Goodbye 2010

Submitted my loc prod assignment today with a heavy heart. I know my video, script, editing and everything is not the best but I did my best. Being a beginner in directing, writing, producing and editing, I have lots to learn and a long way to go. I envy my friend's editing and hope to be like them, however, everything takes time. Xy, Jiayou! Work hard and one day, you will get what you wished for. Hang in there and move on. (:

Gonna do a review of 2010 tomorrow like last yr's. Think it's kinda fun recalling. 

Goodbye 2010, thanks for this fruitful year. 

Reflection for Week 5

HAI. Weekends is ending again. ):

I am actually writing my storytelling assignment now but I just couldn't continue where I paused. It's like, I really don't want to think about it anymore. It's over. No point looking back right?

Lessons were as usual, just that a few lessons were cancelled due to red camp (thank you). And after rotting and thinking of inspiration for 4 days, I finally got a story for my short video. Oh anyway, I am really really grateful for having good friends and classmates. They not only gave me some ideas on how I can improvise my story, they also make sure I finish them on time. Of course I did the same. (: We are a bunch of ambitious kids in fsv (in a good way) and our dreams is to get recognition for our IBP in year 3 which is still a long way to go. But still, really thank you, guys! :D

We watched Shawshanks Redemption for storytelling on Friday. After the movie, most of us ran out of the preview theatre because it was freezing cold. This reminds me of Introduction to Film actually.

I had a great day yesterday! I went to see 小小彬 and oh my goodness, he is freaking CUTE to the max. Go to my facebook page to see if you're interested! Had SushiTei for dinner and I ordered 6 different kinds of desserts. Awesome to the max. Shall post them in my APAD blog. So check it out there! :D

I have got alot of things to do but I do not have the mood. Come on, doing the thing I hated the most  - storyboard is not fun.

Okay, back to storytelling assignment. hais.

Reflection for Week 4

I did not post for week 3 because there is nothing much to talk about. Just another slack week I would say.

So Week 4 is over and I could see the stress period ahead.
Had a small presentation during Jumpstart on Monday (a waste of time) but I think it is so much better than last semester's IS.

Had another small presentation on Tuesday's Storytelling class about Aristotle. We had to write a short story using our classmates' characters from the People-watch exercise. It was fun but because I don't know what to write, like seriously no idea and inspirations. I think I've lost touch to writing ever since 'O' level ended.

We had WritCom test on Thursday and it's group work again! I love it, because we get to discuss it with our peers before submitting. At least three brains is better than one. :D Location Sound was fun too because we had role-play again.

Had Photoshop Test in the morning on Friday and it sucks. ): I forgot everything on layer masking and just tried my luck on everything that I could think of. Is it 20 or 25% of my overall result? Ahhh, whatever. It's over. Let's move on.....

To-do list:
- Update my a photo a day blog
- script for loc prod
- storyboard for loc prod )': (nightmare)
- all the paper work for loc prod
- mywritinglab
and the list goes on...

Reflection for Week 2

Hello readers! :D

So, week 2 of school and its still nothing much to do/happening. I missed Semester 1 so so much, perhaps due to photography because we will also have something to do every lesson.

First week of Yoga lesson was not bad. However, I couldn't really hear or understand what the teacher is talking because she's like talking to herself for the whole lesson. We built roller coaster during IS class. 60mins allowance = anyhow build.

Tuesday was a horrible day. I left house early but reached the class 2minutes late and was being marked absent. Hellooooooo lecturer, not all your students can fly from SIM/NP bus stop to FMS block you know? However, she's quite nice actually, and willing to listen to our explanation. During write comm, we had to copy notes and I always thought that scribbling notes in class had already ended after o levels. But now, it's back ): And during write comm tutorial today, we had a small presentation which I think I screwed it up. Gahhhhhh! Sleepy + tired + don't know what the notes is talking about = sibeh jialat.

Computer graphics is very boring BUT I learnt something new yesterday! I finally know how to make panorama photos using photoshop and I didn't know that vanishing point actually existed in photoshop! Amazing~ Oh, I did mywritinglab exercises with Felicia & Phoebe after class. Must tell myself to finish it faster so that I don't have to care about it in the next few months before deadline.

We had location sound today and it was fun. Should have seen my priceless facial expression when lecturer actually knew that I'm JJ's sis (like very randomly). Still wondering who told him actually (I think is XQ). Photobooth-ed too!

Alright, time to do other stuffs. (:

To-do list:

- update a polaroid a day blog

- five 50-words short stories for storytelling

- watch DVDs yooooooo~

- dinner with Sien & Pauline tomorrow night

- re-write my almost unreadable write comm notes

- need some inspirations

Long weekends (Y) Ciao~

Week 1 Reflection

Semester 2 just started but I'm sorry to say that I am still in the HOLIDAY mood. Yes, holiday mooooood. (:

I personally felt that most modules from this semester are BITCH! Seriously. What's up with Sports & Wellness, Write Communication and Computer Graphics? At least Ideas Jumpstart was not as bad as I thought.

