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on April 22
Kelley Katzenmeyer
Posted project update #8Springtime in Korea
Hello everyone,
After an abnormally long winter, it's finally spring time in Korea! The cherry blossoms are blooming, and meanwhile we are working hard editing the film.
More updates soon!
Thanks again for all your support!
-kelley
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on December 21
Kelley Katzenmeyer
Posted project update #7After the Exam
Hello Everyone,
This is Kelley Katzenmeyer, the director of the documentary on Korean high school students. Thank you all for your support!
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For the past six months, we have been documenting 5 Korean students. Last month, the students completed their College Entrance Exam, 수능 "Su-nung". Now we are documenting their lives in the aftermath of the test-- how the exam has affected their future, for better or worse.
As the documentation of our 5 main students comes to a close, we are now translating and editing the hundreds of hours of footage we have collected so far (6 terabytes!)
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Up to this point, our documentation has mainly focused on how Korean education affects the individual students who endure it. However, now that the 2011 Su-nung is over, we are beginning to shift our efforts towards understanding why Korea became so competitive. We're interested in how Korean education works as a system, and the aspects of Korean history and culture that may have led to the development of its current hyper-competitive environment.
Similarly, we're interested in researching the history of the Korean ideal of beauty-- how beauty standards changed, and when one's physical appearance became a competitive asset, like the name of one's college.
Anyway, thank you all again for your support! We're working our hardest to make this film as well-researched, compelling, and impactful as possible. Our goal is to finish the film by August 2012, at which point we will send out copies of the film and all of your prizes!
Additionally, If anyone would like to help with researching or translating, please contact us! :) (We really need help translating. If you're fluent in Korean, translate a few hours of footage and we'll send you an extra copy of the DVD, signed.)
Anyway, thank you all so much! You have made so much possible!
-katz
www.KoreanHighSchool.com
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Tyson Young on December 21
Hey Katz, team and students. Thanks for the update, I'm excited to see the end result! Just wanted to wish you guys (other backers included) a very happy holidays :) Hope everyone has a great time.
What sort of help were you after Katz, other than translating... research or graphics?
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on November 9, 2011
Kelley Katzenmeyer
Posted project update #6Korean College Entrance Exam
Post CommentTomorrow. Is. 수능. Korean College Entrance Exam, 2011.
Here comes the big day!
Thank you all so much for your support!
Wishing all of the students luck,
-kelley
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on October 23, 2011
Kelley Katzenmeyer
Posted project update #517 Days Until the Exam
Post CommentHello supporters!
There are now only 17 days left until the Korean College Entrance Exam.
17 days left on the exam countdown calendar in a high school senior classroom.
Buddhist parents praying for their children's success in the upcoming College Entrance Exam. In a special ceremony that begins at 6 PM and lasts until four in the morning, devoted parents complete three thousand bows.
You can check out some of the video we shot here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cif46iyDcuU
Again, thank you all so much for your support!
-kelley
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on October 14, 2011
Kelley Katzenmeyer
Posted project update #4Message to Current Korean high school students
Post CommentWe continue to invite students who are currently in their 3rd year (고3) of high school in Korea to be part of the documentary. Or, if you are in the 1st or 2nd year and would like to document your third-years (we will provide the camera), that would be great as well. Please contact us via e-mail at kelley.katzenmeyer@gmail.com if you are interested. Thank you!
저희 다큐멘터리에 관심 가져주시고 방문해 주셔서 감사합니다. 현재 수험생이신 분 혹은 수험생을 곁에두신 분에 한하여 저희가드리는 카메라로 자신을 촬영 하시거나, 주변 수험생을 촬영하여 이 작품의 한 부분을 채워 주실 분을 모집합니다. 관심있으신 분은kelley.katzenmeyer@gmail.com으로 문의 주세요. 감사합니다.
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on October 9, 2011
Kelley Katzenmeyer
Posted project update #3Documentary on Korean High School-- Exam date getting closer
Hello Everyone!
This is Kelley, the director of the documentary on Korean high school students. I hope you all are doing well.
Our five students have their cameras and have been documenting themselves for the past few months. There are now only 32 days left until their Entrance Exam. Wish them luck!
Again, thanks again for all of your support, and we will continue to keep you updated!
Gisan Kim (김기산), one of the high school seniors we're documenting, studying at school this Sunday.
Gisan
The exam day is coming! November 10th.
Thanks again for your support,
-kelley
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Arthur Wang on October 9, 2011
I wish them luck. My SATs are coming up too...but I'm sure their tests are much tougher
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Ji He O on October 11, 2011
Wish them a great luck. I always feel thankful that I am not in Korea and I DON'T have to go though "The Hell" they call, when this season comes. It's actually really sad that exam make their all year dreadful instead of delightful which I think it should be since it is their 3rd/last yr. Anyways wish you good luck too Kelley!
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on August 2, 2011
Kelley Katzenmeyer
commented on a projectHello everyone, You can check out our website at www.KoreanHighSchool.com We've got an updated version of our Kickstarter video there with some new footage. :)
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on July 17, 2011
Kelley Katzenmeyer
commented on a project updateThanks! :)
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on July 17, 2011
Kelley Katzenmeyer
Posted project update #2New Website and Footage
Hello Kickstarter Supporters!
This is Kelley, the director of the documentary film on Korean high school. Thank you all so much for your support. With the money we received, we've been able to buy several cameras to give to students. It's been lots of fun giving them the equipment and teaching them filming techniques.
We've also started our own website-- www.KoreanHighSchool.com
On our site you can find an updated version of our Kickstarter fundraising video, with some new footage we haven't released yet. On the site you can also find an excerpt from the previous film I directed, "To Be Remembered".
Although we've been able to buy four cameras (which is amazing!) we still need to buy one more. We are also struggling affording other expenses- such as memory cards, tripods, sound equipment, and external hard drives to store the footage. We are now accepting pledges on our website via PayPal. We've kept all the exciting awards that were on our Kickstarter-- so if you have any friends that might be interested in pledging, please spread the word! We need as much help as we can get.
Thank you all so much for your support! Being able to get cameras for these students has been amazing.
Looking forward to making this film (and showing it to all of you!),
kelley katz
Hallway at WonKwang Girl's High School in Iksan, South Korea
Close up of student's paper in English class
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on June 13, 2011
Kelley Katzenmeyer
Posted project update #1Kickstarter Goal Reached!
Post CommentHello everyone,
Thank you all so much for your support! We surpassed our Kickstarter goal and are on our way to making the film! Thank you all so much. We will soon be starting a website and blog, so you all can check up on the film's progress.
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In the next few weeks we'll buy the cameras for the students. The documentation of our students' lives will continue until their nine-hour-long final exam in November.
Kickstarter prizes will be sent out once the film is complete (as a copy of the final film will be included in the mailed packages).
Again, thank you all so much!
-kelley
view of seoul
one of the main students in our film
Kelley Katzenmeyer
Seoul, South Korea
Kelley Katzenmeyer is a nineteen-year-old American filmmaker and visual artist. As a high school senior, she won the 2010 YoungArts Gold Award in Cinema, a $10,000 prize, and was nominated as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, meeting President Obama... view more
Let us know how it is going :)