今天拍摄我们的采访时
"i love him"
这是一个侄儿说的。他说他爱他的uncle
: )
其实，我知道不是不说就不爱
只是，既然爱为什么我们，大多数人，都爱在心里口难开呢？
爱，敢敢说出来，大家都好快乐哟
侄儿说，uncle告诉他什么是arts，也介绍他很多不同的音乐
我的感受是，对他来讲，uncle像一扇窗户，窗户外面是美丽的风景，或者你喜欢比喻uncle为一扇门
我幻想，龙应台阿姨如果真的是我阿姨，那种感觉和这位侄儿的感受可能很像吧
可能，我说的是可能
呵呵
: )
当他们（被采访者）表示自己也有所获时
我相信我们这群进入人家的生活打扰人家的所谓filmmaker心里面都有至少一点美好的感觉吧
至少，我们知道他们不觉得自己被利用…
呵呵
还是很累了 脑袋没有办法好好的运转
i know they (my interviewee) wont read my blog. mayb my teammate will.
so my appreciation towards them must b verbally expressed by me as well... after everything...
thanks them for agreeing sharing their personal stories, past, feelings, struggles... and so on with us... n with the viewers
onDec19,2008. with a partially-function-brain.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Monday, December 08, 2008
Ripples of Singapore Dreaming
if i were at home, i wouldnt have done what i have done in my hostel, alone.
if i never started the project, I wouldnt have known the brother and mother of the director of Singapore Dreaming, and I wouldnt have just finished watching the film.
美满人生 Singapore Dreaming, that's the title of the film. I couldnt imagine one day I will make a feature length narrative film* myself.
i am not sure whether the film is touching or the making of the film* is touching. but i m touched.
we are currently filming our (me and my 3 other friends) first short documentary film*. when we need to rearrange the furniture and the decorations, light up the place; when the interviewee dress up and put on make-up on the shooting days, I know documentary really doesnt present the truth.
arh. must we rearrange the real life to make the film looks good? must we light up their home? i m not sure, but for now, we did that as others did it this way too.
back to Singpaore Dreaming, money n upgrade is the theme of the film. I like Yann Yann's character who was called back to her office when she was attending her father's wake*. Her boss asked her to make a coffee for him and do the photocopy. She's terribly sad for that. She lost her dignity for the salary she needs to live a life, and for the baby in her tummy who is going to come to this cruel world soon. She trembled when she was making the coffee.
Some parts of the film looks a bit too... deliberate which tells that this might be the first, or the first few films of the directors. but i appreciate Colin Goh and Woo Yen Yen's (husband and wife) idea of doing a film that's important to both of them, and to Singapore (at the least, they feel so).
and this film is not a new one, it was released after year 2000, i think. But, i didnt get to watch it when is was screened in cinema few years back. and, making a film is just like writing a book or teaching, you never know what impacts the film/book/moments will bring and when will it stop making any impacts. maybe it never stops. hopefully that's the case.
you notice that i was talking about the film. but this entry is really not about the film. it's about 缘分. it's about Yann Yann whom I find her as a very hardworking, determined, and passionate actress. it's about my belief in media. it's about dreaming, i think.
and dear friends, as yann yann said in 'the making of the film', i wish we all treasure what we have, we do pursue and be determine to achieve what we truly want for ourselves.
thanks, for reading my sharing.
-xuan
* feature length narrative film 基本上就是我们看到的好莱坞电影的长度，然后是虚构的故事
* short documentary film 短篇，纪录片，以现实世界里的真实故事为题材，不过拍摄出来的东西并不完全等同于真实
* the making of the film 制作特辑
* wake : watch by a corpse before burial （呵呵，我最近刚学会的字）
if i never started the project, I wouldnt have known the brother and mother of the director of Singapore Dreaming, and I wouldnt have just finished watching the film.
美满人生 Singapore Dreaming, that's the title of the film. I couldnt imagine one day I will make a feature length narrative film* myself.
i am not sure whether the film is touching or the making of the film* is touching. but i m touched.
we are currently filming our (me and my 3 other friends) first short documentary film*. when we need to rearrange the furniture and the decorations, light up the place; when the interviewee dress up and put on make-up on the shooting days, I know documentary really doesnt present the truth.
arh. must we rearrange the real life to make the film looks good? must we light up their home? i m not sure, but for now, we did that as others did it this way too.
back to Singpaore Dreaming, money n upgrade is the theme of the film. I like Yann Yann's character who was called back to her office when she was attending her father's wake*. Her boss asked her to make a coffee for him and do the photocopy. She's terribly sad for that. She lost her dignity for the salary she needs to live a life, and for the baby in her tummy who is going to come to this cruel world soon. She trembled when she was making the coffee.
