a beautiful experience
a beautiful experience
Before I assumed any formal position in the production, I was urged to help out with choreography. But I decided to put my name down for the then-vacant position of set builder.
Thus began my Law IV journey, and unbeknownst to the future ad hoc set building team, it meant 3 months of backbreaking work, for I wanted the set to be the best Law IV set ever. And it was during those 3 months that people discovered my problem – I OCD over the smallest details. (Sorry!) Thus, I need to thank every person who had to put up with my chronic condition over this taxing period.
First of all, I need to thank my wonderful set designer, Lilly, for the gorgeous set. She went through the trouble of scouring the backstreets of our island to gather authentic designs for coffeeshop façades, and came up with the window design which I later stole for the website. Constantly coming up with fresh ideas on the fly as we were trawling the aisles of Art Friend for materials, she handpicked the stencils and all the colours, patiently considered my (newbie) input, and was even present on the very first day of work to sweat it out as we constructed the walls for the set. Such was her dedication that she was willing to sacrifice her scheduled visit to her hometown up North, and a better Big Boss Woman I could not have. Between the two of us, the set building project soon became an art project, and just look at how it turned out. : )
Also present on the first day at the workshop were Bob and Jiax. Despite their other commitments in the production, they were more than willing to help out whenever they were free. There would have been no coffeeshop walls without the above 3 people.
The next part of the 1st stage was the painting of the walls and windows. I am extremely grateful to have had the help of Lilly, Bob, Jiax, Sam, Siwei, Lerk, Adam, Jo, and Louis for this tedious part of the project. In all, we spent one and a half weeks in a cramped classroom, and went through countless paint markers, sheets of art paper, tubes of glue, and rolls of tape. And we also managed to make a huge mess of the whole place. Kudos also to Adam for fashioning the top of the street lamp, for I was rather clueless as to how I would have made it myself.
For the 2nd stage of set building, I decided to embark on a hare-brained project of my own – to construct a signboard lined with running lights after being inspired by the set of Dim Sum Dollies. Here, I must thank my good friend Nic, who spent more than a few suppers discussing with me the electronics aspect of the signboard and actually wiring it up with me. I also had the help of Jiax and Steven in assembling the board and mounting the bulbs. I’m glad we pulled it off, and I’m grateful also to Lerk, who had sufficient confidence in me to allow me to do it in the first place.
Special thanks go out to two very talented people – Zhu & Liang Wei. We have been through productions together since the very first year of Law School, and the set would not have been labeled “ingenious” if not for them. She concocted the idea of re-positioning and disguising the walls for the cabaret scenes, he spent an entire week cutting and sewing cloth even when it wasn’t his job to do so, and we cooped ourselves up in the auditorium the night before the first show OCD’ing past 4am.
I am also indebted to Zhu and Theresa for searching so hard for marble-topped tables, Zhu again for taking over auditorium design, Lilly for the hearts and road sign, Louis for the disco ball, Wendy for the band’s platform, Sam for constantly thinking of more efficient methods to complete our work, and the stage managers and the crew for slogging it out backstage.
Last but not least, I would like to thank everyone involved in this meaningful project, for the words of encouragement, beautiful memories, and the extremely crazy post-production party.
I love the script, the singing, watching rehearsals, working on the set, and Ah Long. There will be a void in my life for quite a while, I predict, but I just can’t wait for the 2nd post-production party and a video screening of the musical.
And now I find
To my surprise
This old heart
Is still alive
The heart goes left
The mind turns right
To move along
Or if you should hold on
The show’s over, but the memories will live on. Until next time…
Thank you one and all,
York, a.k.a. iOCD
Thus began my Law IV journey, and unbeknownst to the future ad hoc set building team, it meant 3 months of backbreaking work, for I wanted the set to be the best Law IV set ever. And it was during those 3 months that people discovered my problem – I OCD over the smallest details. (Sorry!) Thus, I need to thank every person who had to put up with my chronic condition over this taxing period.
