Thursday, December 07, 2006
SDD was a mess for us infocomm (iCOMP) people. In short, whatever could go wrong, did go wrong. And so wrong it was. From a minor technical misunderstanding, it somehow almost tore our whole plan apart. I had to scurry all the way from Ritz-Carlton to VJ and back and...almost didn't make it.
In the end, we somehow managed to get the streaming system in the ballroom set up.
On the brightside though, I got to spend one night in a Ritz-Carlton suite! Cozy...well cozy as it could get with 5 guys sleeping on a queen bed. Unfortunately, none of us could really get much sleep that night. Maybe because lights-out was at 4am. Or maybe because we were concentrating on trying not to touch each other so much as to be considered gay and trying not to snore in each other's faces. Oh, and the hotel's posh bathroom door didn't have any sign of a lock on it. Ritz-Carlton huh?
Too bad I didn't have a cam handy.
SVA submission's tomorrow. Our film's almost done. I'd think our entry, "The Scar" is quite a piece of work, despite our being n00b at professional film-making. Haha at least that's what I think; not sure if the judges will agree with that. I'll try to upload a copy to Youtube sooner or later.
I'm missing badminton.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
I'm sure everyone secretly aspires to become the next Brad Pitt or Kate Moss. But how'd you like to be a director of your own movie? Steven Spielberg, anyone?
It's one hell of a job.
Being in SVA means making your own movie. With your own crew & your own smarts; source out, schedule, manage, direct, and produce a movie within 2 months. For us, 1 month. Not an easy task at all.
Everything, from the actors' & crew members' schedules & the scripts to the hired musicians needs to be pre-arranged and planned out. Should anything go wrong, there needs to be a backup plan. Then there's actual production, where stuff you never thought about (i.e. Team morale) comes into play. Blah, blah blah. Gosh, I don't know where to go next.
Stressful, this has been. Only 4 more days till the deadline. Then OGL training. Not forgetting planning of the concert in January. Plus the holiday homework crap that's lying in pieces across my bedroom floor.
I'll grow white hair soon. And I haven't even started working yet.
Meanwhile, I'm still trying to figure out how to embed some music into here.
