exploration of exposure
In Monday’s class we showed our footages to class and got a comment of our footages were all under exposed, we should use more light while we were shooting, so I started to considering how to adjust the right exposure.…
Thai horror film with folklore
In Asia, there are a lot of countries are having a a strong religious atmosphere, the beliefs of featuring supernatural beings and occult create some deeply-rooted myths and folklores, like Chinese and Thai trust in the Buddha and the Japanese…
project 2 idea
This year is my third year in Melbourne, as an international student, my emotion for Melbourne is changing during the three years all the time. For me at the first Melbourne is just a place my parents wanted me to…
transition practice
I learned a transition tutorial on a video site in China, which can make the link of the video more smooth and natural. I did a simple practice for this tutorial, maybe the effect is not so obvious but I…
movie review
In this weekend I watched a Chinese film called ‘Mountains may depart’, the most impressive part about this film might not be the plot but the way of how it express emotions and its detail processing. This clip is talking…
Shooting reflection
For the overall shooting process, I felt a lot in many aspects, and I also realised some parts that need to be improved. First of all, our shooting sequence is based on the order of the previous storyboard, and in…
Lite panel practice
In this shooting process, I did both director and control the lite panel, however I reflected more on practicing lite panel this time. During the shooting process, our use of light is varied. We shot in the most of day…
final pitch ideas
Our team finally decided to make a short horror film. The idea is basically like the grudge and the ring, which presents the ‘karma’, so our story will present karma as well. The story A boy called Jack was punished…
lighting task reflection
This task of ‘lighting’ made me reflect a lot. I tried to shoot in different weathers to feel the difference of the lighting. When I was shooting on a cloudy day, I felt that the footage was easy to become…
photography review & practice
I’m always attracted and inspired by the colourful things. This photograph shows a little boy feeling hesitant to enter to the pool, the colours appearing in the photo are the three primary colours: red, yellow and blue, and the blue…