It's the end of university. After the screening, at the pub, I had a chat with Paul about the journey that I will be taking in the next stage of my life, especially when I'm in my last semester. I am considering to either go back to my home country and get a job or stay and do the Masters or Honours program provided by RMIT. Afterall, this course has been really helpful and I have learned a lot over these 2 semesters. I realized that I have developed and eventually equipped myself with those necessary skills and confidence. And honestly, I really enjoyed this semester's production process. Although there are glitches here and there, we work very well together as a group - we joked, we laughed, we had so much fun. =)
But I know that there are still many other things that I need to learn - whether it is academic field or employment. Approximately a month ago, a Malaysian career fair was held in Arrow on Swanston. Many significant Malaysia companies like Astro and Media Prima (they own lots of Malaysian TV and radio stations) were there. So I went and had an opportunity to be interviewed by them. I was so proud to present myself as an RMIT Professional Communication student and tell them what I have done for the course and what I am able to do. Media Prima's person in charge was very much impressed and she instantly wrote my name down as a candidate for Chinese Entertainment Group (8TV)'s assistant producer. Even though I don't really know what an assistant producer does, but I'm very very glad and thanks God for the opportunity of (may be) staying in the film and TV industry.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Screening (Reflection)
Being the last documentary to be screened after 3 and a half hours, it was pretty obvious that the audiences are too tired to laugh at Caroline.
The screening night totally trained my heart because I almost got a minor heart attack when Paul came over to us and told us "I invited your subject, Caroline to this screening.". And he looked super serious when he said that! But it was a joke!!! Besides, I was very nervous about our film being screened. Totally did NOT expect it to be the last one so I kept making sure that my friends I invited to stay on their seats so they won't miss my group's production.
Truthfully speaking, after watching our film, together with everyone else, I realized that it was, indeed, a bit lengthy. And I have also spotted some parts where I can cut out and still not affect the content of the documentary. Despite the fact that we got tired watching the same thing over and over again, it was like watching it with a fresh pair of eyes (after watching many other documentaries).
The screening night totally trained my heart because I almost got a minor heart attack when Paul came over to us and told us "I invited your subject, Caroline to this screening.". And he looked super serious when he said that! But it was a joke!!! Besides, I was very nervous about our film being screened. Totally did NOT expect it to be the last one so I kept making sure that my friends I invited to stay on their seats so they won't miss my group's production.
Truthfully speaking, after watching our film, together with everyone else, I realized that it was, indeed, a bit lengthy. And I have also spotted some parts where I can cut out and still not affect the content of the documentary. Despite the fact that we got tired watching the same thing over and over again, it was like watching it with a fresh pair of eyes (after watching many other documentaries).
Screening
The screening was fun! It was the last night for me to meet my course mate as I am graduating end of this year. So exciting, yet so lost, confused, nervous and... gloomy. An indication of a new phrase of life, an indication of ending of university's life.
So my number 1 favorite of the screening was, Melissa Toh, Louise Chang, Hui Xiong, and Ao Xu's Kaleidoscopic Views. I especially love their animated images (brain, calender image) and words in the documentary. The effects are just so amazing and it adds life into the documentary. When I talked to the girls after the screening, I got to know that the effects were done with Motion 4, a software that came with Final Cut Pro. How I wish I know that earlier so I can play around with it. Too bad uni is about to end for me...
Speaking of which, the approach they took for the documentary - with elements of 'behind the scene', was relatively entertaining. It takes the audiences away from the interview subjects for a while, give us a break before going back into the topic. Besides, their effort of going all the way to Sydney to film some part of the documentary makes it even more outstanding!
Other than Kaleidoscopic Views, I really enjoyed watching some other documentaries like Silent World by Nuraliqa Sendyalaras, Albert Satya and Jerry Wang and Banana Boat by Erni Wijaya, Deanna Adnan, Yi Cieh (Rebecca) Tien and Wen Jia (Susanna)Wu.
Silent World is all about a subject who talks using sign language. Even thought there was only one subject, I find the subject really strong and interesting. Also, it matches the theme, Language, very well. Unfortunately, it is a little too long. There are some contents that can be cut out in the middle of the documentary when she talks about her books.
As for Banana Boat , it's a documentary made on ABC, Australia Born Chinese and his life journey in his original mother tongue, Mandarin (which he's not good at) and English. It's interesting in the way this group structure the film and getting opinions from the parents and also from a friend of the main subject, who is an Australian but speaks better Mandarin than the subject. The documentary's length was pretty appropriate. As an audience, I felt like every minute of the film was brilliantly utilized. The documentary also ends with an interesting ending, where the subject sang a Chinese song and couldn't finish it due to language barrier.
Even though there were some documentaries that have bad sound, odd framing, and even out of sync sound, overall, I think it has been a great night and a good opportunity to look at others' film and pick up some good elements involved.
So my number 1 favorite of the screening was, Melissa Toh, Louise Chang, Hui Xiong, and Ao Xu's Kaleidoscopic Views. I especially love their animated images (brain, calender image) and words in the documentary. The effects are just so amazing and it adds life into the documentary. When I talked to the girls after the screening, I got to know that the effects were done with Motion 4, a software that came with Final Cut Pro. How I wish I know that earlier so I can play around with it. Too bad uni is about to end for me...
Speaking of which, the approach they took for the documentary - with elements of 'behind the scene', was relatively entertaining. It takes the audiences away from the interview subjects for a while, give us a break before going back into the topic. Besides, their effort of going all the way to Sydney to film some part of the documentary makes it even more outstanding!
Other than Kaleidoscopic Views, I really enjoyed watching some other documentaries like Silent World by Nuraliqa Sendyalaras, Albert Satya and Jerry Wang and Banana Boat by Erni Wijaya, Deanna Adnan, Yi Cieh (Rebecca) Tien and Wen Jia (Susanna)Wu.
Silent World is all about a subject who talks using sign language. Even thought there was only one subject, I find the subject really strong and interesting. Also, it matches the theme, Language, very well. Unfortunately, it is a little too long. There are some contents that can be cut out in the middle of the documentary when she talks about her books.
As for Banana Boat , it's a documentary made on ABC, Australia Born Chinese and his life journey in his original mother tongue, Mandarin (which he's not good at) and English. It's interesting in the way this group structure the film and getting opinions from the parents and also from a friend of the main subject, who is an Australian but speaks better Mandarin than the subject. The documentary's length was pretty appropriate. As an audience, I felt like every minute of the film was brilliantly utilized. The documentary also ends with an interesting ending, where the subject sang a Chinese song and couldn't finish it due to language barrier.
Even though there were some documentaries that have bad sound, odd framing, and even out of sync sound, overall, I think it has been a great night and a good opportunity to look at others' film and pick up some good elements involved.
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