I got lots of epiphanies during work, discussion with classmates blog reading.

-tags of film

I used to think that a good film must has a good drama, something different, something new and something not tacky. However I realize recently that a film can be great even it doesn’t have a good drama in it. I first realize this is when I was doing narrative and authorship in cinema 1 year ago, then we learned French New Wave which is not much to do with great plot or drama. Then I did Documentary: True Lies, I had more knowledge about documentary. For the first time, I see the power of real. There is staging and direction in documentary, there is simply recording in it too. In film3, I realize that we are using both drama and documentary to create something new. There can be the authentic of documentary, there can be exquisite of drama, there can be both. For me, I am trying to create something real and beautiful, I want to show the power of real using good cinematography. CINEMATOGRAPHY is the thing I want to work on this semester.

-when editing

When I edit my shooting before, I was just putting the footages together, simply cut and paste, and then find some music that fits it. And I think that something is missing. When look at Lisa’s work the other day, I found that she changed the speed of people walking, and I think it looks really good and funny. There is real editing in it. Also she used split screen in one of her exercise. In the two split screen, we can only see half part of the two people. When watching it, we focus more on difference of their actions because of split screen. I think this is a great idea, and it is something worth trying in the future.

-about moments

In documentary, I think that moments are causal. By causal I mean it can be the beginning of something, in the middle of something, or at the end of something, it just happens, and it’s just recording. Although it’s just recording, you can still staging it.

-about sounds

There can be suitable background music, there can be voice-over, related or not related to the film, there can be just silence except characters in it make a noise…

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