Worthy to be an X-Factor Judge?

If you haven't heard Cheryl Cole's new single, its probably not worth wasting your time; but if like me you were interested in seeing the video that goes with the below par debut solo single. (Heartbreaker with Will.I.AM doesn't count as a debut)

The video did not disappoint, Cheryl is too thin and ruins her normal fashionable self by wearing leopard print pajama pants.


I am an avid Cheryl Cole fan and this song and video really really do disappoint. The song although not great could have been saved by a decent video, that didn't show Cheryl scrawled all over the place or even if it had a plausible inspiration behind it. When you look at the more worthy stars out there for example Beyonce; who recently won Video of The Year Award at the VMA's for Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it) where she truely proves less is more.

All she needed was a sexy outfit and a white drop background combined with her fantastic dancing ability. No need to over complicate the idea. Unlike Cole's fussy video. Such a Shame.

If you do want to see the video click here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMiy_UsrPDs

This is It

 

How fantastic is this image, so iconic. Such a great way to remember the legend himself. 

   

This has actually just given me goosebumps. It actually makes me even more devasted that I actually had tickets to go and see him live. This film though looks like a must see, especially as its only in cinemas for 2 weeks.

The composition of the music for this trailer is great, it just reinforces how influential and how brilliant his music actually was and also how his music will live on. This trailer had to be big and over the top and obviously it is, the trailer was shown exclusively on MTV during the Video Music Awards. This is a great example of choice of placement of certain advertisements where better to advertise that on MTV during the VM Awards. Although this was obviously a rushed trailer and film, but has had time and money spent on it and hopefully if I get to see the film (you have to book your tickets in advance) it will deliver the quality and production value MJ would have been proud of.

RIP -MJ

Marrying a crocodile, could it ever work?

I think we all know that the answer is a firm no.

This short animation used by The Annuals, for their song Dry Clothes, won an award for best animated music video at the International Animation Film Festival.

The actual type of animation is interesting and reminds me of the Angela Anaconda animated series. (Below) The actual animation is about a crocodile and a man falling in love and getting married but the crocodile struggles to keep up with compromises she has made and eventually eats her husband.







The colours in the video are dark although certain spots are quite bright, the videos colours remind me of a happy exterior with a dark hidden centre quite like the crocodile has.

The storyline behind the animation is quite witty and obviously very unrealistic, I think this gives the animation a humorous side. At the end of the day its fairly easy to watch and has been credited by the International Animation Film Festival in Annecy so is worth a watch.

If this is of interest heres another interesting animation to watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k16DphwORRk

UNKLE - Burn My Shadow

I must admit that every time I watch this video my heart races a little.

I first heard this song at the gym and I don't know what made me take more interest the fact that the music can cause your heart to race and your breathing to go heavy or that there is a lot of pauses in the music to highlight the actions of the character in the video, which makes the song a bit confusing if you haven't see then video. (Try listening to the song without watching the video, it's a little strange)



A man wakes up after a rough night, to find out he has some kind of "bomb" or "countdown timer" implanted into to his chest. The counter starts at four minutes and very quickly the man (played by ER's Goran Visnjic) tries to make sense of the situation. According to write ups about the video he is trying to "make something" of his last few minutes of existence. I on the other hand believe he simply has given up, hence why he walks to overlook the city, nothing to do but wait.

Although when I watch this I am intrigued at the emphasis on the one character, would the end result have no effect on anyone else, surely that can't be true? The beginning shows some sort of reckless maybe some would say elfish lifestyle but someone must be affected?