The Reluctant Blogger

The team decided to interview a range of children between the ages of 7 and 18 upon realising that a diverse choice would provide various answers and give more insight into a child's mind and imagination. The team went in expecting the younger children to be more imaginative and flamboyant than the older kids. But what happened in the interviews turned out to be something quite different. Each section was approached in a specific way: Guides: GirlGuides are a uniformed organisation for girls only, aged 10-14.    The guides were a little shy at first, but after the introductions were made they were quite happy to sit down with the team and have a chat whilst doing the first activity.    They enjoyed creating the drawings of various UFO's and aliens, and discussed the topic in depth with their group. This allowed the team to get to know the girls more before the interviews took place.    Each girl was interviewed individually - which after further ...

All filmmakers are influenced by other people's ideas and creations. If one was to watch what everyone else was watching, then, in theory, one can only think what everyone else is thinking. This is why individual ideas and viewpoints are so important. A world where everyone has the same opinion would be a boring world indeed. My current influences are as follows: Film Directors: Peter Jackson J. J. Abrams Ridley Scott Georges Melies Tim Burton Photographers: Henri Cartier-Bresson Dorothea Lange Joel Robinson Ansel Adams Artists: Oliver Jeffers Alan Lee Beatrix Potter E. H. Shepard Judith Kerr Authors: Jane Austen J. R. R. Tolkien Michael Morpurgo Noel Streatfield Suzanne Collins Agatha Christie Classical Music: The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit Soundtrack (Howard Shore) The Kings Speech Soundtrack (Alexander Desplat) Raindrop Prelude (Frederik Chopin) Dance of the Cygnets (Tchaikovsky) Mars/Jupiter (Hols...