Crappy production on TV Mobile

Went to school on 74 to attend lesson at 12. Tv Mobile was showing some production by local film students.. I can't see the tiny scroll line that ran across the bottom of the screen which tells viewers students from which poly made the film. I prayed that it isnt Ngee Ann, I tell you..

Well, the one that i watched was about this girl who want to pursue a career in music, but like all typical singapore parents, the mum objected and asked her to concentrate on her studies. Well, I must say the whole idea is realistic and reflect a true image of the society. What I'm complaining is the shooting and editing, or rather, the lack of editing.. Plain laziness I tell you... It makes me wonder how the hell their lecturer passed this kind of work to be aired on national TV?!?!

Some of the things I see:

Firstly, the girl (Jossie, if I dun rem wrongly) was having dinner with a much older man, which I dun really figure out their relationship (as usual, sucky audio transmission of TV Mobile).. Ya, the setting of the dinner scene.. Well, the 2 of them were in a western restaurant and guess what? They were sitted NEXT to each other!! Wad the.. How often do you see TWO retards going to a western restaurant and sit NEXT to each other?! Not even in a Chinese restaurant!!! Initially I thought there was a 3rd or even a 4th person sitted across. But no, it was just the 2 of them.. How lazy can the production crew be.. Seriously.. Simple logic that stares at viewers from the moment they watch this and it isn't taken care of.. What were they thinking man...

Secondly, the scene when Jossie wanted to jump off a building on learning that she is pregnant. Her fren rushed there to knock some sense into her. That part on the whole, I must say, was poorly shot.. The actress who acted as the fren was really exaggerated in my opinion. Her actions are too big, facial expressions too exaggerated.. I can't hear the lines (yes, thanks to poor audio transmission again.) but the performance was really bad.. What's more, you have one crazy woman ranting and raving in the background but Jossie just looked down with no action at all.. I mean, the contrast is too stark. One with such BIGG actions and one motionless. It really seems unnatural and awkward..

Thirdly (and worst of all), the same scene of Jossie wanting to jump. Well, the fren apparently chose the wrong dress. Her dress strap keeps falling off her shoulder. GUESS WAD?! She pulled her strap back in place on camera!!! F***.. Does that production team even have an editor?!?!?! How can they EVER leave that N.G. x 100000 shot in their final edit?!?! This was really the last straw.. I just shook my head when I saw that.. I wonder if that group has a lecturer guiding them too..

Lastly, a scene after Jossie decided that it's not worth it to jump, she came down.. Well, after such a long and 'emotional' persuasion from her fren, all they did was hug, for 0.75 seconds?! I seriously would have expected the director to ask them to hug for at least like 3-5 seconds and show that it was a tight hug. Come on! Your fren just helped to pull u back from Hell and your fren just decided to listen to you and not go to hell! But no, the director thinks that a hug for split second was enough. (they probably ran out of tape or wad) This take was SO for the camera. Like, if dun hug also cannot, hug also dun waste too much time. Yes, true, dun be like Taiwanese drama that hug already and start crying and talk for 10 minutes.. But at least show that one is grateful and another is thankful!

Whatever..

I seriously back the idea of TV Mobile taking local student production to be aired on it. It's really one of the few avenues for amateurs like us to have a platform to achieve greater things.. Come on, fellow media students, treasure the chance and put out a 110% effort, dun jeopardise other people's chances of showcasing their work in the future..