Lifestyle | Actor Training: Radio

Hello, 

Last week we did some Radio work and I was cheeky and took a few snaps. 

We recorded some adverts, and some game 'effort' noises; the noises the character would make when, for example, jumping over a river, or being chased by a dinosaur.

Film Review | Pompeii

The volcanic eruption of  Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD is arguabley one of the most famous natural tragedies. The grandeur and epic scale of the devastatingly tragic eruption was certainly captured by Anderson in his latest offering, so aptly named 'Pompeii'. Where the film soared in the macrocosmic spectacle it lacked in more intimate moments. Smaller-scale scenes were rushed over and clumsily scripted, giving otherwise quite capable actors little to work with. It was clear to me that for Anderson the money was in the bigger picture: the fireballs rocketing through the sky, the tsunami charging back towards the land, think billowing smoke, and molten lava. 

The exception to this generalisation is the love affair between Milo, your classic leather bound gladiator, played by Kit Harrington and Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant, played by the doe-eyed Emily Browning. However potential moments of intimacy and realism were lost due to poor writing and some pretty dire delivery. Using the star-crossed lovers to set up the film is a narrative device employed so often in disaster films, and to be quite honest I was bored. Yet, perhaps this is because I was sat there waiting for the volcano to erupt, just as in 'Titanic' you are waiting for the iceberg. 

However it's not all doom and gloom. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje gave a fantastic performance as Atticus, another sandal clad gladiator, who teams up with Milo in a not so unexpected friendship. I felt an empathy for his character and was genuinely moved when he was swallowed by a cloud of ash. 

Technically the film was, in no doubt, impressive. The use of 3D certainly provided a spectacle and music was used to great effect. If I wore a hat I'd take it off to Clinton Shorter, the composer of some pretty remarkable and moving music. 

Overall this film was over-reaching in its aims, and almost unintentionally humourous in places. 

Lifestyle | My Blog

Hello, 

I already have a mental health awareness blog over on www.rosiebrownfightingstigma.wordpress.com.
 This blog is specifically focused on erasing stigma associated with mental illness. Although this is my primary passion I also wanted to create a more girly blog which dealt with all the other areas of my life. 

Yes I live with depression, but yes I have lots of other passions and interests!

I have recently graduated from Cambridge University and am currently training to be an actor at Mountview Academy in London. 

My fancy Actor Headshot (Photography by Darren Bell)

Sometimes life gets a little intense at drama school so it's nice to have a little personal space on the internet to explore and express my other interests. I am obsessed with reading and I love collecting vintage classic literature. I am definitely going to post some book reviews and recommendations. Obviously I love the theatre and anything performance related; I also love films and going to the cinema.

I like make-up, skincare and clothes. In that respect I am a girly girl. I am also a feminist. The two aren't mutually exclusive. Let's fight that stereotypical image of feminists as hairy, bra-burning women!

I have just bought myself a Canon 600D and want to learn how to take photographs properly. I will be posting blogs with a nice lot of photos in them; either of products or clothes I have bought or more general photographs documenting my days (kind of photo blogging!)