Differentiate.

Everyday, we breathe. But we cant see air. So is there air? My eyes are not sharp, but my sense of touch is, I feel it's presence, whenever I go against it, or it goes against me. The problem with me is, I cant stay still, and even when I'm asleep, my stomach and chest move. What is happening here?

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I see advertisement everywhere. Everything is advertising for everything, in some sort of way. The keyboard in front of me is advertising for the letters, the red cup in front of me is advertising red. I am advertising myself when you see me. Even if my mouth dont speak, standing there doing nothing, I am advertising myself.

Makes everything feel so cheap and commodified. Let me inject life and eject the neon lights. Ok. Yes. we all represent something, an existence of something,but sometimes, we got the wrong cover.

A unread and unknowledgeable man is forever biased,no matter how hard he tried not to be. so adjust your judgment scale. Man.

Fact is. We just have trust. Trust that the air surrounding us is sufficient to breathe. Is it there? I dont know. It has to be. Because I am still typing.

So. Formula is this: Trust first, use it, and if you feel it, it's real, if you dont, you know it's fake.

Man. I am a genius. Well, Van Gogh is a genius too, but he cut his own ear. Now, what is genius? You decide. I gave you the formula already.

Personal thoughts

I'm not sure how many of us actually will read this blog but nevertheless, I shall continue (due to boredom and lack of concentration writing Asian Film History essay). Anyway, time passes very fast, and in a swift, we are rushing for our final sem projects and also, soon enough, to study for our exams. With the completion of exams and projects, it marks the end of the semester, and next semester, some of us will not be in the same class anymore.

Yes, we are still in Film major, but some may be in another tutorial group for various modules. This means that we shall see lesser of each other but when it comes to the projects season, the 24 year 2 filmmakers will unite once again, for the right and 'wrong' reasons.

Like this semester, I realise most of us have unite together, during the pre-production, production and post-production, well, mainly pre and during. The right reasons are, we need each other for assistance and cooperation in each of our projects, as well as many that are too much to be listed out.

The 'wrong' reasons are well, we should know, especially during pre-production, whereby many of us have fallen from grace. However, because of these reasons, we have more things to bitch about and gossip about during production, and of course, bitch our grievances.

These are only my thoughts, and what I've typed do not represent others' thoughts.

Anyway, all the best to everyone, for final semester projects, and also our exams. Let's get burnt again, both literally and metaphorically!

The Breaking Point

I like to describe my life as a J curve, the geometric curve. Before I could reach the breaking point, I will wave my white flag, and ask to start all over again. It's funny how I always think that if I cannot succeed the first time round , I will, by the second round, as if a repetitive act with a similar mindset would change and evoke a different result. How dumb is that. But, trust me, I do believe in sympathy, but my situations who have no feelings dont.

During one fine night, which happened recently,very recent; alright, shant withhold the mystery any longer: yesterday. The waterbag broke. Baby is coming out. Finally.I was teaching, confident with everything I was about to teach, solved every question in the P5 math assessment book, felt absolutely victorious. I felt like a giant who could do anything, no mountain is too hard to climb. I arent a loser as brain has previously prescribed itself to be. I am a victor, come what may. Fire or Storms, Hail or Meteorites. I won not because of my flesh, but because of the sheer will power inside me that's greater than that block.

My Class

I hope I am not being narcissistic, but as I began to look at our class photo, at everyone of us, I began to love it more and more with each passing moment. Each and everyone of us is so special, out of somewhere , we came together. Life itself has so many paths, we do not know which path will lead to which, but out of the infinite possibilities, we are all here, in the same place, moving as one. My dear class, it is my honour to be with every single one of you in group 2, time may pass away, we may all move on to another place, to another stage , but I treasure this time that we have here. FIL210, GRP 2, 07, I love you guys!

OMG

*Panic attack*
Dear all.. it's tuesday already and we need to pitch on wed!!!
*screams*

S.o.o.t

IMPORTANTE

AMIN here

yea, this is like my first ever post.

but, sorry, this is more of an official post.

check this out

Hi Amin
Even though your group did the long take but it doesn;t mean everyone will edit the sound in the same way. Especially for the other three groups, they are making more than one shot. I need to have them practice editing picture and sound, discover problem.
let me know perhaps, your grup will only have one representative to show the clip.

YOu do not need to bring the three shots story, I have alrady digitize those who had handed it on monday, and will print it to tape as a whole.

For now, just focus on editing your contempt, and bring into class on monday.

Thanks, WenSHing

A life without limits

I used to think that our circumstances is the cause of our unhappiness, our circumstances is the reason why we are who we are today. But , I think today, I am very convinced that it is not what's around you that matters, but the attitude you have towards your situations that matters.

