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Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me 1998

"Kiss Me" is a song by American Christian alternative rockband Sixpence None the Richer from their self-titled third album (1997). The ballad was issued in the US in August 1998 and in international territories the next year. It was nominated for a Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 42nd Grammy Awards. "Kiss Me" peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the country's sixth-best-selling single of 1999. Worldwide, the song reached number one on the Australian and Canadian charts as well as number four on the UK Singles Chart, entering the top 10 in 16 countries altogether.

In January 1999, Miramax used "Kiss Me" as the theme song of its teen romantic comedy film She's All That, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook. The film's box office success helped "Kiss Me" gain widespread mainstream attention and chart success. In Italy, the film was retitled Kiss Me. The song was also included on Dawson's Creek's first soundtrack in April 1999. The original music video pays tribute to François Truffaut's film Jules and Jim, made in black and white and recreating many of the classic scenes from the film. A second music video was released later, that feature the band sitting on a park bench, performing and watching footage of themselves on a portable television or projected on an outdoor screen. Two alternate versions of this video were made with them watching scenes from either She's All That or Dawson's Creek instead.

"Kiss Me" received a total of 85,3% yes votes!

June is not only known for being the pride month but also hosts International Environment Day (05/06) and is the first month of summer. I also was aware of the hate crimes that had been happening during the last year towards people of colour and the movements that have arisen like BLM (Black Lives Matter), Stop Asian Hate between others and this was one of my motivations to raise awareness by creating different posters and posting them on my Pinterest.

As warm weather comes, more people and especially women are ashamed of their bodies by the social paradigm that surrounds them, which causes an increase in alimentary disorders and mental dissisies. Nowadays only 30 out of 193 countries have legalised marriage between people of the same sex and people from the LGBT+ community face a higher risk of being assaulted just for their sexual and gender orientations. The fifth of June was International Environment Day and as I take ESS at school I have become even more aware of the issues that our planet is facing. On top of that, one of my biggest concerns is racism. As an Asian girl, I have dealt with all kinds of comments and been in uncomfortable and very offensive situations and one example of this was when I was coughed on by a couple of kids my age last year in a university fair. I had already experienced certain microaggressions but this really offended me, especially considering that people were starting to die because of COVID-19.

Because of these reasons I was motivated to create different posters. There are way too many movements I would’ve like to reflect in my posters and especially the ones related to antiracism, but I recently heard about how an Asian American woman was assaulted for no apparent reasons. Moreover, an article I read some time ago stated that ‘164% in reports of anti-Asian hate crimes in the first quarter of 2021 compared with the same period last year.’ The reason: COVID-19. Reading testimonies from different people or colour really resonated with me and so I centred my poster on the problems the Asian community is facing.

I tried to spread the message in a visually appealing way because there’s a higher probability of people reading them. I’m surprised by the good and quick results my posts have. (Over 100 shares / saves in less than a couple of days). This was mostly a creative process considering how I drew and wrote the text in all of the posters, but even though I enjoyed creating them, the thing I had in mind was to spread the message and raise awareness about these topics.

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Proposed working title: ‘The Gift’

Genre: Thriller/ Horror

Plot:

A psychotic man kidnaps a young woman.

USP:

The story is unique in its exploration of themes including religion and mental illness, and aims to captivate audiences with dialogue driven scenes in one fixed setting.

Premise:

The initial premise focuses on a young woman who has been kidnapped and is being held hostage by a psychotic man. 

Target Audience:

Our target audience is adults aged 18 and upwards who are interested in psychological horror.

Narrative:

The narrative focuses on themes of religion and mental illness and how these can be mistreated and the consequences of it. We researched into the symptoms, causes and treatment for schizophrenia to inform our narrative. The character of Peter’s mental illness and religious beliefs plays an important role in driving the narrative forwards and conflicts with the character of Bethany. 

Message:

Our message is to explore the idea of a worst possible outcome out of the special set of circumstances we are presenting, shown through the character of peter and his mental state.

