-- Tuesday, November 21, 2006
im trying to recall what had happened since my last entry. ok, here goes.
last monday - dancefloor press conference at the picturehouse at the new cathay. vry nice place, but small. anyway, my first press con, so i wasnt sure where to go when me and sara were filming in there.
also, on that day, me and sara learnt abit more about avid. we even redumped a csi miami trailer cos they forgot to put in the (90-min special) tag for it. so we learnt where the titles are and how they work bla bla. exciting.
then we found out that benny finally gave us trailers to do! yayness! sara got the a beatufiul mind trailer, while i got the die another day trailer.
so as of right now, if u happen to see the diea another day trailer, just think of me. cos i did that, baby!!
...
ok maybe not ALL of that whole trailer. basically, they gave me the old version and asked me to replace certain parts of it and put in the new sponsor. whahaha. and it was fun. i got to learn how to do voice overs when the voiceover man comes along. i tell u, he sounds completely different in real life than when he's in voiceover mode. lol.
so okay. continue with the timeline.
tuesday. erm. forgot. basically prepared the stuffs needed for the next day shoot. which is...
last wednesday - dancefloor 2nd auditions with the final judges. didnt see them again cos they were stuck in the threatre. but i did saw a handful of outrageous contestants, haha. oh. i was assigned the role of talking and interviewing with them. mainly because the producer had to cut a trailer at the same time and she can't be at the auditions all day. oh. and sara got to go around and film anything, anything.
he even told me that he once just sat in the threatre and watched the auditions! no fair! i want to sit and watch. instead of chasing of people and interviweing with them. just 1/2hr into it and i felt thristy already. i wanted to switch roles with sara but he so 'shy' to interview. arghhhh!
so all day, i talk talk talk to them, asking repeated questions for all groups. but there were some groups that are worth the chatting cos they are hilarious (to look at) and excited (at getting 4 'yes'es).
and good. i didnt see anyone i know in the competition. =)
thursday - monday, we found out that we get to do trailers. wednesday i found out that the trailers are due on friday. soooo, we finally started to do them trailers.
its not that we procrastinate. no one came to us to teach us the basic knowledge of starting avid and using avid. how to digitise (fcp term; log and capture). what are the control panel made of and etc.
early in the morning, i had to find my producer and asked her to brief me about the trailer. i then went to look for her archives which had her old version of the trailer. then gotta find a room to do the trailers. limited rooms. thankfully found one. then my producer taught me the stuffs i needed to know. yay.
so around midday, i got my clips that i needed. then she called up the voiceover man and he came by. she conducted the whole voicing session and i watched. hmmm, interesting. then i got my voiceovers and off i went to cut the clips that have to replaced the some parts of the old version.
it was tough and shocking to sit through avid, still unknown to what this button will do, or what the hell did i just click on. the routine is the same as fcp. its just the method of doing it.
but of course, right now, im more familiarise with it.
so guess what time i was done with the trailers? 1130pm. why? cos i had to share the room with another producer. who by the way is so kind to lend it to me while i do the trailers. but i cant hog the room all day. so yah. and i was still new to the whole keyboard stuffs. ... nvm, its avid talkings.
and how about sara? he got fed up cos cant get room, so he went to the one with fcp. and did his trailer. all went well, 'cept since no one know how to use fcp there, they cant tell him how to dump out his trailer onto tape. and somehow, that fcp there is much more problematic than the one in school. poor sara. stuck in the fcp room till wee hours trying every single options to dump out.
but how come we had to die die finish trailers by that thursday itself? because...
friday - we had another dancefloor shoot!! this time, just the judges. wahh. early in the morningggg. so morning, already got some hoo haas. the cameracrew cant go in cos not registered bla bla which was settle in 1/2hr, but then 1/2hr delay cos they were supposed to start setting up 1/2 hrago bla bla.
then i go find one of the judges in the makeup unit. was told to tell her something from me producer/diretor. it went like this, i saw her applying her own makeup...
me: oo, you're putting on your own makeup?
judge: yah, sometimes thats the case.
*looks at me, with a slight confused look on her face*
m: okay. are you gonna put alot of eyeshadow? (thats what i was told to tell her!!!)
j: *blinks* that's what im trying to do.
in case you can't tell, she snapped at me. lol. its up to you all to figure all who that judge is =). so i went.
m: oooooooooooooooooooooooooookay.
and walked away. ahaha. i was taken back, yah, but i cant helped smiling and laughing inside because of how hilarious that scenario was.
so dah dah dah dah dah, an hour went by. and i had to pick her and another judge up from the makeup unit to the studio. she appeared and this is what she said guys.
m: hi. ready?
j: ya... im grumpy this morning. so, sorry yah?
this just shows that at least she realise how she reacted. yup yup. and i smiled and told her its alright. hehe. then everything after with her and me went fine. like how i fix her wardrobe and jaga her barang while she go to the ladies. we even chatted for a short while about other things. lol
its unreal, really. being normal with a celebrity. eeeeeeeeee
so for the rest of the day, it was slack. i was incharge of food. but people kept coming in, and i had to run back and forth to get snacks and cakes. then the ants started a feast on some of the food packets. so i had to run againg and get more lunch. lol. the ants part was irritating. they were everywhere! thankfully, not inside the studio lah.
then i had another judge/me incident. but with another judge. she thought i was chinese, so started talking to me in chinese. i looked damn blur to her, really. then she found out that im not chinese and started laughing.
but waiit. laughing AND slapping my hands while exclaiming that she thought i was chinese cos i look soooo chinese.
all this while slapping my hands repeatedly. im in, can i have my hands back? lol. but that judge is cute lah. easy to talk to, and a nice person.
basically all 4 judges are nice people lah. very ...normal people. lol.
then i had a raya outing with noi, yan and syarah. just 2 houses. its all because this year will be yan's last raya cos then, he'll be in ns next year, whahaha. so took pity and had a last minute one.
