Massive Attack. Angel

This is a scene from a 1932 film, "Vampyr" that I thought fit nicely with Massive Attack's song, "Angel." FAN VIDEO by Enduserundead. When i watched this video by Massive attack i didn't understand what the video at all, from a guy lying in the coffin with his eyes open and this old man putting the lid on top of the coffin. then there was this old man smoking a cigar and behind him was these 3 black shadows which i thought was death. the guy that was in the coffin could see everything when people were taking him away to be buried. after he was buried an old man started digging him up, another man saw him and started to help him after the got to the coffin they had taken the top of and he was a skeleton.

i think the man in the coffin suffered cataplexy. (Cataplexy manifests itself as muscular weakness which may range from a barely perceptible slackening of the facial muscles to the dropping of the jaw or head, weakness at the knees, or a total collapse. Usually the speech is slurred, vision is impaired (double vision, inability to focus), but hearing and awareness remain normal. These attacks are triggered by strong emotions such as exhilaration, anger, fear, surprise, orgasm, embarrassment, and laughter. Cataplexy may be partial or complete, affecting a range of muscle groups, from those controlling facial features to (less commonly) those controlling the entire body.)

i like how they chose to do the video in black and white to make it old fashioned.

Peter Gabriel. Sledge hammer

The song sledge hammer was influenced by 1960s soul music, as evident by the use of horns and a general stax sound. The distinctive Horn section was provided by the memphis horns, the house musicians for Stax records. The song also features a synthesized shakuhachi flute.

The lyrics include references such as a steam train, bumper cars, a Big Dipper, roller coaster and a fruit cage. It also includes references to the reproduction of plants, mentioning pollination, fruit and bees.

"Sledgehammer" spawned a widely popular and influential music video directed by Stephen R.Johnson. Aardman animations and the Brothers Quay provided claymation, pixilation, and stop motion animation that gave life to images in the song. The video ended with a large group of extras jerkily rotating around Gabriel, among them: Gabriel's daughters Anna and Melanie, the animators themselves, and director Stephen Johnson's girlfriend. Also included were six women who posed as the back-up singers of the song. Gabriel lay under a sheet of glass for 16 hours while filming the video one frame at a time.

In 1987, it won nine MTV video music awards, a record which still stands as of 2008. It ranked at number four on MTV's 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made (1999). MTV later announced that "Sledgehammer" is the most played music video in the history of the station. "Sledgehammer" has also been declared to be MTV's number one animated video of all time.

The video was also voted number seven on TMF's Ultimate 50 Videos You Must See - first aired 24 june 2006. It ranked at number 2 on VH1's "Top 20 Videos of the 80's" as well as being named the (1) "Amazing Moment in Music" on the Australian TV show 20 to 1 in 2007.

The portion of the song featuring the synthesized flute solo was realized in the video by first one and then two oven-ready chickens, headless and featherless, animated using stop-motion. These were animated by Nick Park (of Wallace and Gromit fame) who, at that time was refining his work in plasticine animation.

This video is amazing it couldn't of been any better. it must of taken them ages to create the video taking pictures all the way thru. every frame is eye-catching, i would say his target audience is everyone, who would not love a great video with bright colours and a catchy song to go with it.

Marilyn Manson. The beautiful people

The beautiful people is a song from Marilyn Mansons's second full length album, Antichrist superstar, released as a single in September, 1996. An alternative metal hit written by Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez, and produced by Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie and Manson, its lyrics discuss two major themes: what Manson refers to as (the culture of beauty), and that culture's connection to Friedrich Nietzsche's theory of master slave mortality, the song's (weak ones), who are (always wrong), are oppressed by and exist solely to (justify [the existence of] the strong) (the so-called beautiful people).

When i watched the video of The beautiful people i had no idea what Marilyn Manson was trying to communicate to the audience. The video looked like something like of a horror movie gone wrong, but i found it really interesting to watch and i couldn't take my eyes of the video.

