Slightly off track here...but I must mention..
Having managed to attain a pair of tickets I was able to attend the premiere this week!!
Now, you must understand, having neither of us been to a premiere before, to say that my friend and I were a little excited is quite an understatement! We were, in fact, positively ecstatic.
So good news for us, the turnout was surprisingly good, Simon Pegg - looking very dapper in his white suit, along with the majority of the main cast; Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher, Ronnie Corbett and Jessica Hynes.
The film itself was very entertaining with many other famous faces making an appearance such as Tim Curry, Jenny Agutta and Bill Bailey, and not to mention a very funny cameo by Paul Whitehouse!
Crew-wise a special mention was given to the costume designer by director John Landis, which I must admit was well deserved. I also thought the prosthetics were very good, the film being perfect for it with bodies being very prominent throughout!
Overall a great film and lovely evening :)
(Needless to say we didn't pester anyone for photos or autographs like obsessed fans because we are, in fact too sophisticated and mature for all of that(!))
Sooo after much hesitation and deliberation my very first post - and blog for that matter!
Exciting stuff! :) (and just a tad scary)
So I thought I'd start it all off with a little bit of semiotics...
I'd always taken the majority of images I view at face value (having never studied semiotics and being quite ignorant of it.)
Now, having learnt of the subject in all its glory I am able to read more into the photographs that I see everyday in magazines, newspapers, online etc. Not only images by photographers but also my own photos.
Taking one of my own, for example, I am able to produce certain facts about the image that the viewer may easily discern:
Denotation - Trees. Flowers
Connotation - The absence of leaves on the tree show that Winter has just passed with the white blooms proving that Spring has arrived.
By doing this you open yourself up to the image and allow yourself to understand more of the world of which the photographer has captured.
I actually really enjoyed this lecture (even though i started off a bit confused) and feel that wanting to know more and looking for the signs will definately be something I'll be doing whenever certain images catch my eye.
