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Update #8: Springtime 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
Update #7: After 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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Update #6: Korean College Entrance Exam
Tomorrow. 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
Update #5: 17 Days Until the Exam
Hello 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
Update #4: Message to Current Korean high school students
We 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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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. During high school, her short film "To Be Remembered" screened at film festivals across America, including the Nashville Film Festival, one of the oldest, longest-running film festivals in the United States. After graduating from the NC School of the Arts in 2010, Kelley received a full scholarship from the U.S. Department of State to study abroad in South Korea. Recently accepted into Columbia University, she has deferred admission in order to direct a documentary feature film on Korean high school students. Currently, Kelley lives in Seoul, South Korea.
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