Carrying on from our Monday class, we continued looking into the short French film, I’ll Catch The Next One. But this time, we were given the opportunity to discuss and create our own continuation of what happens after the woman gets off the train. And so, this post is dedicated to me simply sharing my […]
Read more "To Be Continued"A phrase I’m all too familiar with since I catch public transport too. Anyway… we kickstarted our second week in the Picture This! studio by screening a short French film where a woman is hoodwinked by a man’s skit on the subway. My interpretation of the protagonist, which is the woman, is that it’s pretty […]
Read more "I’ll Wait For The Next One"It’s week two and we’ve been split in two. Literally. The Media and Screenwriting students have been separated, or at least, every now and then we will be. So for our first lesson as a Media collective, we also separated into two groups to work on the same exercise. That is, adapting a script that […]
Read more "It Takes Two"This week has been all about practicality. And by that I mean, we learned more about how to use the Sony EX3 camera and how to record audio using them. I was introduced to a new term, which considering the fact that I’ve never heard of it means that there truly are a lot of […]
Read more "You Gotta Learn"Should we consider the friends we meet on social media like the friends we see on a day-to-day basis? Not really — to some extent. I say ‘not really’ instead of ‘no’ because I feel like that’s too strong and definitive as an answer. And I can already feel that I’m going to write an […]
Read more "Let’s Catch Up"Is being unmediated what makes you more authentic? How do we remain authentic in a world where most of our experiences are now mediated? My answer to the first question is no — to some extent. And to the second one, I’ll get to that. In this day and age, I think being ‘authentic’ isn’t […]
Read more "It’s Authentic, Check The Label"During our second workshop, we were given a task to create a short video with some texts, which were from a haiku poem, and edit them using Adobe Premiere Pro. And I guess this is my results from the exercise. p.s. the haiku was created by yours truly (as well as all the footage used) & music […]
Read more "A Haiku – From Me To You"‘Should I cut this out or keep it? I mean, it’s kind of important, like it gives you a bit more detail? …(watches the edited preview a million times)… Actually, nah, I’ll just take it out. It just makes it longer.’ This is probably my most recurring thought/action every time I have to edit something. […]
Read more "The Edit"A comic about comics. Genius, I think. I mean, what better way to understand the art of comics than through a comic and this was well executed in ‘Blood in the Gutter’ which is an extract from ‘Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art’ by Scott McCloud. The reading creates focus on the importance of closure and […]
Read more "Read Between The Lines"Despite the gloomy weather during the day, this week’s workshop was filled with colour. And no, I’m not talking about rainbow lights filling the room. I’m talking about the Six Thinking Hats system used to provide feedback. But in our case, we had only used four: yellow (something positive), red (gut reaction), black (discernment) and […]
Read more "My Hat’s Off To You"