If you want more information about the boat:
1) http://www.omships.org/
Life of Caleb in Stories. Crafted out to cater to your literary desires and questions in life.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Logos Hope(OM Ships)
Here are the photos I have taken on board Logos Hope when it was docked in Singapore on 22nd December 2011 at harboufront(Vivo City)
If you want more information about the boat:
1) http://www.omships.org/
If you want more information about the boat:
1) http://www.omships.org/
Monday, December 19, 2011
Character Bible
Character Bible gives a summary about the characteristics and personalities of each role in a script and helps the actors and actresses to better express themselves as that character as they will understand how they are like. Here is a step by step tutorial of doing character bibles.
1) Have an idea of where the story is going. Does it take place in hours or over years? This will affects the type of people your characters will be.
2) Decide on the desired type of characters in your script. Be thorough abut this decision. Know everything from age to race to religious affliation, family background and everything in between.
3) Research your characters. Once you know who they are and where they are going, give them realistic representations in your script.
4) Know about your characters and that includes their family. Be clear on where your character fits into their family and the relationship they have with them
5) Include a basic summary of each character you write. The basic summary will include age, weight, height, gender, schooling, occupation, where they are originally from and where they currently live.
Write a detailed biography of each character using the information you've accumulated in Steps 1 - 5.
To help you, here's extra resources on the web to help you:
1) http://aldric.wrytestuff.com/swa368283.htm
2) http://www.ehow.com/how_2049246_write-character-bible.html
1) Have an idea of where the story is going. Does it take place in hours or over years? This will affects the type of people your characters will be.
2) Decide on the desired type of characters in your script. Be thorough abut this decision. Know everything from age to race to religious affliation, family background and everything in between.
3) Research your characters. Once you know who they are and where they are going, give them realistic representations in your script.
4) Know about your characters and that includes their family. Be clear on where your character fits into their family and the relationship they have with them
5) Include a basic summary of each character you write. The basic summary will include age, weight, height, gender, schooling, occupation, where they are originally from and where they currently live.
Write a detailed biography of each character using the information you've accumulated in Steps 1 - 5.
To help you, here's extra resources on the web to help you:
1) http://aldric.wrytestuff.com/swa368283.htm
2) http://www.ehow.com/how_2049246_write-character-bible.html
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales Session at Esplanade Library (Singapore) on 18th December 2011
I was at Fairy Tales sharing session by Kelvin Sng(director) and other lead actors -
Siona Wu Murphy, Royston Ong and Yogendra Santhiran.
Fairy Tales
You guys should totally purchase this movie and share with teenagers and other friends to benefit them so they will make the right decisions in life. Its useful for teachers to show this to students in class so they will understand about the decisions they make in life do have consequences and they will make the right decisions.
Here's the making of the movie
Here's the trailer of the movie.
Here's the official website
: http://fairytales.ksp.sg/
Get your copy and impact lives now!
I was at Fairy Tales sharing session by Kelvin Sng(director) and other lead actors -
Siona Wu Murphy, Royston Ong and Yogendra Santhiran.
Fairy Tales
You guys should totally purchase this movie and share with teenagers and other friends to benefit them so they will make the right decisions in life. Its useful for teachers to show this to students in class so they will understand about the decisions they make in life do have consequences and they will make the right decisions.
Here's the making of the movie
Here's the trailer of the movie.
Here's the official website
: http://fairytales.ksp.sg/
Get your copy and impact lives now!
Sicko (2007)
Sicko (2007) Directed by Michael Moore
I watched this movie in Esplanade Library in Singapore.
Here's the trailer.
Here's a poster of the movie.
Sicko is a 2007 documentary film directed by American filmmaker Michael Moore. The film investigates health care in the United States, focusing on its health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. The movie compares the for-profit, non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba.
Almost fifty million Americans are uninsured while the remainder, who are covered, are often victims of insurance company fraud and red tape. Interviews are conducted with people who thought they had adequate coverage but were denied care. Former employees of insurance companies describe cost-cutting initiatives that give bonuses to insurance company physicians and others to find reasons for the company to avoid meeting the cost of medically necessary treatments for policy holders, and thus increase company profitability.
In Canada, Moore describes the case of Tommy Douglas, who was voted the greatest Canadian in 2004 for his contributions to the Canadian health system. Moore also interviews a microsurgeon and people waiting in the emergency room of a Canadian public hospital.
Against the backdrop of the history of the American health care debate, opponents of universal health care are set in the context of 1950s-style anti-communist propaganda. A 1960s record distributed by the American Medical Association, narrated by Ronald Reagan, warns that universal health care could lead to lost freedoms and socialism. In response, Moore shows that socialized public services like police, fire service, the United States Postal Service, public education and community libraries have not led to communism in the United States.
