IRISH ACTOR DAVID KELLY DIES AGED 82

Irish stage and screen actor David Kelly, known for films such as Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has died aged 82. (February 12th)

Dublin-born Kelly also played feckless builder Mr O'Reilly in Fawlty Towers but is perhaps best remembered for riding a motorbike naked in the comedy Waking Ned. He earned a Screen Actors' Guild nomination for the 1998 film. In a 50-year career, Kelly's roles ranged from the dramatic to the comedic.

In 2005, he received a life­time achieve­ment award at the Irish Film and Tele­vi­sion Awards. The same year, he was seen by cinema audiences as Grandpa Joe Bucket in Burton's adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, opposite Johnny Depp.

Kelly's final film role was in the 2007 British fantasy film Stardust, as a deceptively nimble, high-kicking wall guard.

His friend, Ballykissangel star Niall Toibin, told the Press Association: "He was a hilarious man. He had an outlook on life that was slightly skewed and made you laugh all the time."

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I was very surprised when I read the news. Really, I've only seen Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie of him as an actor, but the news affected me. When you see him in the movie, he brings you hapiness and hope! He always makes me laugh. Well, in the news you can see what said his friend Niall Toibin... David had to be a real nice person. I think I will watch some of his movies! 

I really love his acting, I think it seems so natural. For me, he will always be Charlie's grandpa :) I'm so thankful for it. 

CAN INTERNET MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE?

First of all I have to say I've lost the checked opinion essay! I don't know where's my head... and where's my essay. So I'm going to put here my first write! Sorry.

Now, Internet is in our lives. The most part of people of developed countries can't live without it. Consequently, we all know the advantages, because if we don't know them we wouldn't use Internet... But what about the inconvenients?

On one hand, Internet lets you express your ideas and all the world can see them, so you can change a lot of minds. You can also a start a revolution! For example, 15M movement. You can meet new people, find old friends... and also find a job! As a result, it have a lot of power and it can change your life.

On the other hand, it has a lot of iconvenients too. People can find you through Internet and they can hurt you. At the same time that Internet can change your life, it can also destroy it. For example, it's great you can buy on Internet... although someone can also steal all the money of your bank account. Moreover, people can see all the things you're doing thus it's easy to find you anywhere. 

In conclusion, Internet can changes our lives to a positive or negative ways. It can make the world a better place, of course. However it can make the contrary... Consequently, be careful with it!

ORAL PRESENTATION ABOUT MY RESEARCH PAPER

TRANSCRIPTION:

Hello everybody. My name is Natàlia Sellés and now I'm going to talk about my Research Paper: The Art of Tim Burton. Well, first of all I have always been fascinated by Tim Burton.  When I was a child one of my favorites was The Nightmare Before Christmas (even though it is directed by Henry Selick). As I got older, my admiration has increased a lot. So my Research Project was divided in three parts: 

About Tim Burton: I talked about his biography, style, thematic, influences,.... 

Analyze of movies: I have analyzed some of his movies: Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Vincent, Beetlejuice and Alice in Wonderland.

Finally, I created a shortmovie in stop-motion with the most important characteristics of Burton.

For my shortmovie, first of all I elaborated the script and the storyboard. Afterwards I designed the set and the characters, and finally I could start to record. In parallel of my work, some friends helped my for the voices of the characters and my friend Víctor Luis made the soundtrack with piano. 

There, you can see some photos about the filming and mounting. For the characters, I made first and wire structure and after that I modeled it with clay. For example here you can see my friend Pau Jordi recording one of the voices and me preparing one of the sets. 

Well, you can see the characters of my shortmovie: Vincent's clown, Rawiora and her dog and Edward. In the shortmovie I used the names Edward, Víctor and Vincent because Tim Burton use them a lot in his movies. There you can see the monster Mr. Shawder, the dog called Tim, the Nowhere Girl, and well that's a toy I have in my home of Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas) who I decided to put in my shortmovie. And finally, Víctor.

My conclusion of the Research Paper is that the style of Tim Burton has characterized him as an artist, his own style let him to have a place in the cinematographic world and also in the story of cinema. And finally I have increased my knowledge about cinema and I have aplicated it in my shortmovie. 

Well, that's my oral presentation and now I will show you a video of some scenes of my shortmovie. 

SELF EVALUATION:

I think it's the first time I haven't read in an oral presentation in english. So for me it has been so important! But I have to improve my pronunciation a lot... Now I've just listened it and I have found some mistakes.  For example, I have said admirature instead of admiration, or I have used the past in a wrong way (As I get older -> As I got older). Moreover, sometimes I have said his instead of her. And I use a lot the word: WELL. All the time I'm saying: Well... okay, well.... 

