Memory of a goldfish= Being in hell for 120 minutes, watching the seconds hand tick away on the wall clock and waiting for salvation.
Hoping tomorrows paper wont be half as bad as todays.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Friday, March 16, 2007
Reminiscing
Lol...I just came across this while cleaning out my inbox. Its an assignment I wrote a couple of years ago for a class on Film studies. I'll be damned but I seriously cannot make shit out
from this stuff!! What is FS, CU and those numbers..?? movie frames?? pan in, pan out..???beats me! How I wish I knew it. Serves me right for drawing tony montana on the class room desk and not paying attention.Given my drab course right now, I suddenly find film studies so interesting. I remember I took two classes in undergrad on Film. One was by bastard boy P. Close. The class was beautifully called "images and reality of the asia pacific". We were shown an art film from different countries every week and had to write an analysis and post in on the Webct forum. I hardly went for classes although some films like 'once were warriors' abt Maori culture was really nice. King and I was apparently shown in class once. I slept in that morning and asked a friend abt the film shown so I could post the review and get my attendence. The minute she said king and I, I was like right..thanks, bye and got down to writing. Little did I know it was the old black n white version and I had just posted my review..full of raves for chou yon fat and jodie foster's excellent acting from the new version!! lol. I got a C in that course. Cant help smiling thinking of those days.
Film: Man of Aran
: Robert Flaherty
Summary of events: Continuity, Major scenes and their themes from the shot list.
Continuity
Major scene
Theme
１．Introduction to farming in Aran
２．Farming Procedures
３．Subtitle-seaweed
4. Subtitle -soil
5. Fixing boat
6. Boy fishing
7. Boy spots something in water
8. Basking shark Fishing
9. subtitle on bask fishing
10. women waiting and looking out in anticipation
11. Subtitle
12. Bringing home the catch.
13. Woman and children wait in anticipation
14. Shark on the shore
15. Preparing pot for collecting shark liver oil.
16.Subtitle-Cauldron
17. Subtitle- schools of shark…
18. Out for fishing again
19. Waiting in anticipation on the land
20. Wind and Foaming Sea.
21. Return of boat
*Landscape FS
*Man with Axe
* Man hitting rocks
*Loading seaweeds on horses.
* Family leading horse with seaweed to the shore.
* Woman and boy looking for soil in crevices of rocks 85-106
*upturned boat
* enter man with pot
*fixing hole in boat 108-112
* Ariel view of water and cliff
* Boy takes out crab and prepares bait. 119-234
*Spots a basking shark on the water. CU 236-256
* A harpooned shark and men in boat.
* Struggle with shark
* loosing shark from harpoon.
* Men at sea
* Spot shark
*struggle with catch
* Woman standing and looking out to the sea with a basket of seaweeds.
* men pulling shark
* woman looking out of window
* Boy takes potatoes
* Woman knitting and looking out the window.
*lamp burning
* Villagers crowding in on the shoreline to see the catch.
*Rolling pot/cauldron
* light fire for the cauldron
* Skinning and dissecting shark.
* A school of sharks…shark fins above the water surface.
* Men go to sea.
* Boy follows
*denial for the boy
*show of disappointment
* burning lamp CU
*sleeping boy
* lamp blows out
* boy awakes with gust of wind through window
*spray of mists and water on land
*woman and boy looking out for the boat on sea* boat appears.
*Struggle of men in boat the stormy weather.
* Finally makes it, wary yet triumphant back to the shore.
Farming in barren conditions-hard work and labor.
An important event in the lives of the people of Aran.
The source of their livelihood and basic necessities like oil for burning lamp from shark liver, etc.
Rarity of catches while fishing for basking sharks.The way of life for the people of Aran, as if like in a cursed land, people have to work very hard in extreme conditions to for survival.
