no10. DOCO BRAINSTORM

ASSIGNMENT 
DOCO 5min + Trailer 30sec
deadline: Week 13 (SEE BRIEF)

please email me your story angle - including your blog address sometime next week or before next lesson. email: syteo@nafa.edu.sg

GROUPS

CHING CHYE BOH CHYE!
Seri
Izhari
Su ying
Kian Yong

PADDLE POPS
Anoo
Valencia
Nina
Angie
Marcus

DYNAMIC DUO
Arasu
Hiep

FAT BITCH PRODUCTIONS
Raven
Khai
Hubab
Sing Hui
Li Yun


BRAINSTORMING - STORY ANGLES
Topic: EXPLORE S'PORE
Uniquely S'pore/S'pore Flavour
Universal Theme

Changing Singapore Landscapes - Buildings
- buildings a display of our history
> colonial style homes,
> zinc roof kampong type houses
> homes on stilts
> peranakan,
> chinatown,
> temples/mosques, (maybe can check out a kampong mosque in sembawang)
> wet markets,
> kampongs, etc
> rubber / coconut plantations
> school buildings - chjimes, SAM
> warehouses along singapore river
- heritage buildings vs modern skyscrapers

Exploring Little India
- maybe an interview with a resident there? eg shopkeeper
- feature his shop & his life in Little India

Food
- changing flavours
> eg charcoal cooked to gas hops
> lard to veg oil (eg char kuay teow)

Disappearing local trades
- street cobblers
- street hawkers
- farmers / kelongs
trades that have disappeared completely
- samsui women
- huge movie poster-painter
- bus conductor
- getai (?)

HDB - high prices affect Singaporeans
> like young couples
> retirees
> homeless
> struggling/poorer families
- what is HDB's views on this?
- how will HDB monitor & help people with high prices?
- what do singaporeans think about high prices for HDB?

Haw Par Villa - A Place with A Unique Art Expression

Kampong type buildings at Buangkok >> (need story angle)

Foreign Workers in Singapore - what is their story?
- what is their daily lives like in Singapore?
- What is work & leisure like? in singapore/home country
- what are their problems, challenges working here?
- how do they cope with missing loved ones in home country?

Places that are uniquely Singapore
- wet markets - are we losing them soon?

the singapore culture: (the ugly singaporean?)
1- Singlish
- singapore comedians use singlish
- re-enact how singaporeans use Singlish
2- kiasu
3- kiasi
4- chope seats at hawker centre with tissue paper
5- ah beng, ah lian, etc

Natural Habitats - Are there any left in modern Singapore?
eg mangrove swamp, rainforest, etc


Culture (no story angle yet, only the theme)
- food, fashion, traditions, celebrations


Mixed-Race Couples
- What is it like in Singapore


-----------------------To do list below----------------------


Start: STORY ANGLE >>


> BRAINSTORM


> DEVELOP YOUR IDEA
make connections & possible visual/audio


> RESEARCH & SELECT INTERVIEWEE


> PLAN & PREPARE (Production/shoot Schedule)


> Pitch (Individual)


> Group to select 1 story angle


> PRE-PRODUCTION


> PRODUCTION/SHOOT


> EDIT


Please start preparations & planning early!
Watch your timing.