I actually can't believe that out of the two contenders for number one, the worst act actually won, Rage Against the Machine are actually number one? With this rather boring, monotonus song!
A band that has had their chance in the early 90's and blown it has become Christmas number one. To be honest I am too young to actually remember their music, only being born in the early 90's myself.
I do think that Simon Cowel isnt the most perfect man in the world, but what i don't agree with is the fact that people are punishing an 18 year old boy, who has an amazoing talent, for his mistakes. I would also like to point out that it is not Joe's fault that the PUBLIC vote for an Xfactor winner to be number one each year. It is up to the public vote not Simon Cowel, and so all the people who keep saying, it is just a statement to show that we will not be told what to do anymore, are rather stupid, considering they weren't being told what to do in the first place. Silly people.
Anyway, I must admit I fell in love with Joe on the Xfactor and think he has an amazing voice and a sweet personality, although I'm not sure about the song chosen by Simon Cowel but Joe still manages to perform it well :)
ME!
Monday 21 December 2009
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Christmas Shopping News report :)
Our assignment for the TV part of our course was to create a news report about Christmas shopping. I was put in a group with Hazel Pace, Laura Battle, Heather Newland and Matt Mansfield.
We were sent out into Farnham with a camera and a microphone to investigate our topic. We started by delegating roles, Matt was chosen as the cameraman, as he seemed to understand the equipment the best. Laura was the camera assistant and helped to write the scripts for the piece to camera and voiceover. Hazel was the director and a presenter as she felt the most comfortable in front of the camera. Heather was the second news presenter and helped with the editing of the finished piece.
I was in charge of the sound for the production of our News report. This involved me holding the microphone and editing the sound for the piece. I also helped to edit the finished product.
The first thing we did was to record Heather doing a link to Hazel in Farnham. We filmed this in the radio studio as this provided a different background, keeping the two reports separate. We then searched for a shop window, which had Christmas decorations in it in order to record Hazels piece to camera. Hazel then introduced herself and introduced the report.
We then made our way to the sweet shop in search for some people to interview and met a woman who was very co-operative and agreed to let us interview her about whether she had finished her Christmas shopping or not. We also interviewed the owner of the sweet shop to see if the recession had affected the sale of sweets over Christmas.
On our way back to the university we filmed certain parts of Farnham in order to use them in our voiceover, which we recorded in the radio studios using the radio equipment.
Overall I think our video was a success, we worked well together as a group and therefore managed to produce a well-filmed and edited piece. I enjoyed the part that I had to play in the group and felt included and that I had a vital part to play.
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Remembrance day vox pop
Remembrance day Vox Pop evaluation:
Our challenge for radio, set at the beginning of November, was to go out in to Farnham and ask people the question, what does remembrance day mean to you? And what do you think of the government potentially scrapping the day?
I was in a group with Hazel Pace, Laura Battle and Matt Mansfield. We each took turns in asking people our questions and surprisingly most of the people we asked were pleased to answer our questions. The person I asked was a painter, who also just happened to be an ex soldier, and so he had very strong views on the subject. The majority of people that we asked thought that it shouldn’t be scrapped, that the people that have fought for our country should be remembered.
We got the chance to speak to a World War 2 veteran, who enlightened us as to why remembrance day is important to him and all of the survivors of the war as it gives them a chance to remember their friends and family members that were lost during the wars.
We managed to gather a good range of age groups ranging to the old to quite young in order to make our conclusions more balanced. However, when we tried to ask a couple of people from other countries, they preferred not to comment, one girl even saying on tape ‘I don’t know, I’m Danish.’
When we got back to the classroom we had to edit our recordings and create our vox pops. I used Sound booth to edit mine, I found it easy to use and managed to edit my piece well, however I had to cut out some people in order to get it down to 30 seconds. I decided to cut out the world war veteran due to the fact that he didn’t really answer our question, although he gave us rather insightful information. We then, once the recording was edited, had to use the website SoundCloud to upload the piece to my blog.
Overall, our project was a success and I had lots of fun working with my group. I was quite surprise how at ease we were with the equipment and software we had to use and would be able to use it again.
Our challenge for radio, set at the beginning of November, was to go out in to Farnham and ask people the question, what does remembrance day mean to you? And what do you think of the government potentially scrapping the day?
I was in a group with Hazel Pace, Laura Battle and Matt Mansfield. We each took turns in asking people our questions and surprisingly most of the people we asked were pleased to answer our questions. The person I asked was a painter, who also just happened to be an ex soldier, and so he had very strong views on the subject. The majority of people that we asked thought that it shouldn’t be scrapped, that the people that have fought for our country should be remembered.
We got the chance to speak to a World War 2 veteran, who enlightened us as to why remembrance day is important to him and all of the survivors of the war as it gives them a chance to remember their friends and family members that were lost during the wars.
