Week 5 Reflection https://www.mediafactory.org.au/yuhan-liang/2018/04/16/week-5-reflection/ Week 6 Reflection https://www.mediafactory.org.au/yuhan-liang/2018/04/23/week-6-reflection/ Basic Research Project https://www.mediafactory.org.au/yuhan-liang/2018/04/27/basic-research-project-cinematographer-emmanuel-lubezki/ Presentation Summary https://www.mediafactory.org.au/yuhan-liang/2018/04/27/presentation-summary/ Response to a Group’s Presentation https://www.mediafactory.org.au/yuhan-liang/2018/04/23/response-to-a-presentation/
Author: Aria Liang
Presentation Summary
We decided to explore the use of lighting in different genres and how lighting speaks for a genre by decomposing and analyzing some lighting prototypes in representative films of their genres. Firstly we brainstormed different genres that we could possibly explore and then researched examples of each. We watched some clips of these different films, noting down on the common…
Basic Research Project – Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki
Emmanuel Lubezki, a Mexican cinematographer, who was nominated eight times for the Best Cinematography at the Academy Awards and won three times in this category for Gravity (2013), Birdman (2014) and The Revenant (2015). He is known for his innovative uses of natural lighting and continuous uninterrupted shots in cinematography. Lubezcki does not have a noticeable style as he usually…
Response to a Presentation
I especially liked Jacky, Brews, Max and Matt’s group. I think it’s because they haven’t come up with too many plans and give possibilities to . The idea of doing an intense dialogue in the context of a science fiction setting sounds really cool. Their inspiration are mostly clips from Blade Runner 2049 and The Dark Knight, both films are…
Week 6 Reflection
In this week’s practical class, we set up a dark set to test out different lighting’s effects on the subject’s face and learned how to achieve those effects. Sylvia and I were assigned to be on the camera. Our main task was to adjust the f stop every time for the camera to adapt to the lighting so it would…
Week 5 Reflection
This week we got into groups to film the same script in different locations. The purpose of this task is for us to figure out how the direction of the sun would affect the camera coverage. The locations are the east and west foyers of building 9. So in the morning the sun comes up from the east, the west…
Assignment 2
Week 3 Reflection https://www.mediafactory.org.au/yuhan-liang/2018/03/18/week-3-reflection/ Week 4 Reflection https://www.mediafactory.org.au/yuhan-liang/2018/03/24/week-4-reflection/ Scene Analysis 2 https://www.mediafactory.org.au/yuhan-liang/2018/03/24/scene-analysis-2-2/
Scene Analysis 2
In this blog post, I will be analyzing a scene from The Square (2017), directed by Ruben Östlund. In this 12-minute scene, a Russian artist named Oleg Rogozjin performs as a chimpanzee to terrorize a black-tie museum gala in Stockholm where the biggest donors and curators are present, including the protagonist, Christian, who is the curator of X-Royal museum. In a…
Week 4 Reflection
The filming today was super energy-consuming but also immensely fun. We started a facebook chat last Wed and planned the roles beforehand so everyone would know what to do when they come to the set. It was very sunny outdoors so we spent quite some time on finding a location that was shaded. We filmed it on building 10’s rooftop…
Week 3 Reflection
In this week’s practical class, we learned how to control the depth of field. The task was to film two portraits with one of them having the shallowest depth of field that could be manipulated to and the other was the greatest depth of field. We decided to have two people in the frame so it’s easier to see the…