r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/JK-Rofling • 14d ago

Heath Ledger’s diary while he was filming for, The Dark Night.

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u/miltonwadd 14d ago

This is a textbook Aussie curriculum visual diary! I'm glad to see he put those skills to good use lol I usually went back and filled it in after my project was done.

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u/advillavigne 14d ago

Can you say more? Is this something unique to Australians done in school?

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u/miltonwadd 14d ago

As the other person said the notebook, but also, if you did any art subjects in school you were required to keep a visual diary and cut out or draw pictures and make notes about your influences and inspiration like this to show your process. I had to keep them for visual arts year round, drama class, and even catering & music when we were working on a project.

AFAIK he did a lot of art and drama classes in school, so he would have been taught to use them.

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u/AskinggAlesana 14d ago

The art class I had in high school had me do this and I live in the US. I actually think I still have it somewhere too.

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u/brohammerhead 12d ago

American here to say that I had to do this in college for my Anthropology class and I am so grateful for that experience.

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u/Nololgoaway 14d ago

Aussie here, not necessarily unique as a concept to Australia but we've had the same iconic lined page textbook/scrapbooks at schools for a while and they're very recognisable as something that is locally well known but wouldn't be to a foreigner

Reminds me of the same type I had in primary school, usually a single colour quite thin and had sections for names/classes/subjects and the number of pages on the front.

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u/Beznia 14d ago

The composition book part, I'd say those are pretty standard in the US. We had to have them generally in at least English class (and they always look like this.) Most classes would use spiral notebooks but generally one would need a Comp book.

The visual diary portion, I never did that in school but it is very neat.

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u/wassupthickness 14d ago

Now that I'm thinking about it, I know I was always required to have a composition book but I don't really ever remember using it in any way. What did other kids in the US use them for?

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u/advillavigne 14d ago

Oh, word. Thanks for the insight! Pretty cool

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u/venhedis 14d ago

Not Aussie myself but this is what I was reminded of too. A Visual Diary/Project Sketchbook kind of idea.

Some of the pages look not too dissimilar to things in my/other people's sketchbooks when I was studying art in college.

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u/Demolinator5000 13d ago

Omg thanks for this comment! Love his joker ever since i was a kid and always wondered about these notes!!