SORRY!!

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." Douglas Adams 

So a couple of my readers (Yes you Kirsten and Ryan) Have been complaining because I haven't updated this in a while, I promise I've been meaning to but I've been so busy with uni assignments and job interview that unfortunately my blog just slipped out of my mind, once again SORRY!!!

So I guess I should tell you about this job I've been interviewed for, its a Christmas temp job, unfortunately, but at least its some money and experience, I'll be working in next over the Christmas period, which for any one that doesn't know is a big clothing shop with a very big reputation! Anyway it started on a Tuesday when a woman (Beth) from next rang me up and asked if i was available for a phone interview, great i thought your first impression of me is my horrible phone persona, but thankfully anxiety decided not to turn up for a change and i did really well, so well intact that i got invited to an assessment! This involved working for about 15mins on some of the departments that we would be working on if we got the job, thankfully having worked with the public before this was quite easy for me, so apparently that made me come across as confident and approachable as i had several customers approached me asking for help/ where something was, i even had a chat with a little boy who didn't want to go shopping (he started it). Guess what happened next? I GOT THE JOB!!! Hehe i got invited along to an induction which consisted of 3 hours of health and safety, manual handling and a walk through of the shop and it's fire exits (thrilling stuff) i also had to do an on line till training exercise (which i got paid for)  however hiving worked with this type of till before it felt like i was being taught how to suck eggs… Anyway my first shift is the 23rd of December where I'll be thrown in the deep end and told to swim! I can't wait.

On to my assignments…

So for our cinematography our lecturer Mark decided to do something new and different, basically we were put in an order and had to make a 30 second film and whoever was in front of your had to edit your film and whoever was after you had to do the sound design for your film etc and at the end the tech guy would put them in sequence and we would have a 40 min film made up of every ones 30second clips! How Freaking cool is that?! However in typical teenager style we paid no attention to this and edited and did sound for our own films (which Mark was fine with) i had spent a little while on my film putting it the correct order and trying my hardest to do something interesting with what i had filmed however when i went to upload my 30 second clip on the due date i sat in horror as my mac decided to inform me it could locate any of the files i had used in my film which meant that i couldn't submit my 30 second clip!!  But after watching everyone else's clips in a 40 min film I'm so proud of my year, by the looks of it we're all quite found of surrealism but there are some great minds in my class and they rant just what you'd expects of student films they aren't just expressionist lifeless pieces there were some genuinely funny clip and I'm so excited to start working properly with everyone!

For our script class we had to present our first draft of our scripts and trust me ours was bad Paul essentially told us to rewrite EVERYTHING as it was all to cliche and on the nose, we had also used stereotypes which he wanted us to move away from YAY:\ , but once again listening to the run through of everyone else's scripts was awesome and some amazing ideas are really starting to take shape which leads me on to pre-production.

For pre-production we have to created whats known as a mood reel/ mood board based around our film's we are developing in script. So we gather together pictures of how we want our films to look and feel like and we can either edit them together to make it in to a small advert type thing or just have it paper based so that we have to explain our choices. For some reason I'm really struggling with this which is quite strange because I'm usually the one drawing comparisons hopefully i get a grasp on this because it needs to be finished and in by this Friday!!



In other news i have been on a months drinks ban which ended a couple of days ago just in time for the inter flat Christmas Party!! Which was great fun we also had Secret Santa and i think we all did pretty well getting the right present for our person. Thank you Jazmin for my Chocolate, Mug and hot chocolate!!

as a flat we gave each other presents earlier that week because as Kirsten says "Ryan and I are children that can't contain ourselves once we see presents under the tree" SORRY MUM! but thank you to Kirsten and Eric for my amazing presents Kirsten got me the Breakfast at Tiffany's mug and the eyeliner and Eric got me the chocolate and the grumpy old git mug, as one of my friends on instagram said they know me too well already!!

