Die-Lock!

Exaggeration.That’s what most of us are good at.Probably that’s what best to keep a dialogue alive and get magnified in a course of conversation.Yeah..:S

For storytelling this week,I think I probably enjoyed myself a little bit due to a a dirty little secret or what you might want to call a conspiracy the whole class were ganged up on. It was deifinitely obvious and plus plus point,HILARIOUS,at how all of us tried to maintain a complete absence of sound during the short quiz we had.The test you ask?I would say it was not killing grueling piece of mind-blowing list of questions.It’s just that if you have done your obligated revision,I guess it would be like a breezzzeee.HOWEVER,I,for one,was not the ONE to be enjoying the blow,yo!I met sahara.

DESERT!!!

After which,we had to do some dialogue and I think I did enjoy it for sure!Ok,that didn’t sound a bit convincing!It was gratifying-ly farny!Especially Jordus’ explicit piece of conversation!It made me chuckle so hard,I didn’t realize I was sitting with both my legs wide open.like,very,very unladylike!Not that I always act like one but most of the time,I have to admit that,I DON’T!:P.But it was still unsightly of me to do such a pose.No doubt!:s

After having our mouth all toned out of all the laughing,we were back to business.(woa!)We watched a couple of short stories (was it a couple?or only one?)such as Autograph.It was nice watching something you can relate to so well,so much so that you could somehow picture yourself in the character and I think that’s what make a movie a successful one.When audience can identify the character with themselves,whether it’s their past,when they were a child or even in their current state.They would laugh,cry,get angry if any of the others (probably the antagonist of course) make fun of them,torture them or even leave them. Therefore,I thought Autograph was really a simple story but one which was unquestionably unpretentious and with lots of human relationships thematic values which we should sometimes sit back and ponder over.At the end of the day,no matter how much you earn a day or occupied with things in life, you must know that the people around you are the ones you’ll look for when you’re in deep trouble or feeling down.There never is a person who can stand all his life not making any contacts to a single living human being. Same goes for things like conflict,dialogue and things like that,those we’ve covered.:D

HAIL TO THE “PEOPLE TO THE PEOPLE”!!!

Whatever that means!

AND SO,today,or probably yesterday,I went to watch Annie Hall with Dayah!The movie captured my attention the moment Ms Mel played a segment of it during class.I was probably more interested to watch Woody Allen then the movie itself!Believe me or not.I thought he was someone with  great insight!And yes!He turn out to be one with a vast of nonsensical yet witty and sardonic ideas and comments in life!I’m not kidding!(see the number of exclamation marks I’m using and you know I’m not kidding ya!).Alright,don’t,just don’t imagine me to be some psychotic tudung girl who’s obssessed with Woody Allen or that sort of thing  ok!?

Woody Allen in Annie Hall.This was back in  1977.You might not his look then but I’m telling you something,if you ever watch his movie and listen to his lines,you would watch him in awe.Not kidding.He’s got this vibe of my-sarcasm-would-make-you-laugh-till-you-can’t-forget-about-me!Again,I’m not exaggerating.

I think he still look good for a  72 year old.He somewhat reminds me of my grandpa.Only that mine doesn’t like long-sleeve shirts and coats.He loathes them!haha!

Allen’s statue made in great appreciation of his work all this while.He was born in New York and had his statue in Spain.How proud can one be!

By the way,I realize something really unintentional.Most of my favourite icons sounds like air-learn.Ellen DeGeneres(no doubt!),Ian McKellen(the star wars guy) and now,Woody Allen!OMG!Big deal right!:P

My intention was to actually point out one of the lines in Annie Hall which had me laughing my ass off (oopss!) on the couch with crumbs of potato chips spread all over my shirt!Take a look at this:

Annie Hall: So you wanna go into the movie or what?
Alvy Singer: No, I can’t go into a movie that’s already started, because I’m anal.
Annie Hall: That’s a polite word for what you are.

This conversation made clear of things like:

1) Annie was getting frustated of Alvy making a big fuss out of a two-minute miss of the show(which only meant some advertisements.The show hasn’t even begin!)

2)She was trying to tell him “It’s now or NEVAAA!”

3) And “So,you have some other great plans you have in that head of yours is it?You toooottt!!!”

4)Alvy knows he’s anal.

5) He confessed!That’s a pretty nutcase if you’re bold enough to say you’re anal for such a matter!

6)Alvy was simply trying to convey something to Annie.”Don’t you get it in your head!!!!!I don’t want to go in!”

7) Annie was trying to be sarcastic

8)She was trying to say that the word anal didn’t suit him and there must be another terribly disrespectful  word to use to describe him.

ok.could come up with seven. I like the one the most as it really backfires Alvy by all the sarcasm he has thrown to many around him so far.