The origins of the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 are presented using a taped conversation between John Ehrlichman and President Richard Nixon on February 17, 1971; Ehrlichman is heard telling Nixon that "...the less care they give them, the more money they make", a plan that Nixon remarked "fine" and "not bad". This led to the expansion of the modern HMO-based health care system. Connections are highlighted between Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the lobbying arm of the largest drug companies in the United States, lobbying groups in Washington D.C., and the Congress. Hillary Clinton, a champion of the Clinton health care plan, is shown as a crusader for change, appointed to reform the health care system in the United States by her husband, newly elected President Bill Clinton. Her efforts are met with heavy-handed criticisms by Republicans on Capitol Hill, and right-wing media throughout the country, who characterize her plan as the harbinger of socialism. When she is defeated, her punishment is to "never speak of it again while in the White House." Seven years later, her silence is rewarded, as she becomes a Senator for the State of New York, a victory made possible in part by money from the health care industry; she is second only to Rick Santorum as the Senate's highest recipient of health care industry campaign donations.
File:Sicko British National Health Service.jpg
Michael Moore interviews a general practitioner from the NHS.[6]
In the United Kingdom, a country whose National Health Service is a comprehensive publicly funded health care system, Moore interviews patients and inquires about in-hospital expenses incurred by patients, only to be told that there are no out-of-pocket payments. Moore visits a typical UK pharmacy, where pharmaceuticals are free of charge for persons under 16 or over 60, and subsidized in most cases for everyone else; only a fixed amount of £6.65 (about $10) per item on a prescription was charged, irrespective of cost to the NHS. Further, NHS hospitals employ a cashier, part of whose job is to reimburse low-income patients for their out-of-pocket travel costs to the hospital. Interviews include an NHS general practitioner, an American woman residing in London, and Tony Benn.
In France, Moore visits a hospital and interviews the head of obstetrics and gynaecology and a group of American expatriates. Moore rides with the "SOS Médecins", a 24-hour French medical service that provides house calls by physicians.[7] Moore discovers that the French government provides many social services, such as health care, public education (including universities), vacation and day care for $1 an hour and neonatal support that includes cooking, cleaning, and laundry services for new mothers.
Returning to the United States, interviews disclose that 9/11 rescue workers who volunteered after the September 11, 2001 attacks were denied government funds to care for physical and psychological maladies they subsequently developed, including respiratory disease and PTSD-induced bruxism. Unable to receive and afford medical care in the U.S., the 9/11 rescue workers, as well as all of Moore's friends in the film needing medical attention, appear to sail from Miami to Cuba on three speedboats in order to obtain free medical care provided for the enemy combatants detained at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detainment camp. The group arrives at the entrance channel to "Gitmo" and Moore uses a megaphone to request access, pleading for the 9/11 victims to receive treatment that is on par with the medical attention the "evildoers" are receiving. The attempt ceases when a siren is blown from the base, and the group moves on to Havana, where they purchase inexpensive medicine and receive free medical treatment.[8] Providing only their names and birth dates, the volunteers are hospitalized and receive medical attention. Before they leave, the 9/11 rescue workers are honored by a local Havana fire station.
Finally, Moore addresses the audience, emphasizing that people should be "taking care of each other, no matter the differences". To demonstrate his personal commitment to this theme, Moore decides to help one of his biggest critics, Jim Kenefick, webmaster of MooreWatch.com. According to a blog posting, Kenefick feared he may have to shut down his anti-Moore website because he needed US $12,000 to cover the costs of medical treatment for his sick wife. Not wanting the U.S. health care system to trump Kenefick's ability to express his opinion, Moore sends Kenefick the money "anonymously".
Sicko was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Feature.[23] It was also commended in the Australian Film Critics Association 2007 Film Award for Best Documentary.Sicko also won an award in the Cannes Film Festival.
For more information you can visit these website:
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicko
2) http://sickothemovie.com/
I watched this movie in Esplanade Library in Singapore.
Here's the trailer.
Here's a poster of the movie.
Sicko is a 2007 documentary film directed by American filmmaker Michael Moore. The film investigates health care in the United States, focusing on its health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. The movie compares the for-profit, non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba.
Almost fifty million Americans are uninsured while the remainder, who are covered, are often victims of insurance company fraud and red tape. Interviews are conducted with people who thought they had adequate coverage but were denied care. Former employees of insurance companies describe cost-cutting initiatives that give bonuses to insurance company physicians and others to find reasons for the company to avoid meeting the cost of medically necessary treatments for policy holders, and thus increase company profitability.
