Saturday, June 27, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Update
I've recently been in touch with someone who will collaborate with me on getting the teacher orientation video marketed in Korea. This is a marvelous connection for both of us, as he is working as a teacher trainer and will be heading to either Korea or China soon. Thanks to Yun for putting us in touch!
The summer is officially here and I am officially working on the film, getting my hands dirty with editing, finally. Feels wonderful! I've got an editor friend in Minneapolis who's going to give me some feedback once I get a rough done up.
Things are starting to move again.
The summer is officially here and I am officially working on the film, getting my hands dirty with editing, finally. Feels wonderful! I've got an editor friend in Minneapolis who's going to give me some feedback once I get a rough done up.
Things are starting to move again.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Working out 2009
I spent the last week on a writing retreat at the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts and was able to clear a lot of writing projects (or pieces of projects) from my overflowing plate. Since Mom's death I've been trying to sort out my project priorities, what's easily finished and what will require more time and energy.
A "fine rough cut" of Korea Dreambus! will be completed by end of the year. By that I mean I will have the EDL finalized and will have most of it actually done, with the exception of any animations or more complicated post production effects. Sound may also require more time to finish off. However it is perfectly reasonable for me to get this much done in the next eight and a half months, given that I have logged the footage already and have written parts of the script.
I'll be blogging more regularly now, as well, and hopefully will have some milestones to report along the way.
A "fine rough cut" of Korea Dreambus! will be completed by end of the year. By that I mean I will have the EDL finalized and will have most of it actually done, with the exception of any animations or more complicated post production effects. Sound may also require more time to finish off. However it is perfectly reasonable for me to get this much done in the next eight and a half months, given that I have logged the footage already and have written parts of the script.
I'll be blogging more regularly now, as well, and hopefully will have some milestones to report along the way.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Elsie Rose Cambio (1927 - 2009)
My mother passed away on Jan. 22, 2009 after a long illness and much suffering. I was with her when she passed peacefully. Words cannot express how much I miss her, but I know she is in a better place, probably cutting a rug with her beloved Angelo, my dad.
Elsie Cambio - Obituary
Elsie Cambio - Obituary
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Me & My Hat Rack (My Hat Rack & Me)
One thing is for sure: after trolling through YouTube, I see a lot of the same stuff related to ex-pats in Korea. I am more inspired to write the script from the "KoreaDreambus!" metaphor, which is really how this whole thing began.
You know when you have a kick-ass idea, and then you run with it and it starts to morph into something else, but it's still not what you want, so you add bells and whistles and schpontoons and then next time you look at it, it's a huge blob of unidentifiable, transmorgified and completely overwhelming...stuff? Now you're afraid of it; you shove it aside, ignore it, put a hat on it and pretend it's a hat rack so you don't have to interact with it. But then you keep tripping on it. It follows you into the bathroom and stares at you when you look in the mirror. Then you know... you need to remember why you wanted to do this thing in the first place.
So you go back to that original thing, the thing that turned you on the first place, that brought you to the point of wanting to DO something. And you wipe the slate clean and begin where you left off...at the beginnig.
If you've felt that way, then you know exactly how I feel now. I am on a writing retreat and I'm dedicating a chunk of time to Korea Dreambus! This sucker is getting made this year if it kills me.
You know when you have a kick-ass idea, and then you run with it and it starts to morph into something else, but it's still not what you want, so you add bells and whistles and schpontoons and then next time you look at it, it's a huge blob of unidentifiable, transmorgified and completely overwhelming...stuff? Now you're afraid of it; you shove it aside, ignore it, put a hat on it and pretend it's a hat rack so you don't have to interact with it. But then you keep tripping on it. It follows you into the bathroom and stares at you when you look in the mirror. Then you know... you need to remember why you wanted to do this thing in the first place.
So you go back to that original thing, the thing that turned you on the first place, that brought you to the point of wanting to DO something. And you wipe the slate clean and begin where you left off...at the beginnig.
If you've felt that way, then you know exactly how I feel now. I am on a writing retreat and I'm dedicating a chunk of time to Korea Dreambus! This sucker is getting made this year if it kills me.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Direction
I've recently formed a screenwriting group here in Ithaca, and at our first informal meeting I confessed that I was struggling with the direction for this documentary. Should it be a standard "EFL in Korea doco" or a more personal film. Immediately the response I received was to go for the personal film and use the interviews as extras. So in essence, make two programs - the main one my personal experience, the shorter one more of a "how to" that can go on the DVD. This seems a simple solution, one that I am very happy with.
So I am focusing my scriptwriting on my own experience rather than a "how to" or straightforward expose. My journal entries from my year there and my return in '07 have already provided a lot of great material - now for organizing it.
So I am focusing my scriptwriting on my own experience rather than a "how to" or straightforward expose. My journal entries from my year there and my return in '07 have already provided a lot of great material - now for organizing it.
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