I took up YOGA for S&W (don't laugh at me) with Joanne & Dean. Hahaha, slackers yea. Actually I chose Yoga because I thought that I could hide those scars on my legs by wearing long pants but we're all required to wear only knee-length shorts. ): I couldn't find any ways to cover them also and thinking of what to do now - to hide or leave it?

Anyway, storytelling lesson was okay because we're allowed to use laptop - the only thing that could keep us awake, I guessed. Three-quaters of the class were tweeting (our new way of msn) non-stop and some of them even bitch about our own classmates. However, it's very entertaining though. All of us were asked to create a wordpress for our writing exercises and reflections. Had no idea what to name it, so this is the best I could think of: http://xywrite.wordpress.com

I'll be posting my storytelling exercises and some reflections over there so feel free to read them too. (:

Write Communication was a totally bitch during the lecture but tutorial was okay. Perhaps due to the amount of students in the lecture theatre, the lecturer tend to be more fierce and strict. Oh, and during the tutorial, we are required to do some grammar and sentence structure test. I failed 2 out of 4 but managed to pass the overall. HEHEHE. And if I am not wrong, there will be presentation during thursday's tutorial (NOOOOOOOOO).

Computer Graphics was very boring on the first lesson because all we did was revising for our photoshop skills. I even fell asleep without anyone knowing :D because we were seated in a cubicle kind.

Location sound was fun! Lame jokes and fun classmates = good lesson.

There's no Location Production class this week because lecturer went for reservist!! (Y)

I could feel the stress after knowing what we're supposed to do for our final assignment for each module. It's way more tiring and stress compared to last semester. What I could conclude is that I would be awake for more than 48 hours during the last week of school for sure.

XY JIAYOU!!

Anyway, caught 'The Social Network' by David Fincher just now. Couldn't imagine how much problems were caused because of the creation of facebook and also the fragility of friendship.

LAST WEEK OF SEMESTER!

Okay, I am slow but I'm busy because of photography this few days!

Monday, went to school to do a final edit for audio commercial and after that, went to shoot the remaining shots for storyboard. & chiong for 3 test for the next day.

Tuesday, a very hectic day, started off with Audio test! After that, was photography test and I confirm score at it cause I got study. Whahha. But I screwed up my Intro to film test big time because I didn't study at all and ended up, I only got 1.5/10. Clever or what! 10% for my final grade k! wth! Oh, tuesday is also the start of my sleepless day because I have to edit for storyboard which turns out like shit~

Wednesday was fucked up seriously because of storyboard presentation. Everyone was very depressed and discouraged but who cares because it's over and get over it man! (: Bitched with classmates and I went home to chiong for my podcast. Second day without sleep.

Thursday was awesome. I completed my podcast at 10.30am!! Then I rushed to school because I was late for setting up the SET & Lighting for Studio Production. After lunch, the whole SEMESTER watched the podcasts together. T1B1 went off for studio production recording at 4pm so I did not listen and watch to my own podcast and I am very happy about it! :D Preparation for recording was bullshit but we had fun among ourselves. Went to help to carry mattress from sports complex and we got a FREE RIDE back to FMS Block thanks to this kind construction uncle who agreed to give us a ride back. So fun. Recording went off very smoothly and we had nice brownies, curry puffs and corn kueh thanks to FATIN! :D Went to al-azhar for dinner. & Haikal was inside Lincoln's car boot from NP to al-azhar!! Dangerous kids. Had a damn funny and awesome bitching session over there. & we went home at 11.30pm and Xinying finally can sleep after being awake for more than 48hours. Gangsterrrrrrr sia.

Friday we had audio practical test. However due to the awesome bitching session the night before, everyone was late. Thila & I went to help out in the next class' studio production recording and came back for our practical test. Anyhowwwwww only. Went back to help out after practical test and I have to say that T1B1 is really very bonded, thanks god. I pity the next class recording. They screwed up for both Interview & Demo show.

Headed to JP to find Mcvie Chua for a catch up session. He treated me to watch the "Old Cow" film which is a waste of money. -.-

Alright! End of semester 1. I hope I don't get to see fucked up people in the next semester and I love the bitching group! :D

Photography assignment due on 16Aug! Jiayou!

Week 15 Reflections

YAY PEOPLE! It's week 15 alrd!!! 1 more freaking week of madness.

Stayed at home on Monday because I don't need to go for IS class anymore. And did all sorts of stuffs trying to clear at least some work.

