The main concept of the video is about the way I use the camera to find space and time for contemplation during Covid-19. For this week is to remake of a character in Jin Yong’s novels: Dong Fangbubai (literally “Invincible East”). He is the leader of the Sun Moon Holy Cult (日月神教; Rì Yuè Shén Jiào), an “unorthodox” martial arts sect. In his quest to dominate the wulin (martial artists’ community), he castrated himself to fulfil the prerequisite for learning the skills in a martial arts manual known as the Sunflower Manual (葵花宝典; Kuíhuā Bǎodiǎn), and became a formidable martial artist after mastering those skills. His castration and supreme prowess in martial arts make him one of the most memorable characters in Jin Yong’s wuxia universe even though he appears in only one chapter of the novel. His name has also become virtually synonymous with homosexuality and LGBT sexual orientations in Chinese popular culture.
How did you author the video you recorded for upload to Instagram?
This week’s shooting took place in the studio, therefore I do need lighting jockey to help me to fixable the background light and the face light. Because of the phone camera lens, the stabilizer and another factor, this week shooting become very fast and easy (maybe because of is more and more skilled). As you can see, I did move my body to get closer to the model, but not that much.
For the part of the editing, I have optimized the content and added the beginning and end to make the video more complete. Although this video is still completed through “clapping”. In the aspect of music selection, it also pays tribute to the original works and selects the classic theme song of TV series, which is also to evoke memories of some viewers (Such as someone who is the fans of Jin Yong).
How did you publish the video you recorded for upload to Instagram?
For publishing, this video still through the phone to upload into Instagram and the quality is 1080p and the size is 16:9. For this time, I have chosen a nice cover picture and choose the tags to enrich the text content, is about Jin Yong and the novel. The last thing, I am uploaded the geotags for this time.