Earlier time having lesson in Broadway Cinema

There are some photos showed me that Roger was showing his movies to us. He used an old photo as a filter then put in front of the camera. Then he shot the street view for a long time. He was showing his creative to us.

Earlier time having lesson in Broadway Cinema

I forgot the time of having lesson in Broadway Cinema with Roger Knott-Fayle. But some photos remained in my mobile phone, which told me that Roger was teaching us how to putting the lights when shooting. And I remember that I was practicing with Aris and Nick.

Some conclusion during making the film

During these days of making the short film with Lee, I found that the ability of cooperating with teammates is very important. We work together and very happy about that, so finished everything within our expects. We spent 3 whole days to shoot and spent also 3 or 4 days to make the post-production, after that we discussed together and made the critical thinking of it. Some positive things were found by us that we finished everything within our expectations. But there were also some negative things happened during making the film. We used two cameras as Sony EX-1 and Canon 5D Mark III, some problems were found as the colour of these two cameras are totally different. The same aperture, shutter and colour temperature are adjusted on two cameras, but the export are totally exceeded our expectations. The colour are more brighter and the wideness are better in Canon 5D Mark III, but in Sony EX-1, the pictures are a bit darker than 5D 3. So during the post-production, I paid more attention and made great efforts on adjusting the colour in Premiere Pro CC with the plug-in named Colorista II. I adjusted colours of the shots from 5D Mark 3 to meet the colour of the shots from EX-1, because the EX-1 was the main camera during the shooting. It spent me a great deal of time. So I will pay more attention to the colour systems of the cameras I will use next time. If dual cameras were used, the cameras with similar colour systems should be chosen before shooting.

shot on Canon 5D Mark III

shot on Sony EX-1

Finished the post-production of the short film

Yesterday I had finished the post-production of the short film, and finally checked with Lee. We combined our recommendations into the film together, I adjusted the colour and Lee advise me to plus the dark to every corner of the pictures. 

Here is my final version of the short film.

The progress of making the short film with Lee

Before Christmas, I was making a short film with my classmate Lee. We cooperate together, Lee as the main director and main cameraman of the short film, and I was the assistant director and the main post-production of that.

Here are some photos and outtakes of the film.

discussing in one more restaurant 

I was shooting

I was handling the microphone

Lee was checking the shot with the main actress

Preparing to shoot 

Shooting outside the automobile service factory

The actors/actresses and crews

finished shooting the last shot in the Newton Bldg

Photography work in the Casa Batlló in Spain

In earlier days I traveled to Spain and visited the Casa Batlló, I found that the architecture in there are so special.

Here are some photography works and I made some useful shots there. Every photo I have used what Roger had taught me. He taught me that put the main subject onto the 2/3 or 1/3 of the harsh, and try to remain some space at the opposite of the main subject.

the roof

Photography work of traveling to Spain

During these days I had practiced for taking photos in the ways Roger had taught me. The kind of photos can be taken in harsh style. The main body can be put in the 2/3 of the photo on the left or right. Using the current aperture number (F number) and ISO can make the photo better.

And every photo I use the RAW format to remain the widen of the colour. The photos may not be very bright and the contrasting is a bit lower. So the colour is not very brighten but a lot of color levels remained