Chinboo gave us some tips on our test next week and after that we had photography lecture whereby we also have test the next week. Intro to film, we watched a film on animation. VERY BORING. ):

Went for photography consultation on wed morning. And when I was about to go off to meet Qamariah & Xq, it rained heavily and our plans were ruined. ): However, we postponed our plans to next Saturday! So it better don't rain. :D I headed down to Bugis with Qamariah and after that went back to JVS for a shoot for my storyboard. Great to have a good catch up with them.

Thursday was horrible. We wasted time in Studio because Douglas said that we can't possibly have rehearsal without the talents. So he released us 2 hours earlier and we ended up having 3 hours of break. Had class lunch at SIM and rotted at the Attice after lunch and slept. Hahaha. Had Intro to film and we watched '300' a damn bloody show. Art & Design was crap beside we only need to show him what we have done and we can go off. The funny part was at night, when I was locked outside the TSO room with 16 track equipment. What grace did was jus to stare at me thinking that I have the solution to open the door. WTF right.

Headed to school early in the morning to return the equipments which Melissa kept in the other room and spent my time watching 'Power Sunday'. HAHA. Then had fun with classmates in 16 track. Went for FMS Photo Club meeting. :D (Xinying finally got CCA.) Had our 30 second commercial presentation and I think my group had the lousiest and crappiest commercial ):

Today is Saturday and I wish that I have a longer weekend. there's so many things that need to be done. ):

Week 14 Reflection

Week 14 already people! 2 more weeks of madness and that's it! :D

Basically, I love week 14. It's awesome.

First, on Monday we had IS presentation and got a B. And it also marks the end of my IS lessons because I'm not going to waste my time in there anymore. Watched Despicable Me to mark the end of IS. Whahhahas. They're so cute. :D

I don't know what happened to everyone on Tuesday because all of them went crazy. Seriously. During Photography lecture, everyone spammed the google spreadsheet for Photography consultation. During Intro to Film, we watched 'Super Size Me' and it's freaking disgusting that I decided to sleep throughout the rest of the show.

Photography Consultations means you go school for only 15mins. After that, went to eat at Island Creamery with SiEn and went to the Bukit Timah Railway station to shoot and to McRitche but apparently McRitche doesn't suit my theme. I went to Haw Par Villa alone after that. Such a nice place but it got abandoned. ):

Went to setup our set for Interview Show before class starts. Eventually, when Intro to Film was about to start, the whole class walked passed Studio and came in. So the whole class was late for Melanie's class. :X After that was Art & Design consultation. It ended super early. Had 2 plates of Kaki Fuyong shared by 3 people. Hahaha. After that had recording for Art & Design and homed.

Friday we had our Interview Show and it was more than a success! :D Omg, seriously have to thank both Lincoln and Si En and everyone who have helped us, even T1B2 came to help. It's really awesome working with Lincoln because he had alot of experience and the way he direct, is excellent. *Salute* Even Douglas said so. Had audio tutorial but everyone was doing their own stuffs instead.

Awesome mudpie from Island Creamery

Looks old but still standing strong

Group photo with SIXX & Run Neon Tiger for Interview Show

Week 13 Reflections

Heheeee. I am 1 week late for my week 13 reflections.

FSV student ah, too busy to even note down everything. :X

Monday

It's a super boring lesson where we watched a film about suicide bombers. IS is a super waste of time module.

Tuesday

Wasn't really listening in Audio Tech lecture because I was looking through Intro to Film notes and taking down some important stuffs that ChinBoo mentioned. Had Photography Quiz and yes, I did study but I mixed up the answers for some questions. Then SKL showed us the 4 stars & 5 stars photographs for photography assignment #2. Damn sad leh. I only got one 5 stars photo and four 4 stars photo but hopefully I can score better than assignment #1. Film quiz I anyhow only.. and got 6/10. Whahahs.

Wednesday

Do some research for our Portfolio thingy and got to know my Photography assignment #1 result also. Not very happy because I thought I could get my what I wanted but no, disappointment instead. However, I got over it after awhile and decided to focus more on my Portfolio instead. Hehe.

Thursday

Had rehearsal for our Interview show, and it started off damn badly but ended nicely done. :D There's still room for improvement though but we did our best. Had our last Intro to Film research project and got A+ again. Hehe. Art & Design was boring. However Zhenyu damn cute. He entered the class saying "HEY YO MATTHEW!" and Mr Ng looked at him wondering what the hell he is doing. Hahaha.

Friday

Most awesome day of the week. Hahaha. Bought Mcnuggets Spicy to school to share. Nice, can try. Learnt new stuffs but I forgot how does it work as I am typing this. LOL. Okay, I shall practice my audio equipment whenever I am free next week. Xinying must do well for Audio Practical because she think she will die in Theory test.

