Femme Fatale

On Friday night me and my friend Hannah went to go see the amazing Britney Spears on her Femme Fatale tour at the 02 arena in London. I have to say the whole show was a lot better than I thought it was going to be and it was soo much fun. The best song of the show definitely had to be 'I wanna go' literally everyone was jumping up and down and people were invited onto the stage it was crazy. The only downside was that Jedward went on stage and i think pretty much everyone was wondering why??? Me and Hannah had standing tickets for the show and we were fairly close to the front which was good as we could see the whole stage. There was a huge mix of boys and girls but it literally was like a gay bar in there and all of them seemed to be older than us, so in the standing section we were probably the youngest there. The supporting acts were a group made up of two girls called 'Destinee and Paris' and then 'Joe Jonas'. Personally i thought neither of these acts were very good although Joe Jonas was pretty nice to look at. So overall i had a very good evening and hardly spent a penny although there was one scary moment of the night.... When Joe Jonas finished performing the girl standing next to me went into an epileptic fit and was shaking and fell to the floor while her eyes rolled back. After about two seconds of being on the floor she then stood up and she had no idea what happened but then her friends took her out. It was really scary. 


Anyway I felt that Britney performed really well and there was always a lot of crazy stuff happening on the stage all the time and i would definitely go see her again. I would absolutely love it if she did a 'Greatest Hits Tour' as i love all her old stuff more than her new stuff, however i had a fun and great evening overall. 

You HAVE to watch....

If you have not watched this movie yet then DO IT NOW!!! Honestly its good. This movie is such a happy and beautiful movie and also funny. I was recommended to watch it by a friend who yesterday watched it twice in a row, thats how good it is. So seriously if you have not seen it go watch it now you really wont regret it. Also if you have no idea what it is about watch this trailer:

X Factor - UK vs. USA

Basically yes I am an X Factor fan and to be honest i am pretty much a fan of most reality TV out there. Anyways i have been watching both the english X factor and the X factor USA and have discovered that X factor USA is a hundreds time better so far. There is way more talent on the American one that they actually couldn't take a lot of decent people through even on their first audition because they don't match the amazing standards of the other contestants. 


As an example this girl here auditioned for X factor USA and did not get through on round 1 of auditions whereas i fully believe that if she had auditioned for the UK X factor that she would have got through to at least bootcamp: 

Therefore as you can see that yes she is not the best singer but neither are so many people on the UK X factor which is why she most likely would have cried her way through onto the UK X factor. 


So far on X factor USA my favourite person so far definitely has to be 'Drew Ryniewicz' I think she is so so good and i am so glad she has made it through to the live shows. I like how she is different and changed the song and made it way better than it was before and she is only 14. So i definitely want her to go far. 

Also i have to say that the group 'Intensity' make me laugh so much and i actually enjoy watching them cause they are literally the largest group i have ever seen and there all really young so they most likely think they are amazing and superstars. My only one problem with X Factor USA is the fact that Simon Cowell got to take through 5 girls and not 4 like the rest of the judges as he stupidly made a mistake. I think this is unfair and if the other judges had to choose 4 then he should have been able to as well. Ah well he is the producer of the show so i guess he can do what he wants. 

Anyways back to UK X factor i have to say i am following the crowd on this one and loving 'Janet Devlin'. Although i don't think she is that sweet and innocent and i reckon she probably has a bit of a sneaky side to her and that she is acting all sweet as part of an act. Fair enough to her though as the act is working and she will hopefully go onto win the show. 

I have to say this has been quite a random post but i i just thought i would talk about X factor as it seems a lot of people are watching it this year.....

The Ultimate Shopping List....

As we have the week off this week I have been incredibly bored and havant had much to do so far, as everything I have planned to do is going on towards the end of the week. So today I decided to make 'The Ultimate Shopping List'. I went through all my favourite shopping places and picked out literally everything I wanted from them and saved all the pictures into a folder on my computer. I found so much stuff that I wanted and in the end I worked out that to buy everything in my folder I would need £1300 :/ Therefore realistically I will never be able to afford all these clothes but I will forever have them in a folder which I can look through and see which items I want most, and then whenever I have a bit of money I can buy something out of the folder. 

So below are some off the things out of the folder that I would like to purchase......

All these clothes are from the following websites:

www.topshop.com, www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk, www.office.co.uk, www.republic.co.uk

Music Video

Went and did the shoot for a music video today it was so much fun and I had a really good day. Here are some stills from the day of us filming and Poppy herself....

The name of the song is called 'Stepping Stones' and once the video has been edited I will upload a link to the site which it will be on! 

PSA

Right before the summer holidays this year one of my projects at college was to make a 'Public Service Announcement'. I chose to make mine about 'bullying because of they way you look' and I came up with the idea of using paper bags to display what people are bullied for. I really enjoyed making this video and i feel it came out ok considering i did hardly any filming for it.


Currently I have moved on from 'PSA's' and onto 'corporate videos' and i am making a video for 'Mill Cottage Farm Experience' which they are going to use on their website. So once i have completed that i will put up the link for it on here. This weekend i am also making a music video with my friend Daisy for her friend Poppy as she is a singer trying to make it in the music industry, i am really looking forward to filming it as we have got some good ideas and locations so once that is also done i will post it on here as well.

Here is a video that Poppy has posted on her youtube account of her doing a cover of Adele's 'someone like you'. If you follow this link you will also be able to see some of her original songs and other covers as well: www.youtube.com/user/Poppytrevelyan

Movie's this week....