This is Nick Vujinic. Nothing in life seems too hard to solve anymore.

http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/media-video-results-nick.php?mediaID=1

http://www.lifewithourlimits.org

So I still have one in a million chance?

In the story of Dumb and Dumber, Lloyd liked somone called Mary, but yet she didnt like him and told him that the chance of her liking him is one in a million. And Lloyd said: So i still have one in a million chance ? When I heard that, I laughed. What a fool, but later i thought he was quite cool. Whatever he had, he didnt despise it, and took it as if it was everything.

Now, i think that is real cool, pretending you have a million bucks when you only have one. I think sometimes it is not how much you have in your hands that matters, but how much you think you havel ; if you can believe it, nothing is too impossible.

Film Sreenings at SCI

Free Film Screenings
perspective on an island
Singaplural



AUG-OCT 07 , SCI : ROOFTOP LEVEL 5 : 730 PM



Date: Themes: Film
11/09 : Sin City : Waking Up ( 2005) The Last Flight of the Red Butterflies ( 2003)
20/09 : Singapore Others : Adam in Heels ( 2004) , Going Glocal ( 2007)
4/10: Love the Singapore Way : September ( 2006) , Clean ( 2006)
11/10 : Haunting Singapore : Grey (2004) , A Suicide Symphony ( 2007)
25/10 : Singapore 201X : Merry Morticians ( 2006 ) , Inspector X and the Eternal City 2006

MH's Comments on Assignment 1

Wen Shing told us to email everyone about the comments for each for the first assignment, but I've decided to put it up here... better for everyone to read... apologized if some of my comments aren't worded properly and they not be right comments.... Here it is:

AMIN

• When panning up, camera is a bit shaky
• Lighting not adequate enough
• Good use of focusing on near & far objects to create effect of flashback
• Sudden change of setting not really able to connect the story

WENDY

• Over-exposure of white walls of the buildings (could be due to the bad projection of images from projector)
• Not much focus on window meant for transition
• Shot of gutter taken at an unique angle (good sense)
• A bit blurry when shooting exterior of the greenhouse

MINE

• Characters should lead audience to POV for connection of story (i.e. camera shot links to where characters are looking at)
• WS stage-in at greenhouse must be balanced
• Proper colour designs
• For zoom-in, some event must be revealed, to give a hint of the story (a purpose for the zoom-in)

KENNY

• Over-exposure of white building against skyline (could be due to bad projection of images from projector)
• When focusing on Jiji & Kala, a sudden blur & re-focuses again (intentional?)
• Last shot: less is more?

JIJI

• A shift from interior to exterior (at window), over-exposure of exterior
• Due to natural lighting & contrast of colour of clothes, some shots do not have enough lighting

ALICIA

• A bit over-exposure for beginning shot (in front of ADM with all the reflection of glasses)
• No focus on CU
• Colour balance a bit off

DAVID

• Zoom in with no purpose
• Horizontal of plain off balance
• Zoom-in timing not smoothAngle shot does not match POV of character

AIDAH

• Over-exposure when out of number plate
• Good usage of changing of colours for flashback
• Purpose of zooming is not clear enough (some parts remain blur when zoomed in)

KALA

• Some shots have no connection
• Zooming in is not smooth
• Good panning from dark area to small window
• Some shaky shots (intentional?)

ANDY

• Lighting not adequate enough (due to natural lighting)
• From dark area to light area -- over-exposure

MIAOQIN

• Over-exposure
• Shots too fast; not much connection
• Zooming in with no purpose

Conclusion:
Almost all of us did some same mistakes (because we followed the shots given and didn’t know we can change).

• Zooming in without purpose
• Horizontal line of action always in center
• Over-exposure (but could be due to bad screening from projector)

Crespiration, A Sanctuary.

This is not a blog, I refuse to relegate it to a blog, I prefer to call it a place of great expression, a place of santuary for our thoughts that's raging , that accompanies us throughout the day , a place of birth for works that will edify the human soul.



Where is the place that you call home? Where is the place which you shed your shells and cry out your needs and desires, your thoughts and opinions? Where is the place which you let true beauty arise? We choose not to hide it behind close doors, nor behind our skulls, for what good is it when it cannot be further inspired by it's cousin? An irony to escape from the environment , we thought, since the deposition first came from it.



Crespiration, A place where it is ignited by our passion , where it is continuing flamed by the cross-exchange of the invisible but real between our mind and soul. We seek to no longer to live in the realm that's so finite, at most 2ms, but we seek to make it's home bigger, and more alive and lively.



Crespiration, where we create, where we inspire, for nothing could please us more, to see you encouraged by us.

wee!~

yeah i'm the second to post!~

1st entry

Hey peeps,

this is the blog created... sorry for the plain stuff but ya... here it is... too lazy to do anything to it...

-- Minghui