CATHY LE'S "MUNDANE MONDAY" - ON TUESDAY!

I guess I should begin by explaining the title of this blog. It occurred to me in the middle of my aesthetics class when we were discussing the bias in classical literature to only write about high class people engaged in big moments of their lives. Until recently, there hasn't been much written about regular people doing mundane, everyday things. There's plenty of "regular" people in mainstream media now, but the mundane activity part isn't quite there yet. The characters are always engaging in some big important life event and this defines who they are. This is of course purposeful because mundane sometimes isn't so interesting to watch. But at the same time, films like Napoleon Dynamite which have no "point" to it, are popular. Simply put, are we defined by what we do every day or by our big periodic accomplishments?

 

It's interesting to me right now because, I'm just doing all these mundane and "everyday things", not anything film industry related in particular-- filling out some college applications, going to band practice from 7am-7pm everyday to prepare for the Rose Parade, chatting with my friends online, sleeping. But I'm finding inspiration for filmming everywhere: from modern-day segregation in LAUSD schools, to how bands and other large masses of people are controlled, to the new ways humans communicate in this technological age of texting, webcamming, and facebook.

Cathy Le's Mundane Monday will post every Monday morning on Freshi Now.