Bat for lashes. Daniel. lyrics

Daniel, when I first saw you
I knew that you had a flame in your heart
And under wild blue skies
Marlboro ruby skies
I found a home in your eyes
And we'd never be apart

And when the fires came
The smell of cinders and rain
Perfumed almost everything
We laughed and laughed and laughed

And in the golden blue
Car you took me to
The darkest place you knew
Set fire to my heart

When I run in the dark
Daniel
Into a place that's vast
Daniel
Under a sheet of rain in my heart
Daniel
I dream of home

But in a goodbye bed
With my arms around your neck
Into our mouths our tears crept
Just kids in the eye of the storm
And as the house spun round
My dreams pulled me from the ground
Forever to search for the faith
For home again
For home again

Ernest Hemingway. Along with youth

A porcupine skin, Stiff with bad tanning, It must have ended somewhere. Stuffed horned owl Pompous Yellow eyed; Chuck-wills-widow on a biassed twig Sooted with dust. Piles of old magazines, Drawers of boy's letters And the line of love They must have ended somewhere. Yesterday's Tribune is gone Along with youth And the canoe that went to pieces on the beach The year of the big storm When the hotel burned down At Seney, Michigan.

Fitzisaac Maliya. The sun

They exhaled air with might
Driving the loathed clouds away
That concealed the SUN
For they had enough
Of darkness, penetrating coldness
Enough of anguish.

The clouds forcibly blown away
The new day came into view
Mirth gripped the masses
As the naked sun rose vividly
Sunbathing era for all had come.
Amazement holds them mute
As the sun emits fatal heat
Faces perspire, contort with pain
Vegetation, streams, rivers dry
Huts turn into infernos
Providing sanctuary to none.

Tongues spit regrets
Of what use in the sun?
We loathed the clouds
For darkness, coldness, sufferance.
We loathe the sun
For its unbearable hotness
What a sad dilemma! !


Dedication: To Hodges Chatepa,
Tras Nampota, Henry Njolomole
and Grey Nkungula for this poem
is a birth child of their intellectual
stimulation.

Fitzisaac Maliya. Food

Food food absolutely appetising Food food absolutely tantalising The way it makes your stomach jump at its mention The way it melts on your tongue when you go to taste it The way the mouth waters at its mention or sighting The uncontrollable breathing for some impatient people As the food is prepared the intensity of its appeal The race to the table to secure a seat at the buffet The enjoyment as the food passes down the throat With a nice cold drink to was it down with How quickly everyone disappears at the sight of empty dirty dishes Food food absolutely appetising Food food absolutely tantalising

Ernest Hemingway. A moveable feast

“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.”

Shannon Wheeler

this image is a comic strip of a man who yells but thats the way he talks. this image is relevant to the topic i am doing because one of my images i am going to create is cartoon and comedy.

i love these comic strips because its funny, i like the style shannon wheeler has used and thats she has used no colour. this image has been produced by using a black pen. the media i would use to do this would be on adobe illustrator.

Jonathan Rosenberg

this comic strip is showing a guy that is trying to look for someone that will look after this alien creature. this image is relevant to the topic i am studying because the song i have chosen is a comical song and i am creating 2 comical images. i like this image because the characters have funny expressions on there face, the main character is black and white but the rest of the image is colourful. this image has been produced by using adobe photoshop and adobe illustrator.

Michael Loeck

these 2 images are showing a monster with armor and holding a axe and a mouse climbing up a wine glass because there is a spider. i love these 2 images because they are 3D work the image with the mouse and the spider, michael loeck has payed attention to the mouse and the spider not the background because its blurry. the image with the monster he has used a black background but used a light affect on the monster to make the image stand out more. this image has been produced by using 3D

Craig Conlan

the first image is showing a green cow with 2 pink love hearts and a gold bell around its neck, the expression on the cows face looks like it is in love or its trying to seduce another cow. the second image is of an pink elephant with 4 arms and 2 legs. these 2 images are hindu and i think they look like the feme for a bollywood movie. i love these images because they are colourful and eye catching. these 2 images have been produced by using adobe illustrator.

