The Strokes...

The strokes

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My Playlist...

Name: Live, love, laugh.

Tracks (and why i chose them):

• Spice Girls-Stop (Always be heard, never be forgotten)





• Bob Marley-Every little thing is gonna be alright (Everything happens for a reason, and and all will be fine in the end)





• S Club 7-Reach for the stars (Reach for your goals and acheive your dreams)





• Arctic Monkeys-Dancing Shoes (DANCE and have fun)





• Christina Aguilera-Fighter (Fight for what you believe in)





• Nelly Furtado-Like a bird (Be your own person)





• The Kooks-She moves in her own way (Do things how you want, dont bother about other people's opinios)





• Coldplay-Yellow (My favourite colour)





• Justin Timberlake-What goes around, comes around (What it says)





• Oasis-Dont look back in anger (Dont look back on whats happened, always look forward to the future)
  




• The Killers-Smile like you mean it (SMILE, SMILE, SMILE)

Ipod Shuffle....

First 10 songs without cheating....

Ur so gay-Katy Perry
I'm Your's-The Script
Bring it on-Little Boots
Lost Remix-Coldplay ft. Jay-z
Beat It-Michael Jackson
California English-Vampire Weekend
Someday-The Strokes
Underdog-Kasabian
Leave Me Alone-Michael Jackson
Imma Be-Black Eyed Peas

Postmodernism in music...

Originality/Aunthenticity: Dan Black's symphonies lacks in originality and aunthenticity. These days anyone can make music and say its original but actually when looking deeper into the song and taking all the different beats out of it, alot of people who say their song is 'original' are lying. For instance, with Dan Black's song there is a mixture of about 3 other songs in it. Therefore it is not origianl and definately not authentic. Participation: Its very easy now to participate in making music. For example 'daft punk's' music maker allows the audience to have a go at making an original song. With DJ shadow's organ donor tour, the participation factor is the audience. They watch and listen carefully to the performance. He gets the audience involved in his shows by making them work out where parts of his mixes came from orgianally.

The Dust Brothers Biography...

The Dust Brothers are the Los Angeles, California based, Grammy Award winning producers, famous for their sample-based music in the 1980s and 1990s, and specifically for their work on the albums 'Paul's Boutique' by the Beastie Boys, 'Odelay' by Beck, and the soundtrack to the film 'Fight Club'.

David Fincher Filmography...

David Andrew Leo Fincher was born On August 28th in 1962. He is an American director and also a music video director. He is known for his dark and stylish thrillers and was nominated for many Academy Awards including, best director for 'The curious case of Benjamin Button' and 'the Social Network, which he also won him a golden globe at the BAFTA's for best director.

Fincher's Films:

Alien 3 (1992)
Seven (1995)
The Game (1997)
Fight Club (1999)
Panic Room (2002)
Zodiac (2007)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Social Network (2010)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Why "Scott Pilgrim" Failed...

Personally, what i have seen of the film so far, i think it's all over the place and it doesnt really appeal to me. Scott Pilgrim was released in summer 2010 and flopped big time at the box office with only just scraping up half of the its total on the opening night, which isnt encouraging when hoping to earn back a $60 million budget.
In my opinion , one of its biggest downfalls would be the references to anime, manga and comic books. Having references like these means a smaller audience. If you dont fully understand and know about references to comic books i think the film comes across as very boring and all over the place. Things like boxes in the corner with writing in describing the character on screen are very annoying to a "standard" film viewer who just likes to sit down and watch a "boy meets girl" film. In addition, even before the film starts you are given references to gameboy/computer games with the universal logo being changed and being took over by music that sounds like its from the introduction to a computer game. People who aren't used to this also may find that slightly annoying.

This film is made to appeal to kids. But, in some cases kids might not even like or even get some of the on-screen references that are made, because they are too young to know or understand them. You could also say that the film was more aimed at geeks than anyone else because they are more likely to read comic books and understand what's going on in the film. However, when thinking about this the supposed "geeks" in the film arent actually living the life of a geek. Geeks sit at home all day, playing computer games and reading comic books whilst not having two attractive girls to choose from and hanging around with friends from their band. Therefore, the characters in this film are infact nowhere near "geeks" in reality.