Some parts of the film looks a bit too... deliberate which tells that this might be the first, or the first few films of the directors. but i appreciate Colin Goh and Woo Yen Yen's (husband and wife) idea of doing a film that's important to both of them, and to Singapore (at the least, they feel so).
and this film is not a new one, it was released after year 2000, i think. But, i didnt get to watch it when is was screened in cinema few years back. and, making a film is just like writing a book or teaching, you never know what impacts the film/book/moments will bring and when will it stop making any impacts. maybe it never stops. hopefully that's the case.
you notice that i was talking about the film. but this entry is really not about the film. it's about 缘分. it's about Yann Yann whom I find her as a very hardworking, determined, and passionate actress. it's about my belief in media. it's about dreaming, i think.
and dear friends, as yann yann said in 'the making of the film', i wish we all treasure what we have, we do pursue and be determine to achieve what we truly want for ourselves.
thanks, for reading my sharing.
-xuan
* feature length narrative film 基本上就是我们看到的好莱坞电影的长度，然后是虚构的故事
* short documentary film 短篇，纪录片，以现实世界里的真实故事为题材，不过拍摄出来的东西并不完全等同于真实
* the making of the film 制作特辑
* wake : watch by a corpse before burial （呵呵，我最近刚学会的字）
Sunday, December 07, 2008
when you said...
when you said... you love me... who are you actually loving?
when you said, if you do this again, our story will end, whose our you mean?
when i am stupid (i agree), whom should i confide to? you? to exchange with your scolding?
Yaya, Dont Tell Me You Want Me To Agree With What You Did? I Dont!!
ok ok. but ... i need... i also forgot what i need le. at least it doesnt matter to you. and as She said, and you said it too. Be independent. Take care of yourself. Or dont come close to me, darling.
what? darling?
when you said, if you do this again, our story will end, whose our you mean?
when i am stupid (i agree), whom should i confide to? you? to exchange with your scolding?
Yaya, Dont Tell Me You Want Me To Agree With What You Did? I Dont!!
ok ok. but ... i need... i also forgot what i need le. at least it doesnt matter to you. and as She said, and you said it too. Be independent. Take care of yourself. Or dont come close to me, darling.
what? darling?
让我自言自语吧
: ) 那么巧 广播也有自言自语的模样 （跟你说了，是念mu2yang4）
12月6日 今天 在我们辛苦了那么多个月以后 今天第一天我们正是拍摄了
采访者果然做到我所做不到的 选她是对的
而我这个导演 哈 哈 实在很有沽名钓誉的感觉 （噢，又乱用成语了？！）
大家都是新人，采访的对象，那位61岁的妈妈/祖母-to-bee也是新人
一路上遇到了很多拔刀相助的人
记得有人电邮我们 问我们“我帮得上忙吗？”
再之后，她被我们回复的电邮吓跑了
不过，我希望她知道我们很感激她的热心
----
话说，这么重要的采访之前，我今天也第一次代早班啦
表现勉强接受吧 听众还是相当诚恳地支持且给予批评的
呵呵 想象有一天听众对你的表现习以为常了 不讲你了 我会不习惯哦
呵呵
总之，谢谢我的机遇
----
说回我们采访的妈妈吧
总有些人，我觉得i have connection with him/her
我觉得自己了解他/她所诉说的一种情绪和状况
相信是我们性格里面的一部分有所相似吧
keep the most difficult things to herself. dont want to trouble others.
she also mentioned her very independent daughter. 崇拜.
所以，每个人有不一样的个性，所做出来的访问、情感也会不一样
学会去欣赏别人的优，我也更需要去发现自己的优
----
要说的还有一点。关于新加坡
家父来回长堤两岸数十载，从小在大马和新加坡媒体的宣导下
爸爸对新加坡保持静默不语的态度下 对新加坡有片面且并不喜爱的感觉
来这里生活、学习4年了。这一次没有身边的几位新加坡人，他们半咸不淡的中英文，就没有这些美好的际遇。遇到这些人。听到这些故事。所以谢谢你们
他们对我那只有浅浅一层水的英文（contrast to 半桶水）相当包容，从他们的用词和非常小心的措辞都可以感觉得到
对于自己的不足之处也是相当在意，不过我知道，给我时间，我可以用英文很好的和世界上很多国家的人很好的沟通。
以前，新新关系（一本书）， 马来西亚的报章，新加坡的电视新闻都呈现的是两国的恶斗、较劲和相当表面及官方的友好
这些日子，校园里的神奇的朋友们（包括cheena和jia kantang的 : P） 都相当让人啧啧称奇
老实说，中国人喜欢新加坡人的有礼，也真的是不无道理，他们总是相当婉转或有技巧的表达他们的意思，让你自己来诠释出重点和结论，非常有一手呀
像我心中的港剧台词，一语双关，厉害
也许有一天，我/我们会离开这个地方
但是，我会感谢这片土地对我一个小丫头的孕育和滋润
每一个城市，都有其美丽，你发现了吗？
轻轻地 "door's closing"
**看自己写的文章。断断续续的though flow。难怪本人念新闻都是断断续续的。呵呵。merry christmas, dear
12月6日 今天 在我们辛苦了那么多个月以后 今天第一天我们正是拍摄了
采访者果然做到我所做不到的 选她是对的
而我这个导演 哈 哈 实在很有沽名钓誉的感觉 （噢，又乱用成语了？！）
大家都是新人，采访的对象，那位61岁的妈妈/祖母-to-bee也是新人
一路上遇到了很多拔刀相助的人
记得有人电邮我们 问我们“我帮得上忙吗？”
再之后，她被我们回复的电邮吓跑了
不过，我希望她知道我们很感激她的热心
----
话说，这么重要的采访之前，我今天也第一次代早班啦
表现勉强接受吧 听众还是相当诚恳地支持且给予批评的
呵呵 想象有一天听众对你的表现习以为常了 不讲你了 我会不习惯哦
呵呵
总之，谢谢我的机遇
----
说回我们采访的妈妈吧
总有些人，我觉得i have connection with him/her
我觉得自己了解他/她所诉说的一种情绪和状况
相信是我们性格里面的一部分有所相似吧
keep the most difficult things to herself. dont want to trouble others.
