Night of the hunter

This morning in our lecture we watched a 1955 film - The Night of the Hunter, directed by Charles Laughton, his first and only film. I found the film interesting and entertaining. One of my favorite parts of the film was after the children had fleed from Henry Powell and their old house. The shots of the river and the surrounding nature were used in such a way to create an eery, dreamlike sequence which i thought was particuarly effective in reflecting the surreal state of mind the children must be in. My favourite character in the film was Uncle Birdie, i liked how he provided the endangered John Harper with a sense of security and i think it was easy for the audiences to warm to his character. I also enjoyed the character of Walter Spoon, i thought he was successful at representing the stereotypical man and brought a sense of "normality" to the male characters. I found the film in some cases a little absurd and it seemed to me that the film was taking a dig at women for being weak and impressionable (maybe a reflection of society at the time of the film?) until the last half hour or so when Rachel Cooper makes an appearance.

Overall i found the film enjoyable for a Tuesday morning lecture!

Romancing The Stone

After nipping down to Blockbuster to check out the behemoth sale they had on DVDs, i seemed to have picked up a few classic DVDs of films i remember watching when i was younger.

After watching Romancing The Stone again now i am older, i can see why i enjoyed the film so much when i was younger. The sense of adventure as the two characters travel across columbia is well conveyed, and the tongue in cheek script is easy to follow. Michael Douglas cracks some pretty corny jokes but carries off his character successfully as the cool mercenary Jack Colton and Kathleen Turner pulls off the performance of romantic novelist Joan Wilder superbly, her transformation from a lonely "geek" to the battle hardened woman we see at the end of the film is remarkable! The two seem to have a chemistry that looks natural and just works! The whole film is rather predictable and cheesy but still very enjoyable due to some classical action sequences and a brilliant soundtrack, the main riff makes me smile every-time i hear it. Overall an easy and enjoyable viewing experience!

Simple Bird COMPLETE

Finally finished the short animation containing my avatar: The Simple Bird. In the animation, the avatar rants and raves about how people are so materialistic in todays society and like to judge a book by its cover. I found the animation enjoyable and after showing it to family and friends they also found it amusing, a perfect element for my identities package.

NEW LOGO!

After much dispute between my friends, here is the design for my new logo! I decided to keep the wings, however the "never-ending journey" idea was kept with a circle to represent something that never ends, surrounding the desire to be free ( the wings ).

Quite effective i think, the wings create an illusional glow when viewed over the black background!