Assignment4-Reflection wk10

In this week, we keep working on the research project, after researching more on the director Wong kar wai and receiving the suggestions from teacher, i found some new perspective of studying him. In the past few weeks, I did a lot of research about Wong Kar Wei himself, however the success of his film also has big contributions from his cinematographer Christopher DoyleHe attend 7 films production that directed by Wong kar wei, he was once the exclusive photographer of the director Wong Kar Wai, and also participated in film production as an actor and director. His unique creative style has added a touch of legend to the history of Hong Kong film. I watched a lots of interviews about him and review the process of filmming Chunking express. This pair of best partners created an unprecedented way of film language expression in the exploration of light and shadow, leaving behind many wonderful and eternal moments. However, according to Christopher’s interview, many of the classic frames were made in accident. In the process of filmming, he shot failed fragments inadvertently brought him a different inspiration, these ‘failed’ shots made a bizarre, fantastic style of Wong kar wai. Chunking express has a unique and strong image style, the storyline becomes less important, instead of enriching and expressing the characters through the plot. The director mainly promotes the development of the film complex and expresses the emotional changes in the character’s heart through several elements such as vision, music and props. That’s whyt I want to take this movie as the case study, expanding wong’s movie universe based on Chunking express. 

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