Its Monday. Our Stillmotion Evo Experience started today.
As the workshop started at 5pm in the city of Sydney, we took the earlier part of the day to visit Darling Harbour and Cockle Bay. Thank God the rain stopped. We bought a 7 day pass for unlimited travel on their Cityrail subway trains. The Sydney train network is so huge. The trains are double decker and mostly filled with seats for commuters.
We spent about 3 hours at Cockle Bay taking pictures and enjoying the harbour view while having lunch. Some of the places you can visit are the Sydney Wildlife World, Sydney Aquarium, Australian National Maritime Museum and LG IMAX Theater there. We crossed the Pymont Bridge which dates back during the colonial times. The middle portion of the bridge can swing sideway to let vessels below to pass through.
Just right outside the Australian National Maritime Museum, there were a few military ships that were docked there. The one that caught my eyes most was the barge. Its so huge and nice.
We took a 20 mins walk to Vibe Hotel to attend the pre-workshop session that started with an introduction of Stillmotion. The rest of the evening was filled with everyone presenting their work. It felt like we were on American Idol as Patrick, Konrad and Jaime gave their constructive critiques. We truly learn a lot from this session. Most of all, we were given tips on how to improve our pieces.
When I got home, it already got me start thinking about how we do things and some of the changes we need to make. Its amazing what we learnt from just 3.5 hours listening to them while learning the works of others. Also, its awesome to see some of the best cinematographers work in Australia. I am all excited for Day 1!
Oh, did you know that the sky starts to get dark only at 8.30pm here? We are enjoying the long daylight!
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