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The benefits of critiquing
Link to audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16XxKf2A8eLawtwYe4RvF9wpDXQemlIcZ/view?usp=share_link In the wake of our completed pitches, now is the time for us to give feedback on the work of others. This is a task that I often dread, as I’m not a very picky person in general and I rarely feel comfortable critiquing other people, but I feel that doing…
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Moral panic surrounding film: justified or irrational? Part 2
To jump sixty years would mean skipping the youth movement of the 1960s-1970s, a time when violence became depicted in a more off-hand way. Thankfully for me, there has been no shortage of moral panic from the 90s onward. The rise of filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino and David Fincher saw violence and curse words…
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Moral panic surrounding film: justified or irrational? Part 1
The real question here is: are the boomers correct? Well of course, I really just want to say no and end it there, but ‘apparently’ that isn’t well-rounded enough. In the words of every piece of feedback I’ve ever been given: let’s go into more detail. Old people have been emotionally scarred by fictional stories…
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I’m scared of Rupert Murdoch now
Who controls the media I use to access my news? I’ve never really thought about it until now, probably to my detriment. I’m going to be honest: I don’t follow the news that closely. While I know what Ukraine is, I don’t go out of my way to keep myself morali-uh, updated. Because of this,…
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Interpretation, and why everyone else is wrong
Look at this: McDonald’s ad campaign – The Onion, 2019 This here was the moment when the health-conscious folk came out of the woodwork and responded by saying they indeed CAN run forever… or this was the moment when all the communists in the world held a rally proclaiming the wickedness of capitalist propaganda… or this…
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Cinemas, and why I hate them now
So last weekend, I decided to stretch my Indie credibility by watching a little film called The Batman – I doubt you’ve heard of it. I sat down in the semi-comfy cinema for the second time in two years, ready to experience the three-hour spectacle I’d heard whispers of for a while. As the two hours of…
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About me – also, help me
There is a group of sadistic minds out there who are insisting on forcing me to share my insides. Psychopaths. I guess I’ll have to make the most of it. Film has been a passion of mine for a long time. Whether I’ll end up making them in the future, I have no idea. All…
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