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| Begging Bowl Out |
11th May 2008, 12:57pm
Mood:  hopeful
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I've worn glasses since I was 12, I wear contacts when I'm filming, but let's face it. It's a fiddle, constantly sticking your fingers in your eyes isn't very good for them, and we'd all rather just be able to see. Besides my slight astigmatism means I can't actually see very well with my contacts in, I'm wearing them right now and it's actually quite a task to read what I'm writing.
Lulled in by Optical Expresses £395 per eye claims I went for a consultation, the cheapest possible fee for laser correcting my eyesight will be £895 per eye, a total of £1790 for the lot. And that's without their super-duper fix it exactly and don't have a surgeon stick a scalpel in your eye machine which costs about £1500 per eye!
Anyway, I still want it. I want to be able to see without mechanical assistance. I want my eyesight back. Personally I think the government should pay for it, isn't that what the NHS is for? But since they won't even cover my eye tests anymore I look to you, my friends and family. I've seen other people do this for other things, I've contributed to a few of them in my time, but I've never done it myself
If I can raise £1000 ($2000) I will cover the rest of the money myself!In return you get, well nothing actually, except the knowledge that you are a charitable and lovely person who will undoubtably be rewarded in some karmic fashion by the universe at large. Also if I get really rich and famous at any point I will pay you back, because I am nice that way.
I have two paypal accounts, one that you can't use credit cards to send money to, but that paypal don't steal a percentage from, and one that you can use credit cards with, but that paypal do steal a percentage from. Pick the one that fits you. Or if you see me often or have my address you can give me money directly. I will keep you all updated on the total on here.
I know £1000 sounds like a lot, but don't let that put you off, you don't have to give a lot, if every person I'm friended to on Livejournal (just as an example) were to give me £3 ($6) I would have reached the target!Read 16 Things | Say Stuff
| Rough Cut of Gilda Revisited |
8th May 2008, 09:22pm
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| Motorbike Photos |
5th May 2008, 10:23pm
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This is not my bike, in fact I can't even ride a motorbike. But wouldn't it be awesome if it was and I could. Le sigh. Of course it is very very dangerous and I do not approve of such things.
Things I am doing at the moment and in the near future...
1. Cutting lines out of the play I am directing
2. Designing a poster for the play I am directing
3. Sorting the headshots I did for two of my friends the other day
4. Starring in a short student film (tomorrow)
5. Doing another day on The Wolf Man (Weds)
6. Doing three days on Harry Potter (unless they change it again)
7. Wasting time on the internet!!!!!!!
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| Gilda Revisited |
26th Apr 2008, 12:45pm
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Photos from a short film I worked on last week based on the Rita Hayworth film Gilda.
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| Iron Man Premiere |
24th Apr 2008, 04:03pm
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Got myself into the inside press pit at the premiere. My camera sucks ass though, the flash takes forever to recharge. Took lots of photos of celebs for Rich (who got me the ticket in the first place).
The film was good. You always enjoy stuff more in this kind of situation, but I always like Robert Downey Jnr. On looking back probably not quite as awesome as it felt at the time, but well worth seeing.
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| New Colour From The Dark Trailer |
18th Apr 2008, 02:03pm
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| Brighton |
17th Apr 2008, 12:39am
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Went to Brighton today to do a Visa Viral thing.
Took pictures of the sea...
And took pictures of me...
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| Go Alex |
16th Apr 2008, 10:21pm
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| More Photos On Flickr |
15th Apr 2008, 12:53pm
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| We Saw Zebras photos |
14th Apr 2008, 01:27pm
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More photos from We Saw Zebras, the short film I was shooting over the last two weekends, are up in my LJ stills gallery.
In other news: with 9 days left in the voting, my friend Alex de Campi's music video for "Jilted" (which I appear in) is sitting in 3rd place in the "Looking for Genius" category of Babelgum, a big online film festival. Please vote and help.
You have to go through kind of a tortuous process downloading & installing the programme - there are so few people voting in the festival (because it does require installing a new type of video player) that if we make a concerted effort we really CAN push this thing in to number 1 and bag the prize which Alex will spend well on paying the cast and crew for Jilted more and putting the rest of the money toward future projects.
Also anyone who COMMENTS on the video gets entered into a draw to go to Cannes film festival and go to lots of premieres.
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· Download Babelgum here:
http://www.babelgum.com/download· Enter the Films & Festivals Community (it's the first one on the top left corner when you start Babelgum) and search for my film: Jilted - The Puppini Sisters (dir. Alex de Campi)
· Use the Rate tool to give it your vote – 5 stars please!
