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Saturday 31 July 2010

Everyday Life: Episode Fifteen - "John"

Ladies and Gentlemen, Children of ideally over 16, as the show contains naughty language...I announce today that the latest episode of Everyday Life is available worldwide, right now! Episode fifteen, entitled "John", focusses on the transformation of the character from a random, irresponsible boy into a badass motherfudger of a man!

But he hasn't done so on his own.

Introducing a brand new character, Episode fifteen is the longest episode yet (spanning over eight minutes in total length!). It may not be the most comically-packed episodes, but it all builds up to what promises to be an hilarious penultimate showdown in the next installment of Everyday Life.

Enjoy viewing and peace out 'til next time!

J. Walton

Everyday Life: Series Three, Episode Four - "John"

Friday 16 July 2010

Everyday Life: Season 3, Episode 4 - "Courage"

Filming begins on the next epiosde tomorrow (weather permitting). The title is just a working title, but it's amazingly good to know that I'm finally on the way to completing a series that began a year ago! Hopefully the episode will be available for viewing on Tuesday!

Sunday 11 July 2010

"The Clown (Le Queloune)"

A short film by Patrick Boivin, "The Clown (Le Queloune)" is a strange mix of the humourous, the emotional and the thought-provokingly genius. Following the re-animation of a deceased clown, the film illustrates the life (if that is, indeed, the word) of a newly-risen zombie, and his coming to terms with such a fact. "The Clown" is only a little over eleven minutes long, yet in that time I found myself feeling a myriad of different emotions. Boivin has surely created a piece of art with this film, where lack of dialogue does so much more in making the film as brilliant as it is. The cinematography is beautiful, and the pacing; perfect. All in all a masterpiece of short film that says only what it needs to. Be prepared for an ending that is so fitting it left me watching the whole thing again! Linked for your enjoyal; "The Clown (Le Queloune)".

Saturday 3 July 2010

The 'English' of Today

Now, I know that a lot of you will think this post is just nit-picking, but it discusses a subject which is a real pet peeve of mine: the manner in which today's youth are slaughtering the English language with strange text which, really, isn't that much easier to write than it's legitimate counterpart. Please don't get me wrong, here - I'm no spelling whizz (I'm certain I have, or will have made some mistakes by the end of this post) but at least I am trying to use the correct English.

I point you, readers, to this post I found on YouTube:

"i love 2pints love dis tuneee !! ha ha donna duz have a relii gud voice ! love dis show !!!"

It seems that not even writing this down in italic could make it look prettier. It's essentially like dressing a horses' excrement in a tutu and saying "Please look pretty". But I digress. The above quotation horrified me. SO much wrong, I actually felt like commenting back on the video to suggest she pay attention in English lessons, rather than give random boys handjobs at the back of the class.

Let us translate:
"i love 2pints love dis tuneee !! ha ha donna duz have a relii gud voice ! love dis show !!!"
Becomes:
"I love 'Two Pints' and I love this tune! Haha, Donna does have a really good voice! I love this show!"

Now, doesn't that look so much better? Of course it does! It scares me how much the youth of today seem to have invented their own language! I'm only 18, and yet I cannot understand half of what is said anymore. Does it really save time writing 'relii' than 'really'? If so, then it can only be about half a second. I don't even know why it annoys me so much, it just does.

And that is my rant for the day ^ ^
Peace out!