"???????????????" How can I not remember the slightest detail of this? Its like it almost never happened.
from this stuff!! What is FS, CU and those numbers..?? movie frames?? pan in, pan out..???beats me! How I wish I knew it. Serves me right for drawing tony montana on the class room desk and not paying attention.Given my drab course right now, I suddenly find film studies so interesting. I remember I took two classes in undergrad on Film. One was by bastard boy P. Close. The class was beautifully called "images and reality of the asia pacific". We were shown an art film from different countries every week and had to write an analysis and post in on the Webct forum. I hardly went for classes although some films like 'once were warriors' abt Maori culture was really nice. King and I was apparently shown in class once. I slept in that morning and asked a friend abt the film shown so I could post the review and get my attendence. The minute she said king and I, I was like right..thanks, bye and got down to writing. Little did I know it was the old black n white version and I had just posted my review..full of raves for chou yon fat and jodie foster's excellent acting from the new version!! lol. I got a C in that course. Cant help smiling thinking of those days.
Film: Man of Aran
: Robert Flaherty
Summary of events: Continuity, Major scenes and their themes from the shot list.
Continuity
Major scene
Theme
１．Introduction to farming in Aran
２．Farming Procedures
３．Subtitle-seaweed
4. Subtitle -soil
5. Fixing boat
6. Boy fishing
7. Boy spots something in water
8. Basking shark Fishing
9. subtitle on bask fishing
10. women waiting and looking out in anticipation
11. Subtitle
12. Bringing home the catch.
13. Woman and children wait in anticipation
14. Shark on the shore
15. Preparing pot for collecting shark liver oil.
16.Subtitle-Cauldron
17. Subtitle- schools of shark…
18. Out for fishing again
19. Waiting in anticipation on the land
20. Wind and Foaming Sea.
21. Return of boat
*Landscape FS
*Man with Axe
* Man hitting rocks
*Loading seaweeds on horses.
* Family leading horse with seaweed to the shore.
* Woman and boy looking for soil in crevices of rocks 85-106
*upturned boat
* enter man with pot
*fixing hole in boat 108-112
* Ariel view of water and cliff
* Boy takes out crab and prepares bait. 119-234
*Spots a basking shark on the water. CU 236-256
* A harpooned shark and men in boat.
* Struggle with shark
* loosing shark from harpoon.
* Men at sea
* Spot shark
*struggle with catch
* Woman standing and looking out to the sea with a basket of seaweeds.
* men pulling shark
* woman looking out of window
* Boy takes potatoes
* Woman knitting and looking out the window.
*lamp burning
* Villagers crowding in on the shoreline to see the catch.
*Rolling pot/cauldron
* light fire for the cauldron
* Skinning and dissecting shark.
* A school of sharks…shark fins above the water surface.
* Men go to sea.
* Boy follows
*denial for the boy
*show of disappointment
* burning lamp CU
*sleeping boy
* lamp blows out
* boy awakes with gust of wind through window
*spray of mists and water on land
*woman and boy looking out for the boat on sea* boat appears.
*Struggle of men in boat the stormy weather.
* Finally makes it, wary yet triumphant back to the shore.
Farming in barren conditions-hard work and labor.
An important event in the lives of the people of Aran.
The source of their livelihood and basic necessities like oil for burning lamp from shark liver, etc.
Rarity of catches while fishing for basking sharks.The way of life for the people of Aran, as if like in a cursed land, people have to work very hard in extreme conditions to for survival.
"???????????????" How can I not remember the slightest detail of this? Its like it almost never happened.
the BIG one
I just submitted my last assignment for this course and it was by far the worst essay I have ever written in my life! Hoping it wont get me a D- again. Slept for 2 hours last night! Wretched course work!