And so you see,in a dialogue,it can help to convey the message a character is trying to transmit to another,their feelings(anger in this case),purpose of saying so(making Annie angry) ,the relationship between Alvy and Annie which was obviously unfeeling and despicably hurting and most importantly,to me at least,it tells us of the character’s  attributes/personality. Like for example,when Alvy said that he’s anal about having to enter the theater a minute later,we really did see him as an anal individual all along the movie.With a tinge of boredom!!!!

Alright,that’s  all for now!well,see you an!d

An icecream trailer which fits a powerhouse of police hardware

Is that ok,Mr L?*getting ready to grunt*

Ha ha!:P

In any case,it’s alright if I get it right or wrong because according to him (Mr L),these kind of Topsy -turvy phrases could cause a crack in the head for people to come up with.He didn’t exactly mention the cracking part but,you know what I mean!It’s actually quite difficult to turn the traits of a person,an animal,an object or any particular subject and introduce another totally ‘out-of-context’ kind of characteristics in a short period of time and we had to come up with 10 of it during Storytelling lesson.Without a doubt,I had a totally(and I mean TOTALLY!) worked-up 10 mins as I thought it’d be easy.I didn’t exactly pull my ‘tudung’ or do that kind of thing when you’re caught up with a what-the-hell-should-I-do-now! sort of task la(sorry for the offhand choice of word.hehe!) but it did seem and sound like some painless thing for us to do,not knowing that most of it would be considered wrong and over dramatized by Mr L.Despite all that,all of us sure had a great laugh at those phrases which were read out loud to the whole class.Here are some of mine:

A bus-driver…who likes to give free rides

A wrestler…who frequents a gay club every night

A vegetarian…who likes to dig his nose all the time.

A mechanic…who wears gloves every time he goes to work.

What do you think of that,guys?I know,it doesn’t make sense right?And on top of all that, we were supposed make it sound not too dramatized and not to flat(logical) because if it is,then…

THERE’S NO POINT CRACKING YOUR HEAD FOR THIS WHAT!

*Tee-  Hee!*

The whole idea was to come up with any character or a subject (for example a mechanic, a butcher,etc.) after which, associate them with something which is totally not pertinent to them.BUT!Aha,there’s a ‘but’ to that,mind you.It should not sound so dramatic neither should it spells illogical.whatever that means.:\

So,let’s see what we did during class last week?btw,I’m sorry for posting these so very late.I’ve written all that like days ago but due to habit of thinking that there are some other things I should include in here(which seems to happen all the time nowadays.Or maybe it’s not only now!;P),I delayed and delayed till it was another Storytelling class and I’ve yet to post anything.Sorry..

OH YA!We learn something about a character today,that one should be 3 dimensional to BE a character .Physiology,Psychology and Sociology.I find it interesting that under Psychology,Mr L actually put ’sex life’ as the first sub-point.Not that I have a problem with that,but.Ok.I’m being dreadfully immature.:(

And there was also the interior and exterior of a character.The class was having a hard time figuring out what these 2 really meant and everything we came up with,as in the definition of both,were wrong!And so,here’s the meaning of it.

Interior – Process of forming the character

- Takes place from birth until the moment where your story begin

Exterior- Process of revealing the character

- Takes place at the start of your story

Other than that, we also watched short clips from movies like Taxi Driver (which many associate with the movie Taxi,especially Jeri!haha!And she went:”Oh,the one with Queen Latifah right!”*shake head*so confident!), which had me captivated with how it was shot and the fact that it was filmed along the perilous streets of  New York City (right?)Uhuh..

ALRIGHT GUYS!That’s all for now!Will post the reflection for this week’s lesson soon.Ya.Soon.:P

Ka-kaaaaa!

Before I reflect on last week’s class, I would like to just show you guys some clips of Ellen.Most of you might already have known about the fact that I’m a heeee-uuuuge fan of hers!(I’m grinning as I type this you know!:)) and yes,definitely have something got to do with our class topic the other day.Memory VS Experience.By the way,Mr Leslie,I like the class last Friday.It was awwwesome though you ended it early.Great fun!:P

Watched it?Yes,ok.Aniston really have a great memory capacity I should say!

To me,the difference between memory and experience is all about the state of it.Memory is having the ability to recall an event,something,someone or even some place.Even if you have not seen or happen to do it,there is still a possibility that you would have a way to recall that particular thing.Like what Mr L said,he might not have seen himself as a child who eats what was it?Soap?Haha!But as he grew up,many relatives talked about it and kept emphasizing about the fact that he grew up eating soap,unconsciously,it has become a part of him.A part of his growing memories,although he’s all conscious of the fact that he can never remember doing them.Experience,on the other hand,is the actual doing which makes you learn about something,whether it’s in a good way or bad.