Week 12 Reflections

Yohoooooo~

Another week has ended (SUPER FAST) and it's now officially 1 more month to END OF SEMESTER! OMG, I can't wait for that seriously.

Okay, so Monday, I had YOUTH DAY HOLIDAY (Self-declared) cause there was no IS class (most awesome thing that happened on the start of the week). We're supposed to do our interview on Monday but because my group mates have test the next day, we decided to postpone this assignment (nobody cares about it anyway).

Tuesday was the deadline for Photography A. #2. And like the previous time, we did last minute stuffs and was even late for SKL's lecture. Hahaha. We watched "Blowout", restricted movie. Not bad leh, it's a movie mostly about the chapter, SOUND.

Wednesday was presentation of Best 5 photos for Assignment #2. Hehe. This time round we are able to vote for 5 people's works and I got votes from my classmates! :D After that went to watch Toy Story 3 with Calvin. Nice, touching and also cute! I like the part where Andy gave the little girl all the toys that he used to play and something that he treasures alot. Oh, I also like the part where the toys all held hands together when they were about to fall into the fire. *touching*

Had my Studio Prod skill test on Thursday and I screwed up loh! 109/150. ): Nevermind, I shall do well for my interview show, I hope. Then we had Intro to film. We watched "A Man Escaped" and the class almost dozed off. It's about a guy who is in prison and planned to escape. And as we watch, we need to take down the scenes about different types of sounds. So I guess this is how Melanie made us stay awake. After that was Art & Design and our group need to re-draw some scenes for the storyboard. ):

Friday was goooooooooood because it means that the weekends are here! :D The theory part was too much for me to absorb, I think because I slept late the night before. Hehe. After that met JJ at JP because I wanna buy new backpack but can't make up my mind. Ended up at Swensens with my cute cousins wearing Woody & Buzz masks walking around JP.

Now, things to be done:

- Study for Photography Quiz

- Study for Intro to film Quiz

- Storyboard shooting

- Edit commercial

- Start on my Photography Portfolio

- Come up with film analysis draft by Friday

1 more month, XINYING ENDURE!

Week 11 Reflections

We owned Studio 1

Hello!! You know, everyone in my class is counting down to 5 more weeks of school. The reason being, after week 16, which is 6 August, we will be having a...

3 MONTHS BREAK!!!

Awesome right. I know, so countdown with me okay.

Had IS on Monday. Got back our Policy Paper and got B-! Whahaha. Okay, basically, IS is forever boring and waste of time for me seriously. I'm forever chatting on MSN throughout the whole lesson.

Tuesday we had Audio and Photography lectures. 1 word = sleepy. Watched "Dead man don't wear plaids". Interesting movie because some of the scenes were taken from the other movie. A combination of 1840s and 1850s clips. Went home and chionged storyboard and slept at 4am.

Wednesday was photography tutorial but SKL very "cute". All of us reached at 9am except for a few and he started lessons at 9.45am. All of us were having mass conversation in Adium and he released us at 10.30am after he taught us how to do color treatment to our photos and consult him on our assignments photos. It's damn stupid loh, actually we don't even have to come to school. Waste of time. Somemore I slept at 4am and woke up at 7am. Thanks ah, SKL. Headed to Bugis for KOI and Melissa wanted to shop. Ended up at skate park with Phoebe and went home to chiong for storyboard again even though I am damn tired and slept at 4am again. -.-

Clementi bus stop was flooded with NP students on Thursday morning. Was late for Studio Production and we had our Interview Show rehearsal which ended with everyone laughing. Intro to film was.. erm, I can only say that we just keep taking turns to sleep. (: Art & Design, we had discussion over our storyboard and got back assignment 1 & 2. Got C- for assignment 1 - creating texture and coloring. Apparently, I failed the texture part. Got A- for movie poster. Awesome yea. :D

Friday was awesome. Met Iris & Pristal for lunch and headed to school for storyboard discussion. It ended in 5mins and we watch "How to train your dragon". I also completed 1 episode of Glee. TCB taught us a processor name called "Aurel Excitor" and asked us not to google it. HAHAHA.

So, another week down and I am feeling very stress.

Because there's so many things due on the last week of school. LET ME DIE~

But still, I am counting down to 6 August. :D

Week 8 Reflections

ALOHAAAAAAA! It's MID TERM BREAK. YAY!

This week was kind of horrible. 2 quiz in a week!

There's no IS class on Monday so I stayed at home to study for Intro to film quiz. A lot of things to study you knowwwwww. Mise-en-scene and Cinematography.

During Tuesday's Audio lecture, we did research on microphones and need it to presentation on Friday. After that, was Photography lecture and SKL showed us the photographs that T1B1, T1B2 and DVFX students took. Our Photography assignment #1. He only showed us the 4stars and 5stars photos. According to him, 4stars photos is around B- to B grade. Whereas for the 5stars, it's around A- to A! I got a total of 8 photos in the 4stars category!! Super happy. These are the 8 photos that got 4stars!

