ICT Project

This is slightly off topic but i had to include some of the bands that i have seen :) I love music and so I go to see my favourite bands quite often. When i go to concerts and gigs with my friends we have so much fun! So i have included this in my project as music is a huge part of my life.  

So back to holidays...When i was growing up i watched a lot of cartoons, mostly Disney. I still watch them all the time now even though i am almost 20. Some people find it strange that most of my favourite films are cartoons and animation. The reason i like them so much is because i like the idea of them. I love that no matter what happens there is always a happy ending. I suppose in that sense it reminds me of what my Bampy said, that anything is possible. No matter what the characters are put through, something good always comes from it. I always like to think that life is actually like this. So when things in life are tough, if i keep going and keep trying, everything will be okay.

Alice in Wonderland is my favourite Disney film ever. I remember when i always used to watch it when i went to my Nanny and Bampy's house. The "grown ups" would sit in the kitchen talking and the kids would have to sit in the front room and watch films. There was a pile of Disney Videos next to the T.V and Alice in Wonderland was one of them. I always wanted to watch that but my cousins would always want to watch something else. We took it in turns to pick a video and i looked forward to my turn so much! I'm using this in my sense of place because i feel at home when im at my Nanny's house. There are so many things around her house that remind me of my childhood and visits to see them. For example, she had an amazing patchwork quilt that she kept on the back of one of the chairs in the front room which we all argued over becuase we all wanted to use it.  There was also a special spoon that we all wanted to use. Im not even sure why it was so special or why we all wanted to use it. My Nanny still has the blanket and when we go there now we still use the blanket! She also still has the spoon and at Easter she took it out and we all argued over who got to use it! My Nanny and Bampy are a huge part of my life and definetely make me feel at home. I think the reason i liked Alice in Wonderland is becuase I also love this story becuase Alice goes to this strange place, where everthing is completely different, and she gets involved. When i was a child this encouraged me to branch out and try new things, make new friends and not be afraid to do something new.

 I love the old version of Alice in Wonderland (1951) which is the one i watched as a child, but the new (2010) film was still amazing. This film is about a girl who is pressured into getting married to someone even though she isn't ready for marriage. She runs away into the forest where she goes to Wonderland...where she meets new characters and interesting people. I love the idea of having somewhere to go when times get hard, somewhere away from the stresses of life.