Beyond The Black Rainbow

 I have just spotted this trailer for a film that looks really interesting. I dont know much about it yet but i will try and find it on DVD or Blue Ray if its out.The trailers were posted on Youtube a while ago but i have just come across this now.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/beyondtheblackrainbow/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKdWj9-VMzs

Beyond The Black Rainbow Film Poster.

Police Arrest Of Amateur Photograher

Bellow is a link to a video of a recent article that we looked at in class showing the arrest of an amateur photographer in Accrington, Lancashire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiL_AdnFhb4

The wetplate collodion process

The wetplate collodion process

Information taken from website below.
www.alternativephotography.com

Melancholia

 I finally got round to buying this film and watching it yesterday. It completes my Lars Von Trier collection of films and i really enjoyed this beautiful film. Who would of thought that the end of the world would look so good. The films opening is stunning and by the end of the film everything comes together with a tense earth shattering moment that will stick in memory for a long time.

Melancholia Promotional Image

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go Film Poster 1

  Wow i just finished watching Never Let Me Go and i have to say i was very impressed by it. It is possibly one of the most well crafted, beautifully shot and sublime films that i have seen in such a long time. The story is excellent and i think i need to go out now and buy the book that it is based on by Kazuo Ishiguro. The director Mark Romanek is a genius and i remember seeing his first film Static when it first came out in the 80's and thought that it was a brilliant film then. He then went onto direct various music videos until he made the film One Hour Photo with Robin Williams. 

One Hour Photo Film Poster

Below is the trailer for the film and also the Nine Inch Nails "closer" video that Mark Romanek also directed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXiRZhDEo8A
http://vimeo.com/3554226

Kodak Files for Bankruptcy

  Such a shame to hear that kodak has filed for bankruptcy after being in the industry for around 131 years. They became such an iconic brand with photography and it just seems so wrong that they did not embrace the digital age as much as other big companies such as Sony, Nikon and Cannon did. It was a case of too little too late for them. This can be the same as companies like Waterstones and WHSmiths not embracing the digital age quick enough or foreseeing the onslaught of the digital or online distribution.
 This news came to light on the 20/01/2012.

Bradford Museum Kodak Section.

 

Lars Von Trier's Anti-Christ

 I just bought Lars Von Trier's film Anti-Christ on blue ray disc today. I had forgotten just how powerful that this film was since watching it at the cinema. It is like nothing else out there and for some it can be a hard watch. For me it just makes me want to watch his latest film (Melancholia) even more and that has also just been released on DVD and Blue Ray. The visual tone and imagery of the film for me is its best feature and it is interesting to see how Lars has incorporated blue screen work and computer technology into one of his films. Below is the film poster and trailer to look at.

Anti-Christ Film Poster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO-TNfPzh_k

                                          " Chaos Reigns"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmn9asN-8AE

The Death Of Eve Arnold

 It was very sad to hear this week that the celebrated photographer Eve Arnold had passed away on Wednesday, just a couple of months before her 100th birthday. She will be remembered as the first woman photographer to to join the Magnum Photo Agency and some of her most well known work includes the photographs of Marilyn Monroe. She also took photographs of the Queen of England and Malcolm X. Eve was said to have died peacefully in her sleep at the retirement home that she resided in, in London.

Eve Arnold

Marilyn Monroe By Eve Arnold

http://lalettredelaphotographie.com/entries/5328/the-death-of-eve-arnold
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/jan/05/eve-arnold-photographer-died-99
http://www.smh.com.au/world/tributes-for-renowned-photographer-eve-arnold-confidant-of-monroe-20120106-1poli.html

Blogger Part Two

 Today was the first day back at uni and we have been given the new timetable for this semester. All our classes have now changed and after the first couple of weeks, we will be starting the new timetable properly. Two of the new modules look really interesting and i cant wait for us to get stuck into them. They are "People" and "Places". I think most of the students cannot wait for these modules to start, but i bet they end up being a lot harder than they initially seem.
So the first day back and the first photograph to go on my blog.

Jan