Red Flowers

Mr Lizard loves Climbing

Pigeon

Seeing Double Image?

Mr Green Dragonfly

Mr Red Dragonfly

Antique staircase

Lonely Afternoon Without You

& whenever Phoebe saw dragonfly shots on the screen, she turned around and asked me, "Xinying! Is this dragonfly shot yours?". Then after lecture, Melissa turned around and asked, "Xinying happy ah? Got how many photos being shown on screen?", making me paiseh. haha! During Intro to film, we watched "Hot Fuzz" directed by Edgar Wright. The front part was boring but the ending was awesomeeeeeee. Those bloody scenes and everything. Haha. We had quiz after that and I think I screwed up big time. ):

We only had a 10 minutes class on Wednesday. It's actually consultation with SKL for Photography Assignment #1. He showed us the peer evaluation and the class gave me the highest mark for this photo:

National Museum with half-raised flag

However, he commented that he don't like this photo and will probably be the second lowest for my Best 5 photo. ): I like it alot loh! However, he said that he will give my "Antique Staircase" and " Lonely Afternoon Without You" 5stars after viewing it for the 3rd time. YESSSSSS AH! :D Me & Grace did our audio recording for our 30seconds commercial too. Yay! 1 task down.

Had role rotation exercise on Thursday for Studio Production. I was the director and Douglas kept saying that he like how I directed last week more. Haha. I hope he will still give me good marks for this. Anyway, Si En brought my movie poster and it's really awesome. :D And also, for the first time I felt that I did not screw up Intro to film presentation, phew! Did storyboard during Art & Design and it seriously sucks because I really can't draw. I don't know how to draw the back view of a person, how to draw a person walking and many others. Pasted my movie poster on mounting board and handed in. Really awesome. :D

Had Studio Production Quiz and I seriously hope that I pass. HAHAHA. I forgot all the function for CCD, CCU and 3 point lighting. :X Did our presentation for our microphones research and homeeeeeed!

This is the start of my 2 weeks break! :D

To-do list:

- Storyboard (25 to 30 frames)

- Photography Assignment #2

- Research for Microphones in details

These will confirm take up my 2 weeks break.

Have a good break people! :D

Week 7 Reflections

Lovely looking dog @ Botanic Garden from Ang Mo family.

1 more weeeeek to go!

Alright, this week was great, seriously.

On Monday, we had IS and did the Policy Paper. It's a total crap. Spent my whole night settling Photography Assignment #1 for submission. SKL very troublesome to the max lah! Made my desktop flooded with pictures. Thanks ah.

Tuesday, we had Audio Tech Lecture as usual but that day was different. 3/4 of the class was busy burning our assignment to DVD disc. HAHAHA and Si En's and mine lappie literally hang like shit. Ran down to office to submit before 2pm and yay I screwed my photography quiz #1. Shit!! ): After that, during Intro to Film, we watched "In the mood for love" directed by Wong Kar-Wai. We didn't dozed off for the first time because we have to watch the film carefully and note down the cinematography used in the film. Could not understand the film anyway, hahaha but I like the cinematography used. Slow motion, shallow depth of field, etc.

Had Photography Assignment #1 Best 5 photos presentation. I really like Lincoln, Kristen & Melissa's photos! Very nice and interesting. After photography, we had make up lesson for Audio Tech tutorial. Almost the whole class were dozing off and Chin Boo tested us in the studio recording room. HEHEHE, I unofficially passed his questions and skill test. Woohooo!

Studio Production was very scary on Thursday because AKU WAS THE DIRECTOR. Last director of the day. I was very nervous and trembling non-stop. Tongue tied also. Want to thank FSV T1B1 because they were so good to me. I told them to do simple simple one can already and Deeshraf and Saiful did awesome camera stunts which Douglas liked it a lot! YAY! Thank you people! :D First experience of being a Director was great because of you people! Directing is.. stressful. You must check on everything before recording and make sure your people know what to do. You must also have a good Assistant because they will keep reminding you of what you've missed out. Thanks Melissa for reminding me of so many things! :D Although I made some mistakes but it made me very happy knowing that I did well for this role rotation but I am still nervous. :/ Had Intro to film and we get into groups. All of us were given different film to analyze. My group got Nosferatu, some film about Dracula. After that we had Art & Design and well, I sucks at drawing facial expression. I totally can't draw what I want. ):

Friday was awesomeeeeee! We learnt INSERT, AUX RETURN & some editing stuff in LOGIC PRO! Me & Grace got early dismissal because we finished our stuffs damn fast and Chin Boo was impressed. CHEYYYY! :D

Doing movie poster now. It sucks seriously.

