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IB FILM Asian Cinema
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Hong Kong Cinema Asian Cinema
BBC 2 documentary on the History of Kung Fu Other documentary – but some not subtitled properly
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Hong Kong Cinema Objectives
Who: Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Xiyi, Maggie Cheung What: Martial Arts Genre, Action Where: Hong Kong When: 70s-90s. Triads, Crime.
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Asian Cinema Asian cinema in the 70s rose to international recognition in part, through the popularity of Kung Fu. This is the genre we will focus on, but it is not the only aspect of Hong Kong Cinema.
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Star Theory What are the audience expectations of Stars?
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Star Theory We have learned already that a Star’s Personality is closely associated with the characters they play. Research how your Star’s personality contributes to their image and the audience expectations.
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Stars of Asian Cinema Masculinity theory Success Criteria
Jackie Chan Bruce Lee Jet Li Success Criteria Brief history Films they’ve been in Type of character they play Star’s ‘Personality’ Masculinity theory How does your star represent masculine traits?
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Stars of Asian Cinema Feminism theory Success Criteria Brief history
Michelle Yeoh Zhang Ziyi Maggie Cheung Success Criteria Brief history Films they’ve been in Type of character they play Star’s ‘Personality’ Feminism theory How does your star represent feminine traits?
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Presentation of findings
Bruce Lee Jackie Chan Jet Li Maggie Cheung Michelle Yeoh Zhang Ziyi Can you establish the timeline of Hong Kong Kung Fu through the actors as your peers present? Are the connected through any works? 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
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Star Driven Cinema Sometimes people might have said ‘Let’s go and see ‘a Jackie Chan’ film. To what extent does the star relate to the Genre?
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Realism Stars of Hong Kong cinema showed a realism in their action. Compare Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee - how were they realistic to their audiences? Verisimilitude: The appearance of realism – making it believable.
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Hong Kong Gunplay Tsui Hark (Producer) John Woo (Director)
Ringo Lam (Director) Chow Yun Fat (Star) Fast forward 20 years, Hollywood has adopted the gunplay genre: (MI2 trailer)
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Influenced by What similarities in genre can you find in Wuxia and Gunplay? Narrative Iconography Characters Style What is different? Chinese films had previously been in the Wuxia (Martial Action) genre Swordplay was common Hong Kong brought it into a modern setting exchanging the weapons for new ones.
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Key Films and Influences Can you match them up?
A Better Tomorrow City on Fire The Killer Infernal Affairs Reservoir Dogs The Departed The Matrix Once upon a time in Mexico
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Key Films and Influences Can you match them up?
A Better Tomorrow City on Fire The Killer Infernal Affairs Once upon a time in Mexico Reservoir Dogs The Matrix The Departed What links these films in terms of Influence? TOKQ: In terms of Socio Political Context, Do you think Hong Kongs position as a British Colony has helped it’s acceptance into Western Mainsteam?
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Who do you think you’re fooling?
City on Fire Reservoir Dogs bad language Compare the narrative of City on Fire and Reservoir dogs using the synopsis on IMDB. The plot isn’t the only thing that’s similar by the way…
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John Woo’s Hollywood Departure
Face off Mission Impossible 2 In terms of Auteur theory – how do you KNOW these are John Woo Films?
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Stylistic Features of Gunplay
Lots of camera movement Slow Motion Front Angle Medium Shots with Gun
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Chase Scene Creative Piece
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Choose one of the examples and come up with a shot list.
Reading a Chase Scene Choose one of the examples and come up with a shot list. Casino Royale Mr Nice Guy District 13 Inception Men In Black Hot Fuzz Matrix Ong Bak Raiders of the Lost Ark Memento Point Break 28 Weeks Later Enemy of the State Insomnia New York Rising This week you will create a chase scene – one of the more complex sequences in terms of directing and editing. Look at the top 10 examples: TOP 10 movie on foot chases (plus Casino Royale) Mad max fury road chase Mad Max crosshair editing Example
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Rubric for your Shot List
Camera Angle - High vs Low - Birds eye vs Worms eye - Front vs Rear - Three Quarter/Three Quarter rear -Profile Camera Framing - Long Shot - Medium Shot - Close up Camera Focus - Shallow depth of field - Deep focus Camera Movement - Pan (rotate) - Tilt (up down) - Track (move side) - Dolly (move forward back) More info on camera angles
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Showing the chaser Medium Shot, Front, Pan Close up, Rear Pan. Full shot, High, Pan
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Passing over obstacles
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What is this type of insert called?
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Fight Scene
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More fight, hitting with objects
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How would you shoot these?
Joining two locations together that are not next to each other in real life Falling from a significant height Showing the relationship between the chaser and the one being chased Jumping over/under an obstacle
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Using Portals Using Portals means cutting between two separate locations, using the screen edge, a door or other portal as a way of passing between them (even if they aren’t next to each other in real life) TOP 10 movie on foot chases (plus Casino Royale) Mad max fury road chase Mad Max crosshair editing Example
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The Window Jump You can simulate falling from a height with a sequence that shows the person on the edge of a jump, a close up of falling (which can be simulated by filming someone jumping) and then a close up of feet landing. Jackie chan actually did complete a jump between the two buildings though!
