Portrait

https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/117887

A portrait of Ned Stark (played by Serena). The stoic noble warrior says goodbye to autumn, for winter is coming. Despite temporarily falling into despair over the approaching hardships, he stands tall, ready to face the challenges.

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This week I documented some of the things in my normal life and used my camera to capture some of the details of my body parts. For example, I read every night, and when I am in a bad mood, I hug myself, or lie on the ground and feel my breath. That’s why I film the rise and fall of my chest.

week 7 – portrait

for this week, i realised i have quite some footage to work with; so, i ended up making 3 portraits. all with different spirits, my 3 portraits are as follows:

poor holly

inspired by the holly plants in epping forest, i aimed to create a double meaning between the nature and the name “holly” as a character. portraying the holly plants and the character holly, poor holly expresses the essence of feeling lost and chased, especially in the vast forest. i aimed to get wide and close up shots of the chaser (our dear course mate karl) whilst giving the suspense and horror feeling. i am happy with how this turned out, and i think some of my cinematography choices played an important role in conveying the emotions of this film.

a happy charis found in the wild

this is charis! she is very happy to be in the forest. she is being bubbly and giving a “house tour” of the forest.

in all seriousness, this light-hearted film expressed an opposite feeling to poor holly as i caught candid, happy moments from our trip. as i wanted to emphasise the down to earth bits of our trip, i utilised hand-held natural camera shots and captured charis in a friendly way. i think this is a different and cute film considering what i have done so far, and i enjoyed trying out a softer style.

just the silliest person on earth

serena is the silliest person i know and possibly and most probably the silliest person on earth. for this film, i focused more on the shot types we discussed in class, specifically focusing on medium wide, medium , and medium close up shots. i did not create a character in my head while filming, as if we think about it, real people are characters in our life story. without much narrative, i captured serena’s natural, real actions. she was being silly as usual.

overall, i think this was surprisingly one of my favorite tasks so far. i have always been more interested in filming scenery and inanimate subjects; yet, i found filming with people very fun and social. though i still very much love filming in peace and with myself, i think now i am more open to capturing actors/people.

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