Oh, and I received this email from NP yesterday.

NICE loh. Skipped lesson because I went to take an English test lah, idiotssssss.

Next week will be worse.

Have Audio Tech research and Intro to Film quiz on Tuesday.

Recording directed by LEEXINYING for Studio Production and Research & Presentation for Intro to film on Thursday.

Studio Production written quiz and Audio Tech research presentation on Friday.

I predict sleep-less nights ahead.

Jiayou for movie poster! :D

NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY BECAUSE NO IS CLASS! Long weekends ahead! 1 more torturous week to MIDTERMBREAK!

Week 6 Reflection

Just a quick update on my week 6 in school before I go out to Chinese Garden to shoot again.

Monday, I went to somewhere at Redhill to take an English test with Hidayah and many other people. The test was pretty lame and I got very irritated by the microphone because basically I couldn't hear my voice. When it ended, took train we Hidayah and I alighted at Paya Lebar meeting JY Sister there. He accompanied me to fucking Singtel Mio Vendor to do an one to one exchange for the power adapter but I had to purchase it in the end because the person said my power adapter doesn't belong to Singtel.

Tuesday, I was slightly late for lessons and Audio Tech was really boring. You can hear alot of typing sound but nobody was taking notes or whatever. We were facebook-ing playing games and alot more. During Photography lecture, Mr Siew prepared us for our quiz and talk more about people photography. We watched Amélie, a R21 film. After all, I couldn't understand the film because it's more of an Art Film, but I like the cinematography used. After that, I ran to HS building to do my IS presentation and got a B+. HOHOHO.

Wednesday's Photography lesson was changed to 2pm, so we combined class with T1B2. There wasn't enough seats for everyone. And I was late! I was clueless of what was happening and just follow the crowd. After that, went to show Mr Siew my photographs for assignment #1 and asked for C&C. Went shooting for the workshop and homed.

Thursday was pretty relaxed. I thought I can be director for rotation exercise that day but ended up I have to do it next week, hopefully I do it well. I finally learnt the vison mixer and audio mixer. HEHEHE. Lunched and had Intro to Film tutorial. We kept dozing off and waking each other up. Horrible students. After that was art. Asked to draw portraits and figure. Mine totally sucks, it's uploaded in Facebook. Ended Week 6 with a lot of assignments to do. How nice.

Week 5 Reflection

HELLOOO! Week 5 ended! How's everyone?

Typing this in the library and listening to AK's 一秒鐘.

Not a bad song, quite nice and I like it.

Alright, Monday I went to school early to meet up with Lynn to finish up the powerpoint slides. Had lunch with her and I ate Subway like after 2 months?! Hahahs. After that, IS Module was as usual, BORING. We watched a film about AIDs, "And the Band Played On". Me and Lynn was like dozing off here and there and at some parts, I was actually facebook-ing on iPhone. Damn boring.

Tuesday was awesome. Audio lecture was okay, and photography lecture ended early. We had Intro to Film quiz that day and everyone was busying reading notes and revising. Melanie asked us to watch the film, The Red Violin directed by Francois Girard, first before doing the quiz. During the quiz, I swear I don't know what was the question asking for..

"Explain why the director is the person most commonly viewed as the “author” of a film. Please provide the some objections to this idea. Finally, give your own examples of who might be a true author/director."

When I saw this question, I was like, "Wahlao, get straight to the point leh, don't ask me this type of questions can." Ended the day off at NP library, borrowing dvds for classmates cause I am 18years old and they are younger than me.

Wednesday, our Photography lesson is about taking photographs of people and one of the criteria in the worksheet was, we need to find 2 strangers to be our model. I called Xiuqi Auntie and she said she's only coming to school at 12pm. Called some JVS classmates and they were all in lessons. Then, I saw MARILYN! She doesn't want it but I don't care. HAHAHA. Mcvie came and became my next model and yea, he did a pretty gooood job! (: Went home and wanted to start doing my photography assignment at places nearby my housing estate but eventually I dozed off to sleep and my internet modem spoilt for god's sake. Well, it's actually the power adapter that is spoilt. ):

Thursday was okay.. Not too bad and not too good. Had Studio Production and we did our role switching again, I guessed next week's class I will be the director. HAHAHA. Scary role. =X Had lunch and anyhow completed my art during Intro to Film. Art & Design was awesome this week because Mr Ng couldn't stand us and almost vomited blood in front of the class. haha.

Friday was AUDIO TECH TUTORIAL. Favourite day of the week. Oh, and we went to check our Intro to Film quiz's grade and I passssssed! Hahahs. 7/10! shall continue studying even though I don't really know how to answer the questions in the quiz.

