Too Many Ideas - Posts Tagged ‘Film’
In Bruges
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008In the way that dark chocolate became a lot darker a few years ago In Bruges takes dark comedy gangster films and makes them a lot darker. Its an action thriller with little action. An 18 film that definitly deserves its certificate without being gratuitous. A film which isn’t what you’d expect but certainly doesn’t […]
101 Ways to Lose Time #23
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008I was doing some tidying up and sorting out over the weekend when I came across the files of notes from my old gaming campaigns I ran at University. Leafing through them was a bad idea as I found the Ravenloft campaigns I ran for several years as introductory games for freshers. Some would say […]
The Plot Vanishes
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008Prosaic plot twists, stilted dialogue, unbelievable characters, outmoded attitudes and sinister bad guys who are rotten foreigners to boot! No not the latest sequel from Sylvester Stallone but the 1938 Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes which I’ve just been to see at the Liverpool Philharmonic an action, comedy thriller from another time. I enjoyed it, […]
Vue Lighting Rig #16: Three Point Lighting
Monday, March 17th, 2008I’ve covered a selection of theatrical lighting rigs already that use three lights. I was sent an e-mail asking if I’d show a definitive version of the classic three point lighting rig used for film, television, photography and computer graphics. I’m not going to claim to have any experience of using this rig, I have […]
Sweeny Todd: Blood on Celluloid
Sunday, January 27th, 2008(Don’t worry about the banner above saying Christmas – the film company doesn’t seem to have thought about anywhere but USA) Just been to see Sweeny Todd at FACT in Liverpool. One of my favourite musicals – we staged it on when I was at school. Almost spoilt by the couple who needed to get […]
The Golden Compass
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007I’m not going to analyse this on in any great depth and having not read the book I can’t compare it to that. Enjoyable, well acted fun with good special effects. It suffered from a little bit too much of the coo look its X, oh look they’ve gone. Sometimes using a recognisable actor in […]
Vue Lighting Rig #5: Halloween Special
Monday, October 29th, 2007This week I’m taking a break from working through the most common forms of theatrical lighting to bring you a Halloween special. This lighting rig is a popular lighting technique used in theatre and once popular in film and television although now more often seen in parody. A light source shines from below and close […]
Stardust
Sunday, October 21st, 2007Went to see Stardust last night with Kim and Darkdwarf a fantasy film with a definite sense of fun. It’s a meandering road trip round with a good mix of action, intrigue and romance but its real strength is its sense of humour. For once a film with a large contingent of British comedy talent […]
Vue Lighting Rig #1: Single Spot Overhead
Monday, October 1st, 2007A new and hopefully fairly regular feature for Too Many Ideas – lighting rig ideas for use with Vue. I’m going to kick off with a series of rigs inspired by theatrical lighting. Tonights rig is one of the simplest: a single spot light directly above a figure. This image shows the principal of this […]
Run Fat Boy Run
Friday, September 28th, 2007Went to see Simon Pegg’s latest film outing on Thursday, a romcom without any zom. Featuring a supporting cast of actors normally associated with British sitcoms and character’s that were more Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels than Four Weddings and a Funneral it was a lot better than I’d expected. Some of the choice […]