In Canada, Moore describes the case of Tommy Douglas, who was voted the greatest Canadian in 2004 for his contributions to the Canadian health system. Moore also interviews a microsurgeon and people waiting in the emergency room of a Canadian public hospital.
Against the backdrop of the history of the American health care debate, opponents of universal health care are set in the context of 1950s-style anti-communist propaganda. A 1960s record distributed by the American Medical Association, narrated by Ronald Reagan, warns that universal health care could lead to lost freedoms and socialism. In response, Moore shows that socialized public services like police, fire service, the United States Postal Service, public education and community libraries have not led to communism in the United States.
The origins of the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 are presented using a taped conversation between John Ehrlichman and President Richard Nixon on February 17, 1971; Ehrlichman is heard telling Nixon that "...the less care they give them, the more money they make", a plan that Nixon remarked "fine" and "not bad". This led to the expansion of the modern HMO-based health care system. Connections are highlighted between Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the lobbying arm of the largest drug companies in the United States, lobbying groups in Washington D.C., and the Congress. Hillary Clinton, a champion of the Clinton health care plan, is shown as a crusader for change, appointed to reform the health care system in the United States by her husband, newly elected President Bill Clinton. Her efforts are met with heavy-handed criticisms by Republicans on Capitol Hill, and right-wing media throughout the country, who characterize her plan as the harbinger of socialism. When she is defeated, her punishment is to "never speak of it again while in the White House." Seven years later, her silence is rewarded, as she becomes a Senator for the State of New York, a victory made possible in part by money from the health care industry; she is second only to Rick Santorum as the Senate's highest recipient of health care industry campaign donations.
File:Sicko British National Health Service.jpg
Michael Moore interviews a general practitioner from the NHS.[6]
In the United Kingdom, a country whose National Health Service is a comprehensive publicly funded health care system, Moore interviews patients and inquires about in-hospital expenses incurred by patients, only to be told that there are no out-of-pocket payments. Moore visits a typical UK pharmacy, where pharmaceuticals are free of charge for persons under 16 or over 60, and subsidized in most cases for everyone else; only a fixed amount of £6.65 (about $10) per item on a prescription was charged, irrespective of cost to the NHS. Further, NHS hospitals employ a cashier, part of whose job is to reimburse low-income patients for their out-of-pocket travel costs to the hospital. Interviews include an NHS general practitioner, an American woman residing in London, and Tony Benn.
In France, Moore visits a hospital and interviews the head of obstetrics and gynaecology and a group of American expatriates. Moore rides with the "SOS Médecins", a 24-hour French medical service that provides house calls by physicians.[7] Moore discovers that the French government provides many social services, such as health care, public education (including universities), vacation and day care for $1 an hour and neonatal support that includes cooking, cleaning, and laundry services for new mothers.
Returning to the United States, interviews disclose that 9/11 rescue workers who volunteered after the September 11, 2001 attacks were denied government funds to care for physical and psychological maladies they subsequently developed, including respiratory disease and PTSD-induced bruxism. Unable to receive and afford medical care in the U.S., the 9/11 rescue workers, as well as all of Moore's friends in the film needing medical attention, appear to sail from Miami to Cuba on three speedboats in order to obtain free medical care provided for the enemy combatants detained at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay detainment camp. The group arrives at the entrance channel to "Gitmo" and Moore uses a megaphone to request access, pleading for the 9/11 victims to receive treatment that is on par with the medical attention the "evildoers" are receiving. The attempt ceases when a siren is blown from the base, and the group moves on to Havana, where they purchase inexpensive medicine and receive free medical treatment.[8] Providing only their names and birth dates, the volunteers are hospitalized and receive medical attention. Before they leave, the 9/11 rescue workers are honored by a local Havana fire station.
Finally, Moore addresses the audience, emphasizing that people should be "taking care of each other, no matter the differences". To demonstrate his personal commitment to this theme, Moore decides to help one of his biggest critics, Jim Kenefick, webmaster of MooreWatch.com. According to a blog posting, Kenefick feared he may have to shut down his anti-Moore website because he needed US $12,000 to cover the costs of medical treatment for his sick wife. Not wanting the U.S. health care system to trump Kenefick's ability to express his opinion, Moore sends Kenefick the money "anonymously".
Sicko was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Feature.[23] It was also commended in the Australian Film Critics Association 2007 Film Award for Best Documentary.Sicko also won an award in the Cannes Film Festival.
