Red: The Importance of Colour in Cinema
Red is the colour that we have the strongest psychological reaction to. Due to it having a long wavelength, it is the second most visible colour, making it actively noticeable. It has connotations of danger, due to people’s inherited instinctual fear of blood and behavioural characteristics learnt in everyday life. Continue Reading
Smile – Film Review
4 out of 5 STARS Starring: Sosie Bacon, Caitlin Stasey, Kyle Gallner Smile follows all the rules of a good supernatural horror movie: jump scares, creepy characters and total immersion for the audience. With some of the most inventive jump scares and creepy smiles seen in horror, Smile certainly keeps Continue Reading
Wednesday – Bringing Back the Old Gothic Scene?
From social media trends to spooky new dance moves, are all these new or has the dark Netflix series brought back the original goths? Wednesday is a Netflix TV programme released on Wednesday the 23rd of November 2022 and was themed on the original Addams Family films. It attracted a Continue Reading
MAX VERSTAPPEN, IS HE A TEAM PLAYER?
The racing world’s most hot-headed, electrifying double world F1 drivers champion Max Verstappen had found himself in many controversial moves within the sport in the 2022 campaign but nothing shook the driving community more than what happened in Brazil on the 13th November 2022. Redbull Racing were quick to defend Continue Reading
Vaping, is it any better than nicotine?
Vaping is what people think is the healthiest product instead of using cigarettes which are full of nicotine. This is a chemical in tabaco which makes you addicted to smoking/vaping. Once had a puff of nicotine, this increases the release of the brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) that will affect your mood Continue Reading
Mandatory Maths – will it actually help?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has recently announced plans to make it mandatory to study maths until 18. This is to prepare more people for the modern workplace. Last week, Rishi Sunak revealed he has plans to make it mandatory for students to study maths until 18. This rule however, does Continue Reading
Avatar 2: Does the Branding Matter More Than the Quality of The Movie?
There have been some big hits at the box office. Eight of the top ten highest grossing films ever made are owned by Disney, and four of which are Marvel movies. This suggests that most people watch films that have a big logo slapped on the front. An example of Continue Reading
Jermaine Cools: One Year On
How would you feel if your son’s murderer was prosecuted over a year after you lost him? Julius Cools, father of Jermaine Cools, said that his son was everything to him and his wife and that he was murdered for no reason. According to the Independent, Cools was one of Continue Reading
UK Space: Is it all for nothing?
On January 9th, the UK Space Agency launched its first rocket from UK soil ever. They achieved this with Virgin Orbit. It was destined to be a monumental feat in UK engineering. But what went so wrong? On the night of the launch, Cosmic Girl (the Boeing 747 carrying the Continue Reading
Kaleidoscope- ‘A unique viewing experience’: Is it worth the hype?
Netflix have had a rather controversial run of releases (in terms of their own series) amidst this haze, a new and unique series was released. Kaleidoscope is a series that can be watched in any order. But does this new style of viewing really portray the story, how does this Continue Reading