Much better

Hello my little scrumple-muffins (don't ask). Good news: I've decided that this is probably going to be a daily blog, but it also kind of depends on how I feel and whether I'm busy or not. Not to mention that lately I've been overtly enthusiastic about my blog, primarily because blogging is something new to me, sooo I'm not entirely sure if this inspritation will stay for long... Example of my inspiration withering: I didn't update yesterday, BUT I do have a reason for that, thank you very much. :/

Anyway, d'you remember that last post how I was just rambling about the nightmare-ish slowness of my internet (that's the reason)? Yeah, well it's much better now and I can actually upload a couple of images like I promised. Excitement!

So, here they are:

Caroline and I during our fab walk around the block.
Judging by our ecstatic facial expressions, you can just tell that the walk was fab.

This is mainly what our day consisted of.
The Waters of Mars was possibly one of the most epic things I've ever seen.


Since I'm a huge fan of Vogue, I took advantage of Caroline's
Italian Vogue Magazine. This was my favourite image,
due to her short Shirley Temple-like hair, smokey eyes, checked shirt, leather jacket and cig.

I also spent a large amount of the day looking at Caroline's Favole
books by Victoria Frances. I love these books and their gothic imagery.
They're filled with vampires, faeries, ghosts, demonic children and other strange things.
Here are some of my faves:

(Just a note, that the last two were not taken by me, due to the fact that they turned out blurry)

As you can see, I'm really into the whole harlequin scene. I don't know what it is that appeals to me about it... I guess it's just the whole facepaint, neck-ruffles, jumpsuits etc... But rather surprisingly, my favourite of these gorgeous artworks is the last one.


Victoria Frances, in her books, writes a story to go with each image, but I personally find her descriptive language horribly boring, therefore I didn't bother reading the story behind it (though maybe I probably should've). None the less, this artwork exudes so much emotion. It's as if the main subject of the image had a love or a meaningful somebody lost at sea. Just look at the ghost ship... It's evident, not only through the woman's pose and facial expression, but also through the image's isolated setting and gloomy colour toning, that many loved ones have departed due to the ocean's demands. It's soo intense it makes me wee myself... No, but seriously people, this artwork is beautiful. It sort of reminds me of a song by Nightwish called The Islander, which is a very sad, celtic-like song, about a man lost at sea. =(

Anyway, today was my first real day of school, though nothing much really happened. I spent most of it running liturgies or stressing about the amount of math homework I should've done over the summer, rather than actually having enjoyed my break. Come to think of it, I should be starting right now, but I'd rather just chill... or maybe chilling isn't an option? Gah, I fail at life. :/

Oh, and just to lighten up the mood a bit, I've picked my MV of the week, and I shall be posting it on friday. It's short, but sweet.

Anyway, I suppose that's all for today. Peace.
Nadine xx

...shyte

Hey there you scrimshankers. I'm sad to say that my mood at the moment is:

R E A L L Y.A N N O Y E D. This is mainly because I leave the house for, what, five hours? and I come back to find that my internet is as slow as your mum... KIDDING. Your mum isn't slow (?) it's just that I'm exceedingly angered, and when I'm exceedingly angered, I tend to throw insults at your mum. o.O

Anyway, on to a happier note, I spent most of the day with the wonderous, the uh-mazing and the sexyful, Caroline (L). We spent most of the day either bitching, taking photos, laughing about nothing, watching Doctor Who, complaining about the infnite length of the DVD Confidentials or drooling over David Tennant (who happens to be the most sexiest scot in the history of sexy scottish people).

Now... I do have photos, but my internet is sooo slow that I could run a lap around the world and my Facebook page would probably still be loading. None the less, I'm going to give it a go uploading them, and if you see them posted, then it obviously worked and my internet decided to cooperate with me. *fingers crossed*


.....

Epic fail.

Okay, so I'll post the next blog entry (which will include the photos) when my internet has regained it's strength. GOSH, the bitch could've found a better time to get PMS, I actually had some wonderful Victoria Frances artworks to show you, all photographed out of Caroline's books.

Anyway, life goes on. Ta.
Nadine xx

MV of the week - My opinion

Ahoy there! Omgosh, I actually have something to write about today, so be excited!

Recently, I've been an avid follower of YouTube fan-made music videos or crossovers, since I actually have had experience in editing videos once upon a time. One category I've found that people are immensely crazy about is the shipping of Non/disney couplings, which is basically couples from animations distributed by Disney or other companies (Fox, Warner Bros, etc).


Most of the videos I come across are exceedingly well-made, creative and believable, but it does mostly depend on which user you subscribe to. Examples of FANTASTIC Disney vidders on YouTube are:

• xNightshadex
• Zitronencake
• Lookatheview90
• Scurvied
• Chereshenka
• thdjnv
• FranziskavonKarma

and, believe me, many others. These are just some of my favourites, so look them up. ^^ Anyway, Music Video of the week is just going to be a post I will put up every Friday, which will review my favourite fan-made music video from the past seven days.

