interesting GOOGLE fact..x

The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of "googol," which refers to the number represented by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros.(Having found its way increasingly into everyday language, usually through "I Googled it", the verb, "to google," was added to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006, meaning, "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet."

Movie making and continuous shooting...x

Today we had to create and record a simple scene, in which we had to shoot from different angles...
we had to edit the sequence and make the editing seem invisible to the audience by making sure the sequence was continuous.
We decided to create a scene that involved a woman coming into a room and being interviewed.
I think our movie worked well,
We managed to involve different camera shots, for example; close up shots of Vickie and Peter, two mid shots of Vickie and Peter talking, establishment shots of the classroom (or interview room), over the shoulder shots of Peter with Vickie, close up shots of Vickie opening the door and a "tilt up" shot when Peter gave her a peice of paper!
I had great fun today and i think we all really thought about the camera angles and how we shot the sequence, however i think we struggled with the acting!
Editing will be fun tomorrow as we will learn how to make the sequence look natural :)

defining myself through youtube...x

This video is so cute and always makes me giggle...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk


This video is also very cute and adorable :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzRH3iTQPrk


this video sums up my facorite programe ever :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GULN5J5xgGA

Media consumption...x

Thursday
Listened to ipod in the morning for an hour
went on Myspace and Facebook for 30 minutes at 6pm
watched T.V for 2 hours

Friday
went on Facebook for 15 minutes and Msn
watched T.V for an hour and a half

Saturday
Listened to ipod for an hour
did homework on internet for 45 minutes

Sunday
Listened to ipod for an hour and a half
went on facebook for 2 hours and myspace

Monday
went on Facebook for 30 minutes
and listened to ipod for an hour
watched TV for 2 hours

Tuesday
went on facebook for an hour
watched TV for an hour

Wednesday
Didn't go on internet at all
watched a film which lasted 2 hours
and read a magazine for 15 minutes
watched T.V for an hour

Thursday
Facebook and Myspace for 20 minutes
watched T.V for an hour
homework on the internet for an hour
and watched T.V for another hour

Overall i have spent 21 hours and 35 minutes with the media... which is quite surprising as i thought it would be more than that.

The Notebook...x

My favourite film of all time is ‘The Notebook’; it is the sweetest love story and is sure to make you cry. It is perfect for a girlie night in because it is a true romantic story of two lovers whose love for each other is so strong that it allows them to pass away together…

The sweeping love story is narrated by an elderly man reading from his faded notebook to an elderly woman in a nursing home. The film then travels back in time to the 1940s where it follows the lives of two North Carolina teenagers from very different worlds. They spend the whole of the summer with one another eventually leading to them falling in love. Towards the end of the summer, the mother of Allie (the girl) realizes that Noah (the boy) has distracted her from her work and that he is no good for her as he comes from a poorer family… this results in the mother separating both Allie and Noah from each other to stop them ‘falling in love’ any deeper. As time goes on, they are also separated by World War 2 where Noah goes off to war. After the soldiers come home, everything is different. Allie is engaged to a successful businessman and Noah lives alone with his memories in a 200-year old house he is restoring. But when Allie sees an article in the local paper about Noah’s restoration of the house, she knows that she has to make a decision once and for all about the path her life and love-life must take…

The story goes on to show how Allie and Noah fall in love all over again. Eventually Allie decides to call off the engagement and to marry Noah. There is a twist in the story as the audience finds out that the story the elderly man is Noah and the woman in the nursing home is Allie. However, Allie has a disease which makes her forget things and as she begins to remember her life with Noah, her memory quickly vanishes and she quickly becomes frightened. The audiences’ emotions are tested at this point because it is a very sad scene in the film where she fights Noah off and has to be knocked unconscious by an injection. The end of the film is by far the saddest part of the whole movie; Noah comes to visit Allie in hospital and she finally remembers that the story he told her was theirs. They have a long heart-felt conversation which brings tears to the audiences eyes and they peacefully die holding each other close… this is such a sad film which makes me cry every time. However I love it because it is such a cute romantic film