Wednesday, October 29, 2008

DILEMMA

im caught in a dilemma.

well 2 if i may say. One is my camera, one is work.

Lets start with my camera dilemma. I do not know which camera to buy, a canon 40d or a 450d. Both are good in it's own ways. The 40d is better in terms of quality which means will go a longer way, however, it is already discontinued, thus, it is gonna be difficult to find. as for the 450d, it is cheap, versatile and light. However, it does not have a high quality like the 40d. But, for me, im looking for something of good quality and versatile. TORNED!!!!

Then, work, haii.... dunno where to begin. wait that's the exact problem with work too. I JUST DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN! I got 3 productions at hand. Out of which, all are overly ambitious. Well, lets put it this way, my internship/elephant documentary is not over. We are still in the midst of editing it. Some people just don't do the right thing and listen, and think they know so much when they know nuts. Oh well... you're right, politics. Someone is power hungry, and for wad?! i also dunno... so we are still waiting for Yvonne, who is our lecturer to return the edited script. Then it is left to piecing it up to the timings, colour correcting, voice recording by Charlene, doing the final cuts, then WALLA! its OVER! That's a long way more. As for my Youth Olympic ad, well yet another ambitious idea from Wesley Kow.

Synopsis:
Following the tortoise and the hare story structure, 2 teenagers, a sprinter and a cyclist compete with each other to see who will win a race. As they race throughout Singapore to places like Little Indian, Geylang and Chinatown, these teenagers pass through the different cultures here. At these locations, they will see teenagers playing with cultural games or just trying out different cultural practices. As for the Little India Scene, there will be a shot of an Indian girl doing henna on another friend’s hand, as for the Geylang scene, there will be a group of teenagers playing either sepak takraw or capteh, and as for the Chinatown scene, you will see some more teens playing with kites. Teenagers at the various locations stop what they are doing and join the race and in the end, it becomes a bigger race where everyone works together, despite all their differences, and wins altogether as one. At the end of the race, they will see the finishing line with the words “YOUTH OLYMPICS SINGAPORE 2010” on it.

I realised that i love to do projects based on human resource. Meaning, i use more people in my projects rather than use 1 or 2 people or even none. Well i technically need a minimum of 15people for mine. But... more will be better. At the rate im going, if all goes well, i'll probably be seeing another A or B+ for my Alternative Design. Who knows, a minimum of 3 for my GPA. If hardwork will get me a 3, why not? Next, it's my FINAL YEAR PROJECT! Well, i know i need to work on it alot more but i have been too caught up with presentations and the documentary. A musical no doubt, but things have got to start early. Plus, not to mention, auditions will start really soon, well lets see.... 2 weeks from now? means tomorrow, i got to start publicising. I am like a work freak at the moment. I never knew i will be so caught and tangled up with all these projects that i will not have time to breathe. Definitely, a booze at the end of the week and a lil grinding to top that up. HAHA. If i keep on with this, i'm definitely not going to get married.

Speaking of which, i played this game called Cashflow, which is some successful, millionaire kinda game. It teaches you how to get out of the rat race. Pretty much like Monopoly, times 100 times more complicated. AHHA. however, it does get ur brain thinking. Monopoly deals most with real estates, but Cashflow, has both real estates, and other investments like stocks, etc. So it is more down to earth for the average working joe who wants to make it big in life. Started off boring cos i had no clue wad to do, now, im dying to play it again. What a way to bond as a family uh?

So, back to work, I am torn between which project should i start on. It feels like me cleaning my room, which part to clear first. Oh well, I guess i will at least start on my FYP tomorrow, script will begin and other publicising. Then afternoon is devoted to the Elephant Documentary followed by Acting for this Channel called Universal Channel. Well i got this job last week when some dude smsed me from BDA. I went for an audition a while back and totally forgot about it. haha.. then they called to tell me i got picked to act for the channel. It's a trailer to probably advertise for the channel. I just got to laugh at the cam and then, im done there. Then, it's back home for more work, i will need to work on my YOG advert/interstitial then. GOOD LUCK to another day of pure work and no play, is Wesley gonna be a dull boy? I don't think so.

keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer

Posted by Alexander Thaddeus Kow at 10/29/2008 01:24:00 am