Out and About in London

scenes from the weekend [video]

I made a film! 

I'm taking Xanthe Berkeley's marvellous MAKE FILMS course, which I highly recommend, and this was our first assignment - "Scenes from the weekend" (make sure you put the sound on to hear the music!).

Tom and I went to a favourite (and lively) part of London where we took in Broadway Market, Columbia Road, Shoreditch and Brick Lane, so I had masses of footage by the end of Saturday afternoon.

There's something for everyone in this video - street art! Hot and jellied eels! Goats! Beer! Drums! Frida Kahlo!

Film-making is a very new medium for me. I'm completely out of my comfort zone, but I can see why people find it addictive. This was so much fun to film and edit together, so I hope you like it.

I can't sing...or can I?!

I don't know about you, but I loathe The X-Factor. Harmless light entertainment it might well be, but to me it symbolises everything that is wrong with the modern world, pandering to obsessions with celebrity and fame. So when I heard about I Can't Sing: The X-Factor Musical I wasn't sure what to expect.