One thing I’m sure of is that experience gives a greater impact to someone compared to their memory.This could be because having to carry it out and having physical contact doing it,the memory of it would still be fresh in mind.Ooops shit!Now I’m using memory in explaining experience.You know what?I’m still confuse about experience and memory.Yes,I am.:(

Let’s talk about some other things people.Which is less exhausting than you know what.Haha!

Do you agree that memory could help to build creative content?Yes I do!It definitely could.Like for example,I could vividly remember the days when I was rather playful and have this strange fondness of disturbing my mum when she was in the kitchen,cooking.She had this thing about forbidding us from sitting on the kitchen cabinet,putting your hand under your chin while eating and many more!And one thing for sure,her reasons are mostly crappy and illogical.Thing with my mum is,she might not be that aged and old-fashioned BUT the way she always stop us from doing things make me think for a while that she should really start up the School Of Conservatism.:P.But it’s not really a bad thing to have.Make us more aware and grow up having the proper behaviors and etiquettes because people would surely blame the parents whenever one turn out rowdy or disrespectful.So,on the whole,having the memory of something,you can express it in a more convincing way and at the same time,having fun reading it over and over again without modifying it all the time.

Alrights,that’s all for now!But,before you guys press the Alt-F4 or Apple-W,watch this video alright!Hehe.Yes,it’s Ellen D.:)

Ka-kaaaaaaaaa!:P

McAllister and Flick

We watched Election last Friday.When Mr Leslie told us what we were going to watch,I went all psyched and wide awake because I knew the show.Watched it like,thousands of times.Right,I’m over-counting.You might think I’m weird to actually react the reverse feeling of what I’m suppose to,feeling all excited for a movie I’ve watch a gazillion of times on Channel 5?!?!?Tell me about it.But seriously,there was this feeling where I felt a rush of adrenaline(huh?) when Mr L told us the overview of the plot.”It’s a bitchy story!”Yeah,I’d like that!Haha!

For some reason,I liked how the movie was put forward to audience.It was subtle,yet captures our attention and no matter how much you hate the storyline,it still made it as one of the most impactful movie you’ve watched,one which you would remember and would recall of watching and the next time you do watch it again,tell me how it feels.All of a sudden,you’d have the tendency to shout out the existence such of vixen-ated character Reese Witherspoon,who was playing an exemplary student but a  psychotic one at that,who were all insistent about being the next chairman for the school government board,no matter what it takes.However,behind all that,we know the reason why she was the way she is.It was all attributed by her mother,her wish to attain this and accomplish that,but not having to achieve them,Tracy had to become the successor,sort of.

The best part was having the teacher-student affair which is quite known as the latest trend in schools these days,even in Singapore,we’ve heard of such cases.Ultimately,the teacher is the one who bear the consequences and I felt,it was not right for Flick to go to the extent of suspecting Mr McAllister and scooped out his bin just to make sure her votes were more.Nonetheless,it was hilarious!!!:P

After watching it for many many times,I’ve learn some useful points added to the lesson on tragedy that we had after that. The cause of the story was simply the ELECTION.It causes much disputes and tension among the students,especially to Tracy Flick.She was not prepared to have any sort of hindrance and thus when Paul Meltzer tried his luck in being the one of the students running for the student president position,she was furious about it and started to kick off a tantrum.The effect was monstrous;when Mr McAllister was retrenched at the same time having a difficult time with his wife for the fact that he was trifling with fire by flirting with his wife’s bestfriend.His life became hell.HOWEVER,what made some of us disatistified was for the fact that it all ended that,having Tracy successful in her life after harming all the people around her.

But,one thing for sure,Mr McAllister was also guilty because he did try to play with fire.

Hokey,that’s all for noe!see ya people!

Hot Or Skinny

Hey people!(if your dog’s reading this,just tell him I say hi,ok?)

What the cow am I babbling?

Sorry,I know that didn’t sound a tiny bit pleasant as an introduction to start the entry with but oh wells.

I finally have something to talk about in here.Girls.Hot girls.How do we, as normal people,just being a student or a lecturer,or a technician or anything you do for a profession rate girls,just girls.Any girls.It just tinkles me in the head this morning,while on the way to school,how skinny and bony girls in Singapore can get.I mean,ok,there SHOULD be a reason why I’m all finicky about this small little tiny minute thing right.It is an ISSUE.However,looking at it now,I think it people cannot really be bothered about this and it is quite a sad thing to see.

And so,back to story where I was on the way to school listening to a couple of songs and smiling to myself like some crazy cuckoo,I saw this car and decided to stare and observe it for a minute while the bus was settling beside it for a moment.I saw a man driving in there.And thought he was alone (anyway,he was banging his head and drumming his steering wheel with his finger like some [fill in the blank] and so I assumed he was alone cos that’s what people always do when they are by themself in the car,did you guys watch MOTOR MOUTH?yeah.something like that but it was just the hidden camera which was missing in this man’s car).

