<Pre-production> M. Night Shyamalan: The Sixth Sense (1999 ‧ Drama/Mystery ‧ 1h 50m) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUYKSWQmkrg> This time we film as a group to remake one scene of The Sixth Sense. Thus, the script part and storyboard part becomes easy. To be more professional, I search the original script online, rewrite and made a Chinese version. The […]
Month: July 2018
Joy moment
<Pre-production> Ed Sheeran – Photograph <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSDgHBxUbVQ> Sean Wang – 3000 miles <https://vimeo.com/235664764> Primarily, the idea is inspired by the photograph by Ed Sheeran and the 3000 miles by Sean Wang. Both of them make a collection of memories. I always want to do a short film about memories. Besides, it is fit the theme, joy. […]
Hurt
<pre-production> Xavier Dolan, I killed my mother, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVS83ZedV_s> The first idea came to me is the black scene with strong emotions when I think about “hurt”. When I think about those films I have watched, the monologue scene of I killed my mother impresses me a lot. Thus, I watched this part again to see if […]
Portrait: the 1st try on glitch art
<Portrait> YUEN.HSIEH: <https://vimeo.com/yuenhsiehstudio> Glitch art is a popular element in China now, especially on some video apps. From my perspective, the main reason leads to its popularity is the cool way to present aesthetics. In addition, both lighting and color grading are significant parts of achieving the final effect. They will make the production have the sense […]
Asian popular culture
It may easy to determine the geographical Asian part of the world. However, it is hard to identify if these countries are Asian countries. From my perspective, it needs to rely on the sense of belonging to Asia. It is easier to get a closer relationship with people who are in common, such as the […]
Movement & Lighting
The basic idea of this video is trying some camera movements and filming some moving stuff to see if there are some great movement can surprise me. The first shot is just setting the camera and film the person who is skateboarding. Then I tried a different way to show the activity, tack the moving […]
Notes: Screen and Sensation
FILM GRAMMER: wide angle mid-shot close up profile (side face) cutaway shot – – – show details (close up to things) rule of thirds (a third of the frame) Camera Movements: ZOOM zoom in or zoom out; quick zoom to add energy; don’t get stuck PAN Panning is when you move your camera horizontally; either […]
“Alone”—Post-Apocalyptic Short Film Analyse
Although this film is only about 6 mins, it has two conversions to surprise the audience. The first one is that the man wakes up from the dream. The second one is that the light turn on when he just said he is the only one in this plant. This set is great because it leaves […]
Glitch Art: Like a Mercedes
Iconography: Refer to Glitch Art movies, I’d like to think about two films I watched before, Ghost in the Shell and Blade Runner 2049. There are various futuristic, industrialized and some Japanese style scenes in these kinds of films. Like a Mercedes as one of them. Besides, it shows some other elements of the Glitch […]