Xinying jiayou!! Mid term break coming soooooooon! :D

Week 4 Reflection

I have been in FSV for a month and it's unbelievable that time is passing so fast!

Anyway, Monday's IS Module was the best so far because the lessons appeared dry and boring but the lecturer just kept on talking non-stop which is a good sign because it means that the time is passing fast! :D The bad thing was, he reminded us about the presentation. ):

Tuesday's lectures was okay and Intro to Film was awesomeeeeeee!

We watched The Usual Suspects directed & written by Bryan Singer. His way of telling the story is different from Alfred Hitchcock's and probably better twist too. Throughout that whole film, you will be following Verbal's explanation and get convinced by him. The ending was the most awesomeeeeeeee part because everyone got cheated as Verbal himself is the murderer. However, the whole film contains 2 vulgar words which is "FUCK YOU" & "MOTHERFUCKER". Nevertheless, it's the best film I've watched so far.

Wednesday Photography lesson was a killer. We need to shoot lighting shot and it wasn't easy. I can cry man. We got our first Photography Assignment too, and due on 1 June. After that, I went to Audio Tech room practice mixer with Si En and homed!

Thursday was sucky. Studio Production was fun. We did a talk show regarding IRON MAN 2 and changed our roles after every recording. So I did Computer Graphic, Prompter, Cameraman and VCR Recorder. The director's job was really tedious and I shall try that out perhaps next week. During Intro to Film, we did presentation again and I really suck at it. Yea, I admit. After that was Art. T1B1 flunked our homework and was demoralized to the max. I even stupidly did the same mistake for the test and can't redo! I hope I won't this assignment.

Went to school early on Friday to have discussion on IS with Jing Xiang as the rest couldn't make it. After that, I went to have lunch with Iris and came back to school for Audio Tech! We learnt about the different types of microphones available in FSV and also tried out recording. Fun and interesting! :D

Week 3 Reflection

Week 3 ended super fast I swear. It's like after lessons > go home > complete stuffs > sleep > wake up and it's another day of the week again.

Headed to school early to meet up with class and have our discussion for Studio Production's script. Lunched at Makan Place after that and headed to IS talk. It ended very early and we were all happy! :D

Audio tech lecture was boring that even I was sitting beside Si En & Phoebe, we chatted on msn. Photography lecture was also boring because I was very tired already. Melissa & Phoebe were spamming each other's facebook wall and kept laughing! LOL. Soon, it was movie time again. This time round we watched another film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo.

It's the second movie Melanie showed us by Alfred Hitchcock. Well, I should agree that this was Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece as compared to Psycho. It's really more awesome than Psycho. The content, the flow, the music and the unexpected twist at the end of the film. It's so Alfred Hitchcock film because in both Psycho & Vertigo, some scenes were shot similarly like the car scenes. I recommend you guys to check out this film, or read about it in wikipedia.

I screwed up my Photography workshop on Wednesday. Apparently, I didn't have enough time and didn't take 5 pictures from the worksheet given and I just handed in because I am very hungry. HAHAHA!

T1B1 Rocks. :D

Thursday was a sleepy day for T1B1. We had Studio Production and all of us took turn to try out being a Floor Manager. We looked very dead throughout the whole 4 hours of Studio Production. Had a not very nice lunch at SIM's Megabites. ): During Melanie's class, we talked about Vertigo and our responses were very dead. When Melanie showed us video on directors, three quarters of the class dozed off. Power right. Then Melanie decided to dismiss us 40min earlier seeing us all dying. Ended up, we stayed in Preview Theatre and Phoebe they all were playing L4D2, some surfing facebook, others playing with Photobooth. During Art & Design lesson, we traced out our homework instead of drawing because Mr Ng said: "After last week's lesson, I realized you guys can't draw. So let's not waste our time and I let you trace instead." HAHAHA! Everyone were so happy you know! :D

Today's Audio Tech tutorial was fun! Heng Han came to find me to pass me some forms and we chatted when he knew I was JJ's sister. During tutorial, we learnt new stuffs and was very fun and amazing. Woooooohooooooooooo! :D After that, Chin Boo asked me why Heng Han came and look for me and we chatted. He finally remembered that he interviewed me during the JPSAE interview. HEHEHE

Overall, a very tiring, and a few homework need to be done week. HAHAHA. :D

Homework to be done:

- Rough Cue Sheet for Audio Tech Project

- Color my ART. -.-

- Practice my presentation. ):

- Create Color Wheel using Adobe Illustrator CS4

- do a draft on IS module question.

YAY!! Hopefully great weekends ahead.

Week 2 Reflection

Week 2 of school ended so fast that I could not believed that it's May now.

IS MODULE on Monday was pretty alright because I finally got to understand what the lecturer is talking about. We watched a short film "No Days Off" by Eric Khoo. It's about how we treat the maids and how 'poor thing' they are.

