Experimental Film Screening (31st May)

aNEW (David, Derik, Arif)

- Loading a gun vs. taking pills

- Repetition of the same shots - reliving same events 

FRAGRANT HARBOUR (Gio, Jamie)

- Comparison of countryside vs City life

- Good use of slow motion to highlight the rapid pace of life in HK

- Cool Time Lapses and transition between shots 

- Mainly consists of Time Lapses

- From outside a tram to inside a tram - smooth transition

- Gets too repetitive after a while

- Time Lapse / Hyperlapse / Slow motion 

FML (Alex O, Isaac Y, Kevin, Ocean Pak)

- Great transitions between shots and interesting framing (harbour shaped as a square)

- Great cinematography

雨過天晴 (Ryan C, Arnold, Chris B, Jeffrey)

- Slow motion of the close ups of Jeffrey at the restaurant 

- About sickness / abuse?

- Theme: Occupy Central 

- Yellow umbrella in the end unveils the theme of the film - I like how its not revealed until the very end 

RETROGRADE (Isaac Um, Wing Kwan, Trystin)

- Rose as recurring motif

- Silhouette shot is cool

- Great cinematography

- Last part of editing was interesting

- Theme: Unrequited love?

YIN YANG (Chih Ning, Kaia)

- Shots in the beginning are noticeably grainy

- Comparison of two different lives?

- Transition from a drawing of a flag to the real life flag shot was cool

- Water - recurring symbol

- Comparing someone who's good at ballet and someone's who still trying to learn 

- Black and white shots where some parts of the shot has color - interesting 

- Interesting transition from egg yolk to sunset

SINNER (Candace, Tess, Charlotte)

- In the water tank shots you can see the reflection of the camera's light

- Last shot of the fish tank is very shaky 

- Lipstick shot helps provoke sense of disgust 

VISION (Karuna, Celine, Catherine, Lauren, Jackie)

- The feeling of being stalked / followed

- Cool glitching effect

- Sound matches the pace of the subject's action

- Sound reflects the subject's mood

- Fast paced = nervous, being followed

- Slow = calm, peaceful 

- Glitching symbolises the mental state of the stalker?
- Creepy

PULSE (Juliette, Ellen Tay)

- Beginning is really cool - finger gun 

- Heartbreak? anxiety? Suicide

- Words on the wall uncovered by hand - that shot was cool

- Good use of colour filters to highlight emotions

- The contents of the film explain the opening shots - your biggest enemy is yourself when it comes to mental illness

- Eyeball shots overlaid with shot of Hong Kong - cool

- Framing is great - good use of shapes / geometry

- Superimposition is well used - shots go well together to create more meaning

SPLINTER (Bernd, Chris C, Henry Teng, Ian Choi)

- Smooth opening shot 

- Different genres paired with music that doesn't match the genre

- Sound effects help enhance the film

- Different parts of film represent different genres

- Horror, drama, comedy

- Sound is the highlight of the film