The video I've chosen this week is a crossover made by thdjnv, who I mentioned earlier. Just in case you're not quite sure about what a crossover really is, it's just using more than one movie, book, etc and telling a story through the characters OR creating a completely different story channelling the themes of the original stories you are using... Okay the didn't make any sense, but trust me, the concept of 'crossing over' is pretty straight forward.

Okay, so this video... yeah, I've probably watched it about 30 times... Yes, that's how good I think it is. thdjnv (or Rebecca) has used the characters of Odette from The Swan Princess and Vinny from Atlantis: The Lost Empire to tell a love story with a twist.

What the user has done is that she's stuck to the original story and concept of The Swan Princess, but instead of Odette falling in love with that slag Derek, she instead falls in love with Vinny, who whilst being on an expedition, accidently falls into the fairytale world Odette lives in. During his stay he falls in love with her and eventually defeats the evil sorcerer, Rothbart, who is keeping Odette under the spell of turning into a swan (and yes, I do love these super cheesy movies).

I know what you're all thinking... "How Strange. Vinny from Atlantis... with a princess?" Yes, I know, but that's exactly what I loved about this video! Vinny is the trippiest of the trippy and to be crossed off with a princess like Odette therefore makes this video absolutely fab! So yes, as obscure as it is, I personally think this pairing is an epic win! I mean, Vinny is possibly one of the funniest Disney characters ever created, so watching him with a googly eyed Princess like Odette is pretty darn entertaining.

I actually also felt that the user's use of Princess Odette was rather cool. Even though I don't like The Swan Princess that much as a film, I've always loved Odette's design and appearance. Her height, big blue eyes and her poise are all very nicely animated, as well as her wavy long blonde hair, which in my opinion looks like a golden tempest.

Next thing I want to clarify is that the couple isn't only what got me hooked onto the video, but thdjnv's editing and manipulations also played a large part. If I had watched this video without knowing better, I would've thought Vinny and Odette were from the same movie. Every angle, scene and close-up the creator has used makes the video truly what it is... Epicly epic. Not to mention that her use of colour toning such as gray-scale and sepia really work out and assist in enhancing the characters' believability.

The last thing I adored about this crossover is deffinitly the music. Skillet's Rebirthing is an awesome song and I think it adds to the intensity and depth of the video through it's use of both orchestrated music and heavy metal guitar riffs.

Okay, so overall, a great video. I give it 5 out of 5, but here it is for you to make your own judgement:

Okay, well that's it for me. Ta everyone!
Nadine xx

Introduction

Hello chickens (if there are any chickens or let alone people reading this)! How do you do? My name is Nadine (as I have stated above), I am 17, my favourite film is Gone with the Wind and I am embarassingly new to the art of blogging.

Now, before I actually decided to start a blog (a decision made five minutes ago), I was actually thinking of making my own actual vlog series. This is for several reasons:

1. I have a lot to say
2. I am a somtimes active member of YouTube
3. I admire prosperous vloggers and enjoy watching them do their thing

But, alas. Things such as this just cannot be, due to me not having enough patience, my face being hardly worthy of appearing on a video every week AND my improv skills are rather questionable. So, if ever I upload a video to youtube, it would be a montage or one that I've simply edited. Yes, I do love editing and I'm extremely ambitous to learn the skill of creating crossovers using complicated Sony Vegas tools such as Cookie Cutter. =/

Okay, I may be new to this, but I'm assuming that one's first blog is always an introductory one... No? Righty, well regardless of what other people's first blogs are like, mine's just going to be a boring introduction without anything too intense.

Anyway, I've stated my name, my age and of course, my favourite film, but here are some other fascinations and fixations of mine that you may find slightly interesting:

• I have a cat named Socks and a cockatiel named dork
• I wish to have, by the end of the year, a miniature pug named Ludo
• I derived my blog title and username from a song called The Escapist by Nightwish. They were talking about a nightingale in a golden cage, so I changed it a bit. ^^
• I've got an obsession with eyeshadow, especially strangely given eyeshadow shade names
• I wish to buy this Bobbi Brown eyeshadow, obscurely named 'Burnt Sugar'. It's $44. Wah.
• Lord of the Rings is my anti-drug
• I love watching, analysing and critiquing film, though I may not be very experienced
• I enjoy laughing and also making people laugh, just because laughing is possibly the most joyous thing one ever does
• Hugh Laurie and Michael C. Hall are babes. Period.
• I love animated Disney classics such as Snow White, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Pinocchio
• When you find me watching television, I'm watching LOST, House, Dexter and good Britcoms such as Blackadder or Fawlty Towers
• Audrey Hepburn is my idol
• My most beloved colours are a tie between Gold and Silver
• I talk Arabic
• I loooove hairbows!
• I like weird people
• My favourite foods are Mexican and Sushi
  

Well, that's all I can tell you about me for now. I wish I had started this blog on a more interesting day, so that I can talk about that, but nothing really cool (nor good) has happened today... Besides meeting the new year 7's now attending the school I go to. They were cute because they were scared of me.

OH and my mother got sick, therefore I had no ride to greet my dear friend Caroline at the airport after arriving from her annual Italian trip. Now I just feel like crap because I have a sick mother and a friend I have failed.

Anyway... Till next time. Toodles!
Nadine xx