New worldwide Box Office record for a calendar year.

2014 was a pretty year average year in terms of quality of films, but it was a spectacular one for 20th Century Fox who set a new record for earnings at the Box Office in a calendar year. 

Have a read of the link below for more. 

http://mashable.com/2015/01/05/fox-record-box-office-2014/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link

Analysing sound - Back to the Future

Please analyse the following clip:

Sound analysis clip 1

Year 9 Homework - Sound worksheet

The clips you need to complete your homework to a good standard are all below in one YouTube playlist. You ndo not need to watch them all, but you might need to watch a few minutes from a few different clips. 

The homework is due in on Monday 19th January.

Royalty free soundtracks and sound effects

Try the following:

•http://www.freesoundtrackmusic.com/

•http://www.mobygratis.com/film-music.html 

•http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ 

•http://ccmixter.org/ 

•http://www.beatpick.com/player/index

Lack of star power in Woman in Black 2 a problem?

After the first Woman in Black film was a surprise success, the sequel, Woman in Black: Angel of Death has recently been released to less than stellar reviews. The first film received a 66% Fresh rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes ( http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_woman_in_black_2011/) and took an impressive $127million at the Box Office (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=womaninblack.htm) on a budget of just $15million (http://variety.com/2012/film/news/hammer-nails-coin-from-next-gen-1118051846/).

 This BBC report looks at the effect of Daniel Radcliffe on the possible reasons for the success of the first film and questions the ability of the sequel to fare as well without a star name in the lead role...

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30552704

How to make it rain...

An interesting and potentially useful short article and video on how to achieve the effect of falling rain when making your own film. 

http://nofilmschool.com/2015/01/how-build-good-diy-rain-machine-15-great-one-60

Golden Globes winners 2015

Last night was the first major awards of the 'season', the Golden Globes.
Find out more about this prestigious event which honours both Film and Television below at the wikipedia link.

Golden Globe Awards, Wikipedia

More insight to the winners from 2015 can also be found below, via Empire Online which has all the winners and some commentary of key wins.

Empire Online on the winners from 2015