First of all, I need to thank my wonderful set designer, Lilly, for the gorgeous set. She went through the trouble of scouring the backstreets of our island to gather authentic designs for coffeeshop façades, and came up with the window design which I later stole for the website. Constantly coming up with fresh ideas on the fly as we were trawling the aisles of Art Friend for materials, she handpicked the stencils and all the colours, patiently considered my (newbie) input, and was even present on the very first day of work to sweat it out as we constructed the walls for the set. Such was her dedication that she was willing to sacrifice her scheduled visit to her hometown up North, and a better Big Boss Woman I could not have. Between the two of us, the set building project soon became an art project, and just look at how it turned out. : )
Also present on the first day at the workshop were Bob and Jiax. Despite their other commitments in the production, they were more than willing to help out whenever they were free. There would have been no coffeeshop walls without the above 3 people.
The next part of the 1st stage was the painting of the walls and windows. I am extremely grateful to have had the help of Lilly, Bob, Jiax, Sam, Siwei, Lerk, Adam, Jo, and Louis for this tedious part of the project. In all, we spent one and a half weeks in a cramped classroom, and went through countless paint markers, sheets of art paper, tubes of glue, and rolls of tape. And we also managed to make a huge mess of the whole place. Kudos also to Adam for fashioning the top of the street lamp, for I was rather clueless as to how I would have made it myself.
For the 2nd stage of set building, I decided to embark on a hare-brained project of my own – to construct a signboard lined with running lights after being inspired by the set of Dim Sum Dollies. Here, I must thank my good friend Nic, who spent more than a few suppers discussing with me the electronics aspect of the signboard and actually wiring it up with me. I also had the help of Jiax and Steven in assembling the board and mounting the bulbs. I’m glad we pulled it off, and I’m grateful also to Lerk, who had sufficient confidence in me to allow me to do it in the first place.
Special thanks go out to two very talented people – Zhu & Liang Wei. We have been through productions together since the very first year of Law School, and the set would not have been labeled “ingenious” if not for them. She concocted the idea of re-positioning and disguising the walls for the cabaret scenes, he spent an entire week cutting and sewing cloth even when it wasn’t his job to do so, and we cooped ourselves up in the auditorium the night before the first show OCD’ing past 4am.
I am also indebted to Zhu and Theresa for searching so hard for marble-topped tables, Zhu again for taking over auditorium design, Lilly for the hearts and road sign, Louis for the disco ball, Wendy for the band’s platform, Sam for constantly thinking of more efficient methods to complete our work, and the stage managers and the crew for slogging it out backstage.
Last but not least, I would like to thank everyone involved in this meaningful project, for the words of encouragement, beautiful memories, and the extremely crazy post-production party.
I love the script, the singing, watching rehearsals, working on the set, and Ah Long. There will be a void in my life for quite a while, I predict, but I just can’t wait for the 2nd post-production party and a video screening of the musical.
To my surprise
This old heart
Is still alive
The heart goes left
The mind turns right
To move along
Or if you should hold on
The show’s over, but the memories will live on. Until next time…
Thank you one and all,
York, a.k.a. iOCD
posted at 10:17 PM
7 Comments:
york, don't so emo leh haha!
you and big boss woman really did a fantastic job with the set!
a pity it had to all come down
YORK don't make me cry like you did!!!!
I didn't kiss Eliza nor Melody, because I was saving it for you. Here it is - MUACKS!;)
Dun be sad we can auction off the set on ebay - make some $$ for the 2nd post-production party ;)
really great stuff with the set bro!
i can testify to the OCD haha. but really, i dont think there could be a better person for this job. actually, we needed an OCD. you and lilly and the set team were fantactic indeed. it was all so beautiful.....
Eh, you can bring the lamp post home! It will make a damn cool light fixture!
And of course, thank you for building the pretty pretty set. =)
wah shit, i'm emo now cos of you!! roar- but otherwise, very many thanks to everyone who did up the pretty pretty set that my family was so raving about!
and btw york, u do realise that its precisely because of ur OCD-ness, thats why the set is so beautiful.. and it is also because of ur OCD-ness, that we find u so so attractive. (hurhur) we all love you laa..
wow york, very touching. anyway, was really great working with you, and you’re not a "newbie" la, pls. and thank YOU for being a constant inspiration to us too. =)
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