OKAY!! that was last week mon-fri.
sat? alaa, went to jb with family. simply put as that. and i bought secret recipre cakes. :D:D:D:D:D:D
so now. well, i know a bit more of avid. and i just did die another day lead in and lead out. successfully!! very happy. anddd, i was brief more about next month's events. anddddddddddddd.
i think im going to be doing survivor trailers. i mean, why else would boss want me to digitise them and write scripts for it. right? right?
:D:D:D:D:D:D
excitedddddd!
hmmm.. gotta go. havent eat. but before that, i shall leave with one conversation exchange between 2 contestants during the dancefloor 2nd audition in the toilet. i was the one in the cubicle listening to their hilarious chat. the old lady is a tango dancer. the young girl is a, well, younger dancer. she was wearing this goth-theme dress.
old lady: oh hello.
young girl: *comes inside toilet* hellooo!
ol: have u went in (audition) yet?
yg: no, not yet.
ol: oh, ok, good luck then!
yg: thanks!
-brief pause-
ol: i like your dress.
yg: thank youuu!
ol: are you doing tango?
yg: no, i'm doing sexyback.
-DEFINITE PAUSE BETWEEN THE TWO-
ol: ohh... (insert clueless look) ok, good luck again.
yg: *chirply* thanks!
inside the cubicle, i was tearing the tissue paper into bits, trying my hardest not to burst out in laughter.
she went on and on and on and on at 10:05 pm
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-- Tuesday, November 07, 2006
i've learnt my lesson to keep my mouth shut when looking at the time.
i may just end work earlier. =)
and today, i had my first coffee of the week.
sara: (said something)
me: (replied back with the stirrer and cup in my mouth)
s: ...what?
m: (laughs)
s: you know what it sounds like?
m: (more laughs)
s: (imitates my reply)
m: (fits of giggles)
s: (pauses)
with a look of fear in his eyes.
s: i think you should stop laughing now...
m: (laughs and laughs)
s: ... your face is turning red...........
the wonders that coffee will do to me.
alright. a short cath-up to what's going on righty now.
had my first 'lesson' with avid (an editting software that mcorp pays alot for) yesterday. similar to fcp. its own keybard acts as a control panel for avid as well, how cool!
so today, i 'dumped' out my first trailer!
okay, so it was not my trailer, i helped to change something and dumped it out. 'dumped' means ... like exporting the trailer to a tape. they called it dump there. but i did it lah! so happy.
now, how to tell benny i wanna do the supernatural trailer(s).
oops.
anyhooooo. this saturday, i have a shoot at film studio. first time will be going there. then next monday, i have a press conference 'shoot'. and next wednesday. another shoot. both dancefloor.
EXCITING.
lastly. sara and i were ALMOST in hot water at work. 3 times. so far. hah. but all was resolved already. let's just say we had to look at every corner of the office to look for some so-called missing tapes. hehehe.
oh. one more thing. crash'd did not get shortlisted to the canon dv fest 2006.
m: (cries again)
ok, im not crying lah. but very sad. haiz. owell. we can always have a reunion and do something else. ehhe.
speaking of which. i wanna meet my crash'd mates! when? as a rayer outing? ajak ty and sara also. and even if we meet for awhile, i wanna see zak and ridwan. those 2, i have not heard from them since internship!!! well, 'cept maybe zak, but i wanna see her!
how? shall we go expensive this time? swensens... breeks...seoul...??? =D
she went on and on and on and on at 10:58 pm
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-- Wednesday, November 01, 2006
i was hungry. and i was feeling very tired. so what happen?
i fell asleep while eating.
but other than that, im fine. still alive and well.
its been just over a month of internship already. exciting. got me first pay. but its exclusive of the dancefloor gig, so that i can expect next week at the latest. and we're getting the hang of everything very well.
they were all laughing at me behind my back while i was archiving some tapes today. INCLUDING SARAVANAN! that bitch. hah. apparantly, someone read out "my diary entry" from my notebook. the notebook that has only my fyp stuffs and scribbles.
i shall not include whatever this someone read out. but firstly, whatever he said is false. lol. the someone made it up from start to end.
pat yourself on the head if you understand what im trying to say. shake your head if you dont.
i end here. want to sleep.
yannnn! selamat berterbang ke macau nanti! beli gifts. lol. good luck for the compy!
so how was everyone's duit raya collecting?
and noi u were supposed to call me with your newly-paid-with-your-allowance hp!
she went on and on and on and on at 12:38 am
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