PHOTOGRAPHY - LATEST

10/12/2011
7 HOURS

Latest works...
Includes photos from my recent trip to London, few close-up shots of abstract objects, portraits, landscapes, etc.

PHOTOGRAPHY - NEW WORKS

5/12/2011
10 HOURS

These are few of the works I have done recently. Includes the close-up of abstract objects, portraits of my friends and sister, recent photos from Parisian events, etc.

PYSCHO - MOVIE REVIEW

14/02/2012
6H

The most talked about and perhaps best known Hitchcock’s film Psycho didn’t get off very well at the start of its production. when a Paramount’s report critic labelled it ‘too repulsive for films’, Hitchcock was forced to purchase the film rights for $9.000 and had to produce the film, shooting it with a television crew at Universal’s Studios. Psycho is one of the most complex movies in Hitchcock’s career, dealing with topics very unusual for Hollywood’s 20^th century films.

There’s a scene in this film that left a huge trace in the film industry and is one of my favourite scenes where Marion, a girl who stole $40,000 from her company, takes a shower in a room in the Bates motel. That scene was very hard to shoot, took 7 days, one third of Janet Leigh (Marion) time spent shooting the film. She goes into the shower, feeling relieved and proud of herself after deciding to return the stolen money. She’s in the shower, then suddenly someone opens the drapes, we can’t see the face just the long hair and brutally stabs Marion leaving her lifeless body in the tub with finally camera focused on the blood from the shower swirling into the drain, and I think this portrays the emotional cleansing that Marion had, because even though she stole the money she eventually changed her mind and decided to give back the money but didn’t have time to do it. Her tragic death was a punishment for stealing the money in the first place. The sound effects in the shower scene were interesting to make. In order to make the stabbing sounds, Hitchcock hired somebody to stab a melon simultaneously in order to make the sound illusion of Marion actually being stabbed.

Marion was indeed a bad thief. She was clumsy (forgets luggage with the money at the car shop) it’s impossible for her to disguise what she’s feeling. She’s so obvious, because she’s not practised; it’s not her nature, but it’ a desperate grasp at life. The only satisfaction for her after stealing the money, was in her car when she was thinking about what they were saying home, like the client from her firm from who she took the money. She imagined that he was saying: “She sat there while I dumped it out, hardly even looking at it (money). Plannin’ and even flirting with me”. The truth is that he was actually flirting with her, but she imagines that he would say this in order to make her look guilty even more.

The psychiatrist’s speech at the end of the film was something Hitchcock had doubts about. He was afraid that audience wouldn’t be interested in it, that they wouldn’t need to hear the scientific explanation for Norman’s behaviour of split personalities, but he was wrong.

A scientific explanation was needed to justify Norman bates’ behaviour and to explain the audience in what state he was in. The writer of the script didn’t have a lot of trouble writing that scene because he was in Freudian analysis at that time and was well-practised in that field.

The last sequence with Norman is to show us that he has been arrested, somebody brought him a blanket to him in his cell. It’s the way of showing us that he was treated as a sick man and was taken care of even in prison. Norman replies to the prison guard in feminine, voice of his mother- “Thank you.” Norman than thinks, while we hear the voice of the mother:

“It’s sad when a mother has to speak the words that condemn her own son. I couldn't allow them to believe I would commit murder. They'll put him away now as I should have years ago. He was always bad and in the end he intended to tell them I killed those girls and that man, as if I could do anything but just sit and stare like one of his stuffed birds. Oh, they know I can't even move a finger and I won't. I'll just sit here and be quiet just in case they do.... suspect me. They're probably watching me. Well, let them. Let them see what kind of a person I am. I'm not even going to swat that fly. I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly.”

This ending monologue shows Anthony’s facial expression which were masterfully acted out and they convey the feeling that he, Norman Bate, will never be himself again, that the character of his mother has finally predominated.

MONTENEGRO AIRLINES

01/08/2011
20 HOURS

Over the past few months, I've been working at Montenegro Airlines company. I started this activity as I wanted to share the knowledge of my country with French tourists who are interested in visiting Montenegro. I contacted Dijana P. who is in charge of the office in Paris and kindly accepted me to work at the office during June and August. I helped people book tickets, gave them advice on what to visit while in Montenegro, answered the calls,e-mails etc.
The activity gave me an insight on business of tourism and helped me build a stronger sense for with clients.
This is my "boss" at Montengro Airlines, Dijana who was very kind and helpful. Thank you!

THE GRAY - MOVIE REVIEW

29/11/2011
4 HOURS

The next movie I will review is "The Gray" starring Liam Nelson.
To be frank, the initial reason why I even started watching this movie is because of the outstanding critics it had received. I don't usually base my opinion on the film critics, but I do like to read their reviews since they have a more sophisticated and professional approach towards movies.
Liam Nelson, is one of the actors who I consider one of the best ones of all times. He was in "Taken" and "Schindler's List", one of the well-known movies.
The movie "The Gray" could be categorized as a thriller/action movie. The plot commences as a plane full of passangers crashes into a deserted, dangerous teritory inhabited by a huge herd of wolves. Seven passengers survive the crash of the plane, including Ottway (Liam Nelson) who is trained for killing wolves. As they fight for survival with almost no food in a freezing winter, the group of seven guys suffers several attacks by the wild wolves, killing one of them each time of the attack.
The directing aspect of the movie is incredible. The movie manages to draw the viewer straight into the plot, making them feel for the main character as they basically fight for their lives.
The actors really do a great job as well, each of them has a different personality. The film portrays themes such as survival, friendship, humanity, human nature and death.
The brilliant aspect of the movie is inablity of the viewer to guess what will happen next as each new frame of the movie turns out to be unpredictable and I consider that to be one of the movie's main attributes.

SPRING VACATION - PHOTOGRAPHY BREAK

22/04/2011
10H
So during the two weeks of the spring vacation I got to go home and stay a bit as well in Paris. What did I do during that time? Took pictures, of course!! Here are some of the best so far (includes close-up shots, portraits, landscapes...)

PATTERNS - WALLPAPER (IN THE MAKING)

Soon to be finished....

EXHIBITION: Haute Culture : General Idea Retrospective 1969-1994

The exhibition explores the themes of choice of three artists: the glamor as a creative tool, the consumer society, the artist and the creative process, the relationship between media and mass culture, architecture and archeology. Sexuality, considered a symbol of social organization to subvert is also planned, along with AIDS across the sprawling flagship project and AIDS.

Starting from a conception of the image seen such a virus infiltrating reality, General Idea takes it to the live and change the content. It develops as an alternate version of reality.

High Culture: General Idea explores the multimedia character of a work which has lost none of its freshness and appears in retrospect as anticipatory of some developments in the world of contemporary art.

The exhibition was held at Musee de l'art Moderne in Paris.

PHOTOGRAPHY (MONTENEGRO)

28/02/2011
7H
While on vacation, in my homeland Montenegro, which has the most beautiful landscapes, I believe, I decided to capture its beauty in a photo form, focusing on the sun, distant details, bringing out the essence of the landscape.
These are a few of the photographs I've made: