Say Something Bunny

Alison S. M. Kobatashi's performance was very unique, interesting and, engaging. Getting to experience her work live was an amazing feeling, it gave me a different view on how immersive theater art can be. During her performance she was pointing at people and speaking into their eyes, giving them names making them feel like they're apart of the performance. I had never heard or seen any of Alison S. M. Kobatashi's work before, coming to class I had no idea what to expect. When Kobatashi was explaining what her work was about and explained that all her work had no prior data had me fascinated! The amount of information she picked up from recordings that were taken over 50 years ago is unbelievable. Kobatashi had mentioned that she had seen some of the people from the recordings and while she was working on this project, she said she imagined them to be totally different from how they actually look. The recordings weren't all clear she mentioned she had to deeply listen to them over and over again. She was very determined and dedicated to this project, she showed me a different side to theater.

shot breakdown

Shot Breakdown: 

1. M.C.U of Katniss - Narration of Gamekeeper begins - 
1. Pan down to Katniss loading bow and arrow,. 
2. Pan up to her face. 
3. Cut To: 
2. M.C.U of Peta
1. Cut To:
3. Medium Body Long Shot
1. Cut To: 
4. M.C.U of Peta in screen right, Katniss in Foreground blurred screen left.
1. Background music begins. 
2. Cut to: cue when narrator says “There can only one victor”
5. M.C.U of Katniss in screen right, Peta in foreground blurred screen left. 
1. Cut To:
6. M.C.U of Peta screen right, Katniss blurred in screen left. 
1. Cut To:
7. M.C.U of Katniss
1. Cut To: 
8. Medium shot of Peta, Katniss screen left blurred. 
1. EYELINE MATCH 
2. Cut To:
9. Medium Shot of Katniss
1. Cut To:
10. Pan screen right to Medium shot of Peta. 
1. Cut To:
11. Medium long shot of Katniss
1. Cut To:
12. Medium shot of Peta
1. Cut To:
13. Medium shot of Katniss
1. Cut To:
14. Medium shot of Peta
1. Cut To:
15. Medium shot of Katniss
1. Cut To: 
16. Medium shot of Peta and Katniss
1. Cut To;
17. Close up of Katniss hand with berries. 
1. Cut To:
18. Shot reverse shot of Peta rejecting berries. 
1. Cut To:
19. Close up of Katniss hands, pan up to Katniss screen left. 
1. Cut To:
20. Medium Long Shot of both Katniss and Peta together. 
1. Jump Cut To:
21. Medium shot of Gamekeeper. 
1. Jump Cut To:
22. Medium shot of Gale. 
1. Jump Cut To:
23. Long shot of Jumbo Screen. 
1. Jump Cut To:
24. Medium shot of citizen. 
1. Jump Cut:
25. Medium shot of Haymitch. 
1. Jump Cut:
26. Medium Close up of Peta and Katniss. 
1. Cut To:
27. Medium Close up of Katniss.
1. Cut To:
28. Medium shot of Katniss and Peta
1. Cut To:
29. Close up of Katniss
1. Cut To:
30. Close up of Peta. 
1. Cut To:
31. Long Shot of Cornucopia.
1. Background music halts. 
2. Game keeper begins talking. 
3. Cut To:
32. Close up of Katniss. 
1. Cut To:
33. Close up of Peta
1. Cut To:
34. Close up of Katniss
1. Cut To:
35. Medium shot of both Katniss and Peta.
1. Cut To:
36. Close up of Katniss hugging Peta. 

project 2

I am always excited to go to film festivals, being able to watch five different films on friday was a great experience. Although all five films were very well presented, The BQX film was my personal favorite. This film taught me so much that I didn't hear on the daily news. While I was watching the film I was shocked at everything being presented in it. I'm from Long Island City, not being aware of this project is completely unfair because if it did happen I personally will be very affected by it. In the past few years Long Island City has been expreme gentrified, rents were raised and people were kicked out. To hear about the BQX just scares me so much, how much more will we have to pay? How much could we really afford if most of us live in the projects. Their next project could be taring those projects down. The BQX is presented at a 40 billion dollar plus project, the fact that it will be on the water line will cause both Queens Bridge and the Astoria Projects to get torn down. Like the woman from the Astoria Projects said how many people from Queens  actually go to Brooklyn or the Bronx. The answer is not many, those people need more bus services rather than a speed train. They have not even mentioned the cost of the fair on the BQX. It's cost could equal an hour of work for some people PLUS the higher rents for people who will not be using it because they have no need to travel to these places. I've learned a lot from this film and I will definitely take action.