Ryan and I also went to Christmas market in town over the weekend we had a mooch around and got what we thought were the best rolls EVER (its because we haven't had proper meat for a while) He had a Roast pork and stuffing roll with apple sauce and i had roast ham and stuffing, I'll tell you what i don't think i ever enjoyed something so much it was well worth paying for and i definitely would have gone in for a second round if Ryan hadn't stopped me! We also decided to make ginger bread men (when i say we i mean Ryan wanted them and i was forced to make them!) and i must say they turned out pretty good so much so that only three where left by the next day! This also lead to Ryan telling me that if i can cook this well he might just keep me! Cheeky sod!! We also decorated them, I'll let your decided who did what!!


I also received the cutest Christmas card ever from my best friend Thank you Becky! I promise yours is in the post!! I can't way to see you! Love you!!

Well that's everything i think i promise i won't wait for a month to update again!!

Thank you & good bye

Hann xx

Promised update

"Hann can you update your blog again, I want a personal mention not just a picture!" -Kirsten

As promised here's another quick update about what happened last week. 

Kirsten, Ryan & Me

Stephen, Eric & Ryan

It was Ryan's birthday this week so we obviously had to celebrate! Kirsten went out and got a tonne of balloons, made him a birthday sign and got him the ever popular caterpillar cake! He didn't know that any of this was being done for him and it was obviously left to me to keep him busy whilst the kitchen was set up! 

Me & Ryan

We ended up going to the club that Kirsten and I work for, because you know free entry and all. We ended up asking for the rankest shot they did which was something like 63% it was meant to have been on fire but the bartender couldn't light it! we also had something called a "Zombie" which cost a lot and it was HORRIBLE!! It was a cocktail glass of shots, it looked pretty but its looks were deceiving! But as you can see from the photos (which aren't stolen from cocoloco... *cough cough*) we had a great time! 

Jess, Catherine, Georgia, Ellie & Kirsten

This week was also my Nan's birthday which I'm sad I couldn't be there for but Happy Birthday Nan, I wish I could have been there to complete the circle of family you had around you, but from the sounds of things you had a good time! I also want to wish my Nan and Grandad Happy Anniversary!

Work wise all has been good had to do an on going practical assessment which as the name suggests is still on going we filmed last week in the media production office!! Scary Freya (my course leader) is scary! and we're editing this week so by  next week all should be done and dusted and i should have handed in my third assessment of the semester! I also handed in my Pre-production assessment this week, god I'm a glad that's done and out of the way! That was one huge document that nearly gave me a mental breakdown when I was doing it, thank god I only want to be a 1st AD (first assistant director), and will only have to deal with that stuff ALL the time, good choice Hann, good choice...

Anyway that's it for this week!
Thank you & goodbye

Hann x

Halloween!!

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.” 

― Charles Bukowski

I got to see my best friend last week for Halloween! She came up for a couple of days and got to meet my flat mates whilst they were dressed in the in some of the weirdest costumes I've ever seen. I honestly think we made her want to come to uni YAY!!

top L-R: Becky (zombie?), Ryan (Old Gregg), Me (Skeleton)
Mid L-R: Jazmin (1940's ball?), Kirsten (Vampire)
Bottom: Georgia (Spiderman) 

It was so good to see her and catch up but also so we could have a decent night out together, seen as we hadn't seen each other in over 2 months, I wasn't the happiest bunny when she had to leave, but as you can see from the photos we had a great time and everyone looked amazing!

L-R: Eric (Dead Where's Wally), Liam (Vampire?), Ryan,
Stephen (Cowboy), Georgia, Austin (1940's ball?)

It was not fun getting up for my lecture the next day! Eric and I were basically zombies for the entire lecture and the walk both there and back. Here's a tip never do Halloween if you have a 9:15 lecture the next morning you will be sorry and you will have no-one else to blame but yourself and trust me I think that's what hurts the most, the fact that its self inflicted!

So Friday after my lecture I took Becky for a small tour around Cheltenham high street where we got food and chatted then went back to my halls crashed and watched films, best afternoon ever! We also got a Nandos takeaway so that was highly appreciated, I got my free whole chicken which is a god send for a poor student that made me THREE meals!! If that isn't a pro tip i don't know what is!

Unfortunately I had to walk her to the train station the next day and was once again without her! I definitely had a great time with her as you can see from the photos, however I miss her not being like 5 mins away.

"I got a MANGINAAAAAA!!"

