MHIS 205: Reading the screen
It was a cold and stormy day.. (well, it wasn’t that bad, actually. Just cold.) when we had to be at SFU Harbour Centre to attend a small-scale seminar (in conjunction with the Vancouver International Film Festival).
I was on my mp3 so Lynn (a fellow DIVA neighbour) miscalled me and then, fueled up by anger (and chilling wind) terrorised me to take over the ever-slow-moving bus, just because she had reached our meeting point way faster than what she should be. Turned out that we reached downtown about 30 minutes earlier and we had coffee at Blenz (we stupidly sat at the side of the door, getting those chilled wind every time people opened the door)…
Okay! To cut the crap out, Mr Saul Rubinek had a super last minute cancellation on us, so they brought in Anne Wheeler to talk to us. She started her talk by telling us stories… I was amazed at her story (about how she survived the film industries in those early days) of a Native Indian Lady whom she documented about. It was so heart-wrenching…. Especially to the point where she talked about death and peacefulness.. *whoaaah*
And there was her videos too. The first one looked kind of… er… well… jerky. My guess was that ’she had a super bad cameraman’: unstable shoulder… lol. You name it. The 2nd and 3rd video came along very well. Like, i could not spot anything that displeasure me. The cuts were clean and crisp, the shots were strong and impactful… The mise-en-scene..
*nosebleed*
(wow this sounds like I’m rambling about another world)
So, to sum it all up, I enjoyed the presentation. A little overkill but she was definitely an interesting individual to talk to.
Too bad i left early for school.
hahaha
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