For more information you can visit these website:
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicko
2) http://sickothemovie.com/
Friday, December 16, 2011
Sinema Showoff! SwanSong Curator's Picks Season 11
Today is the last film screening shown in Sinema Old School at Mount Sophie. Four local Singaporean directors films are shown
1) Hentak Kaki (Directed by James Khoo)
- Best Film Award (Singapore International Film Festival 2011)
2) The Reunion Dinner (Directed by Anthony Chen)
- Maskara Shorties Film Festival 2011 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Singapore Short Film Festival (Perth) 2011, Australia
- Curator Picks, Sinema Showoff! The Fortune Cookie Collection 2011
3) Labour Day (Directed by He Shuming)
- Official Selection Singapore Short Film Awards 2011
- Official Selection, Singapore Short Film Festival (Perth) 2011
- Curator 's Pick, Sinema Showoff! My Singapore 2011
4) The Gang ( Directed by Kelvin Sng)
1) Hentak Kaki
3) Labour Day
Design of Wall for the Last Film Screening Session For Sinema @ Old School
Scene From Hentak Kaki while showing in Sinema Auditorium
Me and my Ngee Ann Friends after the film screening session
For more information view
1) www.sinema.sg
1) Hentak Kaki (Directed by James Khoo)
- Best Film Award (Singapore International Film Festival 2011)
2) The Reunion Dinner (Directed by Anthony Chen)
- Maskara Shorties Film Festival 2011 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Singapore Short Film Festival (Perth) 2011, Australia
- Curator Picks, Sinema Showoff! The Fortune Cookie Collection 2011
3) Labour Day (Directed by He Shuming)
- Official Selection Singapore Short Film Awards 2011
- Official Selection, Singapore Short Film Festival (Perth) 2011
- Curator 's Pick, Sinema Showoff! My Singapore 2011
4) The Gang ( Directed by Kelvin Sng)
1) Hentak Kaki
3) Labour Day
Labor Day from Shuming He on Vimeo.
Design of Wall for the Last Film Screening Session For Sinema @ Old School
Scene From Hentak Kaki while showing in Sinema Auditorium
Me and my Ngee Ann Friends after the film screening session
For more information view
1) www.sinema.sg
Familiar Patterns of Story
While working on a script for WEYA 2012, I came across this website my friend recommended me to take a look for reference in crafting stories.
Tim Hull shares on his website how we can identify and create different familiar patterns of stories.
"The types of conflict that reside within a story carry with them a unique narrative code, much like the genetic code within DNA. And just as a different combination of certain genomes determines the eventual type of human they’re responsible for, the mixture of these dramatic narrative forces ultimately decides the personality of a story."
The 4 major situations of conflicts can occur is simplified on this diagram and it is outline by the dramatica theory of a story.A problem or any conflict can find itself in one of this boxes in this chart. A good writer uses the 4 important throughlines to successfully convey the entire scope of the overview of the story. Such details in stories include main character, influential characters, romantic stories and Overall Story, four throughlines and four general Areas of Conflict. Place a throughline in each area and the story will feel complete. Insert them in a similar pattern to other stories and the stories themselves will begin to feel strikingly familiar.
Where an Author ultimately decides to focus the conflict in their story determines the personality of that story. A popular combination, especially in Western culture, has the Main Character in a Problematic Situation, the Influence Character in Fixed Attitude, the Overall Story in Activity and the Relationship Story in a Thought Process. Why? Chances are the predominant gender behind most Western film (i.e., men) find it more comfortable placing a conflict they don’t quite understand (Thought Processes) in a throughline they generally don’t get (Relationships).
Personally I believe using similar concepts and theories in a story improves and enriches the contents and relevant themes found in a story. This makes it useful when doing stories in essays or in scripts.
Covering a Familiar Theory
This shows a good example of how we can use the matrix on the stories, essays or scripts we write.
Check this post out:
http://storyfanatic.com/articles/story-structure/familiar-patterns-of-story-structure
Sunday, December 11, 2011
SCYA/WEYA 2012
Sigapore Contemporary Youth Artists.
This is a very interesting website I have chanced across.
www.contemporaryart.sg
World Event Young Artists 2012 is happening at Nottingham in September 2012.
I will be willing to give this a shot and to see how it goes.
Submission Dateline: 20 January 2012
I will be trying out to do a film production.
I will possibly try penning poems too.
Anyone willing to support in anyway or wants to work with me can contact me at the following email address: carrotmoron93@hotmail.com
For now, its just risk everything or risk nothing.
5 Tests this week, may I survive.
Cheers,
Caleb
This is a very interesting website I have chanced across.
www.contemporaryart.sg
World Event Young Artists 2012 is happening at Nottingham in September 2012.
I will be willing to give this a shot and to see how it goes.
Submission Dateline: 20 January 2012
I will be trying out to do a film production.
I will possibly try penning poems too.
Anyone willing to support in anyway or wants to work with me can contact me at the following email address: carrotmoron93@hotmail.com
For now, its just risk everything or risk nothing.
5 Tests this week, may I survive.
Cheers,
Caleb
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