A film concept (or two) wtih BarryAldridge and JDM525

So what I'm about to reveal to you is an ambitious idea that I want to share with my readers whilst keeping a low profile and not to build any high expectations until this is written.

As a film maker I have always wanted to create my own drama series like Channel 4's Skins programme. Why I mentioned Skins is because its an excellent series that people my age can relate to from life experiences; and its for that same reason that I want to develop this into my version for YouTube.

If your interested in following the development of this idea I recommend subscribing to Barry's blog feeds at bazzerspot.blogspot.com as we'll be bouncing ideas between each others written blogs and even getting your feedback on ideas.

I want to keep this intro short so look out for my next blog when I look at the characteristics of people like Alex Day, Mhazz and Laurbubble.



Message to Barry:

Hey dude, I like the video announcement you just posted, so I added it to this blog to help sum up what this is about.
Like I said the other day, we'll collaborate this through these blogs and share it with anyone who reads it. It'll be interesting to get feedback on other peoples thoughts or ideas.

Anyway, I'm gonna post my second blog soon and we'll take it from there. However we should also develop your detective story at the same time. I think your idea would be interesting to work on.

What I'd like you to do Barry is post your next blog introducing the detective idea so we can get started on both these stories together.

Talk soon dude
Jonny

Valentines - NSGmusic ft James Blunt

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So a couple of weeks ago Davey proposed a music video he wanted to make. And he was really determined about it too, I thought he just really liked the song but it turns out this whole music video is a message for his ex-girlfriend. AWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwww

Davey, aka Hugh Grant aka James Blunt wanted to show her how he truly felt about what happened between them and the message in the video is just sooo romantic, heart wrenching and sad it makes you wanna shoot yourself.

But this video is just so bold and bare to the bones; the strong language and straight forward acoustics. Its all intimate and personal, that's what I love about it.

MACADAMiA - Language (music video)

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I've just finished yet another great music video and I want to tell you guys all about it.

First of all - the band; they call themselves Language and they have been around for over two years.

The song is called MACADAMiA and this new video was filmed to present the band as a live performance with some cool artistic lighting (with thanks to Film Scape Media) and fast editing/filming to reflect the vibrant energy of the song.

Here's a selection of my favorite screen shots of each band member:

Hugo Santa Cruz

The Volts

Marc Microchip


So we shot on the 14th of June in this studio which we completely revamped and spent the weekend over Volts' apartment through till Monday night editing and rendering on Adobe Premiere.

The best thing about my experience working with these three musicians was the creative input and teamwork that brought this all together.
Volts had produced some excellent lighting effects as well as some photography ideas and keeping me on top of continuity.
Hugo has a great sense of humor and kept us all smiling with his hilarious performances.
And finally Marc, who gave nothing more than perfection when he played the drums. Even when we played the soundtrack at double speed he amazed us with his electric performance.



Overall the final video was a great success. It has that ecstatic energy from the song and presents the band who are there to have a good time as well as looking pretty dam cool; just like in the magazines!

Massage chair

So right now i'm sat in one of those massage chairs after indulging myself for the second time as my body flumps and wobbles in front of the starring public passing by.

I'm in the Finchley Road O2 building waiting for NSG to finish an important meeting.

These chairs are so good but why did they have to put them so open in public. Especially since this one i'm sat in is right under a CCTV camera, I swear i'm being watched.



Whats worse about these things is the last thirty seconds when they accelerate to an orgasmic finalay.
I can't help but imagine what those people are thinking as they see my body spasm into some possessed demonic climax.

I wanna take one home with me, can you imagine if people had these in the car? You'd get pulled over for suspected dogging !

"I swear officer, its a massage chair". Even an excuse like that would still get you arrested.

Alex Day - Future plans - Life as we know it

Since I found out how to subscribe to Nerimons diary I have started reading his blogs from the very beginning and after the first three blogs I'm already quite amazed by his story so far.

http://nerimon.diaryland.com/index.rss

I admire Alex, he's one of the few people I know who is so open and expresses his personal experiences so publicly.
If he went on big brother he would be a definite winner; Alex kinda reminds me of Pete from big brother (the one with turrets), they're both funny, open and such lovable characters.


There are two main people I know right now who have been a big influence on my life's plans so far; Davey and NSG.
Since making videos with NSG, he has taught me so much about the music industry and introduced me to some potential clients to make music videos with and earn money from it.
Also since staying with Davey for a few days it turns out we have allot in common and share a passion for film making. Our future plans now involve renting out a flat in London and making a living from our own film production; this includes music videos and weddings.
Whats so exciting is the potential money to be earned from this; wedding video producing start at a minimum of £2k. That's apparently a minimum but to me that's a fantastic sum of money to earn from making a video.

I just hope all goes well, I'm running out of my savings and I still got allot of travelling to do including Toronto in August.

I want to finish off this blog with a video made by someone who has been an inspiration to me; Philip Bloom. He's the reason I purchased a Letus Extreme lens kit for my camera and since then it has given me the upper hand at making films like no other:

youtube.com/philipbloom

Glasgow - May 2008

Right now i'm sat at the end of Mhairi's bed with Alex strumming on the guitar to my right and everyone now half asleep from an exhausting end to the week here in Glasgow.

Next to Alex is Ian, on the bed behind me is Jasmine, Mhazz and Daniel. Fro in the kitchen.

Yesterday 30th May was another successful gathering, but this gathering unlike the others I have been to was alot more relaxed. Maybe its something to do with the glorious warm weather we had, it was a blessing in disguise.

Once again Oz (youtube.com/ozzybhoi) amused and amazed us all with his magic tricks and cards. One of the tricks, he gave Steve (youtube.com/3sixty5days) the deck of cards kept in the packet; asked Steve to make a phone call to anyone and ask them to think of a card.
So the whole time Steve was on the phone to some random friend back in Ireland he was also holding the deck of cards. The friend on the phone named a card of choice, Oz asked Steve to take the deck out of the packet and look for the one card facing opposite all the other cards; sure enough it was the one.

Now I often think I know a thing or two about magic tricks, but this one amazed me beyond belief. I'm sure this was more than just another trick, if the video of it goes on YouTube i'll add it just below this paragraph:


But like I said earlier it was so relaxed and chilled out, this time we went to the Kelvingrove park and just layed on the grass under a tree. And for the first time I wrote a song with Nick, Richie, Koos and Jasmine. Its called 'When we meet' and its about my general experience with gatherings and travelling, here's the lyrics:

Play me a song
Any Song will do
Lets sing it together
Just me and you
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Lets travel the country
Travel far and wide
We'll sing it together
Just you and I
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In fields of green and
skies so blue
Meeting brand new people from
Yoooohuuu Tube
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I'm having such a good time, sitting
Under this tree, singing
Songs with you guys
Yeah you and me
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Come rain or sunshine
Today is ours
Together or apart
This day is OURS !

(On the guitar its played with the A, D and C cords)

This blog is long already so here's a bunch of photos from my phone; i'll also add some YT videos later this week...

(Glasgow Photo Album - May 2008)