We hobbited!

Hello batlings and creatures,

I´m kinda of in a hurry, cause I have german lessons tommorow early, but I just wanted to share a picture of the hobbit pre-premiere that we went to! I managed to grab three invitations, and another friend won one in the radio, so we went all together! I´m not gonna spoil anything, but the movie's great! Not much happens in the story, but it makes up for it in photography, humor, battle scenes and Gollum! ahaha I kinda cosplayed an elf inspired outfit, and met a dwarf there! I´ll do a proper post on it later on, promise!

Take care *

On a 90s Crave, come and take a walk with child/teen me!

A blog with just pictures and lifestyle events can be a bit boring, I reckon. So today I´m sharing some of my tastes and interests with you. As a child of the 90s (I was born in 86, but was far too young to enjoy the glorious 80s)  I am interested in many of the fabulous (sometimes so corny, they become fabulous!) trends of the 90s. Some of the stuff I was too young to enjoy, but get to re-live now, and feel like I´m back on those glorious days.

So follow me on a journey to same of my favourite ninities trends, from films to TV series, to music and Fashionnnnn inspiration! This is the first part of this series, about film and tv, and the second part shall be posted verrrrry soooooon! On this post I mainly approach the stuff that I liked back then, so it's kind of a child/teen-like perspective, be warned!

7ºth deadly outfit, Kurosawa, and the Portuguese Cinemateca!

Hello Ghoulies!

Yesterday was a very fun day! I met up with friends on the coffee place of Portuguese cinemateca (museum of cinema) and spent all afternoon long chatting. I just love that quaint place! First of all, you know I study cinema and I´m a film lover, so no surprise I really like going to the cinemateca. The coffee shop is really quiet and cosy, also nicely decorated with loads of movie posters, and a nice terrace for when the weather's sunny. We hung out there had dinner on Mcd's, and then went back to watch Akiro Kurosawa's Kagemusha - (A Sombra do Guerreiro). I had previously never seen anything from Kurosawa, but had heard loads about his masterpieces. The film had an introduction by cinemateca's founder (Félix Ribeiro) son, which lasted for 45 mins and at first I thought was a bit boring. But the film copy the cinemateca displayed was in bad shape, with some cuts and jumps, so I the introduction really helped me understanding the story. I must say that I was sleepy and therefore didn't appreciate the film to its full potential, since it is a bit slow. But I felt it was very philosophical and beautifully shot. Though I wasn't in the best of moods yesterday and therefore couldn't really submerge myself in the film like I should have, it had an impact on me. It's a film about feelings and honor, with beautiful scenes and shots, very emotional and yet simple at the same time.

Sorry if you really can't see the outfit well in the picture, but I wanted to show you my favorite room of the cinemateca. It has fairy lights all over the ceiling, and it feels like you're under a very starry sky. Check it out you haven't yet!

Outside. I´m not gonna bother doing an outfit description, since I think the pictures aren't the best.

One of the things that I love most about the cinemateca, is that it makes me feel like i´m in some era of the past. Look at those neon lights! Have you ever seen woody allen's midnight in paris? I feel like i´m back in the 30s or 40s!

And a bonus picture. I ate a delicious chocolate muffin there, and when I finished, i discovered it was marked with an heart! <3 awwww

See that bigger dot on the picture? Enlarge it! It's most definitely a heart, and it made me smile :D

Take care, lovelies!

Deadly outfit 6 - Feeling FrankenWennie!

Hello mah dearies!

Ootd's are one of my favourite things to blog about, I've said it before, since they encourage me to strive to look better and make myself up nicer. And I hadn't post one for quite a while, so when I was given invites to the Frankenweenie pre-première, I thought it was a wonderful opportunity to dress up and put some make-up on! As i've said before, my personality combines two deadly traits, I am a perfectionist, but I´m also very lazy. So when I can't make whatever to my standards, I  end up not doing it at all. That's why, most days, I can't be arsed to put any make-up on or anything. I fetch a pair of sunglasses from my HUGEE collection (i´ll blog about it eventually) and I´m ready to go. 

