Tonights class was about the devil that's in the details. We wrote, extensively, on descriptions of the same location, digging further and further into the story behind the images. It was EXTREMELY helpful. The main idea is to write in a 3rd person narrative, removing objectivity and distilling the essence of what you are looking at. This was truly an envigorating excersize. My homework for the week is to describe the rooms that I'm in, so I'll be using this blog to do so, because my god damn hand hurts from writing in a book! It's crazy how used to not writing by hand you can get.
Followed up class by watching the improv set on the main stage. I'm looking very forward to going to more shows, really talented people can make me laugh quite a bit. I love the free pass I get as a student at the school, fantastic. Also posted my first 4 pages of the script in my other class today. Nervous about the feedback, but I already see a bunch of things I need to improve on, so that's really encouraging. I still need to prioritize reading the books I've gotten, but all things in due time.
MotD: 10/18/09 - Dirty Pretty Things - Watching today's movie as I write this.
Very well done tale of immigrants doing whatever it takes to find their place in the world. Excellent performances by Amelie and the lead who I can't pronounce his name, it's an African name who's done some good things since. Favorite line of the movie was at the end, which really felt like it was the kind of line where the screenwriter came up with it early on in the project, and possibly based the movie around it. Paraphrasing here immensely, "We're the ones you don't see, the ones that do your laundry, wash your floors and suck your cocks." Brilliant.
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