First of all, I have to say what a splendid job the students did. Particularly with the dialogue, the technical excellence of the overdubbing and post-production (I’m sure Yojimbo is wincing at my bad terminology) was great – everything was timed correctly and synched up perfectly. There were some great choices on incidental effects and music; I would have like a more unified conceit or theme to the sound design, but Yojimbo explained that the students work in several teams and there’s not always an overarching plan. In any case, it was great fun, and the audience of students and their supporters had a positive energy that it was good to be part of.
Oh, yeah – the evening also reminded me of what a cheese-fest that original movie is. I guess the dialogue has always been bad in these movies.
Yesterday was my first day without classroom responsibilities, so I did nothing productive all day, except help Otis get ready for her evening art show. The event came off nicely: about 35 – 40 people came by to see Otis’s new pieces and the Raku pottery created by her partner-in-art, K. In addition to the art-walkers and sundry associates, gang support came from Dingo, J-Force, Stella, Merry, JagGirl, and Dvd.
The artists
The calm before the storm
The storm
The prettiest girl at the show: Stella-2
The community art project, of which more later
The artist-in-residence, displaying appropriate seriousness of purpose
Bonus pic: I obviously know it all, and am not unwilling to set J-Force and K (and anyone else) straight.
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