I sat through the movie even though half of the people walked out within 30mins of it. I thought that if I could just sit through this movie, maybe I could pick up on something that others missed. I was wrong. I should have left with the crowed. Before buying the tickets, I read the description in the Hiff website, then I watched the trailer. The trailer really grabbed my attention even though I wasn't a fan of watching movies with subtitles. I'll skip to the point; Hiff released the wrong trailer for the "Eternity" on their website.
The trailer I saw for Eternity on the Hiff website was this one-
The movie Eternity that showed was this one -
Hiff messed up the trailer for the 2 movies because it had the same title and were both made in Thailand. They recently changed the trailer from the top one to the second one. If I had seen the second trailer, I might have still watched the movie, but probably left right away.
First of all, the heads and tails of all the clips could have been trimmed by 5-10 seconds; in some cases, maybe even removed. It was filled with long and boring still shots of meaningless sequence. I am not a filmmaker nor am I a professional critic, but I think most people can agree that this was a very dull and boring movie. Second, the movie was made to look as a documentary. The shots were long and boring with people coming in the frame to scoop 4 scoops of rice out of a rice cooker and walking out of the frame, to a guy having a conversation with a girl with long pauses in between conversations as if there were emotions to be expressed without words but THERE WAS NO EMOTION EXPRESSED.
Maybe I am being too critical about this movie. Maybe I missed the best parts while I fell asleep for 10 minutes during the beginning of the film. Maybe the climax was in that beginning part. If not, then I give this movie a 10, out of 100.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Interview with Crissy
Today I had a chance to interview Crissy Gofigan, Senior at Hawaii Pacific University, majoring in journalism. She briefly talked about our Writing for New Media class and explained the purpose of the course. Crissy also talked about other classes she is taking this semester and her goals upon graduation. Like many, she plans on staying in Hawaii if possible.
Hawaii is a beautiful state. Some of us, myself especially, take the gorgeous environment for granted. I would like to go beyond this paradise and experience the harsh winter.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Photography 101 Aperture Part 2
When you are shooting on aperture priority mode, you, the photographer, chooses the aperture while the camera chooses the shutter speed in order to produce a well exposed photograph. So what situations can you use aperture priority mode? I will give a few different scenario where aperture priority mode comes in handy and what aperture you should choose for the scenarios.
If you're trying to take a picture of a beautiful scenery in a place with a good amount of sunlight, you could use a small aperture opening such as f11, f16, or f22. The smaller the aperture, the depth of field increase. This means more things in your photograph will be in focus. For example, if you use f2.8, and you focus on a tree that is 5 feet in front of you, another tree 20 feet behind the first tree will not be in focus. But if you make the size of your aperture smaller and use, for example, f22 instead, the second tree that was not in focus before will most likely be in focus also due to the increase in the depth of field. Remember the smaller the f number, the larger the aperture opens. The bigger the f number, the smaller the aperture opens.
So you're thinking, why don't I just use f22 all the time since I want everything to be in focus. 1, blurry background is an artistic effect a lot of portrait photographer use. Most portrait photographer prefers the subject to be in dead focus and the background in a creamy, de-focused state. 2, the smaller the aperture, the more things is in focus, but also, the less amount of light is let in to the camera. When there's not enough light, the camera often raises ISO dramatically which produces noise aka different color dots in the photograph AND the shutter speed is also slowed down in order to allow extra light to come into the camera sensor. When the shutter speed is slowed down, meaning the shutter opens longer to let light in, slight movement in the camera would cause the picture to look blurry. It's not the same blurry as when we use a big aperture and our subject is in focus and the background is blurry. Rather, everything on the picture is blurry which results in a poor photograph. Although you could use a tripod to prevent movement in the camera.
If you're shooting at an indoor event such as an indoor concert with fair amount of lights and there are no fast motions you are capturing, you should set your aperture to the widest your lens offer. For example, if I am using a lens that has the widest aperture f1.8, then I will shoot on f1.8. If my lens is a f1.4, then I will shoot on f1.4. (I would probably have to use a very high ISO and a flash depending on how dark the concert is. I prefer not to use flash as much as possible because flash washes out the picture. Although flash is a great tool and you could adjust the flash compensation, I would suggest to beginners not to use flash as much as possible.) Although if the event is an indoor sport such as indoor basketball or hockey, etc. you would use another setting, shutter priority, which I will explain in another blog.
I personally use Aperture priority all the time on almost everything. I know most photographers choose manual mode instead, but I prefer aperture priority because you don't have to keep adjusting the shutter for the rapid change in exposure. I prefer to capture things instantly in case I miss the moment.
If you're trying to take a picture of a beautiful scenery in a place with a good amount of sunlight, you could use a small aperture opening such as f11, f16, or f22. The smaller the aperture, the depth of field increase. This means more things in your photograph will be in focus. For example, if you use f2.8, and you focus on a tree that is 5 feet in front of you, another tree 20 feet behind the first tree will not be in focus. But if you make the size of your aperture smaller and use, for example, f22 instead, the second tree that was not in focus before will most likely be in focus also due to the increase in the depth of field. Remember the smaller the f number, the larger the aperture opens. The bigger the f number, the smaller the aperture opens.
So you're thinking, why don't I just use f22 all the time since I want everything to be in focus. 1, blurry background is an artistic effect a lot of portrait photographer use. Most portrait photographer prefers the subject to be in dead focus and the background in a creamy, de-focused state. 2, the smaller the aperture, the more things is in focus, but also, the less amount of light is let in to the camera. When there's not enough light, the camera often raises ISO dramatically which produces noise aka different color dots in the photograph AND the shutter speed is also slowed down in order to allow extra light to come into the camera sensor. When the shutter speed is slowed down, meaning the shutter opens longer to let light in, slight movement in the camera would cause the picture to look blurry. It's not the same blurry as when we use a big aperture and our subject is in focus and the background is blurry. Rather, everything on the picture is blurry which results in a poor photograph. Although you could use a tripod to prevent movement in the camera.
If you're shooting at an indoor event such as an indoor concert with fair amount of lights and there are no fast motions you are capturing, you should set your aperture to the widest your lens offer. For example, if I am using a lens that has the widest aperture f1.8, then I will shoot on f1.8. If my lens is a f1.4, then I will shoot on f1.4. (I would probably have to use a very high ISO and a flash depending on how dark the concert is. I prefer not to use flash as much as possible because flash washes out the picture. Although flash is a great tool and you could adjust the flash compensation, I would suggest to beginners not to use flash as much as possible.) Although if the event is an indoor sport such as indoor basketball or hockey, etc. you would use another setting, shutter priority, which I will explain in another blog.
I personally use Aperture priority all the time on almost everything. I know most photographers choose manual mode instead, but I prefer aperture priority because you don't have to keep adjusting the shutter for the rapid change in exposure. I prefer to capture things instantly in case I miss the moment.
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