Review on the way

I posted a bit ago about Diana ... well expect a review either tonight or tomorrow ... as i'm sat in the cinema right now :) 

New Review

I love this film, but haven't seen it for a while, this film is for all those girls out there so sit back in your onsies with a cup of coco and relax.... Review will be up soon on the little blog about film :) 

The Perfect Villain

What makes the perfect Film Villain??


I want to know stay tuned to the blog for my pick of the pops of the best Villains of all time!!!


And what I think makes the Perfect Villain

Nicole Kidman takes on the role as a Princess

Yes this is the second time today that I have blogged about films that are all about Royal families.

Nicole Kidman stars later this year in the film Grace Of Monaco where she plays the Hollywood Queen Grace Kelly.

The film looks into the troubles and struggles that Monaco goes through difficult times with a dispute between her husband and the French in the early 1960's.
 The film looks closely into Grace Kelly's Marriage to Prince Rainer III and Kelly's struggle with her identity as a famous Hollywood starlet turned Princess.


From the trailer (that will be posted at the end of this post) it has an air of old Hollywood, the stylistic way in which the colour in the film has been enhanced to look like the old 1950's and certainly early 1960's Old Hollywood Glamour has been added to make the piece more in my view nostalgic and beautiful.

Heres a quick look at the trailer...

Diana The People's Princess - Her last years on screen

So friday the most talked about film with controversial headlines is released in cinemas ... of course i'm talking about:

In brief this film looks into the last years of Diana's Life before her tragic Death in 1997. Paying close attention to her love life. We've had Dame Helen Mirian's beautiful and award winning performance of the Queen! Now it's time for Naomi Watts to shine a light on the people's princess.
The scary part is that Naomi Watts does with the aid of a prosthetic nose and voice coaching from the trailers that i have watched she is Diana on screen down to her mannerisms and the way she moves.

The actress has taken on a rather big challenge as everyone loved Diana, looking forward to seeing it in cinemas.
Heres a sneaky peak at what is to come.

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Number One in The UK Official Box Office

No Surprises who this went to???


They have already been number 1 in several if not all countries in the music charts and now they have actually took over and completely blown the UK Box Office wide open!

One Direction with their film 'This Is Us' has gone straight to the top of the charts without a hick up in sight knocking off Kick Ass 2 to my disappointment. Can they keep clinging on to the number 1 spot or will another film come and knock them off the number 1 spot???

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Narrative and Characters - Essential to films

We all know when we've been to the cinema or bought a film that we really wanted to see due to the fantastic trailer only to be disappointed by the actual content when you finally sit down and watch the film. 

Whether it be a Hollywood blockbuster or a small short, narrative and characters are important! 

Watching some films you sometimes getting the feeling like it was rushed through production and wasn't given the due care and attention that it needed as the plot will have so many holes in it that it doesn't make sense or the characters are not believable because they are over or under written. 

I found this out when planning and writing a script that Narrative is key... having a strong narrative arch where the characters basically go on a journey with twists and turns that are well thought are really difficult. If it involves a murder plot it's even worse!!  Before even thinking of writing your script plot out what is going to happen through a Step Outline which is basically all your scenes in bullet points and then once that is down a Scene Breakdown that is a more detailed outline of all the scenes, short paragraphs of what is going to happen in your script.    

After all that is done the first thing anyone needs to do in the 1st act is to set up the world you're putting your audience in ... build up images for them to see ... make sure it is if in Script form that it is visual as at the end people are going to see it. 

Once that is done set up your characters although you can do both at the same time , your opening scenes can feature your main character... when writing A Deadly Sin I made sure that my main character and her world was set up perfectly... although it took about 4 drafts to get the first 10 minutes on screen right! The character needs to be known from the beginning, who are they, what is their profession? ect... 

For this character Bio's done before hand are important you can't go into this blind... method actors get inside their character's heads when acting... writers should really method write... where they get inside their character's mind whether they are a real life person or one from your own mind... you need to know what they look like, their personality, how they process information, do they have a mental illness, what is their background... basically make the character your number 1 priority when doing bio's as it will help you understand their mind and when it comes to writing them into a script you'll find it easier. 

At the end of every first act a problem has to arise or the situation has to change to launch them into the fun but hard process of the second act where the fun and games literally start. What this is called is The Catalyst.  

The Catalyst could be a murder, someone dies that they love or in the case of A Deadly Sin a victim actually comes back into my main character's work place still alive ... so she has to decide to kill him or not and risk being caught... at this point i'd also thrown in my other main character who meets a sticky end... so the catalyst as i remember it was that she'd killed the victim by over dosing him in hospital( where she works) and the other character had his suspicions and confronts her... and bang queue Act 2. 

Act 2 is where all the drama unfolds the chase ... confronting the problem and well through a lot of panicking and working out the situation you can work out a resolution that is your third act ... all confusing i know. 

In simple terms act 2 is the main block of the narrative where everything happens... so work it out ... re read your notes! You can edit your notes as you go on... as the story will change and develop! 

Don't panic about it ... if you're unsure get someone to read what you have written and get them to give you feedback they'll be able to see objectively what is good and what needs to be altered and also what doesn't make sense! It's a scary process and you will feel exposed as at the end of the day this is your work but sometimes another pair of eyes is better than none! 

It is a complex and scary task to write your own script but knowing how to do it will ultimately help you out! 

This is not a guide ... well it kinda is but if

you're stuck find websites to help you :)