Peter (young adult male)

Bethany (young female aged around 18)

Character Biographies:

Peter:

Peter is mentally ill young adult male who is socially isolated and driven by extreme religious beliefs. In his own eyes he is a hero and is doing Bethany a favour. He isn’t evil, he’s just the victim of his own mental state who seeks identity through religious beliefs rather than medical assistance.

Bethany:

They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 1990

"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is a 1953 novelty song, with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and music by Nat Simon. It was written on the 500th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans. The lyrics humorously refer to the official renaming of the city of Constantinople to Istanbul. The song was originally recorded by Canadian vocal quartet The Four Lads in 1953. (Listen to it here!) It peaked at number 10 on the Billboard magazine charts, and was certified as a gold record.

Numerous cover versions have been recorded over the years, including by Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, and Bette Midler. One of the best-known versions of "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is the cover by American alternative rockband They Might Be Giants, who released it as the second single on their album Flood in 1990. The single reached number 61 on the UK Singles Chart in 1990. They Might Be Giants later recorded an electronic version of the song for their 2011 compilation album, Album Raises New and Troubling Questions.

The song is prominently featured in the 1991 episode "Tiny Toon Music Television", of Tiny Toon Adventures, for a music video segment featuring Plucky Duck trying to find a missing statue. It was used as the theme in the 1992 TV movie Black Magic. It plays as an ending to the 2005 episode "Mobile Homer", of The Simpsons, and it plays during a donut shop fight scene in the 2019 series premiere, "We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals", of The Umbrella Academy.

"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" received a total of 93,1% yes votes!

The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 1986

"Walk Like an Egyptian" is a song by the American pop rock band the Bangles. It was released in September 1986 as the third single from the band's second album, Different Light (1986). It was the band's first number-one single in the US, being certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and Billboard ranked it the top song of 1987 in the US. It was also successful internationally, reaching number one in seven other countries and peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart.

Liam Sternberg said he was inspired to create the song while on a ferry crossing the English Channel. When the vessel hit choppy water, passengers stepped carefully and moved their arms awkwardly while struggling to maintain their balance, and that reminded Sternberg of the depiction of human figures in ancient Egyptian tomb paintings. He wrote the words "Walk like an Egyptian" in a notebook. Later, Sternberg looked back in the notebook and, composing the melody with a guitar, he put together an up-tempo song with lyrics about Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Nile River, crocodiles, desert sand, bazaars and hookah pipes and then segued into modern scenes of blonde waitresses, school children and police officers.

"Walk Like an Egyptian" received a total of 91,7% yes votes!

Boney M. - Rasputin 1978

"Rasputin" is a song by Germany-based Afro Caribbean pop and Eurodisco group Boney M. It was released as the second single from their third studio album Nightflight to Venus. The core of the song tells of Grigori Rasputin's rise to prominence in the court of Tsar Nicholas II during the early 1900s, referencing the hope held by Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna that Rasputin would heal her hemophiliac son, Tsarevich Alexei of Russia, and as such his appointment as Alexei's personal healer.

The song claims that Rasputin was Alexandra's paramour, a widespread rumour in Rasputin's time, with which his political enemies intended to discredit him. It accurately states that the conspirators asked him "Come to visit us", and then recounts a widely popular account of the assassination in Yusupov's estate: that Rasputin's assassins fatally shot him after he survived the poisoning of his wine.

"Rasputin" rose to the top of the charts in Germany, Austria, Belgium and Australia, and went to No. 2 in the UK, Argentina, Finland, Spain and Switzerland. It enjoyed great popularity in the Soviet Union, however it was omitted from the Soviet pressing of the album and Boney M. were barred from performing the song during their ten performances in Moscow.

It's pretty safe to say this song put a impressive and unbeatable record in the amounts of votes and reblogs! 💖 This is currently the most liked song on this poll blog with a whooping 94,8% total yes votes.