Author Archives: Kathy Gao

After the light lesson(Eric work shop), I learned that use high bounce to reflect the 4Klight to make more soft light, not only use light+flag to make it soft. And using poly borad to bounce light to make the background’s detail more clearly. What’s more, using sprary is also a good way to reduce theContinue reading “# Exercise 01 STUDIO# Light”

Our script is about a couple in anniversary. One is waiting for her husband, but her husband is late and doesn’t answer his wife’s call. And this five shots show the wife’s statement when she waits her husband, her angry grandly broke out. In the original video shot by stable shot, but in my opinion,Continue reading “# Exercise 01 STUDIO# If I worked as Director”

In this project I worked as a best boy. Because our title role walked around the table and then walked to sofa in one shot, and in this shot also  included  murmur and quarrel and glass broking voice.  I need to  figure out how to record  the voice in balance . And this picture showContinue reading “# Exercise 01 STUDIO#Best boy”

My work is producer and I find it is so difficult say “reject” to passionated unpaid actors. Now I want to talk about light. Firstly, I prefer to create a dusk-like atmosphere by monotonous color instead of reduce light intensity. Monotonous color — sloppy yellow light makes the scene of ecstasy more ambiguous.

If I worked as director, I want to use handheld and close-up shot to show a sequence shots of flirting in dusk-like Scene. Handheld camera moves with the character’s action. Concentrating on priest’s facila express, this character is complex, so his expression should include solemn, kind, cunning, and experienced. what I am very interested inContinue reading “# Exercise 01# If I worked was Director”

Solid color, obvious edges, strong contrast of light and shadow, large area of blank space, mainly scene, supplemented by people. The light in the restaurant changes subtly in this picture. The brightness of the table and the background wall behind the character changes significantly, just right to show the perspective relationship, beyond the restaurant weContinue reading “#Film meets Art#LONELINESS, EDWAR HOPPER”

HUE/SATURATION/BRIGHTNESS Johannes Vermeer What I get in vermeer’s painting is about using light to composite. I always just use the whole characters and scenery and items to composite but now I find I can use light to cut the whole characters or scenery to shape what I want.（1-1）=> (1-2) The characters and scenery are bathedContinue reading “#Film meets Art# Use Light and Shadow to Composite”