Park Chan-Wook's first english language feature? Hell yes!

One of my favourite directors, korean director Park Chan-Wook (famous for the likes of Oldboy, Thirst and I'm a Cyborg) is releasing his first ever english language film, and i can't be more excited. The poster and the overall look of the film looks deliciously gothic with immaculate framing, cinematography ranging from icy cold to warm and gold, and what looks to be an award-worthy performance from Aussie actress Mia Wasikowska.

The psychological drama aspect of this film is something that really inspires me, not only that but the technical mastery that Park Chan-Wook brings to all his films. I don't see this as a box-office smash, but more of a cult movie in the making. Chan-Wook isn't known for blockbusters, preferring to feature in his films medical vampires and mental patients who believe themselves to be cyborgs.

Check out the stunning trailer. March 2013 can't come soon enough! A shot I'm freaking out about is the shot of India's uncle slipping off her sneaker, and replacing it with a shiny stiletto, with the other sneaker still on her other foot, symbolising India's transition to womanhood, while also demonstrating Chan-Wook's unbelievable framing and camera work.

Pointless week? Quite possibly

We took a week out from  normal classes to take part in this employability week at the fancy new campus in North Belfast.

I was actually pretty excited for it, it'd be a chance to meet new people and get a chance to look around the new building I've heard so much about. I was hoping the whole week would be relevant to what I'm studying, but it turned out to be the opposite...

Instead of learning about things that would help us with our subjects and employability in our chosen fields, we basically did a lot of team-building with people from polar opposite courses to ours. Sure, meeting new people was all well and grand but the people I worked with in particular had little enthusiasm and I won't lie, I was finding it hard to dig deep for some enthusiasm too.

This might sound really silly, but a one-hour lunch-break seems pretty ridiculous when in my class I'm used to a good two hours plus to go for a dander around the town, or in my case, spend too much money on DVDs which in one way, it's healthy because it's a dose of inspiration, but on the other hand I'm spending too much money...

But now let's get back on topic. I'd been feeling ill most of the week, which was partly an excuse to take time off but at the same time I was feeling completely rubbish, so I wasn't completely up to taking part in team-building activities, e.g. building towers out of paper, or trying to create an advertisement scheme for a beauty parlour (what did this have to do with my course? I asked myself that question quite a lot over the course of the week)

I guess I enjoyed the last day I was in, because I got to take inspiration for advertising from a few films and celebrities that I like, namely the film 'Lolita' and Dita Von Teese. Overall, I didn't enjoy the experience. I would have so much rather have been in normal classes.

A little late to the party, but yes here is the first post on my blog.

I'm Aidan. I'm 19, and I'm a first year student currently taking a HND in Creative Media Production (Moving Image) at Belfast Metropolitan College. I've had a life-long interest in film but only over the past two years have I began to see it as a potential career. I clearly remember as a kid spending days upon days of watching certain films like Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Jumanji, Titanic, and many more. As a kid I loved the magical spectacle that these films had shown, but as I got older, I began to appreciate the darker edge they had hidden between the lines.

Basically, I would love to direct and write films. Here are a few people who are inspiring me on these two fronts:

• Sofia Coppola
• Diablo Cody
• Jason Reitman
• Zach Braff
• Tina Fey
• Will Gluck

I'll be going into a lot of different things that inspire me, from music to real-life people. But this is a start!