Creeping...

Thank you & goodbye

Hann x

Sporadic updating!

"Whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you stranger" - The Joker (Heath Ledger)

Me carving our design

Our finished pumpkin

So with Halloween drawing closer (9 days to be exact) my flat decided that we needed a bit of a bonding session, and so came in to existence the most amazing pumpkin ever (if i must say so myself) We couldn't agree on an appropriate design so we settled for our flat number, 4100, we are going to get some bigger pumpkins later in the week and carve our own designs in to them but for now I'm very proud of our tiny flat pumpkin. Unfortunately we aren't allowed candles in hall so we have to use a tiny electric "candle" that changes colours, it doesn't have the same effect but at least its something.

Meanwhile however things haven't being going so well across the board last Friday I was sat in my script class when my neck started to get itchy, so obviously like any normal person I scratched it, however this only made it worse and by the end of the lesson my neck and lower face were red from the itching. Once I was home and could have a proper look at what the hell was going on I realised that I had this rash all over, so over the weekend I looked like I had rolled around in a stinging nettle patch, I still don't know what the cause of this was, however my mum things that it was a reaction to something. So I spent my weekend looking like a red itchy blob, FUN!! If it persists I'm going to have to go to the medical centre and they will probably send me to the hospital to do tests. YAY... In the meantime however I was still made to go to the Sunday night pub quiz at the SU (students union) bar, I really didn't feel like going so wasn't the best company and we didn't even win! we came 4th out of 7, the only thing I actually got out of that night was covered in cider and black and some flirting done, I'll mention some more about this flirting if it goes any where if not then there will be some very unhappy posts. 

On a better note me and my script writing partner came up with an idea for our script, HALLELUJAH!! considering we need to have written a 1 sentence pitch and a paragraph long treatment by this friday, I think we're finally making some headway with this project, now we just need to figure out exactly what  our script is going to be about, that wont be hard at all... I don't know why we had such an issue trying to come up with an idea for our script as most of our conversations tend to be of made up scenarios. I also came up with several tattoo ideas, if only these were helpful to script writing, I'd have a million ideas.

Anyway go sporadic updating, unfortunately this is what my style of writings like and i may go weeks without posting and then have 6 posts in the space of 4 days, I'm sorry I wish I could change my writing patterns but I can't see that happening anytime soon.

Thank you & goodnight.

Hann x

The first month.

"Just be confident, you are doing better than you think"

So I started university about a month and a half ago now and what a month and a half its been! I moved in to halls, leaving my mum and step dad to continue with their own exciting new chapter (http://nbgaladay.blogspot.co.uk), met my roommates, started classes and had to make new friends; thankfully I had alcohol there to make sure I stayed classy through this stressful period...  

Seriously though when this journey started I had no idea what to expect, being a painfully shy person (I know right!) I was terrified of meeting new people or messing up on the first day, you know anything that may make me a centre of attention for more that 1 second, however having taken on the advise of a very close friend I kept my head high and stayed true to the real me and just like that I felt better, more confident and a  lot happier with everything that was going on, it also helped that a friend from my previous college course is up here with me.

I definitely got a good group of roommates, as it goes we only have 4 permanent tenants in our flat, including me, the other three are foreign students from America who are only here for the one semester. In light of there only being for of us we seem to merged with another flat we spend a lot of our spare time hanging out in either theirs or our communal living space. 

Classes seem to have been my downfall so far, not saying that I don't enjoy them, they are brilliant and I love learning about the film industry, its just I'm a first year student my blood is now considered to be about 20% alcohol, at least. So I'm usually hungover which means I've fallen asleep in almost every class. This risky move has lead to me to take up drinking coffee. Not only do I enjoy it but I find myself thinking about it for a good portion of the 30min walk to campus, I think I have an addiction.  

In the brief period I've been here I've drank roughly my weight in alcohol, learnt how to fall asleep sitting up, dyed my hair an unnatural colour, gone food shopping (a truly terrifying experience), made some great friends and got my self a club promoting job. Not bad for a month and a half I think, lets just see how the rest of the year pans out from here...

Thank you & goodbye.    

Hann x