Gremlins.

I was researching advertising on google as I wanted to find which companies are at the top and so on, when I came across this link to the guradian's website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/19/asa.advertising
Where i found some really interesting information about adverts that have been on the Television recently.

This specific subject caught my eye basically the ad watchdog has received several complaints that BT's TV ad featuring Dragons' Den star Peter Jones being harassed by the Gremlins is frightening and distressing to young children.
The Advertising Standards Authority has received five complaints from parents that the TV ad is distressing, frightening, disturbing and scary for children.

Viewers who have seen the BT Gremlins commercial running during the day and in the early evening have complained and the ASA will now decide if a full investigation is warranted.

The TV ad, which was created by ad agency Swarm, already carries an "ex-kids" restriction.

This means that the TV ad cannot be shown in or around programmes targeted at children or that have a specific appeal to them.

Cream Eggs get twisted advert.

I think it's a really fun advert, I've always liked the "How do you eat your's" which were some of the first cream egg adverts.
Cadbury is breaking with almost 90 years of tradition by launching a chocolate bar spin-off of the Creme Egg, backed by a TV ad campaign portraying it as the "evil" offspring of the much-loved Easter treat.

Olly Howe

Here is an artist I discovered whilst browsing on this website, his name is Olly Howe, and the piece is called "Fused"
This type of art work really inspires me and I feel a strong connection with the beautiful and vivid array of colours used, combined with the integration of random images and text that are bursting with life.
I would describe this piece as having quite a loud ambiance to it, as taking a glance at it I can imagine the sound of the objects crashing into one another.
Bringing together all these quirky images gives a sense of drama and excitement.
As his type of work is predominantly orientated around graphic design you may think why I'm looking at him and not a multimedia practiontioner, however graphic design is what I specialised in when I took my foundation year at Loughborough.

Memoirs of a Geisha.

After about four months of on and off reading due to distractions at university and what have you I've finally managed to complete memoirs of a geisha. It was such an intense and ivolving read, I fell in love with the storey line and become attached to the characters allong the way. If you are not familiar with the story it's about a young girl sold into servitude by her parents, Chiyo is taken to a geisha house in Gion and has to work to pay off the debt of her purchase allong with the Kimono she was tricked into ruining by Hatsumomo.

The pivotal point of the book is when one day she meets the chairman who finds her crying by the river and buys her sweets to cheer her up, after this open act of kindness chiyo is inspired to become geisha so that she way one day become part of the charimans life. From this point on she is taken under the wing of Mameha, head of a rival geisha house. Under Mameha's tutaledge chiyo becomes sayuri, the most famouse geisha in all of Gion, kyoto. It's a tale of hardships and destiny that

Prior to reading this increadible novel I had already watched the film which was produced by Steven Spielburg. It is a beautiful adaptation to the book and the visual aspects are stunning.