Today, 3 days after semi-finals judging, I made drastic changes to the film. If you look at it, I doubt you'll actually recognize it anymore, because I've tweaked the storyline totally such that there is only 1 main character now, and purely shows how his misdeeds have landed him in such a sorry plight.
Also, with reference to my previous post, I mentioned that I didn't like the boring chronological flow of the storyline previously that could not fit any type of mood or music at all, so I've also changed this aspect and inserted two main pieces of music that is played throughout the film. It works wonders.
If you wanna check it out, just nudge me and I'll send you a link once I upload or something.
A project describing the feelings of 2 objects, both treated in extreme opposite ways (good and bad)by their owners. Definitely, every object/person will want to be treated with respect and care.
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Saturday, 9 July 2011
After semis review - weng shern reflections
Semi Finals was just over, and our rough cut was shown during the presentation for judging. Although we received really good reviews and comments from the judges, I was watching the film during the screening and realised that our film has yet again repeated its mistakes from last year.
As always, we think that a complex storyline is a good storyline, but that's for plays, not short films. And now what we have, is a complex storyline with too many events happening throughout the film. It may be funny with many cuts and hilarious transitions, but the mood for the story, in my opinion, has sort of gone down the drain. Moreover, with that many cuts and scenes, it is really hard to use one piece of music to convey the mood for the film (scroll down to the bottom of this article if you are skeptical). What we can only do now, is use many different pieces of music, string it together and input music to the film. But that's just amateurish..
But it's already too late to make huge changes to the film, so I'll leave it for this project. But I guarantee, for future short films, this will not be repeated. There won't be any more need for film projects, but I'll continue to do some in my leisure time.
Anyway, what I really want to share with you guys in this reflections is a really good short film which I saw online. Entitled Love Language, it has a simple theme, a simple storyline, as well as a successful mood conveyor. Check it out.
In the short film above, there is only one piece of music used that is really touching, and the appropriate use of it is evident when there is a sudden transition of scenes, so the music stops and the mood changes from touching to the feeling of awesomeness.
And another thing is that there actually is a target audience for this: The association of deaf people. Watch and you'll see.
As always, we think that a complex storyline is a good storyline, but that's for plays, not short films. And now what we have, is a complex storyline with too many events happening throughout the film. It may be funny with many cuts and hilarious transitions, but the mood for the story, in my opinion, has sort of gone down the drain. Moreover, with that many cuts and scenes, it is really hard to use one piece of music to convey the mood for the film (scroll down to the bottom of this article if you are skeptical). What we can only do now, is use many different pieces of music, string it together and input music to the film. But that's just amateurish..
But it's already too late to make huge changes to the film, so I'll leave it for this project. But I guarantee, for future short films, this will not be repeated. There won't be any more need for film projects, but I'll continue to do some in my leisure time.
Anyway, what I really want to share with you guys in this reflections is a really good short film which I saw online. Entitled Love Language, it has a simple theme, a simple storyline, as well as a successful mood conveyor. Check it out.
In the short film above, there is only one piece of music used that is really touching, and the appropriate use of it is evident when there is a sudden transition of scenes, so the music stops and the mood changes from touching to the feeling of awesomeness.
And another thing is that there actually is a target audience for this: The association of deaf people. Watch and you'll see.
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Reflection
The filming process has certainly taught me MANY things in the area of film making. This year, we've explored many new aspects of filming and we could all see that the group was trying its best to improve and change many old flaws and habits of previous films. I personally felt that the planning process was much better and much more structured compared to last year and the scenes and various cuts were all planned out and carried out with more ease. Furthermore, we did much more travelling and filmed in various external public locations, enabling us to utilise and discover many more angles and filming techniques we could use. Filming in public locations was definitely not a piece of cake with all the awkward stares and interruptions by various people...but in any case it was really a great experience for me and for the team as well.
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Reflections
Throughout the process of making this film, I have benefited a lot out of it as creativity was needed in most areas of filming, in terms of storyline and camera angles to make the film an interesting one. The making of this film made me learn more about the different filming techniques and try out new techniques which are inspired by other film makers. We had to constantly check if our film is able to appeal to the audience and capture their attention, which improves our film making skills on a whole.
Reflections
I felt that this has been an enriching experience to me. I learnt so much about how to express my thoughts and convey my beliefs in other means other than words. So much so that this project has also touched my inner self, allowing me to be more sensitive and infer deeper into an artists' or filmmaker's thoughts and messages.
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