An article I wrote for Empire film magazine last month during my work experience, which has not been published to date (and is unlikely to be). I did email the editor who okayed the article asking for feedback on it, and got no reply, so figured I might as well publish it on here.. Two [...]
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Know Thy Enemy, a brilliant poem by Christopher Logue (not the edited version used by many left-wing parties and in 1960s Paris); He does not care what colour you are provided you work for him. He does not care how much you earn provided you earn more for him. He does not care who lives [...]
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BBM Live Articles; FUNNY NEWS – MAYOR APOLOGISES FOR 3 DAY DRINKING BINGE FUNNY NEWS – WHITE HOUSE RICKROLLS FUNNY NEWS – HITLER CAT FAILS TO FIND HOME FUNNY NEWS – FISH ADDICTED TO CHOCOLATE FUNNY NEWS – 94 YEAR OLD GRAN ATTACKED BY KANGAROO FUNNY NEWS – ONE MILLION YEARS WITHOUT SEX FUNNY NEWS [...]
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Creative Writing piece for university, 2007. I don’t remember much after getting off the plane, my memory seems to start walking around Heathrow, which was both exciting and scary at the same time. My Uncle Dave had come to pick us up, a man I remembered vaguely, and the first official thing I can remember [...]
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Written in 2006 for a writing class, a short biography of my favourite author. Roald Dahl became my favourite author as a child as I very quickly became affiliated with his varying works. I had read his stories in school and my parents had bought me some of his classics to read at home. Dahl [...]
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Written 2005 about screenwriting techniques With regard to the text, The Tools of Screenwriting, what techniques must the screenwriter employ to create a compelling, successful screenplay? Tips: refer to the range of techniques available, address the question of what creates successful drama. Refer to successful films described in final chapters in additions to techniques [...]
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Essay on Wilfred Owen’s poetry ‘’The Dominant tone is not anger, nor protest, but elegiac. Suffering is ultimately aestheticized; the hideous is expressed in the language of beauty.’’ To what extent do you agree with this view of Owen’s poetry? This view of Owen’s poetry is arguably correct. Owen, like many other soldiers [...]
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Essay on the book ‘Is There Life After Film School’ and discussing the people interviewed. ‘Is There Life After Film School?’ Essay With regard to the text, Is There Life After Film School? Discuss the various methods used by interviewees to overcome adversity and achieve success. Include comparison of descriptions by interviewees of those [...]
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A creative writing technique – get someone to pick 10 items (or pick them yourself) and write a story about them. The example below is about a person, written in class circa 2005. 1. A lava lamp 2. An abstract painting 3. A pipe 4. A digital camera 5. A book about Pandas 6. [...]
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Writing Assignment for Writing for Film and Media university module, 2005 Mike is staring at Julian. Julian is wearing a coat, the coat. Mike: What are you doing with my coat? Julian: Wearing it. Mike: Why? Julian: Because I want to. Mike: Well it’s mine, [...]
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