Presentation For Matrix Movie Analysis

I've not been able to blog for a long time, because school has really been quite busy and I don't have the mood to blog.

Today is the big day because it is the presentation for our project for the Matrix movie analysis which is fun because we actually get to analysis movies for our project. We actually were scheduled to present on Tuesday's lecture but due to the technical problems in the lecture which led to no time for our group to present in the lecture, which is more or less a blessing in disguise because we do not need to present in lectures. None of us had presented in lectures before and had to faced such a big crowd of people.

Today, there were like 4 groups presenting in the seminar room. The first group was presenting on Matrix too. There were only 2 people presenting: 1 guy and 1 girl who was not feeling well. Their analysis is well done, because they were able to put up good points for their analysis and in the end they put up a spoof cartoon for us to watch. The next group is presenting I Do I Do, a Singaporean made film which stars Adrian Pang, Sharon Au and Allan Wu. It is very well done also because they were able to elaborate on their points quite well, and made the presentation interesting by showing us lots of pictures in the slides.

Then, we are the third group to present. Hafiz started the intro with a video, then proceed with the sypnosis, Propp's Folktale structure and Propp's Archetypal characters. Everyone of us were nervous. Hafiz's nervousness manifested as in clicking the slides too fast and have to backtrack again. Next I do presentation on the Barthes' Five Narrative codes which are the Action code, Semantic code, enigma code, referential code and the symbolic code. I'm not good presenter because my voice is not very loud and clear and also I look insignificant. Oh and I missed out my last slide which is the slide for the pictures on the symbolic code, thanks Steph to cover for me. After my part is Steph's part on Metaphors which is well done. Then Joan's turn which is on sterotypes and gender roles but time has run out. We have no choice but to hurry and skip some points. She was nervous too and keep right clicking the mouse........Finally is Xiaohui's turn on intertexuality and conclusion. Xiaohui's voice is very good and clear. I think we exceeded quite some time, maybe we should have cut off the video at the starting to save time.

After our group presented, it's then the last group presenting on Infernal Affairs. This group all wear like the people's dressing in that movie, as in all black and ties, and they are male dominated group. They did quite well because they can capture the audiences' attention very well, and also shows video clips in their presentations to emphasize their main points. After that the presentations ended, and Dr Millie talked about some stuff on the final exam, and she said it's like a normal exam because she can't come up with a creative exam and there will be 2 questions. We will wait for her email for more info on the final exam format again. We were dismissed at about 3 25pm. Then I went to a barber shop in Bukit Batok to cut my hair and to look like a teenager look because it is cut very short.

It's a great day because presentations are finally over. The next and final thing is to prepare for the exams.