It really took me longer this time to
form my idea about the project. The idea is so abroad that I got lost. At the
beginning I thought too much about the word “narrative”, taking very seriously
about the structure of the project and the meaning behind what I would do. The
result was I felt I could hardly do anything with my limited imagination and
skills (now I realize it is just because I spent my whole thanksgiving staying
home writing paper and watching anime, my mind became a block of wood).
I started to think about my holiday. The
game vs. Michigan was the past Saturday. On the Thanksgiving Day, I looked out
from my window (I live on 10th floor), there were only several cars
parked in the lot, the park lot look very empty and there were no people
outside. It was the first time I saw an empty parking lot of my apartment building.
Then on the game day, I was waked up by people outside, I looked out from the
window again, wow it was super crowded with Buckeyes. I could make the project
about how the people make the difference, but…………….…….I didn’t take a single
picture on the game day. That idea was abandoned then with a pity.
Then I got stuck again. I wanted to get
help from the Richard Serra Verb List, then it didn’t help. So I started to
repeat over and over again about my no idea about this project and finally I
started to take videos while I was outside after class to keep a record in
order to review my day to see if there would be an inspiration, then I got it.
My friend, Coco, was with me after class
one day and we were about to a Chinese restaurant, I took my iphone out and started
to shoot video. She knew that I was going to have a project, but she was always
asking questions like “why you take that?” “why not this?” “I have a idea, you
should make a movie for me.” “In the movie I will have two handsome guys as
candidates for boyfriend” I knew she was only blathered so I started to video
her. “are you videotaping me?” “no, no me!” “Don’t shoot video of me………” Then
she felt a little bit shy of being videotaped, haha.
Then I found that she really liked to say
“Don’t shoot video of me!” But she also liked watching the video I took of her.
So I decide to record as much as possible of that sentence and put them
together. I turned out to be that I waited hearing her to say that words, if I
succeed my smirk sound were also recorded. Later she knew my idea, and she
started to say that sentence in a very weird tone in Chinese, which was………..really
unacceptable for me I swear.
What was interesting for me or maybe also
for her was that, at the beginning, she suffered and I enjoyed. Later I
suffered and she enjoyed. All what she says in the video were in Chinese, but
there is only one sentence meaning “Don’t shoot video of me anymore!” I won’t
say too much about the video, and I believe one watching the video can get a
litte bit about what I feel. Anyway, to be with my friends is a lot of fun.
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