QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Tell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I will understand.”

CUBA

Cuba is an iconic country full of history, amazing landscapes, beaches and people! I have been so lucky to be there this year and I did enjoy the most of it!

 If you are going to Cuba I will recommend you not to go just to La Habana or Varadero. If I was you I will travel around the country to know the real Cuba.

La Habana is an amazing city but it could be a bit touristic for some travellers; too many Cubans trying to sell you tours, cigars or even to try to get a 'trago'(drink) from you.

Varadero is simply not the real Cuba; it is a peninsula full of hotels and touristic places…in my opinion: strongly not recommended. We just went to rest for a couple of days and it was good, we did rest but apart from that…

The rest of Cuba, it is just amazing! Their people are more than happy to share their lives with you and their kindness is superb.

I could get into politics and give my opinion about communism vs capitalism but I just think you should go and see it by yourself! Enjoy Cuba if you have the chance!

MEADOWBANK AVENUE - TV PILOT

This is a TV pilot I have produced with the idea to sell it to Spanish TV. It is in spanish with some small parts in english- hope you enjoy!

9 STORIES IN 2 FILMS

In less than 24 hours I have seen two exceptional movies which have the same structure. The two films are divided in four or five stories with one topic in common. The characters have not any relation among each other but their actions represent the same theme.  

The first film is called ‘A Touch of Sin’, a violent Chinese movie filmed in 2013. It is divided into four different stories based on real events; the main four characters experience a situation with death that unfortunately happened in the real world. The movie is explicit with aggressive acts. Do not watch it if you are susceptible with blood!

The second film is the fantastic ‘Relatos Salvajes’, an Argentinean black comedy with a political and social criticism. It is divided into five different stories based on how human being reacts in an extreme situation. The audience will feel more identified with these characters and their state.  If you are a fan of black comedy (like me) you will enjoy this film a lot!

I cannot finalise this post without choosing which story was my favourite for each film:

• A touch of sin - first story, with coal mine worker
• Relatos Salvajes - third story, with two drivers

If you have seen those two movies, feel free to tell me which one is your favourite!

OSCARS

This year I have decided to post my predictions for the Oscars. Unfortunately I have not seen all films but I feel brave enough to share my thoughts with you!

BEST PICTURE: Boyhood

BEST ACTOR: Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

BEST ACTRESS: Juliane Moore (Still Alice)

BEST ACTOR SUPPORTING ROLE : J.K. Simpsons (Whiplash)

BEST ACTRESS SUPPORTING ROLE: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

DIRECTING: Richard Linklater (Boyhood)

CINEMATOGRAPHY:  Dick Pope (Mr Turner)

COSTUME DESIGN: Colleen Atwood (Into the woods)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE : Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier (The Salt of the Earth) 

FILM EDITING:  Tom Cross (Whiplash)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE: Ida (Poland; Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski)

MAKE UP AND HAIRSTYLING : Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

SOUND MIXING :Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga  (Birdman)

BEST SHORT FILM LIVE ACTION: Butter Lamp


I am afraid I have left some categories out - I will need to see some movies before to make a guess :)

Feel free to leave your predictions for this year!

NEW PORTFOLIO WEBSITE

Hey People!!

I have not been writing any posts recently because I have been working on my portfolio website!! It is finally done!

Have a look and let me know what you think:

www.farandulas.co.uk

 

If you like what you see, contact me!

HOT DUB TIME MACHINE (THE BEST PARTY EVER)

Lucky me! I was in the best party ever last night!!

I have been trying to get tickets for the Hot Dub during the last two years, but finally this Edinburgh Festival I was to determined to go, so I got my tickets quite early.

Hot Dub is the first time travelling dance floor that goes around world’s festival. The fact that the music starts on the 50s and goes all the way up until 2014 is just a great way to make people enjoy and dance some of the best hits for some decades.

The party is accompanied with videos which give the final touch to get you into a diversity of party mood’s: from rock, funky and jazz to pop, techno and hip-hop,  a great way of showing the history of music. In my opinion, the chosen songs from the 90s to nowadays could have been much better or it is simply that I prefer the oldies?

Definitely I strongly recommend everyone to go!