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Looking at Adverts: 5

Because Christmas is fast approaching, and this will be my last blog of the year I wanted to write something positive and uplifting – to talk about seasonal adverts without resorting to cynical ‘bah humbug’ criticism. I am afraid I have failed…

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What's your film of the year?

Adam Alexander, author of the Film Culture course, with a seasonal question

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The Greatest Film Ever Made?

In many of the lists around, such as the BFI’s Sight & Sound, Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ is at least in the top ten. For the sci fi/fantasy genre it’s often at the top as officially The Greatest Film Ever Made. If you haven’t yet seen it it’s currently being screened around the UK in the first ever digital version as part of BFI’s ‘Days of Fear and Wonder’ festival.

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Study Visit: Polke

Polke’s anti-style of art has been described as appropriating the pictorial shorthand of advertising. His subversion of the traditional artistic conventions in which everyday objects are represented deprives them of their individuality in order to elevate them to the status of aesthetic signs.

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Looking at adverts: 4

The latest advert for the Coop Bank leaves Dawn with unanswered questions

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Depart

Depart was made in the wake of my grandmother’s death in 2012, which was almost a year after my grandfather’s…

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Stick to the script

‘Don’t spend any time trying to be original if you want your film or television script to get noticed by producers.’ OCA tutor James Richards told it to them straight at last Saturday’s scriptwriting workshop at the Ilkley Literature Festival on Saturday. He compares attempts at originality to trying to build a car using British Leyland […]

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What is Art for?

We recently had this exchange in my house. 5 year old: “Mummy.  Your job is not very important is it?” Me: “Is it not? Why not?” 5 year old: “No.  Because you just take pictures don’t you?” Since then this topic has cropped up in various guises just before bedtime or walking home from school. […]

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Artes Mundi

This November OCA are hosting an intensive two day study visit to Artes Mundi 6, international art prize and exhibitions. Held over three venues across Cardiff, AM6 showcases the work of nine shortlisted artists

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Your Views

Many thanks to the students who contributed to this film by Gillian Wearing.

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