My name is Olivia Smith, I’m 16 going on 72 and this is my first post on my new blog. I have just started my AS media studies after doing it for GCSE, I did again because it is a fast moving, fun and exciting subject but I’m slightly worried about all the work it’s going to involve... I have always enjoyed subjects that are practical and creative more than the subjects that insist you write pages of work. I chose my A level subjects the same way I chose my GCSEs - I went for the creative practical choices.
I have always love television and films. The industry is so interesting and competitive but it is filled with talent (sometimes talent, sometimes manufactured fame) and people trying to put across a message. Every Saturday morning I wake up, switch on the TV box, and lose myself into 'youth television'. It’s witty, light-hearted, young and cool, perfect for a Saturday morning. It makes me wonder what people did in their spare time before television, social networking sites and phones were invented. And it makes me secretly and 'snootily' glad that I was born in the year 1994 and not 1904. What would I have done with my time on a Saturday morning?
I LOVE films. But mainly I love era films that are set in a different time from now...like 'The Italian Job' and 'Back to the Future'. I think I am jealous that the characters in these films got to live the 'swinging sixties' and the 'groovy seventies'. I love the suede square-toed desert boots, Farrah trousers with raised stitching and the sharp Italian three buttoned mohair suits. And one of the best things America has ever given us - Levi 501s (which you would shrink yourself when you were still wearing them). Going back to films, there is of course 'The Boat That Rocked' and 'Quadrophenia', both of which never fail to crack me up every time I watch them, even if I have watched them to death.
But there is a comparison with most of these films, most of them are British. Don’t get me wrong, I like 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' and 'Connie and Carla' but they can be cheesy and predictable, there are times when I want to be cheesy and predictable. I also love Irish films because they are crammed with dry humor, with a dark edge to them and yes, the accent does make me like them a little bit more.
When I was little I used to watch the classic Disney story 'Cinderella' every day I could - two or three times, which to be honest, I wouldn’t think about watching now. Not because I have grown up but because becoming older has made me realize that mice can’t really talk and a pair of shoes couldn’t possibly be make from glass. I like films that are realistic, films that could be based on the truth. Fantasy and horror films make me feel like I’m being lied to.
So thanks for reading my blog, or for just skipping it all and reading just the title and the end paragraph. I will keep my blog updated with posts on how my media course is going, and I will make sure I babble on as much as I did in this post. Happy reading!
