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(Archive) Top 3 Films Snubbed at the Oscars

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*Reposted from my former blog* On my Instagram I used to do a series in which I would recommend three films, short films, artists and musicians, every week, these would be shared to my Facebook and Tumblr and were mostly for my own amusement and as a way of educating a few friends. I stopped doing this after a short while due to laziness and the fact I wanted to write more about the things I was recommending. I have finally decided to start again, and each post will have a link to my blog here, where I can write a little more. If you want to check out some of my old recommendations feel free to head over to my Instagram: @flynnpenguin. Perhaps, one day, I shall accompany my old posts with some writing too. Top 3 Films Snubbed at the Oscars I thought I'd start off with something that has been grating at my skull for the past couple of days, and what even sparked my idea of starting this up again. Frankly, I've lost interest for the Awards. Yet despite this, I still end up...
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(Archive) Scottish BFI Film Academy Experience

*Reposted from my former blog* About three weeks ago I got the email whilst at my Uncle's house telling me 'you got in to the BFI Film Academy Scotland Residential'. Obviously I was overjoyed; I automatically called my parents and said 'you better get me there'. Despite this excitement there was some overshadowing doubt that filled my every thought. I'm not a particularly confident person; I have a multitude of insecurities that often can reduce me to tears. Where I live I'm a fairly outgoing individual, yet still quiet being the listener rather than the speaker most of the time. However as soon as I'm somewhere I have to meet new people and speak to them, I find it incredibly hard. On top of that, I had never been involved with making films when others most likely have. I'm not going to bore you by going in to the details of what we did day by day but I will tell you what we made and how amazing it was. The main priority of the whole residenti...
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(Archive) A History of Soundtrack Loving

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