A bit about me

Hi all,

I've realised that I haven't really put a lot about myself on here, I did a little intro post but I didn't put anything personal. Some people don't like to put too much about themselves on here which is fair enough but I think its nice to know a bit about the person who's blog you're reading, so here goes..

My name is Bethany Haggar and I'm 18 years old. I live in Essex. I support Chelsea. My favourite colour is blue. I have an older sister who also has a blog, I'll link it below. 
I am currently in my last year of college studying to become a make-up artist, I'll finish in June and am waiting for the day where I have a breakdown about what I'm doing with my life, I'm pretty sure it'll happen soon. I met two of my best friends during college and I know that they will be people I will know for the rest of my 
life.

My dream would be to work in the tv/film industry, my goal in life is to touch Benedict Cumberbatch's face. Tv shows and films are a big part of my life and I would love to be part of a team in making one. A few of my favourite shows are: Friends, Supernatural, Sherlock, Doctor Who, Merlin and The Big Bang Theory. I have way too many films that I love to list because I like any genre of film really!

I also love music, its gotten me through some hard moments in my life, especially throughout school. Some of my favourite bands/artists are: Michael Jackson, Muse, Maroon 5, Mumford & Sons, The Hoosiers, FUN., Coldplay, Bastille, The Script, Alanis Morissette, James Morrison, Panic! At the Disco and John Mayer. I'm always finding more and more that I love!

I never thought I would choose to become a make-up artist. I enjoy writing and photography and always thought I'd end up doing something in the journalism area, but I saw my course in my college's book and something just caught my interest. I had no clue about anything to do with make-up, I didn't even wear a lot, so I went along to the open day and I knew this was what I wanted to do. Ever since then I've had a passion for it and I intend to follow it! 

I don't really have any particular hobbies.. I like to draw and paint and take photos. I live right next to a nature reserve and I love taking walks round it, there are some pretty amazing views if you know where to look. I lived in the same house for my whole life so I know the reserve like the back of my hand. A lot of my inspiration comes from the natural landscape, its just so interesting to capture, whether its through photography, drawing or make-up!

My general outlook on life is to live in the moment (however cheesy that may sound) and that everything happens for a reason and everything is connected. I've met two of my best friends from my particular course in my particular college, they've introduced me to people and things that I now love. What if I hadn't chosen to look at any other course other than photography or media? Would I still be the same person I am now? Probably not. And I wouldn't know the people I know now. 
Anyway, getting in a bit deep here, turning into a bit of a spiritual journey of life. So that pretty much sums me up. Hope you enjoyed reading and that you feel you know me a little better :)

~Beth x

My sister's blog: http://www.frecklyfiction.blogspot.co.uk/ - she is an aspiring writer and posts short stories and lifestyle posts, give it a read :D

Creating a music video: Arts Award project for college

Hi there,

For college, we had to do something creative for a qualification called 'Arts Award'. We had to organise and create something, it could be anything we liked, an event such as a photoshoot etc. It had to either show that we had practised skills we already had or tried something new. Me and my friend Kirsty decided to try something new! So we teamed up and came up with the idea to create a music video. Neither of us had a clue about filming but we were both pretty good at photography. We both like a band called 'Dive Bella Dive' (now called 'The Dive'), they are quite alternative and they have a song called 'Animal'. We didn't want a high profile song, nor did we want a complicated song with a deep story behind it as this would limit our ideas of what we could do for the video. 'Animal' is a really catchy, fun song so we decided to use it.

We did originally have another idea for it but we needed people to help us film, edit and we needed a place to do it. We didn't want to keep waiting on people to get back to us so we scrapped the idea and came up with the idea to make a lyric video! This we could easily do ourselves without having to rely on anyone and we could also edit it without any help. We would take individual photos of people holding up the signs and then put them together with the music.


We wrote the lyrics on pieces of A4 card, this took a couple of days between us. We then contacted a few friends asking them if they could help out and be in the video and we arranged times and dates. We decided to take the photos at random places around London. We planned to have more people in the video but it only ended up being myself, kirsty and another friend as no one else could make it. As the song is called 'Animal' we brought knitted animal hats to wear and some cuddly animal toys to hold in the photos.

It was a really fun day in London, and it took a good day to take all the photos. I love London and although its quite tiring travelling all over it I never want to leave! But we managed to get all the photos done, and got a few strange looks as well! It made us realise how much organisation is needed for such a small project, but it did help on the day because we could get through the pieces of card quite quickly. 


I really enjoyed the experience and we were so pleased with the result. We've had so many good comments about it and the band even said they loved it so its definitely an accomplishment!

I'll link the video below, please give it a watch and we would really appreciate it if you shared it if you like it! Thank you :)
- Beth