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Planning the chase scene
Reason for the chase Outcome of the chase Characters Locations Sequence of events This is a scene that could fit into a feature length film. What genre is the story? What step of the heroes journey would this scene be part of? What influences from Hong Kong cinema are you thinking of incorporating?
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Fight Scenes Your chase needs to incorporate fights
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Centre Framing
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Japanese Anime Asian Cinema
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Japanese Anime Objectives
Who: Studios – Ghibli, Gainax and Toei Animation What: Animation Where: Japan When: 1980s and 1990s One Punch Man has a funny title.
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Institution Study Who What Where When Why
Choose one of the institutions and create a studio profile Who What Where When Why
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Institution Study Choose one of the institutions and create a studio profile Set your own inquiry question relating to the influence of the studios on the films. A profile of the studios should include: - Key Directors - Key Films - Style - Themes/Socio-Political - Finances/Studio System
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Studio vs Director Auteurship
To what extent does auteur theory apply to the Japanese Anime studios? Is there such thing as a studio auteur style?
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Reading the scene Compare the STYLE, (film language) choices
Choose two of the following Anime Scenes: Toei Animation – Dragonball Z (Episode ) Studio Ghibli – My Neighbour Totoro (1988) Tokyo Movie Shinsha – Akira (1988) Production I.G. A Ghost in the Shell (1995) Compare the style (film language choices) Style Checklist Camera Framing Camera Movement Camera Focus Camera Angle Colour Lighting Sound Editing Also consider: Animation realism Visual Art style (research it!) Check out my Neighbour totoro recorded in vr for occulus rift Also check out Gainax – Neon Genesis Evangellion (1997 feature following the successful series)
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Verisimilitude (Realism)
TOKQ How is verisimilitude realism (looks like something believable) achieved in Anime? Soundscape Animation style Camera-like framing angle and movement etc S L I M F I R E. How do we know?
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Influences Linking to Digital, our next chapter, animation became CGI (computer generated images) orientated.
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Comparing Animation How is United States animation (Disney, Pixar) different from Japanese Animation? Some potential ideas, style, realism, auteurship, Consider style, auteurship, genre, narrative, themes, realism, representation, film language
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Pixar Every studio has it’s own style Now called Disney-Pixar, they created the first feature length CGI animation. Toy Story 2.
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Oriental Dreamworks In Shanghai, Oriental Dreamworks (a branch of dreamworks) is focused on a unique selling point… the most realistic movements possible, especially in facial animation.
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Programming in Animation
Animation is now driven by computer animation. Complex coding languages like Python and Maya are used to create the CGI scenes in the likes of Kung Fu Panda In production terms, the same rules of film language apply. They still need cinematography, direction of the ‘actors’ and so on. Kung Fu Panda process From storyboard to finish:
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Recreate the scene… using programming
You can give it a go with some basic programming instructions in Scratch. Free to download… - recreate the Dragonball Z fight in Scratch.
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My Neighbour Totoro in VR!
Potentially the future of animation as well as film in general, VR lets the audience explore and sometimes even interact wit their world. How does this change the film language used? What might the future of film look/sound/feel like?
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Objectives
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Creative Piece… using flash animation
You can create your own short animations, often useful inserting into your scenes.
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The Flash Window Label the following: Timeline Stage Layers Tools
Properties Can you explain the purpose of each of these parts of the Flash Interface?
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Step 1: Creating the Elements
You might want to make each mountain in individual layers, so you can fade them in later.
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Step 1: Drawing the Bird Drawing the Bird using the drawing toolbar.
Of course, you can use a stylus tablet or a real drawing scanned in too. Why not work with an Art student in your final film to create something really special?
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Step 2: Keyframes The timeline is crucial to the edit – and the keyframes work just like cuts in editing software. What considerations do you need to give to rhythm and pace of the keyframes?
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Step 3: Tweens Tweens are the biggest time-saver in animation using flash. You can use them to move or zoom objects. How can you zoom?
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Step 4: Fade in/out You can time it so that elements fade in, including text, again using the keyframes for the timing. In the properties panel under the 'color' section set one frame of the object to a desired alpha and change it in another keyframe
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Over to you As with many digital tools in the Film world there are so many tutorials out there to teach you the things that you want to do, absolutely free. Find and share a technique tutorial on Moxtra.
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Animation Wrap up Animation is a diverse genre in Film with origins in the West and East, heavily impacted by the use of technology. What are the conventions of the animation genre? How do you know?
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Chinese Melodrama Asian Cinema
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Chinese Melodrama Objectives
What: In the Mood for Love, A Touch of Sin, Ju Dou Who:
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Japanese Horror Asian Cinema
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Japanese Horror Objectives
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Korean Drama Asian Cinema
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Korean Drama Objectives
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