5x5 Information

Media Studies

5x5 Information

5 Favourite Films:

1.      The Dark Knight - When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level.

2.      Senna - A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.

3.      Invictus - Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

4.      Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 10 Years after a disease that spread around the globe, Apes who have started and survived the sickness has to go face-to-face with a band of human survivors and a traitor who is hell bent on destroying humans and apes galore.

5.      The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - A reluctant hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home - and the gold within it - from the dragon Smaug.

 

 

 

 

 

5 Favourite Television Programmes:

1.      The Big Bang Theory - The show is primarily centred on five characters living in Pasadena, California: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, both physicists; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky and socially awkward friends and co-workers, mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali. The geekiness and intellect of the four guys is contrasted for comic effect with Penny's social skills and common sense.

2.      Mrs Brown’s Boys - The titular character Agnes Brown is played by Brendan O'Carroll himself, with several close friends and family members making up the rest of the cast. In 2012 it won three television comedy awards.

3.      Family Guy - The series centres on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian. The show is set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, and exhibits much of its humour in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture.

4.      Mock the Week - The game is influenced by improvised topical stand-up comedy, with several rounds requiring players to deliver answers on unexpected subjects on the spur of the moment.

5.      The Inbetweeners - The show followed the life of suburban teenager Will McKenzie (Simon Bird) and his three friends at the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive. The episodes involved situations of school bullying, broken family life, indifferent school staff, male bonding, and largely failed sexual encounters.

 

 

 

 

 

5 Favourite Comedians:

1.      Milton Jones – “When my daughter was born she had jaundice, she was small, round and yellow. We called her Melony.”

2.      Tim Vine – “My friend told me he was going to a fancy dress party as an Italian island. I said to him 'Don't be Sicily.”

3.      Frankie Boyle – “Do you think George Bush actually knows who Gordon Brown is? He probably just thinks Tony Blair's put on weight and had a mild stroke.”

4.      Hugh Dennis – “Tired of a messy toolbox? Then you need the Abu Hamza multi-tool! (From Mock the Week, when asked to describe what a television announcer is unlikely to say.)”

5.      Russell Howard – “Look at Anne Robinson. She looks like a fox in a wind tunnel, not a good look.”

 

 

 

 

5 Favourite Television Characters:

1.      Sheldon Cooper –“Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors.”

2.      Peter Griffin – “[Dressed up as Spiderman climbing on a clothesline singing to the tune of the Batman theme] Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Spiderman, Spiderman/ Here comes Peter on a clothesline but his name's not Peter it is Spiderman, Spiderman/ Come on Lois let's get busy maybe right here in the garden Spiderman, Spiderman.”

3.      Agnes Brown – “So!!... You’ve had the shits for a week eh! Don’t be worrying… The little feckers go back to school on Monday!”

4.      Homer Simpson – “I saw this movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.”

5.      Barney Stinson – “Think of me like Yoda, but instead of being little and green I wear suits and I’m awesome. I’m your bro—I’m Broda!”

 

 

 

 

 

5 Favourite Albums

1.      Mumford and Sons-Babel – Calm, cool and collected country-style music. Their folk-tinged, banjo-plucking austerity indie has made them successful beyond their wildest dreams. (Key tracks include – I Will Wait and Hopeless Wanderer).

2.      Madness-Total Madness – Completely bonkers and wacky. Double tracked CD featuring the movie videos to the tracks. Thus expressing the wittiness and madness of the artists and songs. (Key tracks include – Baggy trousers and House of Fun).

3.      Robbie Williams-In and Out of Consciousness – The greatest hits of the English singer-song writer. Featuring a song with Take That’s Gary Barlow, Shame. (Key tracks include – Angels and Shame).

4.      Robbie Williams-Escapology – Williams has never been an innovative artist, but previously his strong delivery and sly, ironic wit -- along with savvy production and song writing - kept any faults at bay. Escapology shows he's unable to avoid the trap. (Key tracks include – Come Undone and Something Beautiful).

5.      Take That-Progress – Album released in response to Williams returning to the band. The album received positive reviews, with most critics commending the influence of electronic music and synthesizers. Including new songs with the additional members. (Key tracks include – The Flood and Happy Now).