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Post 24：Reflection

In this shooting, I still learned a lot. First of all, I chose to complete this assignment myself. The most challenging thing for me was that I had to think of a story to shoot on my own. This part is the longest time I spend. I am very grateful to my friends, when I told them I wanted to continue shooting a movie about fashion, they shared a lot of good ideas. I also listened very carefully to their ideas. My ultimate source of ideas is to bring together their exciting ideas and come up with a new idea. So, it’s useful to listen to other people’s opinions.

The second point I think is essential is not to entangle a thing that is too difficult to complete, which will waste a lot of precious time. At the beginning of the brainstorm, I wanted to make a movie about the clown. First of all, when I was conceiving a story, I constructed the storyline too complicated. As well as the makeup part, I need to shoot two parts of the clown makeup and makeup remover. I didn’t find the right actor because it was too painful and took a lot of time. Additionally, I didn’t integrate the two elements of fashion and clown perfectly, which eventually led me to give up. Fortunately, this is only a week of waste. I am delighted that I soon came up with a story that suits me more.

The last thing I want to mention is that it must make a plan b. In this filming, because there are many unexpected things. For example, the actor has to run through the crossroads very quickly. I did not make a consideration that there were too many people crossing the road, which made me impossible to shoot. Fortunately, I have prepared a few more shots to replace this scene. This experience also made me feel once again that the plan may not be able to keep up with the changes. At the same time, allow enough time during the shooting to deal with any accidents that occur during the shooting.

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Post 23：Pryer

Filming & Editing: There is a scene in the filming, and the actors need to run on the road. The running part was slowed down in the final movie. This is an effect that adjusts the camera’s shooting speed. I slowed down the camera to one-sixth of the time, which is new knowledge for me. And I deem this is useful and helpful for me. At the same time, I think that shooting slow motion with a camera is smoother than shooting at a slower speed on a premiere.

Regarding the choice of music, I spent a lot of time choosing the right music. This time I spliced each shot together and edited them, and finally selected the music. I think this is one of my mistakes because music is the last choice. As a result, many frames and music cannot be matched together. And finally, I need to spend more time re-editing these frames. For myself, I will remember this time and correct it next assignment. Moreover, I will choose the music before editing the screen next time.

I encountered a very interesting accident in this edit. I probably edited the 30-second screen, but I forgot to press the s key to save. And then the computer crashed, and most of the edited videos disappeared. Re-editing made me very helpless, but I spent more time thinking about better ideas. I am delighted with the final film. After this accident, I developed a good habit which is finished editing any screen I will immediately save it.

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Post 22：Filming reflection

The final shot was completed in 4 hours. First of all, our first shooting location was taken at the entrance of the Chinese restaurant. Because the models and photographers are not very familiar, the model was a bit timid and shy when it first faced the camera. After a while, the communication model quickly found the feeling, and the three remaining scenes ended very quickly. According to the plan, our 4 scenes were shot very smoothly.

Schedule: The schedule is crucial for our shooting. Before the shooting, I plan to have a total of 8 shots. However, we only used five lenses in practice, and the remaining three were used as an alternative to prevent any accidents from appearing in the shooting. I strictly follow every step of the plan. The plan is critical to me. I could know how each shot should be shot and tell the actors how to play. This saves me a lot of shooting time. Moreover, if there are any problems, I can immediately modify the plan according to the problem.

Light: The lights played a significant role in this shoot. Because of shooting at night, the use of lighting is especially important to us. I am most satisfied with the light stick. This light shows a very fashionable and cool effect under the reflection of the clothes. Among them, the penultimate lens I opened the light stick random flash switch, making the screen mysterious and nervous. I really love it.

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Post 21：Equipment, Schedule and Outfit

Equipment: In terms of photographic equipment, I will use a Sony a7III Mirrorless digital camera with Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS Lens. Panel light and Led light stick (blue and purple), and we will use MOZA Handheld gimbal stabilizer throughout the whole movie. In this shoot, I invited my good friend Jason to help, and we will use the stabilizer to shoot. More, we have a lot of lenses that need to move from far to near, and some of the lens heroines need to run, so using stabilizers is a particular right choice for us.

Schedule: Regarding the shooting time, I chose the night of October 5th, starting at 7:30 pm (I want to make sure that the sun has fallen 100%, the sky has turned black), and then we will spend 3 to 4 hours. Because the shooting locations are all in one place, we don’t have to pay a lot of time on the transition. Furthermore, I try to reflect on the darkness of the pryers, and I chose to shoot at night. Because the snooper is a dark character, the things and actions they do are secret.

Outfit: Regarding the choice of clothes, I chose a futuristic coat. This coat is reflective. When the led glow stick shines on the garment, it will reflect the blue and purple light. Besides, because our shooting is at night, this reflective clothing will look particularly bright at night. The name of our movie is a pryer, and only the most shining people in the night will attract their attention.

