Sound is interesting, what you may think is the sound of someone's voice is merely an illusion. When you hear a voice for example, waves and vibrations travel in the air and are received by the ear, these are then transmitted electrically to the brain, the brain then processes the information and displays its interpretation of it so you can understand. So what do we really sound like beyond our interpretation?, because what we think certain humans sound like is merely our human interpretation of the waves and vibrations. When a dog makes a sound we call it a bark because as humans that's what we interpret that sound to be, another dog however may hear something different as they can process other frequencies and nobody can replicate the inner brain interpretation of another species. So why do we hate the sound of our own voice on tape, and why do some people say that it doesn't even sound like them, even when a friend listening to the same recording will say it does? Well it goes back to the interpretation of sound. When we talk we hear our own voice much like the person you are talking to, however our inner ear picks up other signals from our throat, jaw and other inner functions of our bodies, also when we "think" to ourselves we have the same sounding 'inner voice' as our interpretation of it and it probably gets a make-over in our minds, so this produces a unique "sound" for us individually as we are receiving many separate inputs at once, the person you are talking to only receives one. So that's why we hate it, it doesn't sound the way we hear it.....or should I say the way our brain tells us it sounds.
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These are my own series of posters highlighting the distractions, fakes and influences taking place.Why the "Carry-On" movies belong in the pastThis week it was announced that two brand new "Carry-on" movies have been given the green light with the first set for release in 2017 to coincide with the 25th Anniversary of the last film. The series of 31 films ran from 1958 to 1979 with a revival movie "Carry-on Columbus" made in 1992. The movies were set around lampooning British institutions and became British institutions in their own right and undoubtedly one of the most successful British movie franchises of all time. The Carry-on series began with "Carry-on Sergeant" in 1958 and starred Doctor Who actor William Hartnell in the title roll, this was followed by another 30 movies which included a compilation film "That's Carry-on". So what made these movies so successful? Every Carry-on was filmed at Pinewood studio's under the direction of Gerald Thomas and Producer Peter Rogers, although several writers were used it was Talbot Rothwell and Norman Hudis who were the most notable and Eric Rogers provided the now iconic musical scores. By the time the fourth movie was made "Carry-on Constable" in 1960 many of the regular acting team were in place including Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Conner and Hattie Jacques. The Carry-on films still hold the record for the most films in any British film series and comes second to James Bond as the longest running UK film franchise, the movies often lampooned history and other genres of the film industry and many British institutions such as the Police force, the NHS, schools and the military. In 1971 the carry-on franchise hit it's first bump when the subject of the film was British workers themselves and the striking unions of the seventies, although "Carry-on at your convenience" was one of my personal favorites the movie didn't have the impact of it's previous offerings and it took 5 years for the studio to make any returns on its production cost's, was this a sign of things to come? After the failure of "convenience" the team went back to it's former successful formats with "Matron", "Abroad", "Behind" and "Carry-on Dick", but things were about to change. Up to this point the carry-on's had been quite innocent making use of the "double-entendre" and likened to the saucy seaside postcard humour of the time, but then movies like "Lemon Popsicle" and the "confessions of.." series took this humour to the next level becoming more adult in nature and featuring much more nudity than before, hence "Carry-on England" and "Emmannuelle". For many people the last real carry-on movie was "Carry-on Behind" made in 1976 and gave us another "Camping-like" experience, "England" and "Emmannuelle" were not only missing so many of the regular cast it also increased it's nude content unlike anything before in carry-on and both received an 'AA' certificate cutting off audiences below the age of 14. This was the end of the carry-on as we knew it. In 1992 Gerald Thomas and Peter Rogers made their final Carry-on "Carry-on Columbus" but with many of the original cast dead and others rejecting a part in the film it barely resembles a carry-on at all. Many fans agree that whilst it was great seeing some old favourites return to the series (Jim Dale, Jack Douglas, Bernie Cribbins and June Whitfield) the film just didn't hold water (no pun intended) and alternative comedians like Rik mayall and Julian Clarey only served to remind us that this wasn't the same carry-on experience that we yearned for. From 2003 to 2009 another revival was planned with "Carry-on London", the production went through many changes and planned cast members including (this is soul destroying) Vinnie Jones, Shane Ritchie, Daniella westbrook, Shawn Williamson and Frank Skinner to name but a few very poor substitutes. The death of peter rogers put an end to this nightmare of a project. This week it was announced that Carry-on would return in 2017 with "Carry-on Doctors" and "Carry-on campus". The new films are being written by Tim Dawson and Susan Nickson, who have previously written BBC's "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps" and produced by Peter Rogers friend Jonathan Sothcott. The trouble with any attempt at a revival is that the ingredients that made this franchise so successful are lost, for many people the term "Carry-on" can only be applied with those cherished actors we so loved in the starring roles, without them there can be no Carry-on film. In this politically correct liberal world the Carry-on's are a snapshot of Britain's yesteryear, a time we will never see again that is lost forever.
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