Monday, October 29, 2007

Project Making II-Butterfly Man

Making a video is making a story, which displays others what your heart wanna say......

Today's class was fantastic, from watching video to learning camera, everything seemed to be pretty fresh and funny to me. The most shocking and touching short film-Butterfly Man brought me overwhelming thinkings about a people's life as well as our own video product.

The synopsis i wrote for this movie was...
The story of a man and butterflies, who find his life blossoming from dancing like a butterfly...

Actually, this sentence is quite simple but meaningful to me. Coz it's my first time to see an aged gentleman so much addicted to butterfly. Also, it's my first time to see an aged gentleman dancing like a butterfly...when he dances, i can feel his passion, his young and his lover over butterflies...Butterfly, is his second life.

In addtion to the unique storyline, the beautiful camera work did impress most of my classmates. Different from many videos we've ever seen, this director used lots of distorted angles, lights and frameworks that bring us mystery and attractions.
When the director shot the university museum, objects in the screen were arranged as a triangle which reinforcing the antique atmosphere of this movie. It was a bit strange, but creative, i think.
When butterfly samples were shot close-up, the special blue light shocked me as it was so beautiful and incredible.

The video is not for the butterfly man, it is also for the butterflies. They are both shining in this film.

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