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RawBeard

If in doubt.... ROCK OUT!

About Me

** I HAVE UPGRADED TO FILM MAKER PROFILE **
Hello and Welcome to my NEW Film Maker MySpace page... I hope you like.
My mortal name is Mark Rawlings, I was born on the 19th August 1977. During my early years as a sprog I lived in Gibralter and later on in my youth, Portugal. But most of my years have been spent dwelling in Plymouth commiting shenanigans and engaging in tomfoolery.
My School years were a War Zone, where Teachers and fellow Students tried to destroy my spirit and soul, either through crushing my dreams in the Classroom to all out War on that BattleField called the Playground. After escaping "The Realm of Education" I decided to go earn me some fat cash.
After becoming a Wage Slave, I entered into yet another battle but this time it was for my sanity as I worked in several mundane meaningless jobs for litte satisfaction and little pay for a few years. It was at this point I was began to question what I wanted to do with myself, so I weighed up my odds and applied to do a degree.
Being interested in Films and Animation as well as being a dab hand at drawing I decided to do a Degree in a media related subject so I could entertain and horrify the public with my twisted imagination and monstrous creations. The degree went went well and I ended up with a Higher National Diploma in Animation and Creative Media, plus a Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) in Photomedia and Design Communication. During my time aquiring these skills I discovered how much better Apple computers are to the jurrasic-style-constantly-crashing-bugged-as-fuck Windows based Computers, and have been pro Apple ever since.
After completing my degree, I found myself swimming in the dreaded "Sea of Debts", so I had to go back to another job that is a graveyard of ambition. I am currently working in a call centre to pay of my debts... and to pay me bills... and to pay me rent. Again the job is for little pay with ZERO job satisfaction. Whilst I work and try to hold onto my sanity I am planning the next part of my adventure called Life. I am going to one day break into the movie biz, hopefully becoming a director and getting some of my ideas made. I am working on several ideas at once but cant find the time to do as much as I would like.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAKE A DONATION TO MY FILM BUDGET.

My Interests

Rock and Metal Music, Going Movies, Reading, and Drawing

I enjoy my Computer Games - I own a Xbox 360. Currently playing Halo 3 and Skate, and Dead Rising.

Used to Skateboard but wasn't very good at it and now my knees are buggered.

I'd like to meet:

Film Makers (Producers, Directors), Scriptwriters, anyone in the Biz, Metallica (Legends), Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Nick Frost (GODS) Jason Statham, Tony Jaa , Jackie Chan, The Rock, Johnny Knoxville, Clive Owen, Eliza Dushku, Guillermo Del Toro, Ryan Dunn, James Gunn, Sam Raimi and of course BRUCE CAMPBELL. I also wouldn't mind meeting some Aliens,

Music:


Metallica, Pantera, Mad Capsule Markets, Skindred, Anthrax, Candiria, Agony Scene, Five Finger Death Punch, Byzantine, Iron Maiden, Khoma, Slayer, Slipknot, Hatebreed, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, Devildriver, Avenged Sevenfold, Arch Enemy, Soulfy, Johnny Cash, Chris Robinson, Jack Johnson, (more to be added soon)

Movies:

Die Hard, Hot Fuzz, Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men, The Prestige, Predator, 300, Crank, Shaun Of The Dead, Serenity, Napolean Dynamite, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Hulk, Hellboy, Wrong Turn 1 and 2, Blade 2, The Descent, Tremors, Dog Soldiers, Jarhead, Black Hawk Down, Dead Man's Shoe's, Ong Bak, Tom Yum Goong, Brotherhood Dawn Of The Dead, Donnie Darko, American History X, The Rules Of Attraction, Matchstick Men, Garden State, Finding Nemo, Kung Fu Hustle, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Welcome To Collinwood, True Lies, Fight Club, True Romance, The Goonies, Tigerland, Evil Dead 2, Army Of Darkness, Brotherhood Of The Wolf, Monster Squad

Television:

Spaced, Blackbooks, Firefly, Heroes, My Name Is Earl, Blue Planet, Life In The Undergrowth, Planet Earth, Bottom,

Books:

Age Of Misrule by Mark Chadbourn, World War Z by Max Brooks , Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz, A Million Little Pieces by James Frey and The Dragon Lance series, Clive Cussler books and Lee Child - I also enjoy Comics/Graphic Novels.

Heroes:

Dimebag Darrell (R.I.P), Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Nick Frost, Bill Hicks, Tony Jaa, Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville, Spider-Man and me Mum and Dad.

My Blog

What's The Point Of A Degree

Yet another Job I applied for, and yet another rejection. This is getting ridiculous. The reason why is usually "not enough experience" but how is someone supposed to get experience if nobody will giv...
Posted by RawBeard on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:08:00 PST

Read this is you like Music

I DJ, and I love my music... I love the feeling of discovering a new band and sharing this excitement with other people. Back in they day before Trivium became big I had a demo of a song which would e...
Posted by RawBeard on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:10:00 PST

CRANK: Movie Reivew

CRANK IT UPLast night I saw the film 'Crank' in the cinema, starring Jason Statham and Amy Smart, a film that has been described as "Speed with a Heart".The synopsis is Jason Statham plays a hitman ca...
Posted by RawBeard on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:00:00 PST

MMORPGS ARE SHIT

I hate Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, I hate them ALL with a passion. From Final Fantasy Online to World of Warcraft and Everquest 2 they are all the same. Now dont get me wrong I do l...
Posted by RawBeard on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:51:00 PST

X-Men: The Last Stand

Howdy fans and readers of my blog, its been a while, but seeing as I have just seen X-Men 3 in the cinema last night I thought I would share my opinions and review the film.I did not have hi...
Posted by RawBeard on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 09:04:00 PST

WORK SUCKS!!!!!

Yes, this is one of those rants about the mundane triviality of work..... I am bloody fed up with this entire working malarky. Fed up with it I tells you. I have been in full time employment sinc...
Posted by RawBeard on Thu, 11 May 2006 09:04:00 PST

Alien Vs Predators Vs Me

I feel I need to vent my spleen on something that badly needs addressing.How on earth did they cock up Alien Vs Predators? it should have been the easiest film in the world to make, but Nooooooooooo, ...
Posted by RawBeard on Tue, 02 May 2006 09:52:00 PST

Movie Review: Silent Hill

I saw Silent Hill last night and just thought I would share my views on it. Silent Hill is based upon the successful Playstation computer game series of the same name. The movie has its own story base...
Posted by RawBeard on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:33:00 PST