Gary Chaloner

these 2 images are different comic strips. the first comic strip is again comical, the man with the glasses is telling the other man about the American indian warriors eating raw heart to give them more courage, the other man thinks its gross but he comes out with that he cooks his heart. the second comic strip is about a man snooping around in a place he shouldn't be and 3 men catch him. he tries to get his self out by being clever but they soon reallise what he is up to then chase after him. i love these 2 comic strips because they are both completely different to eachother but by the same artist. the methods, colours, styles, texture, and design. These 2 images have been produced on adobe illustrator.

Shannon Denton

the first image is of a japanese band called Puffy AmiYumi but Shannon Dento has created their characters into cartoons on cartoon network. the second image is Frankensteins pumpkinhead, Shannon Denton created this image in october for halloween.

What i love about these 2 images are that she has used bright colours and happy characters on the first image, the second image she has used dark colours and scary characters. these 2 designs have been produced using adobe illustrator.

Jim Zubkavich

The first image is showing a sad looking beast. the second image is of the cartoon iron giant looking fascinated by the birds around him. i love the first image of the beast beacause its a plain image like the monsters feelings. the iron giant image i love because i watched the cartoon when i was younger, the background Jim has used pale light colours and for iron giant he has used strong bold colours. the first image has been produced by using cintiq inking, Jim Zubkavich had drawn it out first then placed cintiq ink on his work. for the second image Jim Zubkavich used manga studio and photo shop.

Indigo Kelleigh

Jeff Crowther

Chuck Whelon

Created on illustrator. Chuck has created an image of three men in a shower playing about with oil, one of the men has slipped onto it. i think this picture has more of a meaning because there are two guys with the same style hair like a genie. the colours he has used in this image is one shade.

Andrew Willmore

Created on illustrator. Andrew is also a comic designer. i love this image of a bird with goggles on and a little microphone with a scarf round his neck eating a biscuit. what Andrew has put in the speech bubble is rathe comical.

Roger Langridge

Created on adobe illustrator. Roger's work is mainly comic styles but i love the way how he has placed all the characters in the image because the music box has exploded. i like the fact that he has used a plain background to make the image not to busy.

Raberto Corona

Created by illustrator. this is the classic mr bean cartoon. i adore the cartoon and i love the way he has created the character mr bean.

Gil Agudin

used photoshop and adobe illustrator. for the image on the far left the image is called sepia dreams and Gil Agudin put
The background is a view of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice. The bridge is between the Doge's prisons and there is the belief that the bridge's name was inspired by the sighs of the inmates as they were led across the bridge to be executed. I think this image has alot about it and alot behind it. for the story he has chosen 1 shade of could to make the image depressing.

For the other picture the image is called Medico della Peste "Plague Doctor" The mask with the long beak is made to keep in it substances and aromas that it was believed would have protected the doctor from getting contaminated from the plague.

alter ego. burglar

for my alter ego i had chose a burglar because i think they have an interesting character. for the burglar i wore a black and white striped top and a black hat, i also used a blanket but changed it into a bag instead. i used the magnetic lasso tool for my bag because i wanted it to be black, i also darkened the image. for the background i used the magnetic lasso tool to go round some bricks to make a red cross, i did this because it means danger and i chose the colour red because red is a evil, blood colour.

power animal

for my second image i chose a different background for my power animal. i prefer this image more because i think i actually look like i am there. in this image as well i used crocodile claws for my hands to give it a better affect. i used the lassoo tool to crop out the claws and pasted them in where my hands were supposed to be.

for mark i had to create a mask and take images. i chose a image of a swamp on the internet. i used the magnetic lassoo tool to go round me in the image and pasted myself in the swamp. i also used the clone stamp tool to make myself look like i was coming out the water.

i think i could of chosen a better background but i couldn't find one that suited the position i was in.

alter ego. drug addict

for my alter ego i had chosen a drug addict. for this image i had changed the colours to blue because i wanted to give the cold affect. i also went around the cigarette using the lasso tool then made it red to stand out more. i made the brick wall yellow because yellow is a colour that represents sick. i enjoyed creating this alter ego.

for mark i had to combine a animal with a picture of me. the animal i had chosen was a dear, but i don't look like one. i used the clone stamp tool for this image. i wish i could of used a better image that wasn't so pixelated.

