As a Video Editor and Motion Graphics Designer, I find the opening sequences of TV shows very important factor of any project. It is the first thing that the audience will see and it needs to be striking and stand out to the audience to convince them to watch […]
This week there was an announcement that some brave comedians are going to brave the tall dangerous trek of Everest to perform the worlds highest stand up gig. Alan Davies, Tommy Tiernan, Craig Campbell, Dom Joly and Glenn Wool were among those who had originally planned to be […]
Last week was a fun one in regards to improv, i performed my second show on stage which went really well and also had the last lesson for the month. It has been a whole bunch of interesting lessons and turns so lets start with show time. The […]
Machynlleth Comedy Festival, 29th April – 1st May Fancy a weekend in the heart of Wales that glistens with a whole bunch of stand up comedy? Then this is the festival for you. Welcoming it into it’s fourth year, this year is set to be bigger and better. […]
Musical moments are also used a lot in Television, in the world of the small box, musical moments are usually used to produce the emotion of laughter. (Unless you are talking about a show that completely relies on music like Glee, then its a whole different ball game.) […]
Bath Comedy Festival 1st – 10th April If you are in Bath at the beginning of April then why not head on down to the Comedy Festival. It’s the 8th annual Festival and has a wide array of performers at the event, over 120 to be precise! Some familiar […]
The comedy festival season is among us with some of the biggest and smallest festivals in the country about to begin in the next few months. As there are so many to choose from and so many different acts to see at them all, here at The Phoenix […]
It was announced last week that Rhod Gilbert is about to dip his toe in the world of sitcom comedy and is currently in the process of creating a show with Steve Coogan and Henry Normals production company Baby Cow. The show is to be based around his […]
This week was another great week of improv which lead to my whole persona as an improviser change. I didn’t realise it at first it was only when i walked away from the class that i realised where my strongest areas of improv are starting to show. This […]
I came up with the idea for this blog post about a week ago when I re-watched an episode of The Office (US) where Michael proposes to Holly and forgot how much I loved the way it was done and started to think about other episodes in other […]