On Monday, Liuyi and I went to see how James filmed their film. I have learned a lot in it. I think they are very professional for me. First of all, each of them has different jobs, lighting, director, makeup artist, photographer, actor, and their division of labor is particularly evident. I am very envious of this. Because in my shooting with Liu Yi, everyone did not have a fixed job, resulting in some clutter in the process of the shot.

Moreover, the setting of the lights is particularly crucial in this shooting. The lights could set off the atmosphere of horror and evil, so they always pay attention to the color of the lights before shooting. I thought they spent at least an hour, adjusting the color of the lights. Also in this filming, I saw some photography equipment that I have not seen before, which makes me very excited.

The most amazing thing about shooting is the fake blood made by the makeup artist. I think it looks very realistic and fascinating.

Finally, on this extraordinary study journey, I learned how to modulate the color of the light better until I think it is satisfied. This time I saw how James is effective communication between a director and an actor, and he tells an actor how he could act better and say to the camera which angle he needs, perspective, which also allows me to learn how to be a director.

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Post：11 Filming Reflection

The final shot was completed in two days. On Saturday, we were shooting indoors in the school library, hotel, and gym. We are shooting outdoors on Sunday. 4 different scenes were selected for 4 scenes

Time：First of all, time is really precious to us, because the actor was late for the day, which caused us to delay the shooting time. But fortunately, we have reserved enough time to complete this filming work. At the same time, our actors are very dedicated. We didn’t spend a lot of time in one scene, which saved us some precious time.

Schedule：The schedule is essential in our shooting. We proceeded every step as planned. When we encountered any problems or shooting problems, we immediate changed on the original plan. This makes our plan clearer.

Light：The lights played an essential role in this shooting. Each scene required different lights, so we asked a person to be responsible for the lighting. At the same time, we borrowed a light panel from the school. It has two sides, one side is glare reflective, and the other side is soft reflective light.

Reflection：I learned a lot during this shoot, and what I want to say the most important is to prepare plan b for everything. Because a plan may not be able to keep up with changes. Moreover, about time, taking enough time to shoot anything to deal with unexpected problems. Finally, the schedule must be clear and straightforward. If it is too complicated, it will take more time to communicate.

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Post：10 Film Review — In the Mood for Love

In “In the Mood for Love,” Wang Jiawei used metaphorical montage and repeated montage techniques to implicitly and naturally convey the theme of the film. While expressing the emotional changes of the hero and heroine. It also hints at the real status of Hong Kong society in the 1960s, giving the color of the film era and Social significance has enhanced the artistic value of the film. For example, the film through Su Lizhen for the boss to call Mrs. He (who is the boss’s wife) and to Miss Yu (He boss’s lover) to call, buy gifts, shows that the boss is also between the lover and his wife. Combined with the whole story, we have experienced the real-life and emotional status of the petty bourgeoisie in the Hong Kong society in the 1960s. It’s not just Su Lizhen’s husband and Zhou Muyun’s wife’s “out of the wall.” Many people, like them, have a lover outside, and they are all sneaky. In “In the Mood for Love,” the director uses some series of metaphorical expression techniques to imply the contents of the characters. The characteristics of the times and the cultural connotations in the film. In the details, while deepening the theme, it is expressing Subtle beauty.

In “In the Mood for Love,” the heroine Su Lizhen only wears qipao from beginning to end in the film. Twenty-three sets of qipao use a variety of colorful fabrics, and the slim fit so that Su Lizhen’s symmetrical shape is more exquisite and beautiful. The various qipao styles of attractive women show the warmth of oriental women.

When the film “In the Mood for Love” is shaping the characters, the director chooses the same color system for color arrangement, which weakens the complex and elusive feelings. To some extent, the color arrangement usually uses the color tone to set off the inner feelings of the character.

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Post：9 Fashion film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNERMi-tTto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU9BdApOUUA

These two ads are my favorite short fashion films, one of which is Vogue, and the other is Prada. First of all, the two films use distinctive colors to set off the atmosphere, one is bright yellow, and the other is green. Moreover, their most apparent fashion elements are on the clothes and the exaggerated makeup on their faces.

The first film is about the cycle of the story, and the whole movie is full of fashion elements all the time. My understanding of this film is that fashion is an infinite loop. You think fashion is over. In fact, it has just begun.The primary color of the film can be divided into bright yellow, red blood to create a bloody atmosphere. I hope that in my movie, I can also use sharp color contrast to add to the level of the film.

In the second film, the primary color of the first half was presented in green, which made the whole film look dark and horrible. Secondly, the music in this film is exceptional. The rhythm of the music is slow and fast, which makes the audience’s mood tenser and scare.The significant thing is the model’s performance in the movie does not lack in fashion. Her bold and confident performance and the exaggerated avant-garde makeup undoubtedly add an exciting story to the film. She successfully persuaded the audience that this is fashion attitude from fashion the film.

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Blog8：Equipment and schedule

The project we expect to shoot in 2 days, which are this Saturday and this Sunday. On Saturday morning, we booked the room of the library from 10:00 am to 12:00 PM, and then the scene in the elevator was from 12:30 pm to 14:30 pm we chose the lift of the friend’s apartment in the preliminary decision, but at the end we found a more suitable elevator in the school library. Another primary reason is that it is more convenient to shoot in and out. After the scene in the hotel, we expect it to be from 15:00 to 18:00. Moreover, due to time constraints and outdoor lighting issues, we will be very focused on time. On Sunday, we will complete all the plays in dockland from 10:00 to 14:00. Furthermore, because I didn’t pay attention to the problem of lighting in the last homework, the sun went down, and the whole room was very dark at night. There was no light at the end, and the entire picture quality was too heavy. This is the biggest mistake in my last work. This time I will pay great attention to this issue. So we hope we can have plenty of time, we chose to shoot for two days. We also added several options at the location.

