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Author: Alton Williams

  • Bits & Pieces: The Plane Cupid Edition

    Christian Bale. Going insane.

    Waltz With Bashir liked by some Arabs.

    The kid from Flight Of The Navigator surfaces.

    John Connor on the hunt.

    Terry Gilliam should have got this years ago.

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  • Click, Print, Hurry


    Free films ? Click on these two, print out and enjoy some of films rising stars.

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  • How To Make Fake Snow

    For those who cannot spend £1000 for a beginner snow machine, here are a few cheaper suggestions for snowy effects to use in your productions.

    The trick to making good artificial snow is to first make sure that the ingredients are safe for the environment and the film staff. A good recipe for falling snow is simply to take laundry soap flakes or instant potato flakes and sprinkle them across the scene. Or if the desired effect is blowing snow, whip up a vat of flakes and let it loose in front of a fan. Do be careful when using laundry soap flakes. It can get slippery.

    When there are scenes that call for lying snow, there is a particularly simple and steadfast recipe that will have audiences fooled. For a unit of this snow, take 1 1/3 cups of liquid starch, 4 cups of laundry soap flakes and several drops of blue food colouring. Mix all the ingredients well and apply to the scene generously. Allow ample amount of time to let the concoction dry. It might be a good idea, when filming a romantic or idyllic snow scene to add a few pinches of glitter to the mixture, giving the snow a slight sheen that will sparkle quite nicely.

    If it makes more sense to click online for already made materials, then surf the web to snowbusiness.com where you will find everything one would need to complement their wintry scene. From icicles to spray snow to snow carpets and bags of snowflakes, this website will not disappoint. Certain items can be a little costly, but Snow Business has been contracted with several major Hollywood films for the past 30 years, including James Bond films, Vertical Limit and The Madness of King George, so quality is to be expected.

    So it goes to show that artificial snow can have easy alternatives to spending a fortune on professional snow machines and costly ingredients.

    Thanks to Raindance.

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  • Neighbours In Porno Protest

    A man who uses his home near Bristol as a studio for adult films has been confronted by neighbours protesting outside his property.

    James Edwards, 42, operates a legal pornographic film studio from his four-bedroom home in Bradley Stoke.

    People who live in the same cul-de-sac demonstrated outside Mr Edwards’ house with placards claiming his business is affecting the prices of their property.

    Police said they only have evidence of legal activity and can take no action.

    Margaret Kite, 75, who lives in the cul-de-sac, said: “Why is this going on? Why is this allowed? There are little children round here. It is not on. He is laughing at us.”

    Mr Edwards, who has been in the adult entertainment business for 10 years, said: “When you look at the house, you can’t actually see that there’s anything going on.

    “All right, there are girls visiting and there are camera people coming in and out but they are all clothed when they come out.

    “I get on very well with my immediate neighbours.”

    Peter Kite, who also lives in the cul-de-sac and was taking part in the protest, said: “The police say it’s legal but they don’t see everything.

    “If you’ve got pornography here now, you’re going to have prostitution next, you’re going to have drugs. In a residential area? No way – no way.”

    The Mayor of Bradley Stoke, Rob Jones, speaking from the scene of the protest, said: “It can’t be good for the neighbours to have this on their doorstep.

    “I’ve got a lot of sympathy for that. If there are grounds for complaints under anti-social behaviour or trading standards then by all means come to the council and we’ll investigate.”

    A spokesman for Avon and Somerset police said: “We believe the occupier is legitimately running a pornographic recording studio.”

    from BBC News.

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  • Some Superbowl Spots

    Here are some Superbowl trailers. Enjoy. Good luck to both teams.

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