Audio and Photography lecture on Tuesday was boring. Plus, I was very tired that day that I kept dozing off every 15mins. ): Melanie let us watch "Wizard of Oz" and ohhhhhh~ I finally realized that the song, "Somewhere over the rainbow" was one of the movie's soundtrack. -.-

I would agree that this is a classic film because the message that the film is trying to bring across to the audience was clear.

On Wednesday, we had Photography workshop which is to take pictures of the themes given by Mr Siew. We were asked to complete everything before we could hand in. )': I had some difficulties because some of the themes I really had no idea how to take them. However, I want to thanks Grace & Phoebe for helping me out.

I want to say sorry to my classmates because on Thursday I felt that I didn't bring my soul to school that day and was very very tired. Studio Production was fun and I managed to smile a bit. During Introduction of Film, Melanie asked us to get into groups and do a question and present in to the class later. When it's my turn to present, my mind was blank totally and I don't know what to say. I eventually stood in front of the class looked at the laptop screen, and went speechless. Grace stood in and helped me out and I felt like going to somewhere nobody will find me and cry it out but I have Art & Design class after Melanie's class. Really felt very FUCKED up. During Art & Design, we were asked to draw parts of shark but cannot draw the whole shark and after that, when presenting to the class, everyone must be able to see that it is a shark. So yours truly here who sucks at art, drew a bear look-a-like shark.

Audio tech on Friday was awesome. I finally cleared my doubts with Mr Tan. He's a very good lecturer with a lot of patience and will keep on asking you questions and make sure that you really understand. Thank you, Mr Tan. Phoebe was crazy during break time and due to hunger I supposed, she hacked into everyone's facebook account and spammed their status but she managed to made everyone smile. Thank you, Phoebe. :D

Not a very good week after all.

Week 1 Reflection

So, school have started for 1 week and this is my reflection.

Monday was IS MODULE which totally sucks because I got no classmates in my class but I do have course mates. The lecturer tried to be funny but failed in my point of view. I just couldn't wait for 4pm to come that day because I really can't understand what he is talking about and even asked Xiuqi auntie to help me through MSN. HAHAHA! :D

Tuesday was definitely better than Monday. Had Audio tutorial and lunched at Makan Place with classmates after which we had Intro to Film. Melanie was pretty good at teaching us ice breaker and introducing. From here, I got to know a few more classmates and course mates' name because we combined class. She showed us a wonderful film, 'Psycho' by Alfred Hitchcock, one of the most famous director.

Through the film, I realized that black and white films can rock in some way. Although it was a bit draggy in the beginning which made me dozed off, the intense and captivating climax with the effect of the soundtrack, made me eager to find out what will happen and was engrossed to it in the end. Wonderful film by Alfred Hitchcock and definitely the best of what I've seen so far.

Wednesday was Photography class. We were given 20 minutes as break time because the cameras aren't ready yet. So my class decided to have our own ice breakers since most of us still didn't know each other that well. It was really a good thing and I believed after introducing ourselves to everyone in the class, we got along well more. So, Mr Siew decided to end the lesson earlier because the camera batteries died and we couldn't use them. Headed to Makan Place for lunch and waited for Uncle Calvin to come. I became famous again because he introduced me to the seniors. HAHAHA. After that, Xiuqi auntie and friends came. Was a short meet up but non stop laughing session.

Thursday was a long day. Started the day with Studio Production and definitely the best module so far. We were told to do a interview show to try out and it was hilarious! They were talking about Justin Bieber at first and decided to change to poly life topic. Had lunch together with the whole class and next was Intro to Film tutorial. Melanie asked us to introduce ourselves to her and tell her why we want to join FSV. So this is what I said: "I am Xinying. I joined FSV because I enjoy being in a production and want to contribute to our local media industry." And she somehow likes my reason. :D We talked about 'Psycho' and it makes me love the film and Alfred Hitchcock more. The way Melanie interpreted and explained to us the meaning of the scenes, it just made me understand the film more. Next up was Art & Design. I could see myself drawing stickman in my next few lessons but I will just try my best to draw.

Friday we had Audio Tech Production. We got to try out the mixer and learnt a few functions. Although I have touched the mixer for the last 4-5 years, it didn't really help me to understand the functions of the mixer any better because NP one was more complicated! However, after Chin Boo explained to us, it got better for me and I hope I will remember as much as I can. =X So my class is having a petition now for a change of time table because Friday's lesson starts at 1pm and Muslims have to go for prayer. We're thinking of changing Friday's class to wednesday afternoon after Photography lesson so that WE DON'T HAVE LESSONS ON FRIDAY!! :D Hope it will be successful so that I can have long weekends! :D