Keira+Knightley

__Keira Knightly __



 There are many actors or actresses in the world and many that I believe to be “good”, or should I say skilled, at acting. One I think is qualified for this is Keira Knightly. Yes, she does entice me to choose her for beauty as well, though I must give her credit; she is good at what she does. I take her as someone serious. She enjoys acting and I can tell. I mostly favor her because of her role in “Pride and Prejudice” as well as “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Her life may have been what helped out in being a good actress.

 Keira Knightley was born on March 26, 1985 in Teddington, Middlesex, England. This is where she lived with her father Will Knightley, her mother Sharman Macdonald, and brother Caleb Knightley. Her father was an actor and her mother a playwright. She was brought up around acting; it is no wonder why she asked for an agent at the age of three. Though she did not get an agent then, she did soon at the age of six snagging a minor TV role on “Royal Celebration.” Later on it was discover Keira had a hard time reading her scripts and writing, not officially dyslexic. She pursued acting even more, encouraged by her family, dyslexia would not hold her back; and it did not. Keira overcame it in her later teens. Playing Sabe was Keira Knightley first high profile role in 1999, as the Decoy Queen to Natalie Portman's Queen Amidala in “Star wars: The Phantom Menace.” Probably Keira is best known role as the tomboy footballer  in “Bend it Like Beckham.”  Meanwhile keira had been going to Esher college studying Classics, English Literature and Political History, but continued to take acting roles which she thought would widen her experience as an actress.  She was involved in many other films.

 My favorite Movies that Keira has been in have to be “Pride and Prejudice” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.” I loved her in “Pride and Prejudice”; maybe it was because I love a good romance or her believable dislike for Mr. Darcy and then the sudden falling in love. She did a great job when she finally did confess her feelings in the movie, her facial expression and emotion where great. Like I said I love a good romance which is why my two favorite parts in “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies have to be when she is fighting epically accepting her proposal and when her and Orlando get spicy on the beach. It’s not just the love though. I thought it sweet that she could sword fight, while conversing, and keeping a good expression when being proposed to. It was very believable. As well as when she had to say by to Orlando on the beach, I could clearly feel her despair at having to part. She is good for her emotion and expression; that is how I feel.

 Even though some say Keira is only good for her looks or that her career should have been anything but acting I do not agree to this. I agree with the compliments of how she works hard and makes a believable character. She has to have been somewhat good for winning all the awards she has won. She has been nominated for the third youngest Best Actress Oscar, best breakthrough actor, a Golden globe nomination, as well as many more. Her looks just help her attractiveness.

 To Say why I think Keira is a “good” actress is nothing. I believe she proved it by her hard work and dedication to her career. She has nice facial expressions when acting and can make a believable character. Her voice when acting helps convince you even more. She may be a very beautiful woman, but there is more than just beauty to her. Her being “good” is just her skill that she worked hard on throughout her life and still works on to become even more well than she is already.

__Tim Burton __   For what I call a “good” director, well, the director must have organization. That way he knows how the film should start and finish out through the end. He also needs to know how to entertain. If he knows how to do so he will keep the audience, as well as his cast, entertained. To do these things he must be a well-qualified and “good” director; be to make his movies come to life. I believe Tim Burton to be among those types of directors. Plus he has a very interesting personality which in turn makes a great movie.

 Tim Burton was born in Burbank in 1958. His father is Bill Burton and his mother is Jean Burton. Tim spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons and watching old movies. Once he finished high school in 1976 he went to study at the California Institute of the Arts ,  he worked as an animator at the Walt Disney Studios before breaking out on his own; taking inspiration from popular culture, fairy tales and traditions of the gothic era. Burton did not enjoy being an animator, not one little bit. Imagine, if you will, what it's like to be an animator. Characters are drawn separately and then put together, and placed over painted backgrounds. The work requires talented artists, but they cannot deviate from the structured manner of drawing the characters. Burton had been brought in to work on “The Fox and the Hound.” It bored him to an extreme. The studio recognized that Burton's talent was not being utilized. They made him a conceptual artist, the people who design the characters that appear in the films. If you're familiar with Burton's artwork, you can imagine that his concept drawings were nothing like your standard Disney fare. It didn't go over too well. However, he <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">was set loose on his own projects. These included a poem and artwork that years later would become “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, the animated short Vincent, and the live-action short Frankenweenie. Sometime later Burton began working on “Beatle juice” .The film was an even big hit, and led to Warner Bros. offering Burton the job directing an eagerly awaited comic book adaptation, Batman, that had been years in the planning. He has directed many more films as well.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">My Two favorite movies Tim has directed are: “Edward scissor hands” and “The Nightmare before Christmas.” Even though his art may be strange I love it because it is different. His stories are different too. He has an original mind exploding with ideas. His creativity is what makes his films so great. There is no one like him and I’m glad. His films sure do entertain.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Many say Burton’s films are too strange or his art is as well. His personality, well, we will say “different.” Though others say he is talented and unique; only having “his burton ideas.” I believe that compliment is true. Just because you are not as every other director in the world, which some are and that is why they suck, doesn’t mean you don’t have talent.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Tim Burton has won many awards for his directing skills. He was voted the 49th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly, being the youngest director on this list of 50. He won the career achievement award, a day time emmy, and a best featured for one of his films. He won and been nominated for his directing many other times too. Though, I do not think just winning things makes you great, some who come in last are the greatest.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Tim Burton may be a different director, but I think he is great. Not many people have imagination these days. I’m glad he still has his. His work, art and films, are intriguing and I will continue to watch and wait for his others to come.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Lauren.B.