Filmmaker, Oslo

So it’s already been two weeks, huh? Well, I guess by now you’ve realized that my postings won’t be completely regular. It’s not ‘cuasee I’m lazy, well a bit of that too, but mostly I’m just really busy.

I had my first presentation in school today, for a unit called Art, Ideas and Practices. Basically my group and I had to present some viewpoints on two readings, one by Hélène Cixous and one by Virginia Woolf, and then ask open questions in class that would lead to a discussion around the works.

Other than that, I’m still sorting out all the boring stuff. I got a bank account yesterday with Banque de Montréal, I sorted out dental insurance, and on Tuesday I paid my tuition fees (ouch). But most things are falling into place now, the only thing missing is getting the perfect bike (for which I’ve been looking since I came).

Tonight at 00:00 I’m going to Toronto and Niagara Fall for the whole weekend, so I’m really looking forward to that. It’ll be nice to see a bit more of this huge country, and I’m bringing a photo and a video camera, so I will post images from that trip.

For now though, I thought you might like to have a look at what Concordia University looks like:

The EV building, where I’m currently editing my latest short film (on the 5th floor), and where all the really cool equipment is (on the two top floors).

The lobby of the EV building.

A place to sit, relax, or work, in the EV building.

This is where I’m editing my last short film. The tiny image on the computer screen is now officially the first published image from the film.

The view from my editing suite… sweet

The Faubourg Tower, where the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema is situated. This is where we have production class, and where I might also be spending some time editing.

This is the VA building, where all the Fine Arts students at Concordia come to do their art… or whatever it is that arts students do. Sometimes that’s just hanging out, looking cool and acting all suave. But the film students are always hard at work

Another view of the VA building. There’s a nice little lawn in front for hanging out, looking cool and acting all suave. Or discussing really important things, like art and politics, art and society, art and meta art, or none of the above.

So there you have it, a look at my university. If you’re a bit disorientated by all the different buildings; don’t worry. So was I for the first two weeks. To put it simply, all these buildings are located in the downtown area of Montréal, some right next to each other, none more than a couple of minutes walk away. So it’s pretty cool, really. I like it anyway.

There’s another campus called Loyola, about 20 minutes outside of the downtown area. I usually don’t go there, but about a week ago, I went up there to see the opening game for our football team - The Concordia Stingers. That’s American football, by the way. I’ll post images from that next week, and tell you how it went…