-by "tomorrow", I meant "Tuesday"
-that "like" at the end of the second message shouldn't be there at all.
Honestly, my thoughts were flying a mile a minute and I was trying to type as fast as possible as not to leave out anything. I think I still missed somethings but I can't remember them at the moment. AH! I remember:
NOTE:
-Especially include question about using actually UIC architecture and scenes in book to ask mentors. How legal is it?
-Email mentors about meeting once Monday (and possibly Tuesday) meeting(s) are over.
Okay, here's the original messages:
I forgot to cc again. Sorry! I've pasted my recent message beneath this new one. Forwarding too much annoys me. Ah...One more point I want to discuss before I forget.
I initially wanted to do more research, but seeing how busy the semester is getting for everyone with babies, classes, work, etc., I don't think that's a feasible plan after all. Maybe minimal research, but I think we can create a narrative fiction for the book with the material we already have. It'll be a fictional memoir based on real life? What does everyone think? I don't know who we'll further interview besides ourselves. (At one point in time, I think it'll be nice take the POV of the 1st generation Vietnamese American immigrant-but that's an entirely new project for the Vietnamese-American discourse...Note for future).
Ah, and I want to discuss with Bing since you are our expert on photography and filming. (I stink at any technical skill). I'll be needing a lot of photos to base the comic panels off of (esp. poses and campus background scenery for the noir style). I don't know what Hai and Youme will need. But will you be willing to take photos for me? I won't be using them all just like how you don't use all your shots for the documentary, but it'll be a great help.
Also, I think I'll create surveys for everyone to fill out so we can all get a sense of characterization for the comic. That being said, umm...(thinking, processing)...ah, storyboard. We'll need to discuss a cohesive storyboard for the comic now that we're all getting tangible ideas on what to do. Also, we'll need to decide on the overall comic style, of course. We can't go wily-nilly and have a mess of different things. I'm sure Youme and I can come up with a drawing technique that we can both do. (I have a feeling we'll be drawing together often, Youme--hence the weekly visits).
I purchased 3 comic drawing books from amazon lately just in case we need reference. I'm pretty excited since I now have a reason to purchase them. (Always wanted 'em).
I think that's about it.
Sorry if this became a ramble. Hopefully, I got my points across.
So SCE or Youme's and Hai's tomorrow? What's the ultimate decision? I'm fine with either. I guess the deciding factor comes from Hai's and Youme's side...and then back to Mr. Bing. Just let me know. I'll be at SCE already since I work until 4 p.m. but jumping on the bus is an easy thing to get to the apartment on Oakley also.
Yours truly,
Khanh
P.S. I'll be up all night studying so email anytime and I'll like read it. :)
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Ah, sorry. (I'm on an entire cup of dark coffee and lots of condensed milk to mollify the bitterness here--I don't drink coffee at all--so forgive me if this email may not be in the usual voice I use). I meant for a private meeting with the Mentors. Prof. Su wants to meet with us, set up a schedule and deadlines for the project, etc.
As for what I want from the mentors...I want to ask their opinion to see if our ideas seem viable and if they have any suggestions. Also, we have legal issues to ask about. I just really want to run ideas through them. I'm not sure about Bing, Hai, or you, but I'm actually quite an independent worker and require minimum tutelage. But from the Documentary project, I have the feeling that everyone is on the same page independence-wise.
I would love to go over regularly and consult with you often about the comic, if not anything but to work on it further. I have three pages laid-out out of the ten as well (but that's only the intro)...but I think if we push it, we can go beyond the total of 20 page limit. I'm using the next two weeks to work lots and ignore sleep to catch up and get ahead in studies so I can leisurely spend time on the project (so I think I may have more time to draw). As for the storyboard for my pages, I still want to talk it over with everyone.
I have thought it over and I wanted to do a noir-style for drawing the present us and then a more cartoonish style for the past. So that the panels in the present show individuality and personal narrative while the past panels adopt a more anecdotic/folklore sort of feeling--like how Bing did that misty effect (I can't remember the proper terminology. Sorry) for the filming of the photos. And I also wanted to integrate interchanging pages of comic panels versus an entire page of epistolary writing--I'm wondering if we can create a Bing character to do the narrator voice for that or make a generic entity who remains anonymous until the very end...but that probably won't work with such a sort work...hmm.... I did a few pages of brainstorming I'll show Tuesday (my sister found my notebook for me. :) She's quite dependable when I fall into my scatter-brained periods). What does everyone think?
And I think it best to meet at your place. I feel that you, Youme, are an integral part of this project and we cannot do without your gentle presence. So if it's not a bother, may we impose on your hospitality for the hectic two months to come, including this Tuesday? I shall come with tributes. :)
Caffeine is making me losing focus. Will update more later. Shall we put our correspondence up in the blog? Seems like it'll be a good way to document all our planning and such...hmm....?
Take care everyone!!! Keep warm. Even my husky doesn't want to go out in this cold--I think it's because he slips on the ice too much though and not because it's actually too cold for him... o.O
Sincerely,
Khanh
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