Monday 27/4

today's rehearsal was, should i say, less than perfect. alright, it was a disaster. we took more than an hour to set up the lighting, camera and stuff, and when i gave instructions as the mixer they said i was too soft, and that my commands were unclear. but i have this to say in my defence; it is super stressful to be in the seat of the mixer. many times i made a mistake and everyone had to restart. also, bertrand said i talked too much. actually he described it as "verbal diarrhoea", making too many unnecesary comments.

but i have to say, it was quite a big eye opener. all the while i though it would be quite natural the moment you start mixing, but now i know that when youre on the spot, your thinking becomes impaired. never mind, i will do better on wednesday morning.

anyways, i did some simple motion graphics for the opening titles. very simple. have to get my group members' opinion tomorrow. added in some cheesy music and voila!, it's done. took like, 2 or 3 hours to do it. quite fast, considering that i went into it without any thought or concept, and also after months of not using after effects. took awhile for me to remember where all the commands are, and i even went online to ask andrew kramer for help. watched his tutorials videos on his website and figured out how to make the text come out like it does.

something has really come into my concern today. my group members all wondered why i had solo-ed all the work. i guess i work better alone, and my main worry was that since we didn't have the time to meet up and discuss about everything, if i pass it to them there will be miscommunication and it will all fall through. thing is, my group mates were all like, "hey, why didn't you ask us to do some of it", or "you spent the whole night doing it? you could have asked us you know.." but i guess, i didn't say it to but i was thinking in my head, i'm not the only one who has a phone, or goes online. it was quite obvious that from the moment i knew what this assignment was about i assumed leadership of it, because i know i can pull it off, so it's quite stupid to say i could have contacted them when they know it's a group effort. ah well, it's over. guess i could have assigned some things to them if i knew it would turn out like that..

i have to say though, i got a real kick out of seeing their reactions when they found out i had done all the work that was to be submitted. derrick's reaction was the best. his face had "oh thank God hallelujah" or something similar written all over it.