What a gloomy day it has been. Dark clouds from Bishan to Pasir Ris and over the heads of quite a few people around me. Our documentary is visually 99% complete. And amidst all the comments we've received for it, I suppose today is one sad day.
Mono said she showed it to her parents and a friend called Momo and they all only had bad things to say about our documentary. Mono said she almost wanted to burst into tears. I wanna burst into tears to. Its such a loser thing to work your arse off on a project and get bad reviews.
I feel for you, Jack Neo.
But on the other hand, I think I've learnt something. Its really up to you to believe in and be proud of your project. I'm proud of my project. And i believe in the stories that are presented and the messages that I myself got from it. I have enjoyed every moment of production. I have made people sad, made people angry, argued with my group mates, laughed and joked with the same group mates, traveled the island from one HDB estate to another and met so many different people from different walks of life.
I believe in my documentary.
It may not revolve around a subject matter as poignant as death, but it revolves around subject matters that matter to us(to me, at the very least) while I'm still alive and kicking. I've fallen in love with the subjects I've interviewed. I've put in more personal feelings that i expected to put in and all I can hope for now, is that people see this documentary in a non-complicated light. Its a montage of life downstairs the very place 80% of singaporeans live in and pass by day in day out.
making this documentary makes me want to live in a nice humble and cosy HDB estate. And if its not too greedy of me, I hope the documentary will make you all take a second look at the space downstairs and put a smile on your faces just before "downstairs" vanishes beyond the closing lift doors and the lift brings you back up to your sacred comfort zone.
I love you "Downstairs". And no matter what the world says, you'll always be my baby.
P.S. Dear Lord, Please soften 'Tempeh' Auntie's heart so that she'll grant us permission for use of "tempeh".
Thank You. =)
3 comments:
Hi diya..
I am looking forward to ur documentary that u and ur teamates have done!
I really look forward to it :)
Because now Singapore is in need of local talents in the industry :)
I believed your documentary will win the viewer's likes.
Don't worry.
Because i understand how long and how hard u need to work for a single production..
Because i am currently studying something like mass comm too..
Although people have bad comments about your documentary,
never be discouraged or doubt your own documentary :)
Because there's always people who like and dislike your documentary in order to balance up..
If only they could put themselves in all of your shoes,
knowing how hard you guys worked in this production.
I believe they will feel the same way as i do.
No matter how good or bad it is,
we know how much effort is put in to make the documentary possible. :)
Most importantly is that,
you believed in your own documentary.
You know you've made your best out of everything :)
that's good enough! :)
Anw, jiayous!! :)
Perservere to the end of the production :)
I believe in ur documentary.. :)
Believe alot of the people out there will believe in it too :)
Anw, i am sorry that i typed such a loonggg comment :P
Sorry for the flood :)
takecare and jiayou~~
XINYI
i dun even have a "downstairs" to start with,its all shops!
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