Anyway, thats done and Im sure I wont be missing writing essays for a long long time now. Oh expect my exam next week requires essay type answers . But AFTER that....woohoo! Oh . expect I still got my 20,000 words dissertation to go...BUT ..and this time for real...AFTER that dissertation ....Im officially done with exams and essays. I had to travel half way around the world, get into a good school, spend a fortune on overseas tuiton... only to to find out...I ABSOLUTELY HATE STUDYING WITH A PASSION!! But the cool bit is..provided everything goes well with the marking..I'll actually be a Master of Science! Thats fucking hilarious. I often wonder what it wudve been like if I had stuck with arts and pursued that instead. Oh well...I'd probably be screaming I HATE JOHN KEATS WITH A PASSION! ( although very unlikely)
In other news,
I bid in an auction for an original cartoon sketch for Comic Relief. After paying rent last week I hardly have shit in my bank account and im unemployed at the mo. But for pure thrill, I bid £1500 for the piece!! And thank heavens someone outbid me... I wudve been so wonderfully fucked otherwise, it wudnt have been the least bit funny. Although for a good cause (60% of funds frm RND go to poor in Africa, 40% in UK), being a student and pretty much dirt poor, means I cant possibly be in a position for such generousity. I can only do what I can. Bought a RND badge instead . Its blood metal red, got glitters n golden lettering n everything. real pretty and for a good cause :)
The email I was more than happy to recieve:
[ Hi...Thank you so much for your kind bid for the Gerald Scarfe original cartoon... Unfortunately, you have been out-bid at £1800...But you are more than welcome to have another go...Best wishes - Andrew and the team...A n d r e w C J e f f r e y
Online Producer BBC One Politics Show ]
have another go?? erm...I think I'll pass for now but *Sigh.......someday and/or some life!!* I'll be a filthy rich bitch like one of those proper ladiezz dressed in nothing but Valentino and Manolos...enough diamonds on me to sink the titanic...maybe a miniature poodle in my Gucci clutch or hmm..maybe an exotic clouded leopard on a leash..lol. I better stop it right here.Im stereotyping.
If you're up for the Big One this Red Nose Day, go to http://www.rednoseday.com/
Anyway, thats done and Im sure I wont be missing writing essays for a long long time now. Oh expect my exam next week requires essay type answers . But AFTER that....woohoo! Oh . expect I still got my 20,000 words dissertation to go...BUT ..and this time for real...AFTER that dissertation ....Im officially done with exams and essays. I had to travel half way around the world, get into a good school, spend a fortune on overseas tuiton... only to to find out...I ABSOLUTELY HATE STUDYING WITH A PASSION!! But the cool bit is..provided everything goes well with the marking..I'll actually be a Master of Science! Thats fucking hilarious. I often wonder what it wudve been like if I had stuck with arts and pursued that instead. Oh well...I'd probably be screaming I HATE JOHN KEATS WITH A PASSION! ( although very unlikely)
In other news,
I bid in an auction for an original cartoon sketch for Comic Relief. After paying rent last week I hardly have shit in my bank account and im unemployed at the mo. But for pure thrill, I bid £1500 for the piece!! And thank heavens someone outbid me... I wudve been so wonderfully fucked otherwise, it wudnt have been the least bit funny. Although for a good cause (60% of funds frm RND go to poor in Africa, 40% in UK), being a student and pretty much dirt poor, means I cant possibly be in a position for such generousity. I can only do what I can. Bought a RND badge instead . Its blood metal red, got glitters n golden lettering n everything. real pretty and for a good cause :)
The email I was more than happy to recieve:
[ Hi...Thank you so much for your kind bid for the Gerald Scarfe original cartoon... Unfortunately, you have been out-bid at £1800...But you are more than welcome to have another go...Best wishes - Andrew and the team...A n d r e w C J e f f r e y
Online Producer BBC One Politics Show ]
have another go?? erm...I think I'll pass for now but *Sigh.......someday and/or some life!!* I'll be a filthy rich bitch like one of those proper ladiezz dressed in nothing but Valentino and Manolos...enough diamonds on me to sink the titanic...maybe a miniature poodle in my Gucci clutch or hmm..maybe an exotic clouded leopard on a leash..lol. I better stop it right here.Im stereotyping.
If you're up for the Big One this Red Nose Day, go to http://www.rednoseday.com/
Friday, March 09, 2007
Monday, March 05, 2007
'anybody else want to have a little...giggul??'
An emperor who cant pwonounce his r's ! Naughtius Maximus, Sillius Sodus, Bigus Dickus ....this is classic Monty python humor right here! :)
Watch 'Biggus Dickus' clip here!
lol
xxxx
Watch 'Biggus Dickus' clip here!
lol
xxxx
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