Tutes, Lecs and Films

Okayyy, its second day of school, and i love it! Well, except for some of the assignment parts that is.

But yeah, Mon was quite alright for a start. I woke up late cos my ftv 111 (history of screen language) lec was only at 2pm so no monday blues thats for sure. There were quite a number of people in my lec, mostly caucasians needless to say, around 60 or so. Some were kinda queer, some were normal, and some were...slack. There was the girl with the whole Kelly Osbourne image (and she did manage to pull it off), another guy who resembled a dark alley mugger with the Afro-plaited hair and all, and another girl who sat beside me who came for lec all decked out in her best brands from top to toe and with that LV bag mounted firmly on the table. Then at the other extreme end there were the guys with the oblivious heck-care attitudes - the unkempt hair, the baggy worn-out tshirt and tattered jeans complete with filthy sneakers. Observing all the different kinds of people around you really serves as great pre-lecture entertainment.

Anyway, my lecturer's this Antonio guy, and we had a 50 min formal lec on film types followed by a film screening of an Aussie production called Beneath Clouds, about some aboriginal culture/identity thing. Apparently this is the format of the 4 hour lecture every week - a short lec and then a film show. Quite cool, it's almost the same as doing lit, except that instead of analysing texts, we analyse films. Can get a little mind-boggling though. Plus there're lots of readings to do! And i thought that would be the last i would see of it in history class. Sigh.

Yeah, and i had yesterday off (although Tues is my official laundry, grocery shopping, revision day).

Today, i had my ftv 121 screen production tute/workshop at 9! i had to drag myself out of bed at 8. zzz. But i love ftv 121 the most! And i got to know Erline, who's Sporean too, and Laasheetha, who's Msian and both really awesome people. Thank god for them. But yeah, i love all the practical stuff we're gonna do! got introduced to the DV8s and tripods we'll be handling for our 1st year assignments (the more sophisticated cameras are reserved for 2nd year onwards, damn) , the editing/post-production suites, and the 2 min mini-doc that we're supposed to start production on next week. Feeling all the frenzy already but im looking forward to it! In the afternoon, had the ftv 121 lec, which also went great, and we kicked off with sound. So we got to watch different clips from films like Apocalypse Now, Band of Brothers, Silence of the Lambs, Raging Bull etc. and got introduced to the different sound tracks and sound production. Love it!

After our lec, it started to rain (brrrr...) and had to rush for our ftv 111 tute. Woah, it was crowded for a tute, but yeah, did some getting-to-know-each-other stuff, which wasnt as bad as i thought, and got to know an Aussie girl Claire who was really nice and who loved Moulin Rouge and Baz Luhrmann too! And apparently, because we were supposed to state our favourite movie, there was another girl (who doesnt look Sporean but probably is) who named I Not Stupid as her fave. I was like...?! Eww. Ok, it's an "educational" show but i have to admit that im biased cos i simply hate jack neo productions (probably with the exception of Home Run).

O and we dont have exams for ftv! Goodie. Or not. Cos all our assignments and class participation are counted towards the final grade. Damn. i have to start talking. Grr.

So yeah, thats pretty much school for these couple of days. Have my MCI classes over the next 2 days (which i hope goes well) and i'll probably be camping over at lim san's on fri nite! we're intending to hang out cos fri is late shopping night! Yeah! Pathetic, but we need it! Haha. Ok, im gonna make dinner now. Starving.