Tuesday morning was the technical assessment with Ray. Whilst I did everything properly, I wasn't as good with answering his questions as I perhaps should have been. I didn't anticipate that as much, but I guess I should have read all the notes, not just my notes on how to set things up. But I think it went okay. Editing with Gavin saw us learning how to log clips and organise our projects. I didn't find it as boring as I probably should have, but having edited on projects that lack structure (not my own, I hasten to add!) it's really good to see the correct way. It's much more efficient, and will certainly save time and preserve sanity.
Wednesday was fun. I woke to hear that Obama had been voted President - hooray! - and I had two screenings to look forward to. The first was the elective screening of Chaplin, which I really enjoyed. Robert Downey Jr.'s performance was really good, and I was overall impressed with the direction from Lord Attenborough. The second screening of the day was Donnie Darko. As I've said before, I first saw this when I was 11, so back then there was a lot I didn't understand. Whilst there's still a lot that lacks explanation, it made more sense than before. I think it did appeal to me more now, and I don't mind it's lack of explanation. I didn't realise how similar it was to The Butterfly Effect, but I think they're both really good. I'm a sucker for a bit of time-travel (as my yet-to-be-posted review of Back to the Future will tell you), and they're also very similar in terms of tone.
I enjoyed revisiting our favourite films on Thursday morning. Interesting to hear people trying to sell their choice to the rest of us! There are a few I'll need to add to my to-view list. Whilst our voting system didn't make perfect sense, it's true that there is no better system for creating a top list of films. It's entirely subjective. Following this class we watched The King of Comedy, which was quite a strange film. It was a comedy, and yet it wasn't really funny until the last half an hour. Until that point it had just been rather uncomfortable viewing. The ending was just as uncomfortable, but it was also funny - as if the ending were the punchline of the film. Extra points to Sandra Bernhard for an impressive performance! I know her from something else, I'm sure...Friday was the School of Drama open-day, so not a lot worth saying - though I did realise that I'm still rather unfamiliar with parts of the building whilst helping with a tour. Nice to see where TPA lives.
So that's this week in a blog. I'm off to watch something now. Not sure what yet, as I'm a little spoilt for choice!
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