she also mentioned her very independent daughter. 崇拜.
所以，每个人有不一样的个性，所做出来的访问、情感也会不一样
学会去欣赏别人的优，我也更需要去发现自己的优
----
要说的还有一点。关于新加坡
家父来回长堤两岸数十载，从小在大马和新加坡媒体的宣导下
爸爸对新加坡保持静默不语的态度下 对新加坡有片面且并不喜爱的感觉
来这里生活、学习4年了。这一次没有身边的几位新加坡人，他们半咸不淡的中英文，就没有这些美好的际遇。遇到这些人。听到这些故事。所以谢谢你们
他们对我那只有浅浅一层水的英文（contrast to 半桶水）相当包容，从他们的用词和非常小心的措辞都可以感觉得到
对于自己的不足之处也是相当在意，不过我知道，给我时间，我可以用英文很好的和世界上很多国家的人很好的沟通。
以前，新新关系（一本书）， 马来西亚的报章，新加坡的电视新闻都呈现的是两国的恶斗、较劲和相当表面及官方的友好
这些日子，校园里的神奇的朋友们（包括cheena和jia kantang的 : P） 都相当让人啧啧称奇
老实说，中国人喜欢新加坡人的有礼，也真的是不无道理，他们总是相当婉转或有技巧的表达他们的意思，让你自己来诠释出重点和结论，非常有一手呀
像我心中的港剧台词，一语双关，厉害
也许有一天，我/我们会离开这个地方
但是，我会感谢这片土地对我一个小丫头的孕育和滋润
每一个城市，都有其美丽，你发现了吗？
轻轻地 "door's closing"
**看自己写的文章。断断续续的though flow。难怪本人念新闻都是断断续续的。呵呵。merry christmas, dear
Monday, December 01, 2008
225
o 是第225篇
225是我中学的时候回家的公共巴士号码
今天早上，手机的闹钟又无缘无故没响，我就有机会自然地、从容地睡醒
打开电脑，看新闻，听早班讲新闻，因为这个周六要代早班
对于平时不是current affairs fanatic的我来说，只能临时抱佛脚了
不过，对于每次的尝试，我都觉得经历过就是一种经验的累积
经历过也就是一种成长。做过了，好不好，都不那么害怕了
校园帮都１岁多了。凤也毕业暂别了。我可以感觉到现在的节目当然比一开始的时候好听许多，但却还有很多很多可以长大、进步的空间。突然想起好友说，我在学业成绩上尚有很大的进步空间，我当下觉得他的措辞很有智慧，更准确地说，应该是他看待事物的态度有智慧吧
一直是第一，一定感觉特别无聊 : )
步调非常缓慢的早晨，觉得自己在从容间仍然阅读了、练习了，有点小小的收获
这样的早晨，是我毕业以后，仍然想要有的幸福
225是我中学的时候回家的公共巴士号码
今天早上，手机的闹钟又无缘无故没响，我就有机会自然地、从容地睡醒
打开电脑，看新闻，听早班讲新闻，因为这个周六要代早班
对于平时不是current affairs fanatic的我来说，只能临时抱佛脚了
不过，对于每次的尝试，我都觉得经历过就是一种经验的累积
经历过也就是一种成长。做过了，好不好，都不那么害怕了
校园帮都１岁多了。凤也毕业暂别了。我可以感觉到现在的节目当然比一开始的时候好听许多，但却还有很多很多可以长大、进步的空间。突然想起好友说，我在学业成绩上尚有很大的进步空间，我当下觉得他的措辞很有智慧，更准确地说，应该是他看待事物的态度有智慧吧
一直是第一，一定感觉特别无聊 : )
步调非常缓慢的早晨，觉得自己在从容间仍然阅读了、练习了，有点小小的收获
这样的早晨，是我毕业以后，仍然想要有的幸福
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