6 - 11 June 2009

We have made little or no progress on post production, which is a great worry. Firstly, on Saturday, we set down again to Times Square and Causeway Bay to get more interviews and to film footage of people on phones and using technology. The results were quite good, and although the footage varies in quality, there is enough of it that a satisfactory film can be made out of it. The process was far more efficient this time round, and we filmed about 26 minutes of footage. On Monday and again on Thursday, Clare and Stephie provided us with the voiceover. Though rather boring, it can be worked into the film.

The problem is mostly timing in post-production. Because I forgot the tape on Monday, and due to poor co-ordination where Francesca didn't log in to us, we have done little editing. More work will be done on Friday.

29 May 2009 - 4 June 2009

On Saturday, Clare, Francesca, Shun and I went down to Times Square and began the process of getting interviewees. We conducted about 6 interviews at most between Times Square and Central, and we got some pretty good answers. We did run into challanges that were hard to overcome however. Firstly, few were willing to be filmed. Most that were willing were expats, not Hong Kong Chinese. Secondly, it was hard to find people with time. Thirdly, the girls insisted on eating at McDonalds and afterwards shopping. We did manage to decide to take some footage of CIS interviews (though even by the end of the week, this was not actually achieved) and some of the interviews were good.

The editing process I was not really part of. I did help add subtitles to the Chinese interview with the elderly lady, but we mostly spent time uploading and editing, whilst I did some research about music and we planned a date for further filming. I found some supplementary footage that we don't seem to be near to using.

I'm afraid that the lag is getting rather severe. Doubt we will finish in time.

28 May 2009

We seem to have missed sufficient film lessons of importance, until the date on which we did our Michael Moore presentation. I have to say firstly that the commercials varied in greatness, with some having good timing in editing, excellent visual and auditory quality, and a storyline that can be followed in the given time (30 secs), whereas others were simply incoherent, low quality and poorly edited. I think my commercial was okay, but it had poorly placed credits and I could have put in different music in hindsight. Shun's was okay, except that the story just was too compressed in the space of 30 seconds. Less walking in and out of rooms could have perhaps given more time to the improtant elements of the commercial.

Michael Moore's films fascinated me quite, more for their entertainment and cinema quality rather than its documentary elements, because I couldn't help but think that he was simply a clever liar. Moore doesn't really tell the truth at all, he uses footage to support blatant lies. But the things I discovered in terms of editing technique, using soundbytes, raw audio and raw video to create realism, and how important it is to use good cinematography techniques. I think my presentation was coherent and understandable, and that I gave my insight into Michael Moore's style.