As this blog is supposed to be mainly 'media related' I thought I would talk each week about the movies/television shows that I have watched during the week. This week has been a little dull in watching movies. However I just watched the movie 'Crazy Stupid Love' and like every other 'RomCom' at the moment it was painfully average. Not going to lie I watch a lot of cheesy chic flicks but I just cant seem to stop myself. I think it is probably because of the actors in the movie as they generally consist of a hot guy, however they all seem to follow a very similar story. This movie followed a guy who's wife who he considers his 'Soulmate' asks for a divorce. He then turns into a player but eventually realises his wife is the only one for him. Also of course there is the usual side storyline that connects to the main one this being the daughter of the main guy and then the good looking guy that gets with all the girls ending up falling in love.

So as you can see the movie in my opinion is not a 'must watch' its more of a 'watch if your incredibly bored and cant think of anything else to watch' kind of movie. However i would say that this movie consists of some good actors and actresses, one of them being one of my personal favourite actors 'Ryan Gosling'. Although i can never see him topping a movie like 'The Notebook' which he was just so damn good in and I  can honestly watch that movie a thousand times over. Also in this movie are other good actors such as 'Steve Carell' who is a good funny actor who has been in many comedies his main one probably being '40 year old virgin'. 'Julianne Moore' and 'Emma Stone' are also main parts in this movie and are both good actresses Emma Stone being talked about as being the next Julia Roberts. 

All i really want is for there to be another chic flick/RomCom movie like 'Mean Girls' which has to be a top classic movie that everyone around my age will quote forever. However my next movie that is on my list to watch is 'The Shawshank  Redemption'. I have heard from many people that this is a movie every single person has to see, therefore once I have watched it I will be straight on here blogging about it! 

A-Z

My friend who is a long time blogger and one of my inspirations for this blog Polly Bussell did this and I thought it would be a good way for anyone that reads this to know who I am: 

A. Age: 17
B. Bed size: Single. But I have to say I love my bed and have had it for years and years. 
C. Chore that you hate: Washing up. 
D. Dogs: Love them! My dad has two dogs and one of them I love to bits and its name is Polly however it lives in America so I don't get to see it very often but my friend Ant has a dog called Dave which I really just wanna steal and have him as my own dog he is amazing and so friendly. 
E. Essential start to your day: Eating either a bagel or a nice bowel of cereal while listening to the radio. 
F. Favorite color: Blue 
G. Gold or Silver: Silver. For some reason I have never been a fan of Gold. 
H. Height: Hmmmm not really sure i would say i am a fairly average height somewhere around 5"6 maybe a little bit under?
I. Instruments you play: Good old clarinet. I know a few chords on the guitar but I cant say I have a natural flair for it. I can also play the occasional song on piano (my speciality is Wonderwall by Oasis.)
J. Job title: Sad to say I don't have one. 
K. Kids: 0 I'm only seventeen and don't really see myself being on a show like '16 and pregnant' right now. But i would definitely like kids in the future. 
L. Live: Farnham, Surrey. But I really want to live in London at the end of next year. 
M. Mother’s name: Jo 
N. Nicknames: Technically 'Bertie' is my nickname as my real name is Albertine but literally nobody calls me that not even my parents. But i also get called: Berts, Bert, bird, Bertles, Albus, Alb, Bertatoe, Bertay-tay, Bertareesh and many others literally get called anthing these days. Not so long ago someone called me 'Carrotslut' which was one i had never heard before however it didn't fail to make me laugh. 
O. Overnight hospital stays: Never stayed over the night at hospital yet but next year I will be as I am having an operation on my jaw. 
P. Pet peeves: When someone is constantly rewinding a television show or a film. Just watch it and then go back at the end if you really must. 
Q. Quote: Couldn't think of my favourite one but this is one from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that i like which is pretty random - "Bone of the father, unwillingly given. Flesh of the servant, willingly sacrificed. Blood of the enemy, forcibly taken. The Dark Lord shall rise again." Shame that he dies in the end, seems a waste of a quote. 

R. Right or left handed: Right
S. Siblings: 2 older brothers - Sam who is 22 and Bastie who is 24. 1 half sister who is six (seven in november) called Olivia. 

U. Underwear: This is the most random letter on hear but yes i wear underwear and like picking out new bits and bobs. 
V. Vegetable you love: Sweetcorn. 
W. What makes you run late: My mum she is late for everything. 
X. X-Rays you’ve had: Foot when I broke my ankle and many a mouth X-ray. 
Y. Yummy food that you make: I have to say I am the worst cook ever. I am known for once burning pasta. I honestly don't know how it happened. The only thing I can make that is fairly decent is cakes. 

Z. Zoo animal: Well they have them in some zoos but not in a lot but my favourite zoo animal would be a whale. If not that then probably a Penguin. 

If you would like to read my friend Polly's answers then here is a link to her blog: www.pollybussell.blogspot.com

Finally decided to make a blog!

I have always though about making a blog after reading my friends blogs and decided that as I am so ridiculously bored why not make one now? Another reason I have decided to follow the blogging trend is that I recently went to a University open day at the University of Westminster (which i really want to go to) and as I would like to study film or television production, they like to see that there applicants don't just watch movies and TV but that they also do other creative things so I thought blogging would be the way to go.

Although I am pretty certain this blog will fail and no one will even read it, if any people who don't know me and come on here you may want to see who I am so this is me: 

I am the one at the front of the photo which was taken on the snow days at the beginning of the year. Snow makes me so happy and I cant wait for it every year and for the first time EVER I am going snowboarding/skiing at Christmas with my family in Vermont and I am so excited, pretty sure it is going to be the best holiday ever. Me and my brother Sam who is 22 are planning on following my oldest brother Bastie who is 24 around to get some YouTube gold.