Sony has created some great commercials for its Bravia LCD television. Their new ad — a symphony of exploding paint — is brilliant. Sony is giving a simple message: if you want vibrant colour, you want the Sony Bravia. It’s colour “Like No Other.” They’re showing it with beautiful and clever advertising. Have a look below.
Monthly Archives: May 2007
‘Heavenly Creatures’
The Year 11 students studying the film ‘Heavenly Creatures’ know that the music used in the soundtrack is an important part of the film.
Pauline Parker actually mentioned in her diary the specific piece of opera used in ‘Heavenly Creatures’. Director PeterJackson knew from the start of the project about the girls’ fixation on and fascination with Mario Lanza, from the published trial proceedings. Lanza was considered quite the heart-throb in his day, look at the clip below to see what you think.
The clip is of Lanza and Kathryn Grayson singing ‘Be my love’.
More on film reviews
I hope the Year 12 students who are writing a film review have checked out the links I gave at the beginning of the week. To help you further with the review style look at the following video review of some of the important films of 2007. Note down some of the reviewer’s comments, as this may help you to shape your own ideas.
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Film Reviews
Year 12 students will write a film review as a formal writing task.
here are some links to get you started:
http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/englishresource/filmreview.html
http://www.xtec.es/~vfeliu/writing/revi3.htm
http://www.ehow.com/how_2002071_write-movie-review.html
http://ks.essortment.com/writingfilmrev_ralk.htm
For some light relief check out the ninja’s take on ‘Pirates of the Caribbean-Dead Man’s chest’
Youtube winner
Here is an animation from Youtube that you may enjoy.
“Kiwi!” is an animation about a Kiwi who spends its whole life working towards achieving his dream. The kiwi strived to create the illusion that it was flying over a forest as it soared down through the sky from the top of a cliff. Thus, the kiwi spent what must have been its whole life nailing trees to the side of a cliff. All this, to fulfil its one dream of flying, even though it was technically unable to. There are several powerful messages behind Kiwi, but mainly, it makes you think: no matter how absurd and seemingly out of reach your dreams are, what’s stopping you from achieving them?
Kiwi’s had a huge online success, with currently over 1.75 million views and 9000 comments on the online video site ‘YouTube’ in approximately just 3 days. The animation has been recently featured on YouTube and currently ranks in at the #1 bookmarked video in the arts and animation category of all time. As I’m sure you’ll agree, “Kiwi!” is an inspiration to us all.
Writing tips for English students
Here are some timeless tips from English writer George Orwell. 
George Orwell’s useful list of writing rules
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
Never use a long word where a short one will do.
If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
Never use the passive where you can use the active.
Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
Orwell was a famous novelist whose works include Animal Farm and 1984.
Speaking of writers … here’s a clip of Margaret Atwood the author of The Handmaid’s Tale – who said sport and literature doesn’t mix!
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