In my reflection post for A-Z I said I wouldn’t be participating again next year. I had a few reasons, but one was that I wouldn’t have time – and the reason would be revealed in June. Well, here it is, I won’t be participating because … in 250 days I am going to be…
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A to Z Reflections
I’m over the moon I managed to complete the alphabet – while I had the movie titles worked out I wasn’t quite as organised as usual and was still writing them during the month. I was really surprised that people thought my topic was so specific, because I hadn’t thought that at all when I…
A to Z Challenge: Z (John Williams’ film scores)
*Read John Williams’ biography here Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanThis film, released in 2004, is the third in the Harry Potter series (following Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets). The movie is based on the book of the same name by author JK Rowling and…
A to Z Challenge: Y (John Williams’ film scores)
*Read John Williams’ biography here You Are WelcomeJohn Williams was 22 years old when he scored a promotional travelogue You Are Welcome. This is significant because it is believed this is the first proper film scored by Williams. Williams was in the 596th Air Force Band at Pepperrell Air Force Base in Newfoundland when he…
A to Z Challenge: X (John Williams’ film scores)
*Read John Williams’ biography here E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialReleased in 1982 (another Steven Spielberg project) the movie stars Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore and Pat Welsh. The film concept comes from an imaginary friend Spielberg invented following his parents’ divorce in 1960. The movie tells the story of a boy who…