Script Writing
At first, I had zero idea on how to write a script. I didn’t think that it was gonna be complicated, as it will simply be similar to story writing. Well I was wrong. A script has a format, with a few parts such as:…
room 8
I came across this movie on Youtube while looking up for inspirations for my final project. Room 8 is a short film, written and directed by James W. Griffiths starring Tom Cullen and Michael Gold. It won the the 67th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) as the best short film. To…
the shoot
With the script done, the next step is to shoot the footage. Before the shoot however, there were some list to check off. Firstly, the location is at my friend’s (Terry) house. The actress is also one of my friend, Niki, who’s also a media…
lighting
For this project, lighting is one of the more important elements. I have really little experience with lighting in general, this includes lighting setups and the lighting gear on its own. I’ve worked with an LED light panel before for my last project, so that’s…
scripting exercise (The Breakfast Club)
During the consultation of our projects to Brian last week, since I’m focusing on scripting and dialogues, he suggested to do an exercise on de-scripting movies. This means I’ll be turning a scene into a script. He also suggested to do on movies that might…
The Breakfast Club
Since my movie will focus on its dialogues, I recalled the movie I had to watch for my cinema studies class last year, The Breakfast Club which was also a pretty dialogue-heavy movie. The Breakfast Club was a movie written, produced, and directed by John Hughes,…
testing theories: aperture
After experimenting with shutter speed on my camera (Canon EOS M3), this time I decided to play with aperture. Referring to Digital Photography School, the simple definition of Aperture is ‘the opening in the lens.’ This means that the larger the hole the more light that…
To The Bone
To The Bone is an 2017 American drama film, written and directed by Marti Noxon and starring Lily Collins. It was released worldwide on Netflix on July 14 2017. This movie revolves around Ellen, a 20 year old girl dealing with anorexia. Her step mother, who she lives with,…
cue green light, project set.
In week 10, we all had to book a consultation time with James to talk about our project further, thus I booked in for 10:30, which is our studio times. I came a bit late and walked in quite nervously, as I wasn’t sure what…
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Jiro Dreams of Sushi has been in my watch list for quite a while. I have seen it appear on a number of list of Japanese movies to watch, and also talked about in the lecture for my course of Asian popular culture. Thus, when…