“All films have texture. Texture has an important sensory dimension; it expresses the feel of something and thus evokes response. Texture also encompasses broader expressions of quality and nature, relating to the weaving of cloth, a web or a narrative. Texture in Film considers texture in film as both an aspect of materiality, and in…
For this audiovisual response assignment, I chose the audio made by Denby Smith, it was a kind of creepy and suspense audio, and it has many ups and downs rhythm, so it reminds me an American drama called “Stalker”. So I decided to make a suspense film. I carefully listened the audio…
The reading ‘Beguiled’ Cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd on the Mechanics of Mood’ talks about how does Philippe using cinematic effects: shoot format, color, lighting and actors’ performance to create the film ‘Beguiled’. “Mood boards are given their name for a reason. They allow creatives and the visual-minded to gather together relevant inspiration that will help inform the…
There is a lot of thing I like to do this semester. And it is great I could have chance working with people from digital media, and I am looking forward to do it. Sound is always one of the most important part of a great film, and also the hard one. I find…
The reading from Ute Holl’s Cinema, Trance & Cybernetics explores the relationship between spectators’s reaction and cinema, it indicates that cinema can unconsciously influences the perceptions of spectators. It points out “Viewed from this perspective, the various faculties of cinematic technology – recording, editing, and projection – can also be seen in a different and…
The new semester begins with a early morning ‘workout’. We started to shoot some footage for our first assignment. It was an interesting exercise: ” cataloguing” places, basically we went to find a place and shoot some footage which could represent the places in 45 mins. I paired with Rachel, we went to the Carlton…
This semester is a great journey of fashion，and it also satisfies my dream of making and directing a fashion film . I was very satisfied with our studio, because my intension of choosing this studio was to create something different and unique, and to expend it. I learned lots of…
Very tired week, we were in the bottleneck of editing. We came out of a version we like, however the transition part of linking the studio scene and forest scene was a big issue. First of the color and setting was ver different, it was so hard to link them. We tried to link…
We finished shooting last week, so for week 11 basically we are doing editing in the edit suite. We were in the edit suite almost everyday, because we want to finish it asap, so we could present to Christina and classmate and looking for some feedback, and then we could have enough time to…
