How do I learn from humans of movies?

940pm. 14.04.2020

Wish normal days to come again.

I miss the outgoing trip to the faraway mountains and the wavy beaches to the Northeast and the East of Thailand. I miss coming to Ayuttaya to eat food cooked by my Host Mama and being brought around the village to see her relatives and the students. I miss the badminton stadium where I could be as stupid as possible. Wherever I am in here, no one judges who I am and I no longer have any sense of fear from social norms since my gap year. It is fantastic. I really miss human interaction.

Post-watching series of actions regarding any kind of movies/ dramas I care, here it goes!!!!

1. Read review and contemplate movie messages

I love watching movies then reading the meanings behind the storyline that I could not interpret fully by myself. I normally seek different reviews to contemplate the movie message more thoroughly. Reading reviews makes me see my own limits of processing artwork. I love discovering such indepth reviews by those who are not professional reviewer but give comprehensive perspectives. I can feel their feelings as well, but can’t convey the big picture in words! This is the best blog of reviews I have ever found out.

2. Explore acting & producing process

I am especially curious to see the production time when actors and actresses, basically the entire film crew collaborate in small scenes. The scenes behind the screen are of another world of actions which challenge the artists to perform to a certain level. As normal audience, we can’t evaluate to what extent their performance is acceptable, except the film director. They have to re-do over again and again till reaching the expectation. Needless to day, meeting expectation of either ourselves or others is the most frustrating job in my life. As watching how hard it is to memorize the lines, to project ourselves into the characters, and even improvise on the scripts, I can’t express more admiration towards the awesome actors/ actresses.

3. Stalk actors/ actresses (should include producers) ‘s life

They bring the audience to multi-dimentions of emotions and human stories, meanwhile they have their own identity and family to take care of like everyone else. This many times draws me to surprise whenever I recognize the reality of some new artists who have distinct behaviors and personalities from the movies. Movies, afterall, are human-made products which embrace emotions and any scenarios drawn by imagination or even real life. Together, it is nonsense to judge or guess who the actors/ actresses really are. It is not my nature to act in any discourse. So how actors/ actresses set boundaries for themselves and their work-self is always thrilling to me.

4. Gasp movie humans’ interview

I will miss out on a lot of cool ideas without hearing their saying about their roles on movies! It is always fascinating to know some secrets and conflicts under the iceberg. Like how did you decide to take this character? The challenge and the joy to play the part? Who do you want to be if you can choose? Ect questions to ask! Interviews are like uncovering the masks or the surface of the acting process. What is more happy is to see how actors/ actresses interact with each other out of the “camera”. 😉

5. Cheer for awards-receiving moments (if available)

The very next step is to see the moment they receive awards on special stages. It is joyful to see their hardwork paid and their names recognized by the public. Then hearing them expressing sincere thanks to meaningful people, in their authentic thoughts, is truly touching. That’s why I have such worthwhile feeling for their achievement because they deserve happy endings.

6. (Not always) Recommend to people who care/ Write my own reflection

Not really a habit to review films on my own. This is kind of silly, yeah... It must be up to my mood to review about something...

This is a general remark on my typical doing process when it comes to watching attractive movies. Just a wander blog in a relaxing evening…

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