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Latest Videos on YouTube
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04/03/2008 03:06 PM
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Tiny Town Trailer
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Trailer for a film I am in. Directed by Mathi Alagan of Aruna Films. He asked me to put the trailer up on youtube, so here it is.
http://www.arunafilms.com/
Starring Anabelle Munro, Julien Guyonnet, Alexei Akinfiev, Rebecca Jameson, Marysia Kay, Ian Holdworth, Victor Akinfiev, Simon Phillips, Claudio Cicconetti, Harry Summers
Author: marysiak
Keywords: trailer tiny town london crime thriller drama film marysia kay anabelle munro julien guyonnet alexei akinfiev
Added: April 3, 2008
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02/12/2008 10:04 AM
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Valentine's Day: State of the Emotions
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An update as a followup to last years Valentine's Day video.
14th Feb 2008
#44 - Top Rated (Today) - People & Blogs
Author: marysiak
Keywords: marysia kay valentines day love relationships dating song
Added: February 12, 2008
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01/24/2008 12:22 PM
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Death of a Boy (Heath Ledger)
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Things you need to know...
1. I am not a terribly competent guitar player, in a couple of months if my ability to play this song has improved I will re-record it. It should be faster, but I was never going to get it done if I tried to play it faster.
2. This song is not about what happened to Heath Ledger, because I don't know what happened to Heath Ledger. I spent three days on set with him a couple of days before he died and this is my response to what I experienced and how I felt about what happened.
The lyrics are...
The harlequin cries painted tears
And no one thinks to say
Is everything okay
We all have bills to pay
When everyone is watching you
You often walk alone
Your secrets turn to stone
The truth remains unknown
I watched a while, I walked a while,
I talked a while with you
The words we said were few
Your thoughts went by unseen
A pair of miming clowns
You joked a while, you smoked a while
You fell down to the ground
A fight without a sound
While fireworks burst bright above the cobble stones
When no one tries to talk to you
It's easy to forget
Your fears can all be met
We all are frightened too
I dreamed last night I spoke to you
But when I awoke in bed
I couldn't think of what you said
Your secrets stay unknown
Buried under stone
You joked a while, you smoked a while
You fell down to the ground
A fight without a sound
As horses raced away upon the cobble stones
The harlequin cries painted tears
And no one thinks to say
Is everything okay
I guess you're not okay.
This song and performance are copyright to me, Marysia Kay, Jan 2008.
You should be able to access an acapella version of this song on my last.fm page at http://www.last.fm/music/Marysia+Kay
25th Jan 2008
#28 - Top Rated (Today) - Music
#57 - Most Discussed (Today) - Music
http://www.marysia.com/
Author: marysiak
Keywords: music singing song marysiak heath ledger death
Added: January 24, 2008
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10/24/2007 02:24 PM
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Hitting People With Sticks
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A bit of an experiment. Ronin Traynor choreographed the fight and provided the weapons. I directed the filming and edited it. My friend Eugenia pressed the button on the camera.
Unfortunately the original filming for this, when we did all the work on learning the fight and getting it running smoothly, was cancelled due to inconvenient car bombs preventing me from getting to Slough. We weren't able to film it until over two months later after I finished filming Colour From the Dark. With only one afternoon to refresh our memories, I think it suffered greatly as a result.
Author: nadobrafilm
Keywords: ninja sais knives knife quarterstaff marysia kay ronin traynor fight stage combat
Added: October 24, 2007
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04/30/2007 10:41 AM
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Things & Stuff: Beltane
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Sources include:
Seasons of the Sun by Ronald Hutton
The Golden Bough by James Fraser
The Witch Cult of Western Europe by Margaret Murray
Gypsy Soul - http://www.gypsysoul.com/
Author: nadobrafilm
Keywords: may beltane walpurgis roodmas ireland scotland wicca pagan hawthorn bonfire marysiak
Added: April 30, 2007
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04/06/2007 06:47 AM
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Marysia Kay Showreel (Apr 2007)
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updated showreel
Clips from The Runner, Samadhi, Transmission, Xlitherman, Bikini Blitzkreig, Random, 6 Words, Hardcore, Hitchcock Blonde, This Happy Breed, The Tempest, Forest of the Damned (music by The Last Dance), BASSC unarmed fight test, songs are Hands (Jewel) and Blue (Joni Mitchell).
All songs sung by Marysia Kay except Regret by The Last Dance
Author: nadobrafilm
Keywords: marysiak marysia kay acting actress showreel uk film theatre scottish london scotland
Added: April 6, 2007
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