The House - Cambridge Folk Museum

The Cambridge Folk Museum

Before we went to the Museum's we were not told what they were like and what they were like inside. When we all arrived at the Cambridge Folk Museum we realised that the art in the gallery was more modern. Inside the Museum there was a house that we didnt know existed before we were told about it. We were told that we were allowed to visit the house and walk around it. When we entered the house my first thought was that the house was very small. However as we got further and further into the house it gradually got bigger and bigger and had many different rooms. All the furniture in the house is not for sale but just on show to show how the people who owned the house decorated it.

Questions to ask Practitioner

How long have you been working for?

Do you work in just radio?

Are you glad you were involved in Cambridge University Radio?

Who else did you work with when you were working with Cambridge University Radio?

Where are you working now?

Film Review - Alice and Wonderland

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Last weekend i went to see Alice In Wonderland in 3D at cineworld in Cambridge. I really enjoyed this film because even though most parts of the film were annimated, i found it really funny and i thought that it had a good story line. There has been mixed reviews over Alice and Wonderland in the papers recently, and quite a lot of cinemas aren't even showing the film because the Dvd is coming out soon.

Cast

Directed by Tim Burton

Mia Wasikowska - Alice

Johnny Depp - Mad Hatter

Helena Bonham Carter - Red Queen

Anne Hathaway - White Queen

Crispin Glover - Stayne

Matt Lucas - Tweedledee / Tweedledum

Stephen Fry -Cheshire Cat (voice)

Michael Sheen - White Rabbit (voice)

Alan Rickman - Blue Caterpillar (voice)

Barbara Windsor - Dormouse (voice)

Paul Whitehouse - March Hare (voice)

Timothy Spall - Bayard (voice)

Times Online Review

Here is a clip from the Times Online Website.

Each scene offers a British luvvie in phantasmagorical disguise. Alan Rickman voices the caterpillar, and perhaps inevitably the Cheshire Cat speaks with the smug voice of Stephen Fry. Tweedledum and Tweedledee are a digitally manipulated Matt Lucas, and Paul Whitehouse is the disturbed March Hare, prone to throwing crockery. The squeaky dormouse, who pokes out the Bandersnatch’s eyeball with a needle, is our very own Barbara Windsor.

Unfortunately, Johnny Depp has too much of Willy Wonka lingering about him as he plays the Mad Hatter, who is promoted to a modern buddy role with Alice. Anne Hathaway’s character as the White Queen was, said Burton, based on Nigella Lawson. This running joke becomes clear in the lipsmacking potion scene.

Radio Research

Cambridge University Radio

CUR1350 - Cambridge University Radio, is Cambridge's only radio station aimed specifically at students, staff and researchers of Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin University. We are an entirely independent broadcasting service, presented, engineered and managed by students.

We have won many awards; in November 2007 under former Station Manager, Michael Brooks, CUR1350 became the most nominated radio station in the country with nine nominations and was awarded the national Best Student Radio station in the Student Radio Awards, making it the UK's number one student radio station.

Presenter Kat Godfrey was also awarded Gold for Best Female, and the Weekend Breakfast team picked up a Bronze for Best Entertainment Programming. Previous years' awards have included a silver for the "Cambridge Onion" in the Comedy/Drama category, Gold and Bronze awards for our technical innovations such as our user-friendly online audio player, a Gold award for Val Mellon's unique "Mellon 'till Midnight" entertainment show, a Silver award for our Varsity Rugby coverage, and many other nominations for a variety of entertainment and specialist music programmes.

In 2003 we won a silver medal for our live coverage of the May Bumps inter-collegiate rowing competition. CUR1350 provides a source of high quality essential entertainment, as well as a tried and tested route into professional radio for members.

we cover other sporting events in Cambridge such as the Varsity Football and Rugby matches. Our coverage of Cambridge life goes beyond sport: we cover cinema and theatre in the city, and reguarly conduct outside broadcasts from the best venues in Cambridge for students.

Progress Reportha

Recently i have been researching an event called The Youth Takeover. I have been doing this by using the internet and websites such as facebook which have groups giving me information. The other day i sent an email to Simon Bates asking him about the Youth Takeover. I would like to have an interview with him to talk about this so that will know about it more.

The Fitzwilliam Museam

Here is a picture from the Fitzwilliam Museam

Fruit (Melon, Black Grapes, Plums and Red Currants)


Maker/s : Hunt, William Henry (draughtsman)
[ULAN info: British artist, 1790-1864]


Technique Description
watercolour on prepared ground on card


Documentation
Witt, John (1982) William Henry Hunt, [comments: no. 615, reproduced (colour), pl. 23; Witt compares this drawing with 'Camelia in a Vase with Melon and Peach' in the Victoria and Albert Gallery, Bath (P.1917.19, Witt no. 583), and with 'Basket with Melon and other fruit' (Witt Collection, Witt no. 765)]



Material/s
watercolour (medium) ground (material) (medium) card (support)

I chose this picture from the Fitzwilliam museam because it stood out compared to the others. One of the reasons it stood out for me was because of the colours and the layout.

Junction on the 11/03/10

Yesterday we went to the junction in the afternoon. Before we went we prepared questions that we were going to ask the people who work at the junction. We all thought that we were going to be interviewing them, however this was the other way round. We were all asked to pick one of the jobs from the junction and then we had to go and get interviewed by the people that have the job. This went bad because we didn't think that we would be doing this and some people were not happy that they had to do that because it was not what we had been told we were going to do.

Preparation for the Junction

Music

- What qualifications did you have to get to have your job?

- What aspects of your job do you enjoy?

- If you did have to do training how many years did you do?

Violet Bones

Violet Bones

Upcoming Events

Here is a screenshot off their website listing all their upcoming shows.

If you want to get in contact with 'the boys' of Lovely Bones you can contact them using this email.

Email band@violetbones.com

If you want to find out about all their information is it also on this website

http://www.myspace.com/violetbonesmusic

On this website they also have videos of them performing their songs. These are also on youtube.

Session 2 initial ideas

Who will be your target audience

1. Our group thought that the target audience should be of all ages. We decided this so that everyone could read the news paper and be interested.

2. What are your initial ideas for the visual style & design features?

Our groups initial ideas were that we should make the newspaper very eye-catching for the target audience. This would include bold italic and underlining effects.

SCENE SESSION 1 : initial research

http://www.caminfo.co.uk/

http://www.cam.ac.uk/local/tourist.html

http://www.visitcambridge.org/VisitCambridge/Home.aspx

Welcome to Cambridge

- home of the world famous University, carols in King's College Chapel and punting on the river Cam. Cambridge is a compact cosmopolitan city with outstanding architecture old and new. The beauty of its ancient centre is preserved with its walkable medieval streets, college courts, gardens and bridges.