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Cinematographer Christopher Doyle with director Wong Kar-Wai

Christopher Doyle is one of the most famous cinematographer in Asian country. He was born in Australia, however he spent most of his time in China. He also has a Chinese name Du Kefeng. He and director Wong Kar-war created many amazing films such as Ashes of Times(1994), Chunking Express(1994), Happy Together (1997) ,…

Week 9

My thoughts about lighting keeps changing every week, the more exercise we do, the more understanding I got, and also the more film clips I see, the more knowledge I know. My previous understanding about lighting stays in the basic lighting techniques, such as how to position the lights, what kind of lights I should…

Exercise #8 reflection

For exercise 8, we shot two same scenes in two different location. It was supposed to shot in the west foyer and east foyer, but we failed to do that. Our group first went to the west foyer, it was very crowed with many people passing by, and it was very dark as well. We…

Scene Analysis- Casablanca (1942)

This is the scene when Llsa came to talk with Rick and tried to explain the reason why she left. When Llsa walks into the room, there is light following her. Then when she sit down in opposite of Rick, the lighting creates big contrast of their images and emotions. Ilsa is shot…

Week 3

This blog , I want to analyze the use of Hue in Life is Beautiful . Each color film has its basic hue, and different scenes also has different hue depend on time, circumstances, mood and time. The needs will also have different shades of color. In addition to enriching the color of the scene,…

Week 4

I wrote a reflection about a filming exercise when I was doing Translating Observation, basically I talked about ‘ how to be a director’ due to that exercise. I guess this one can be ‘how to be a director’ version 2. I carefully read the script when I got it, I highlighted some important…

Film Light – Assignment 1

Film Light – Week 1 Film Light – Week 2 In the mood of love (2000) – Wong Kar Wai Rembrandt- Supper at Emmaus

Rembrandt- Supper at Emmaus

In this painting, Jesus has a pale face, and weakly put hands on the table, makes us feel miserable sad. Jesus sits in the middle , believers sit on both sides. The walls are worn and there are no decorative items, and there is no light, a window, or a door that…

In the mood of love (2000) – Wong Kar Wai

This is the typical scene in the film, when two characters met. The incandescent lamp on the top of the narrow residential building appeared many times in the film. The use of light makes the subject clearly defined, with a large contrast and a strong texture. The dim light radiates from the top of the…

Film Light – Week 2

In week 2 , we had 2 minutes interview practice by using natural daylight , white board and black board. It is different from my previous shooting interview practice, because normally we have to set up lights, but now we only use natural lights, so it is quiet a new begin for…