To Singapore With Love

On October 15th 2018 my partner Daniel and I decided to go watch To Singapore with love in a theater downtown on second avenue and second street. To Singapore, with Love is a film by Tan Pin Pin (2013). Before the film started Tan Pin Pin got to say a couple of words about her film and why she decided to make it. Pin Pin's intention was to create a film that explains and shows political exiles of Singapore. She created two pieces to this film she first started off by picking a family in order to portray their story to get her point across by showing the struggles the family had to go through. The way this family was getting treated way insane, the government first started off by kicked them out of their own land. This family had a tradition that when a family member dies they bury them in the families land. They had to dig out the bones of their dead family member when they were getting kicked out. This is an example of mistreatment and how much they struggled. Years later, the family is in the UK, two of them passed away unfortunately. They're still exiled from Singapore and they wonder when they could make it back. They were banned from their own country for no reason. Tan Pin Pin did a great job on this film, she got two different times in this family's life which definitely changed my experience and made me engage a lot more with the film. She decided to show everything in the film without leaving anything out, from the graves to them in the house talking. this piece was something to remember forever, I had never seen anything like this before. The best part was being able to see Tan Pin Pin in the theater and to be able to hear why and how she made this film made my experience a lot more exciting.

It’s now sunday, 2:30 am. I could barely catch my breath because I just finished my daily run. Today, I decided to take an extra hour and walk along the East River. No phone, music, calls, company, just me and myself 2:30 am by the East River hoping to experience something, learn something, focus on the sounds of  life and nature. I started walking for the first fifteen mintues, from my left side I heard the river water splashing and, from my right side there was the high way with cars driving by but also people sitting and talking. Surprisingly, there was a lot of people out this late at night. Eventually, I sat down for about thirty minutes, usually I space out and meditate and try not to focus on anything around me or in me. This time I closed my eyes and heard everything around me, like running feet, dogs passing by, grass hoppers in the grass. I was hearing those little sounds until, the ambulance came passing by on the highway with loud sirens, along with five cop cars behind that with their sirens. It always makes me wonder if there’s an actual emergancy everytime or do they just want to cut traffic. After the sirens, I wasn’t in the mood to stay anylonger, I started walking back home. Now, as I’m walking back home the river is to my right and the street is to my left. It’s a very different exprince, made me realize I hear better with my right ear rather than with my left ear. When I was walking to the bench I sat on, I couldn’t hear the river as clearly as I hear it walking home.

Project 1 from Sarah Madboly on Vimeo.

I'm a young Egyptian woman, whose aspiration is to share the life of Arab women here in the United States. As Arab women, we must battle a plethora of oppression in our public and personal spheres. Arab women are relatively invisible in the media world here in the United States. As an Egyptian woman attempting to carry on with her twofold life here in New York City, I have concluded that I need to acquaint myself and my existence with the universe of media. When I was young I lived in Egypt; however, I was born in New York City. I am a firm believer in the idea that nobody can portray a story like a person who lived it. Moving from New York when I was just three years old, the drastic change in societal environment influenced my life immensely. I got the opportunity to encounter two very dissimilar lives, both of which felt as though I was living in an alternate universe. Middle Eastern women are often not able to stroll down the road without a man, they aren't permitted to be employed, and they can't expose their hair or any sort of skin when in their respective countries. While some Arab women adhere to and appreciate these unspoken societal "rules" because they are able to practice modesty to show their devotion to their religion and families, some women, like myself, don't. While in New York, women have substantially more flexibility, and in most cases, gender discrimination is a bit less prevalent. Only a couple of months back, I understood that I wasn't the only one carrying on with this twofold life. In the drama series Degrassi, character Goldi Nahir is a Muslim woman living in the US. Nahir obviously had strict religious guardians who pressured her into wearing the Hijab. As Nahir was going to class, she began removing the Hijab, changed her clothing, had gay friends (which is taboo in Muslim culture), and made many decisions that were not accepted by her Muslim family. While watching this series, I realized her experience is essentially identical to mine, as well as many other Muslim women’s lives. This propelled me to get myself into media. I aspire to make a film that delves deep into the lives of Arab women and their struggles. Through this medium, I will be able to expose our encounters with social media, male friends, gay friends, our garments, the way we nourish our bodies, places we go, and the battles of having our families monitor everything we might do. This constant watch from our families and communities causes tension in our lives; it can cause us a lot of anxiety, to the point that we can't confide in one another. There is a constant fear that the truth of our double lives will be discovered by our families, due to a confidant betraying our trust. I’m motivated to create a media portrayal for the Muslim women who believe that their life choices should be their own. Due to my own experiences, I am certain that I am the ideal contender to make this exchange through film.