But for a split second,I saw something moving beside him.IT WAS A GIRL.She was so skeletal that it seems like she sinked in the sits of the car.I’m serious.And it made me jump off my sits seeing her like that.Oh my God.

And,what a great day it is.I then saw a couple more girls walking pass me at the station,Skinny Girls at that.I don’t know.I just find it depressing sometimes.And to me,it’s quite a tragedy yo.:s

Anyway,I’ll balance out this entry later on.Seeya!:)

Hang on there

I’ve been feeling rather laid up these few days.The throat,the nose and especially the HEAD.It’s spinning like a top and I don’t really have a cure for it.Panadol,panadol extra,my sis’s medicine and this chinese medicine my mum force through my throat.It smells and taste nice actually.Ok.Will stop talking about myself.Let’s see what we have this week.

I Have to Change this Bloody Attitude of mine.

Hi everyone!

I’m sorry Mr Leslie for posting up this entry so very late.Same goes for the previous post.I thought I could be more disciplined this semester but I’ve gone far worst.I often do last minute work for assignments and end up having nothing in mind to talk about.:(.So,from today onwards,whatever assignments given,I have to promise myself that I’ll finish them up either on the day itself or the next day.No more work impending work piling up by Friday!You hear that Nur Adilah Sardali!I hope you do!

However,I would like to say something about Studio Production class yesterday.Yesterday,we sort of had a pre-broadcast exercise of a show called “It’s Reel Time” and everybody had a role to play.Vision Mixer!!!Mind you if it doesn’t crack your head everytime you try to press a button and everything broadcast are not the ones that are supposed to be on!And Ms Hong is super shit scary when she’s angry.BUT,funny thing,she tuned to her normal self right after the practice.Going all haha hehe and said we did ok.What the…..!Nevermind.

I’ll post up something more interesting later.I promise!:P

WHORE-LERT

Supposedly,I have to type this entry like eons ago.On Friday to be exact.But,being a lazy fat cow,I dragged my feet about doing this whole so-cool-that-we-are-actually-blogging-for-a-module assignment.The reason is simple-I did not have anything interesting in mind and school days are unstimulating.I’m not saying it should be.It’s just not what I picture it to be.

But,oh well.You have to continue breathing don’t you?And finally,today,I did find something interesting to talk about.Although,it’s giving me a tremendously bad heart-break.I LOST MY WALLET.I’m freaking mad at myself.Can I even say that here?I’m sorry Mr Leslie,but I have to say this.I told myself to resist the urge of putting it down here.But I can’t.Since you’re already reading this.Made a police report on Wednesday with Fiqa and have yet to hear anything about it till now.At this very second,I wish my wallet is in the letterbox,waiting for me to fetch for it tomorrow.:(

Anyways,last Friday,which was 7 days earlier(Sorry Mr Loco!),we had the very first storytelling class and Mr Leslie was late.I wouldn’t blame him though.I mean,we should call him earlier when we find him nowhere at sight right?There was a little hooha here and there.Some misunderstandings and misapprehended sayings and tension was building up even in the room.But I doubt Mr Leslie noticed.Well,Mr Leslie,it’s better not to know.It’s not that bad but I think the whole class needs a little bit more time to adjust to each other’s temperament,don’t we?I hope I won’t have to curse and swear at my new classmates.Not that I want to do so at my ex-T1A2 classmates’ face,but just that I think we guys can get along.It takes time.Of course la,right?

For the first lesson,I think we did quite well,with all those 3rd view and openers.I find it interesting that this module actually teaches you how to write ACTIVELY.I was beginning to think that the lessons would bore me to my utmost patience and I can see myself pulling every strain of my hair in the effort to get ideas 0ut of my head.But hell no.I’m starting to get the thrill out of all the lesson’s objective.But,something you have to take note of,about me,is that,I like to take my own sweet time doing something and finish it.

Even if you can’t find anything to write about,try to scribble down a few words.You might end up with a long-drawn-out essay.

We did a few ice breaking games such as the 5 things about yourself or something like that.I can’t really help but forget.It was a cool game to me.Like you must write down 5 things about yourself(questions given) and one of the answers should be a lie.Mr Leslie wanted to stop the game but requested for more of the lists to be read.Wait.I think I could recall some of the questions.

-What is your favourite hawker centre?

-Who’s hot and who’s not?Jessica Alba or I-forgot-what’s-her-name-actress

-What is your favourite MRT station?

There were 2 more but I could not call to mind what they are.Anyhows,I think we had a good time playing the name game also.Monkey Maybelle made all of us tee-hee for a while and I find Jubilant Jordus cute too.*do the head thing y’all!*:P

Hokey.That’s all for now yo!:)

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