Heading back to Korea this summer to teach screenwriting at Hanyang University! Since a few of my interviews from '07 are unusable (bad audio), I'm hoping to gain a couple replacement interviews with two of the EV Boyz, who created quite a sensation with their "Kickin' It In Geumchon" music video a few years ago.
I've also recently discovered Brian in Jeollanam-do that details what's going on with English education in Korea from a oeguk's (foreigner's) perspective. It sounds like the writer is heading home soon, but there is a lot to read up on. I need to familiarize myself with some of the more recent issues and problems facing English teachers and English education in S. Korea these days.
The semester is keeping me very busy, but I have a shining star to look forward to this summer!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
New Breath, New Life
After an incredibly difficult 2009, the new year has dawned. Thus far it's been productive. Korea Dreambus! is in the "edit decision list" or EDL stage. I've made final decisions on structure, which helps me to select the clips I want to use.
Things are looking very good for me to return to Korea this summer to teach screenwriting at Hanyang University in Seoul. Still waiting on some finalizations, but as I said, it looks good.
I had a prolific writing retreat earlier this month which resulted in the completion of two screenplays and some other work that needed tending. I'm also now working with Powys Media as they release original fiction based on the television series "Space: 1999."
This semester I am teaching two sections of intro to screenwriting at Ithaca College, and I am now a permanent, part-time Professional Tutor at Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3). These opportunities to work with a variety of young writers are inspirational and certainly appreciated when it comes time to pay the rent.
Creating, producing, writing, teaching. Now THIS is the life!
Things are looking very good for me to return to Korea this summer to teach screenwriting at Hanyang University in Seoul. Still waiting on some finalizations, but as I said, it looks good.
I had a prolific writing retreat earlier this month which resulted in the completion of two screenplays and some other work that needed tending. I'm also now working with Powys Media as they release original fiction based on the television series "Space: 1999."
This semester I am teaching two sections of intro to screenwriting at Ithaca College, and I am now a permanent, part-time Professional Tutor at Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3). These opportunities to work with a variety of young writers are inspirational and certainly appreciated when it comes time to pay the rent.
Creating, producing, writing, teaching. Now THIS is the life!
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.
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