Monthly Archives: October 2011
Editing(Script and Production)
In this semester I am also studying a subject call “Experimental Video”, which help me a lot to learn about the using of AfterEffect. And somehow I feel the coloring system in after effect is more using friendly and easier … Continue reading
Shooting(Script and Production)
Our documentary is about the art of cosplay. When I wrote my pitch, I was thinking to make a video full of effects and create an anime style documentary. But after our discussion, we finally abandon this idea cause of … Continue reading
Class Activity(Collaboration)
Class Activity This is a video from our first class activity. A story about one of our group mate Merry, who come from NewYork. To be honest, I quite satisfy with the quality of this clip. Michael really did a … Continue reading
Class activity 2(Collaboration)
Here are two short video clips of our class exercise. Both of them are shot during the lesson and edit within a week. The first one is a video about group dissuasion. This exercise aims to practice our skill of … Continue reading
Night and Fog(Digidoss)
Night and Fog (1955) Alain Resnais Excerpt from a famous 30 minute documentary about the Nazi concentration camps. The voice-over is written by a French poet, Jean Cayrol. Think about the tone of the voice-over and the style in which … Continue reading
Afghan Alphabet (Digidoss)
Afghan Alphabet (Alefbay-e afghan) (2002) Mohsen Makhmalbaf The opening few minutes of a documentary by noted Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf. In these few minutes of video, we can see an Afghan kid who gets a blending legs. Although in this … Continue reading
Lessons of Darkness(Digidoss)
Lessons of Darkness (1996) Werner Herzog Werner Herzog is perhaps best known for his fictional filmmaking. In this visually stunning documentary he turns his camera on the burning oil fields of the first Gulf war. Not only are his images … Continue reading
High angle(Digidoss)
Jabe Babe (2005) Janet Merewether Jabe Babe is a dramatised documentary around Jabe Babe, an engaging and up-front 31 year old woman who measures 188cm and has a rare life threatening genetic condition. The filmmaker has used interesting narrative and … Continue reading
The face of mum(Digidoss)
Karin’s Face (1983) Ingmar Bergman The famous Swedish Feature film director Ingmar Bergman made this short documentary later in his life (this is an excerpt from the beginning). It is a love-note, an elegy for his dead mother. It is … Continue reading
This train is expressed to…(Digidoss)
Daybreak Express (1953) D.A.Pennebaker An exercise in rhythm and mood, a stunningly kinetic evocation of the experience of a daily urban train-ride. Think about the way Pennebaker has very simply but effectively structured the film from beginning to end. Sometime … Continue reading