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Post 20：Film detail

I expect this fashion movie is between 1 minute and 2 minutes. In this film, I have chosen a total of 4 different scenes. The film is divided into two parts. The first part is that the heroine is standing in 2 different places, and I will take some details of the clothes from far to near. The second part is that people on the street chase the heroine. Thus, the rhythm of the whole film is from slow to fast. I want to show the emotional changes of the pursued, and I also want the audience to feel the tension gradually. Besides, since this is a fast-paced fashion advertisement, and I want to use the changes in the environment to drive the mood of the audience, I did not arrange any dialogue. Finally, since this is a film about the snooper, I will shoot the movie from the perspective of the tracker.

In the week before the shoot, I spent a day confirming the scene I needed. Finally, I chose four stages. They are the entrance to the Chinese restaurant, the graffiti wall, the crossroad, and the parking lot gate. Moreover, location is 133 franklin street these places are all on the same road, which is a lot of time we saved during the transition.

Chinese restaurant

graffiti wall

crossroad

parking lot gate

Regarding the choice of address, I chose a place with a bright sense of color. Because it was shot at night, I want to have a sharp contrast with the natural environment.

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Post 19：Fashion film- inspiration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU1G4BLnFeQ

This is a promotional film for a fashion brand. The reason it appeals to me is that the rhythm of the film is from slow to fast, and finally, it too fast and brings me suffocating feeling. Besides, the few running lenses behind it look cool. More in terms of the use of color, I was most impressed by the most shot, the actor was dark behind. But the firecracker in the actor’s hand. This makes the actor appear extra bright on the whole picture. All my attention is on him. Finally, I hope that in my movie, I could also use similar lighting to show a unique mystery.There is another fascinating thing. I chose this brand of clothes and wore them on the actors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hvwDOtSnZ0

This is also a promotional film for a fashion brand. This is the same brand as the previous one. What attracted me the most in this film was his editing technique and the effect of the lens transition. I like that he uses a rotating technology to move the lens and move smoothly from bottom to top. This is also a fast-paced film, and I even think he gives me the urge to continue watching.

https://vimeo.com/156661762

The last film, which inspired me, was the editing and distribution of the picture. What impressed me the most is that the same screen is divided into three parts, one big screen, and two small screens. The big screen shows the whole body and background of the actor. Two small images show some details on the clothes.

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Post 18：New idea

At the beginning of the thought of the idea, because I recently saw ‘It Chapter 2’. I inspired by IT; I want to make a movie about the clown.

Mentioned clowns only think of comics, humor, and horror. They always do something that ordinary people won’t do. In my movie, I want the audience to see what the clown looks like after makeup remove. They have changed from an ordinary clown to a normal life. What I want to express is that people like to use their appearance to wrap their true selves.

Finally, I gave up the clown as the protagonist in the film. Because I want to continue to study fashion movies, I could not think of the connection between clowns and fashion elements, so. But in the film, I will use similar lighting effects to show the tension and fear of the protagonist.

About this assignment，because I want to continue to research some things about fashion, so I chose to make a film with a theme of snoopers, which contains fashion elements. Not so much a fashion movie, I feel like this is a fashion ad. About fashion movies, my interpretation is fashion film is the medium to communicate various attitudes of fashion.

Regarding this film, I chose the pryer as the title. Everyone in today’s society is likely to be a pry about others because others are curious about you. For these people, their might only like stay on the surface, and attracting them is only a unique external thing such as fashion clothes, beautiful faces, etc. In my film, these snoopers are attracted by the gorgeous appearance and fashionable clothes, which leads to a series of tracking behaviors. One idea I want to express is that when real-life encounters a pryer, bravely stops them. And I want to tell the snoopers that if the snooper is interested in others, please understand and communicate in the usual way.

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Post 17：Film Review – It chapter2

Recently I looked at a new movie ‘It chapter2’. In the movie, clowns are lonely, funny, and scary characters.

The one or two chapters of “it” constitutes a perfect duality, the first one is about the childhood nightmare, the second is the fear of depicting the adult world, and they are more abundant and experience in the face of the same enemy. After 27 years, the children grow into adults, but they still have to face up to their fears. The demons that each person planted in his childhood were uncovered after 27 years of burial. If they do not face and solve them, these fears will continue to exist in your forgotten next 27 years. In this movie, the clown is like the embodiment of fear. The more people are afraid of something, what does it become.

Finally, I think that ‘It chapter2’ has no initial fear compared to the chapter1. I still remember the shock that I was shocked when I saw the first one (George’s boat fell into the sewer; the clown bite broke his arm and haul him into the drain). Moreover,

in chapter 2, the increase in funding and the invitation to join the big-name actors, this film still ensures the best business effect in the horror film. But I think the opposite problem is that the film’s horror is much lower than the first one.

Furthermore, the film is an excellent adaptation of the original story while making a

reasonable adaptation of the story. Because the film is too long, and I felt exhausted after watching it.

The scars from childhood extended to the memories of adulthood as fear. Leaving the town and forgetting the summer that once wrestled with the devil.

However, I like this series. Although this series is over. It still appeals to me, and I even imagine that if the clown hasn’t died yet. Twenty-seven years later, when the remaining five people are nearly seventy years old, what will their fears be?

My favorite part of this movie is the use of his lights and colors. The color of the entire film is dark, but a lot of light colors in the costumes and makeup of the clown are similar to red and white, which is precisely the contrast with the natural environment light