In terms of photographic equipment, we will use DSLR|Canon EOS 5D Mark 4. Panel light, a tripod is basic needs, and we will use DJI Handheld gimbal stabilizer as there are some shots we need to follow the character run and walk. We had cameras and DJI Handheld gimbal stabilizers, so we borrowed tripods and lights from the school.

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Blog7

Volkswagen T-Cross – I am more than one thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX7rihMkUJI

This is a Volkswagen ad, and Cara Delavingne has played several different roles in this ad. she plays the role of drums, sightseeing and jogging and guiding an SUV-themed movie. Moreover, the ad slogan is more than one thing, which is very much in line with the theme of our first assignment. We will also use the same approach to show the different characteristics of each girl. What attracted me is this advertisement was that the background music they chose was very rhythmic. They decided very cheerful music, which made the audience feel the joy of the actors using the car. Therefore, in the later stage, we will also use the rhythm and cheerful music in the selection of music. The most important thing is that the transition effect of this film is perfect. His picture becomes very fast when the transition. This is the place I want to learn. I hope that I can use the same skills to add to my work.

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Blog6:film detail

We expect this movie to be between 2 minutes and 3 minutes. Since we have five different scenes and limited time, we will make it in a fast-paced way. Regarding the role, the film’s female mainly plays five girls who are in different field character. We also invited 7 supporting roles to add to the fun of this film. They are all good friends, so it is free in terms of cost. Moreover, because we are a fast-paced film, we have not arranged any dialogue. Finally, with regard to color, most of our chosen scenes are bright and warm, because we are showing the self and vitality of young girls.

we spent a day looking for the right scene last Saturday.We have chosen a few good locations.We initially placed the location in the Crown Hotel Room, Rmit Library, Dockwalk Pedestrian, Apartment Elevator，and dockland’ parking.

Rmit Library 

Dockwalk Pedestrian

Crown Hotel Room

Apartment Elevator

The only place we have to spend money in the entire movie is the Crown Hotel. One of the scenes in our film is a very stylish and modern room. We have seen many places. Only the Crown Hotel is the best room for us. We especially hope to produce the most satisfactory works. Finally, I decided to spend money to rent a suite with Liuyi.

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Blog5: inspiration

Our final story is inspired by an mv of a very famous female singer in Taiwan. In this mv, she played four different roles: the 80s rhythm teacher, the show-rich, the fresh female, and actress. Although she plays different people, they all have the same personality that is competitive, and everything is win. The idea is just like the theme we want to express. 

Moreover, Liuyi, and I used a similar idea to show us the story we revealed. In our movie, there is a girl who will play five different characters. Five people have a distinct personality and appearance, and we have chosen five different scenes suitable for them. There’s a debutante, a sweet girl, urban athletic  girl, and the last mysterious girl  (we want to keep a little mystery, let the audience guess what the last one looks like)

Each character we use different stories to show their unique character. More, we understand that many people don’t like or even hate stereotypes. On the contrary, we are trying to express these five stories with stereotypes. We hope to let the audience be most intuitively aware of the stereotypes. So we want to convey is that when each feature is concentrated on one person, don’t guess which one is her. We don’t have the right to define anyone.

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Blog4: New Group and Brainstorming

When I showed my most preliminary thoughts, I found my group partner Liuyi. It is a coincidence that he and I were classmates last semester. We had the same idea at the time, which is to continue to use fashion as a theme. We quickly began brainstorming and discussing the opinions of our film concept. When I think of the word fashion, the first thing that comes to my mind is that people like fashion because fashion can be used to show their beauty. But fashion is just an aid, and its beauty is due to its self-confidence. Moreover, the result of our discussion is that the girl’s self-esteem is not the result of the clothes; this is heartfelt thoughts.

We passed the simple brainstorm before we spent some time to perfect the final set of ideas. In this ordinary society, most people like to define others based on their appearance, just like stereotypes. The truth is, when you can only see one person, you can’t easily judge who she is. Because at that time you only saw the surface of others, you can’t know his accurate and complete self. What our film wants to say is that, for each individual, she should be seen as a whole personality, rather than showing their different characteristics separately.

Finally, before the end of the week, we spent a little time dividing. Liuyi is a screenwriter for this film and some preparations before filming work. And I am good at post-production and editing work. I have more experience in the later stages. Furthermore, we will work together to complete each step. We believe in each other, and we have similar tastes and ideas. I trust that we will cooperate very smoothly.

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Blog3：New idea

On the first day of the second week, there was a new idea to come up to my mind. First of all, I want to make a commercial advertisement for fashion.

In recent years, more and more brands have attracted consumers to buy their clothes. They are continually introducing new products to improve their sales. Most consumers buy back every new product in order to pursue the so-called fashion. Because the replacement is too fast, some clothing consumers could not have time to wear it or wear it once or twice. The last problem is that they could only throw away these clothes.Moreover, more and more clothes are forced to become garbage. And this garbage may not be processed. In the end, these items became the source of environmental pollution.My idea is to express the concept of saving and protecting the environment to the audience by making only a stylish advertising video.

Regarding the details of this idea, first I want to divide the picture into two parts. The two images are the same girl, and she is doing the same thing. But there are very different places in the two-part. The first difference is that she will be standing in two different backgrounds, one in a modern city and the other in a slum. The second one, the girls who live in a fashion city, are all makeup to show their charm, and the other, has no money to paint any makeup. The last one is that they wear different clothes, she is wearing the most fashionable clothes in the city center, and another girl in the slums can only wear the clothes that fashion girl has discarded. I hope that they can form a sharp contrast, let the audience feel that some people could only wear old clothes.