Kate Rusby

I Am Stretched On Your Grave :

I am stretched on your grave
And I'll lie here forever
If you hands were in mine
I'd be sure they would not sever
My apple tree, my brightness,
It's time we were together
For I smell by the Earth
And I'm worn by the weather.

When my family think
That I'm safely in my bed
Oh, from morn until night
I am stretched out at your head
Calling out unto the earth
With tears hot and wild
For the loss of a girl
That I loved as a child.

Do you remember the night
Oh, the night when we were lost
In the shade of the blackthorn
And the touch of the frost?
Oh, and thanks be to Jesus
We did all that was right
And your maidenhead still
Is your pillar of light.

Oh, the priests and the friars
They approach me in dread
Oh, for I love you still
Oh, my life, and you're dead
I still will be your shelter
Through rain and through storm
And with you in your cold grave
I cannot sleep warm

I am stretched on your grave
And I'll lie here forever
If you hands were in mine
I'd be sure they would not sever
My apple tree, my brightness,
It's time we were together
For I smell by the Earth
And I'm worn by the weather.

Godspeed you black emperor

Dead flag blues

The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
And a dark wind blows
The government is corrupt
And we're on so many drugs
With the radio on and the curtains drawn

We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine
And the machine is bleeding to death

The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles

It went like this

The buildings tumbled in on themselves
Mothers clutching babies picked through the rubble and pulled out their hair

The skyline was beautiful on fire
All twisted metal stretching upwards
Everything washed in a thin orange haze

I said, "Kiss me, you're beautiful..
These are truly the last days"

You grabbed my hand and we fell into it
Like a daydream or a fever

We woke up one morning and fell a little further down
For sure it's the valley of death

I open up my wallet
And it's full of blood

Pj Harvey

"Down By The Water"

I lost my heart
Under the bridge
To that little girl
So much to me
And now I'm old
And now I holler
She'll never know
Just what I found

That blue eyed girl
(that blue eyed girl)
She said "no more"
(she said "no more")
That blue eyed girl
(that blue eyed girl)
Became blue eyed whore
('came blue eyed whore)
Down by the water
(down by the water)
I took her hand
(I took her hand)
Just like my daughter
(just like my daughter)
Won't see her again
(see her again)

Oh help me jesus
Come through this storm
I had to lose her
To do her harm
I heard her holler
(I heard her holler)
I heard her moan
(I heard her moan)
My lovely daughter
(my lovely daughter)
I took her home
(I took her home)

Little fish. big fish. Swimming in the water.
Come back here, man. gimme my daughter.
Little fish. big fish. Swimming in the water.
Come back here, man. gimme my daughter.
Little fish. big fish. Swimming in the water.
Come back here, man. gimme my daughter ....

Lovers

FROG ‘N’ SNAIL (Marion Benoist/Fred de Fred)

Mademoiselle Alors vous aimez la romance? Mademoiselle You like to jump and to dance Mademoiselle Est une petite grenouille Et vous Monsieur Savez vous ce qui m’épate Chez vous Monsieur C’est de voir votre grande patte Prendre la route Allez Lets go escargot Tout doucement We crossed the Channel Where everybody Likes frogs and snails Through the looking glass Where damp is the grass YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY MIAM MIAM Protect me from the restaurants YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY MIAM MIAM Protect me from who wants to eat us… Mademoiselle Pour qui rien semble trop beau Mademoiselle My shell will be your rainbow Mademoiselle Together partons en voyage Oh oui Monsieur Now I’m singing in the rain Oh oui Monsieur Encore on the road again Oh oui Monsieur Rather a drop than a pun Tout doucement …