In the end, I have said: I will show you... it should be: I'm going to show you. 

So here you are. I've done a lot of mistakes, but I think I have improved a lot too. It's so difficult for me to talk in front of people, I can't express myself very well. For me, every oral presentation is a challenge... 

ANECDOTE:

My voice was so sweet :)

The Neverending Story

Last night Víctor and me saw an incredible movie. I read the book but I can't believe I've never seen the movie before... It was magic :) While I was watching it I really felt like a five years old. What a wonderful moment!

In the movie appears one song that I love. The rhytm, the melody... THE LYRICS! they're amazing.  It reflects very well the imagination's world.. Now I'm going to translate them :)

Turn around, look at what you see. // Gira't, contempla el que veus

In her face, the mirror of your dreams. // En la seva cara, el mirall dels teus somnis

Make believe I'm everywhere, hidden in the lines // Adona't que estic per tot arreu, amagada en les línees

And written on the pages // I escrita a les pàgines

is the answer to a never ending story. // Està la resposta per una història interminable

Reach the stars, fly a fantasy. // Arriba a les estrelles, vola una fantasia

Dream a dream, and what you see will be. // Somia un somni, i el que veus serà

Rhymes that keep their secrets // Rimes que guarden secrets

will unfold behind the clouds  // Es revelaran darrere els núvols

and then upon the rainbow  // I allà sobre l'arc iris

is the 

answer to a never ending story. // Està la resposta de la història interminable

Story // Història

Show your fear for she may fade away. // No mostris por, per què podria desaparèixer

In your hands the birth of a new day. // En les teves mans el naixement d'un nou dia

Rhymes that keep their secrets will unfold behind the clouds // Rimes que guarden secrets darrere els núvols

There upon the rainbow is the answer to a never ending story. // I allà, sobre l'arc iris està la resposta de la història interminable

Never ending story. // Història interminable

Never ending story. //Història interminable

Never ending story. // Història interminable...

I was very suprised when I saw the protagonist. He's the same actor who played as Víctor in Tim Burton's Frankenweenie. Heeee's so cuteeeee! :3 

I think all people have to see this movie. On the one hand, it's  an important movie in the cinema's history. On the other hand, it makes you be a child for a moment, and that's a feeling that all people must feel, in my opinion. I know it's an old movie and the effects aren't so well... but it doesn't matter if the film is awesome. 

The story is extremely nice. It wakes up your imagination.  There's a lot of quotes that I really love. And I like this movie because it makes you think about you and the world. And for me that are the movies that really worth it. 

When I was watching it, I really thought I was into the movie. It happens to me every time I see a movie which I'm fond of. What a magical feeling! For this reason I love cinema :) For the first time I can say I like more the movie than the book... uhmm... well, it can be because I read it so long time ago and maybe I didn't undersand it very well. In any case, I want to read it again :) 

So... let's go to imagine!

BULLFIGHTNING IN OUR COUNTRY

I agree with the idea that every country should have is own traditions. But I definetely disagree with that if the tradition means to be cruel with animals. I share the opinion with people who think that there are some traditions which we have to keep celebreating. Every country has its history, its culture, etc. We can't forget it!

On the other hand, there are some things we have to think about. It seems to me that we have to be more responsible. Every tradition which means to be cruel with animals or to ill-trate people, should be vanished!

In conclusion, traditions sould be alive around the world, but always being responsible and trying not to injure animals or people. They don't deserve it. How would you feel being the bull, for example...? 

I don't feel myself I'm Spanish. Really, I have never celebrated its traditions and I have never shared its thoughts. It's increbible how in the same country there are a lot of different people, culture and thoughts. I don't feel myself quite well living in Spain. It seems they hate us, because they make our lives more difficult than in other regions. They only want us because we are its economic motor... so sad.

GEORGE HARRISON, THE QUIET GENIUS.

Ten years ago George Harrison died because of cancer, but he's still living in our lifes. He will live forever, I know. He was a great musician and an incredible person. Now he's having a rest in his favorite place: India. I know I've never met him (sadly) but I'm very fond of him. I think he was the most peaceful into the Beatles band! I don't know why, but he's the less known of the band, or it seems so. I love them all in a different way. For me George is peace, patience and a big smile. It seems he was always relaxed and you can see it reflected in their songs.  Well, all the Beatles reflects peace and love, but George had a different character than John, for example. 
Scorsese have record a movie about him. I want to see it! On Christmas I'll do :)

Now I'm going to translate this incredible song of George: While My Guitar Gently Weeps. 

