting, our minds immediately think of movies, TV programmes or even music videos. In terms of creativity, the last place we would seem to look is at the thousands of television commercials that swamp our screens on a daily basis. Is this an oversight? Can there really …
Sep 14
Whether it is a homemade short, amateur animation or box office smash, I reveal to you the top 5 qualities that I look for in every film.
1. A meaningful storyline
A film without one of these is like a cheese sandwich without any cheese. Even if the acting and entertainment is filling, there is still …
Aug 03
We all love romance; it’s genre that is loved by all cultures, genders and backgrounds. We are all “suckers” for a good love story. Many a big production company use that thirst for love, that thirst for escapism into the world of lovers, but there’s only so many stories you can tell. Movie companies have …
Mar 04
I know the past week has somehow become Woody Allen week, but I finally managed to catch his recent Oscar-winning film Midnight In Paris and I thought I’d give a little review of it in the midsts of LMS’ celebration of the septuagenarian director.
Midnight In Paris won Allen his third Best Screenplay (the most of …
Feb 24
I recently went to see Polanski’s latest film Carnage, in which two couples meet to discuss one of their children hitting the other one in the face. In an hour and a half of virtually no cuts, the movie grows from a nervous exchange of pleasantries into a full on battle of words, with the …
Nov 10
Solar is a tale of the sun, moon and two characters who inhabit a world that relies on day and night perhaps more than it would seem.
Released back in 2007, this animated short enjoyed a great deal of success and scooped many awards, including the Best Animated Film at the Royal Television Society …
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