Week8_Bright Splinters (Korsakow)

Interface_introduction

Bright Splinters is a project in which find out the light in Melbourne City. This Korsakow consists of multifarious videos about lights. Bright Splinter is to discover the world of light which we do not really notice is so important and meaningful. Lights exist in every moment of this world and humans are really rely on lights to be alive. The intention of Bright Splinters shows the small details moments of the world so that we are able to perceive this world in a new perspective.

Bright Splinters: http://vogmae.net.au/classworks/media/2012/kfilms/brightsplinters

 

Film/TV Reflection #4

Question 7

Please outline some points that you took away from the Lighting Lecture. Points that excite you, something that was completely new to you, perplexes you or even one you take issue with.

I am very interested in how to adjust the lighting in the set. The measure of soft or hard light depends on the degree of shadows on character’s face. Hard light creates a significant shadow as soft light generates less. Additionally, if we were in a situation that we are only equipped hard lights set, we can use a cutter or a whiteboard to make a soft lighting. The technique is called as bounce lighting. We are able to operate a hard lighting to a whiteboard and the light will be reduced by bouncing on a board to the character.

Question 8

Please insert the link for your Lenny ex2 here. (use insert link tool)

List the things that you learnt from this experience – this could be things that went well or not so well.

Generally, I had a good experience from Lenny ex2. Before shooting in the day, I draw a storyboard and made a shortlist in order to we can process easily. Storyboard and shortlist are not only a brief draft of images but also those are highly dependent on the communication between cinematographer and director moving on the same pages.

“Calling the shot” is excellent knowledge for me to understand how to start filming. In my opinions, this process would be the best way to communicate with different roles of the film producing. To make sure every one have high regard for a shooting, cinematographer, director, sound recorder, First AD and actors have to give a specific signal to each other. I had so much fun in this process and I really learnt something from there.

Week8_Sora Korsakow

The web offers is opportunity to examine and understand very small, everyday details of our lives, like Bright Splinters in which people try to find out the light in a unnoticed moment.

According to Lev Manovich, Korsakow film is an interactive spatial montage because it is comprised of multifarious of media format like images, sounds and texts. Those of all are functioning together. Korsakow, the ‘images’ are often paused videos further, the software allows the maker a great degree of latitude in designing these spatial montages, which can change from sec ion to section as the film plays.

Will Lures considers that the emergence of Korsakow allows more space to create as its interface is various. The interface is design in database storytelling, draws its inspiration, in part,  from the world  of graphic  novels. He argues that narrative cohesion ‘comes less through the codes of mimetic construction –  the propping up of continuous worlds.

 

Week8_Korsakow Review

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Manipulate her emotions (2011) is a Korsakow film about one actress expressing a diversity of emotions and sentiments. Four triangular thumbnails combines with one main display frame into a big triangular as a basic interface. Five different emotions are shown in the big triangular. We can hold our cursor on one thumbnails to preview other videos. Another emotions will be shown on the display screen by clicking other thumbnails.

Manipulate her emotions’ potentially represents Korsakow. The original idea of Korsakow make watcher as a user to watch videos as they want. Korsakow allows users browse different videos sitting in front of the computer. “Happiness or sadness? The choice is yours”, which is main idea in ‘Manipulate her emotions’. The choice is yours! Users are able to see whatever they are interested in. The actress changes her emotions is along with users wants to change to another videos. ‘

 

Week 8_North Melbourne Railway Station

North Melbourne Railway Station from Kai-feng Wang on Vimeo.

This short video I filmed at North Melbourne Railway Station. I am very interested in the technique of ‘Timelapes’ so I just go try it. The post-production was done by after effect and final cut pro 7.

I found the railway is very interesting while the train is moving on the track like a snake. Railway train is a big feature in Melbourne with a long history. The reason I made up this video with black and white effect is to repicture 1920s. I am really fond of black and white film, and the earliest film in the world is about train by Lumirere bothers. If you wonder the shaky frame and rough cutting, I did that on purpose cause old film should be this way right. Lol

Anyway, I very enjoyed doing my own film.