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping // Us veig a tot i veig l'amor que està dormint

While my guitar gently weeps // Mentre la meva guitarra plora dolcement

I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping // Miro el terra i veig que necessita ser escombrat

Still my guitar gently weeps // Mentre la meva guitarra continua plorant dolcement

I don't know why nobody told you how to unfold your love // No sé per què ningú et va dir com revelar el teu amor

I don't know how someone controlled you // No sé com algú t'ha controlat

They bought and sold you. // Els t'han comprat i t'han vengut

I look at the world and I notice it's turning // Miro al món i me n'adono que està girant

While my guitar gently weeps // Mentre la meva guitarra plora dolcement

With every mistake we must surely be learning // Amb cada error que nosaltres hem hagut d'aprendre

Still my guitar gently weeps // Mentre la meva guitarra continua plorant dolcement

I don't know how you were diverted // No sé com tu et vas desviar

You were perverted too // Vas ser pervertida també

I don't know how you were inverted // No sé com vas canviar

No one alerted you. // Ningú et va advertir.

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping // Us miro a tots i veig l'amor que està dormint

While my guitar gently weeps // Mentre la meva guitarra plora dolcement

Look at you all . . . // Us miro a tots...

Still my guitar gently weeps. // Mentre la meva guitarra continua plorant dolcement

I love it... it gives me a lot of peace. But it's a sad song too... anyway, I love his music :) He wrote a lot of songs when he was with the Beatles (not only John and Paul wrote them!) By chance all the songs that George wrote in the Beatles are of my favourites :) For example:

LOOOOOOOVE IT! What a wonderful song! It's magic... :') I think it's one of the most beautiful romantic songs of all the world! 

There's too I Need You, Don't Bother Me, You Like Me Too Much, Here Comes the Sun, It's All too Much... all them incredible :) Really, I think we need musicians like them. Now there's a lot of people who believes they are musicians... but they only wants to earn money. So they don't love music as they did... it's so sad. I'm so glad to have discovered the Beatles and other bands as Queen, Elvis Presley, Bon Jovi, Sonata Arctica, or classical music... even soundtracks! It's so hard for me to see some of them are dead... I can't believe it. I'm always living in the past, and when I see the reality it's cruel. It seems like them are with me always, even when I'm not listening their songs. I have found them and I can't let them go away. 

George, you don't realize how much I need you. There's something in you that like me too much!  I know all things must pass, but you won't do it. You're My own Sweet Lord and you'll live in our hearts forever! ♥

ORAL PRESENTATION - BRITISH HUMOUR

VIDEO

TRANSCRIPTION OF MY PART:

We have chose this theme because it seemed to us funny and interesting to learn about. Well, after search the information we can describe english humour in one photo, that is this one. We can see their absurdity and exaggeration.

British humour is a general term applicated to certain comedic motifs that come from the United Kingdom. It has a lot of sarcasm and irony, and so many times it seems insensitive to other cultures. The jokes are told about everything and nothing is taboo. Elvira will explain it better after. It can be called a virtue because maybe there's people who don't understand it or simply don't find it funny.

For the other hand, this humour can seem disconcerting to non-British people. So many times people don't understand it because it's an intelligent humour or because it talks about british things. Although in some nations such as South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, tend to find it more familiar, so they use it normally in their lifes and they find it very funny.

We can't say when was british humour born exactly. But it's something you could see in Shakespeare's theatrical comedies in the sixteenth century as:

• The Comedy of errors
• The Tempest
• The Merchant of Venice

You could also found it in Oscar Wilde's work, which the most important is called The Importance of Being Earnest.

One example of television programmes typical of British humour are The Monty Python or Benny Hill. They have become very pouplar outside the country, all the world knows them.

The Monty Phyton was a British surreal comedy group who have been very important in the comedy. One of his movies are Life of Brian. For the other hand, Benny Hill was an English comedian and actor, notabe for his television programme The Benny Hill Show.

So we can deduce that it appeared first in books and in the theatre. Now, we can see it also in the radio, comedy clubs, television,... included in the art! The most representant of it is the artist Beryl Cook. You can see it in this photo, where appears a parodie of british people and their stereotypes, that is one of the themes of british humour.

SELF EVALUATION

In my opinion I have to improve my pronunciation and try to read less. I hope someday I can do my oral presentation without a paper to read... but I think it's imposible (well, difficult) because I hate to feel observed and listened for a lot of people, even if I know them since a long time ago. For me that's the most important thing I have to improve. I can't be always so shy, I have to believe in myself... but it's very difficult for me.

But although I have read, in my opinion that's the oral presentation I have read less! 


ANECDOTE
People laughed more when they saw Yao Ming's face than in the jokes!