Films about Transformation

The Queen’s Film Theatre are running a series of special Sunday afternoon events for families on the topic of ‘transformation’. The programme offers families to transform Sunday afternoon with a pair of free tickets to see Stand by Me, Juno or Son of Rambow this Spring at the Belfast Theatre. Read more

Must See Films for Filmmakers

Everyone has their reasons – some of us love ‘Star Wars’ because it reminds us of childhood, others are Kieslowski purists because sometimes only a Polish film about mystic coincidences will do, still others feel that cinema history began with ‘Pulp Fiction’. Read more

Rain : Cinematographic Excellence

We recently wrote about the influence music has on the moving image being watched. Eddie Vedder’s soundtrack for Into the Wild is a perfect example of the synergy between the two mediums. Growing up I’ve studied both music and film production and probably now only realise the amount of cross discipline influence that exists in all art forms. Read more

The Importance of Soundtrack

Well back to the musing about the link between and film. Firstly if you are looking for an en-depth study of film or a look at the relationship between twentieth century classics and the charts this is, perhaps the wrong post for you. Read more

High Fidelity

Anyone who grew up in the 1980s and early 1990s will know that even back then music piracy was condemned. LPs and CDs would come with a tape and cross-bones stickers (see below) on the front and often also the back reminding us that copying music was a crime and in fact “killing in music”. Read more