Anyway, back to the theme of the post.... I WENT TO SEE FRANKENWEENIE! I got a double invitation and I decided it was a perfect excuse to go out with my dear friend Marco, which I hadn't seen in ages. Plus, I simply adore Tim Burton, though I have been quite disappointed with his films lately (alice and dark shadows were quite mediocre, not to say yucky). They are always beautiful to look at, but I felt Tim Burton had been short of directing a good film since Sweeney Todd (WHICH IS COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY AWESOME). Well, FrankenWeenie was a really good surprise, I loved it! One of the things I love more than anything about Burton's films, is the mood of the film, and what they make me feel. Most of his good films just make my heart fly, and they leave me feeling happy yet slightly melancholic, trapped between the realm of dreams and reality. Frankenweenie did just that. And being the dog lover than I am, I got quite emotional over some scenes and shed some tears. I loved the references to some of Tim Burton's older movies, some classical horror characters and actors (Frankenweenie's science teacher is Vincent Price, Y'all!) and I just loved the mood of the film. Studying film in college, I am a bit of a Tim Burton expert, since I did many papers about him and his films, and I feel that this film relates to Tim Burton's childhood very intrinsically. And maybe that's why it's so beautiful, because Victor is a self-biographical (i just made up this word in english, I think) character, and the feeling of solitude and of being strange and different in little suburbia that Tim himself felt, shines through his character. 

Here's my outfit!

Aint it craaazy? I join patterns like a madwoman, but I don't care! Trend setters always start out being crazy people, ahah. No, in all honesty, I thought that the monochrome hearts and leo print went nicely together, and I must say I felt quite beautiful that day. And my fashion seeks to please only myself, so i'd say success!

Black and white hearts knit jumper - Zara
Skirt - Primark
Custom made suspyria necklace
Bracelet from primark

Over and outttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!

Spotlight - Os filhos de Lumiére

Hey guys!

Sorry I haven't been posting a lot lately, I've been really lazy, so no dress up or makeup = no pics. I did however make a beautiful DIY shirt I´m going to post here soon. It's one of those with the back cut to resemble the shape of a skull and I actually think it turned out pretty well :)

Today I´m going to talk a bit about "Os Filhos de Lumiére", they are a non-profit cultural association devoted to sensitize young children to the language of cinema. I actually interned there this year, and had a great experience. They develop film workshops in schools across the country, where they give the children the basis of what a film consists of, how the analyse the several different elements that compose a film, what a shot is, etc. Then the kids get to write, act and film a short. Their approach is really interesting because they allow the children to experience film in a very practical "hands on" manner, since they play the roles of an actual film crew, with a director, a director's assistant, actors, sound and film crew etc. They manipulate all the materials themselves and they are the one's calling the shots, oriented by the film professionals.

The films they shot this year are already online, and i´m dead proud of them. I helped produce and worked in two of them directly, while I mostly did background work on the others. I´ll leave you the links down below so you can check them out if you like this sort of thing. I believe it is really interesting to see the world through a child eyes, and this is an opportunity to do just so. Keep in mind that this is mostly their work, so do not expect a Hollywood quality film. In case you are curious to find out more about "Os filhos de Lumiére", head on to http://osfilhosdelumiere.blogspot.pt/

To check the shorts out, http://osfilhosdelumiere.blogspot.pt/2012/08/cinema-cem-anos-de-juventude-2011-2012.html

These are the ones I worked for more directly:

http://osfilhosdelumiere.blogspot.fr/2012/07/cinema-cem-anos-de-juventude-parte-do_13.html
http://osfilhosdelumiere.blogspot.fr/2012/07/cinema-cem-anos-de-juventude-parte-do.html

Also, in a side-note, I recently saw "Silvestre", from João César Monteiro and "Entre Tinieblas", from Almodovar, and recommend them bout thoroughly. Give alternative cinema a chance, if you havent done so yet! Cesar Monteiro's film is a fairytale, based on portuguese legends, done very beautifully and melancholic like (the photography is amazing!). It is actually Maria de Medeiro's first role in a film! Almodovar's film is a reflection upon the last years of the movida madrileña (a spanish art movement) and it is really weird and interesting. Check them out!

Over and out creatures of the nighttttttttttt!