The Young Talent on Screen workshops started again on Friday, and the young film lovers are continuing their research on different films, as well as working towards the newly launched Young Talent on Screen Film Festival. Every Monday for the duration of the block of workshops, we will post a blog entry letting you know what the group is up to.
The young artists have also started a new game: they have drawn famous movie stars, and want you to find out who they are. You will find this week's mystery actor below, but first have a look at this week's blog entry, by Michael Earll.
"It was great to see the trailer for Young Talent On Screen posted onto Youtube. I’ve posted it onto my profile page on many social networking sites, just for that extra coverage around the web.
The time off from the first block of Friday class gave me an opportunity to check back on some of the movies I watched and took some mental pointers on. Most of the ones we watched were full length mainstream films (Dark Passage, The Thief and the Cobbler, Juno), a couple of independent short films and a well-loved short film during the second week of the block which I think was called “Las Palmas”. (It’s the one where the baby tourist gets “drunk” to the dismay of the customers in the bar!)
During the time off, I watched a few new movies and they were rather good. The first one was “There Will Be Blood”, this was great as it kept me on edge at how greed and power can influence and how the film had created a dark atmosphere. The second was “Skyfall”, which was great fun to watch, as it had Javier Bardem as the villain who was in No Country For Old Men, which I loved. The other one was “Juno” which we watched as a “mini screening”. It was pretty good to watch, but I thought the overall movie felt a bit plain, as there was plot and character development but nothing much else, although the soundtrack was alright.
There are a few others to look back on, plus I’ve got two movies I’ve seen before and enjoyed and will be checking them out again. One’s a short film called “Mama” which Guillemero Del Toro made into a full movie, and I’ve heard good things about and “The Illusionist” which is an animation set in Scotland, so hopefully that’ll be interesting."
-Michael Earll
As for this week's Guess the Movie Star, can you tell who this American actor specialised in action movies is? (Drawing by Euan Stewart)
