Thursday 29 January 2015

You dip your fingers in the water, You wonder what's your punishment

Hey dudes, how's it been going? I feel bad I've been so absent on here lately but as I have mentioned before, sixth year is hectic af.
Some pretty cool things have been happening since we last spoke, so I'll try and give you a little whirlwind tour of what's been going down.



1) So, I am now officially Dancing Queen for a year! Yup, very quietly and accidentally I turned 17 on the 26th of January 2015. I'm kind of glad because now I don't feel so young compared to my friends, but there are people in my year at school who are already 18 so really, not much is changing. I think as I get older birthdays become less of an issue to me, which I find quite sad. I used to get so excited about them, and still try to, but this year especially I was too busy to think about it and only remembered a few days before. I guess it's a part of growing up but the realisation that nice shit is expensive is a harsh realisation. For christmas I got an instax mini which I was really chuffed about, and these are from my birthday meal with my friends and family (I'm on the right).




2) I was accepted onto a screenwriting course with the British Film Institute, so in a week or so I will be traveling down to Newcastle to develop the scripts that we've been working on and get to attend several masterclasses with industry professionals, as well as meeting 23 other young people from all over the UK with the same interests as me! I went down for the introductory weekend earlier this month and made friends with a lot of awesome people, and I'm really looking forward to going back. 
I'm slightly worried as I don't think scriptwriting is really what I'm best at, but I'm trying to improve  at it so I'm more well rounded in terms of filmmaking. I much prefer visually constructing shots and directing and editing, but have always loved writing stories and reading. I think I just find the process of creating a story idea from start to finish a lot more arduous and not as visually satisfying, but in order for a film to work the plot has to has some substance, right? But anyways, it's been a pretty awesome experience so far and I'm going to be taking lots of pictures when I'm away - I've never been to Newcastle before!

3) Discovered a lot of really fab music lately, to procrastinate revising for prelims. 
My dad got me the Young Fathers latest album DEAD and I love it. What makes it even cooler is the three guys who form the group are all from Edinburgh, where I live, and two went to the high school I live right beside! But on a musical note, their stuff is great and quite hard to describe. I guess I'd say grunge, synth, a bit of rap? Try em out, my favourite tracks on this album are probably 'JUST ANOTHER BULLET', 'AM I NOT YOUR BOY' and 'WAR'.


I've also discovered Jamie T, and have fallen in love with several tracks of his. He's got a pretty chill vibe and I find all his stuff so catchy;





There are a ton of other awesome musicians I've come across lately but I'll end with some of my favourite songs at the moment:

Grimes - 'Go'

Frank Ocean - 'Forrest Gump'

Joywave - 'Tongues'





4) Doesn't really warrant a point on the list I don't think but took a few cute shots whilst making sushi with my little sister. From my grandparents this christmas we got a box full of sushi making kit - a rather eclectic present but one that was well received all the same! 





I've also got quite a few nice bits and bobs clothing wise recently so I think I'll save it and do a cumulative ootd sort of post later on. Hope this wasn't too long for you guys!

Wish you all the best,
Kit x


9 comments:

  1. Gah the screen writing course sounds so exciting! Happy Birthday! The same thing has happened to me where birthdays seem less of a big deal as the years go on. I love Frank Ocean! I've been obsessed with Biscuit by Ivy Levan butttt kind of embarrassed about it because it's a really inappropriate song >.< but it's so catchy and Ivy Levan is so fierce.
    P.S. Did you ever get my postcard? Eep I'm afraid it might have gotten lost in the mail >.<

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    1. Thank you! I've just got obsessed with Frank Ocean recently, he's so chill - I really like Childish Gambino too and I think they're quite similar. haha that Ivy Levan song is great, she looks awesome! And yeah, I got it a week or so ago! It was really cute and I loved it but have been so busy because of mock exams that I haven't had time to sit down and write one back, sorry! but i will right now haha ^-^

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  2. Well done on the screenwriting! That's amazing! Do you want to study film? I've always wanted to be able to make films but it's so daunting gah

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    1. thanks you so much! I don't know if I want to study film in uni at the moment but I definitely want to work in the industry and many serious film makers don't actually have an undergrad film degree as it's kind of looked down on in those circles. I don't think I even really knew how much I enjoyed it until I started making films, you should go for it! (also the first films I made were absolutely dire lol) I find it really hard to start off the planning and that but a great way of easing yourself into it is just filming a trip with your family or friends on a tiny handheld and editing it together. I was really down for a while about uni stuff and life in general and I filmed a day trip I went on with my friends and we had such a good time. Because I filmed it it means I have a visual memory to look back on and it always makes me smile. I do get really stressed because I know what you mean about it being daunting, but you improve so much making them and just doing it makes you want to make more! Sorry for rambling haha x

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    2. "Visual memories" sound lovely, it'd be great to be able to make little videos like that! Thanks for the idea! It was really interesting to hear about how you started making films, are they on youtube/vimeo? x

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  3. ahh man that course sounds incredible, good luck/have fun!! your music taste is on point and I have been taking notes, so thank you!! I think young fathers are going to fast become a favourite. also, a moment of appreciation for jamie t who is forever and always the best!! xx

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    1. haha thank you so much!! I love getting people into new music and listening to stuff other people like. I just discovered Jamie T, can't believe I hadn't heard of him before, he's fab! I hope young fathers get really big too, especially because that might mean they did a gig in their hometown... x

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  4. yay for being 17! also well done on getting the film course that sounds amazing, I'm sure you'll have a really great time. plus jamie t is wonderful (i was so glad he returned to music) and grimes is forever ethereally brilliant + overall v good music recommendations/post <3333

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    1. yay thank u!! yeah I heard a lot about his return to music so i'm just trying to soak it all in now and look at his older stuff too, grimes is a literal godess :*

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