Operation Dissertation Hibernation

The hour has finally arrived, its time to write the dissertation. Just me, the Coens and noir for the next week or if everything goes according to plan, the next few days. I have decided to go into hibernation while writing the dissertation as I get distracted easily. I will only watch relevant films and read the relevant books so hopefully I will get this work done. I've found that I work better when I do the writing in one big sitting rather than a bit everyday, there's no flow unless its all at once. The dissertation is all about violence in the Coen brothers films so it should be fun. The rules are I can eat dinner and eat small things as I go and I can drink plenty of coffee, fruit tea and water, but otherwise I have to be writing. So wish me luck, I'll emerge when its done!

It Is, It Is a Glorious Thing, To Be a Pirate King

So I was supposed to be doing my dissertation when I got distracted by a clip from Pirates of Penzanze, it was the amazing part where the pirates sing 'With Cat-Like Tread'. Then I decided to just make a short list of reasons why Kevin Kline is so awesome.

1. His movement during the song 'With Cat-Like Tread', he manages to kick his leg high and gain distance at the same time, that is a skill
2. His Italian accent in I Love You To Death. Not a very big film, but amazing cast!
3. He is the only good thing is Wild Wild West.
4. His hysterical breakdowns in Soapdish. Soapdish = best film ever!
5. He was the best Nick Bottom I've seen (apart from myself of course) in any production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
6. He can speak french! See his new film Queen to Play.
7. Not really up to him but he had the best character name in A Prairie Home Companion, Guy Noir
8. He is hilarious in animation too, perfect casting in The Road to El Dorado.
9. He can actually sing!
10. He can play serious roles too, see The Ice Storm, then never again, really depressing
11. He is an Academy Award Winning Actor (A Fish Called Wanda).

It Combines Two of My Favourite Things

The film is done!!! Really ecstatic about how good the footage looks and everyone was awesome! There is also a teaser trailer for the film to be found:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150442374395068&comments

 Tomorrow I'll start looking through the shots and maybe matching them up with the audio but I really should be doing my dissertation. Its about violence and the Coen brothers (two of my favourite things) but the thought about writing 6,000 words is soul destroying. I just want to edit my film and then maybe watch some Harper's Island and then pass on the DVD so everyone watches Harper's Island. But if I've managed not to eat crisps or chocolate over the course of the shoots I think I should be able to write the damn dissertation. It will take me two days without doing anything else, but it will get done.

Maybe some laughs, maybe a bit of . . .

Space Detective continued, this time it was one scene all day, but with the most complicated lighting. Two more genres added, Horror and Comedy, they made brief but important appearances. Lighting definitely made an impact on the scene. As predicted it got very hot, very quickly, tempers were almost lost, I could feel it. Tomorrow's scene will be outside, the weather is predicted to be sunny so all is well (touch wood for luck).

Two Words, Space Detective!

Started out as a joke, but is now a reality, Space Detective started production today! Crazy morning, four actors, two make up artists, four crew and of course, my parents, all in the house either drinking tea, getting make up done, or listening to some rather disgusting opinions from a crew member, but it was an awesome day. I shouldn't speak too soon as I don't want to jinx the next three days. So tired from previous shoot but we still had time to prepare for the next day of shooting by making fake blood and covering an apron with it. If tomorrow is anything like today, I'm looking forward to it. Luckily there won't be any murderous geese around.

All Katies are crazy, true story

It is a fact that most (maybe all you just don’t know) Katies or Kates or Katherines are in some way, crazy. Think about it for a second. If you know any girls or women called by this name they are crazy. If you disagree, then you haven’t discovered that side of them yet. Being a Katie, I know.
Introduction over, this blog is going to be a mash up of reality and fiction, hope it catches on. I might even post up past entries that were never published (because I didn’t how to publish stuff at the time) but I will probably have to vet them, as they mention certain people and certain events and of course my aggressive writing. My sister, Annie, advised me to tone down the swearing and so I shall try very hard to, but I can't promise anything when it comes to writing fiction.

So that's something to look forward to . . .