We managed to gather a good range of age groups ranging to the old to quite young in order to make our conclusions more balanced. However, when we tried to ask a couple of people from other countries, they preferred not to comment, one girl even saying on tape ‘I don’t know, I’m Danish.’
When we got back to the classroom we had to edit our recordings and create our vox pops. I used Sound booth to edit mine, I found it easy to use and managed to edit my piece well, however I had to cut out some people in order to get it down to 30 seconds. I decided to cut out the world war veteran due to the fact that he didn’t really answer our question, although he gave us rather insightful information. We then, once the recording was edited, had to use the website SoundCloud to upload the piece to my blog.
Overall, our project was a success and I had lots of fun working with my group. I was quite surprise how at ease we were with the equipment and software we had to use and would be able to use it again.
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Radio News report :)
Me (Radio news report) by Laura balls
Well this is a recording done in the radio studios at Farnham :) It was a rather interesting lesson actually, we even got left to control it ourselves, or sort of as we did call for Maaartin quite a few times! I must say I am not very technologically minded :)
Thursday 5 November 2009
Jordan and Peter- The Battle!
I can't believe how much press coverage Jordan and Peter have gotten through just their divorce. They have managed to hit the headlines through their battle over their children but also through their sudden hate for each other.
There is just one thing i dont understand. The main source of their hate for one another seems to have stemmed from a fight that was shown on ITV3 in an episode of their tv series 'Katie and Peter: The next Chapter' where the pair move to America in order to enable Peter to record his new album. All of a sudden after this fight was shown their divorcing of one another was brought to light. Bit of a time lapse there, it doesnt really add up if the programme was filmed months before it was shown.
Just to also give my opinion on the situation, i believe that Peter Andre should gain custody over his two children with Jordan. The way that Jordan has acted over the past few months with her new boyfriend, Alex Reid, has portrayed her in an extremely negative light, all of her partying and wild antics have made people believe that she doesnt really care for her children. I have not once seen her in a picture with her children, not even one with Harvey, who as a disabled child needs the prescence of his mother.
However, Peter Andre, although being pictured more with his children, could be criticised by the public for even putting his children into the spotlight and through such an ordeal, especially as they are so young.
All i can say is that this situation is very confusing. At least their divorce is finally finalised...
x
There is just one thing i dont understand. The main source of their hate for one another seems to have stemmed from a fight that was shown on ITV3 in an episode of their tv series 'Katie and Peter: The next Chapter' where the pair move to America in order to enable Peter to record his new album. All of a sudden after this fight was shown their divorcing of one another was brought to light. Bit of a time lapse there, it doesnt really add up if the programme was filmed months before it was shown.
Just to also give my opinion on the situation, i believe that Peter Andre should gain custody over his two children with Jordan. The way that Jordan has acted over the past few months with her new boyfriend, Alex Reid, has portrayed her in an extremely negative light, all of her partying and wild antics have made people believe that she doesnt really care for her children. I have not once seen her in a picture with her children, not even one with Harvey, who as a disabled child needs the prescence of his mother.
However, Peter Andre, although being pictured more with his children, could be criticised by the public for even putting his children into the spotlight and through such an ordeal, especially as they are so young.
All i can say is that this situation is very confusing. At least their divorce is finally finalised...
x
Monday 26 October 2009
Competitions
I usually refuse to enter competitions, and advise most people not to. I dont even vote for anyone on the Xfactor, just incase ITV cheat me of my hard earnedmoney!
However, today my opinion might of changed slightly, due to the fact that my boyfriend checked his email only to find he had actually won a competition he entered months ago and had forgotten about. He won tickets to go and see one of his (and steadily growing my) favourite artist, Kesha!
This has therefore changed my opinions of entering into competitions, they cant all be bad :)
You do sometimes win the actual prize you entered for :) and it cant be bad to enter one competition every once in a while :)
x
However, today my opinion might of changed slightly, due to the fact that my boyfriend checked his email only to find he had actually won a competition he entered months ago and had forgotten about. He won tickets to go and see one of his (and steadily growing my) favourite artist, Kesha!
This has therefore changed my opinions of entering into competitions, they cant all be bad :)
You do sometimes win the actual prize you entered for :) and it cant be bad to enter one competition every once in a while :)
x
Tuesday 13 October 2009
Zoo!!!! :)
I went to Marwell Zoo yesterday with my boyfriend. It was a really fun day, we got to see the Penguins, Giraffes and even baby Hippo's, which were very cute. However my favourites were the Marmosets, which are small monkeys, as they come in a vast array of colours and have extremely cute faces and make a lot of noise.
It cheered me up after being ill for most of the weekend.
It cheered me up after being ill for most of the weekend.
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