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Noticing the Invisible

Tan Yuan Ting

Sunday, Dec 11, 2016 - 10:22:41 am

@ Documentary film-making

Categories: Final Project
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Skin Deep

Cindy Chan

Tuesday, Dec 06, 2016 - 11:24:23 pm

@ C I N D Y

Skin deep Documentary

https://youtu.be/45OSsGL0AAA

Categories: Final Project
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To Gamelan

Allan J.C. Chan

Tuesday, Dec 06, 2016 - 04:29:38 pm

@ The Allan Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn-xb7oX2FE

Categories: Final Project
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This just in, News Report concerning Farms in Singapore moving out

Alexander Lim

Thursday, Nov 03, 2016 - 10:57:31 pm

@ LimSiYuanAlexander

This is gold.

http://str.sg/4Y9n

Categories: Final Project
Interesting background to your team's doc Alex.  Suggest you think about working in some of the findings/proposals into your on screen text or v/o - or work with images from the paper/website - you could also talk to the journalist and any government people responsible.    Also, as one of your interviewees was suggesting - NTU is setting up a Food Security research centre.   Keep going!!! http://news.ntu.edu.sg/pages/newsdetail.aspx?URL=http://news.ntu.edu.sg/news/Pages/Media2016_Nov7.aspx&Guid=384bc9f3-fe9d-4984-901e-8cf9546d682b&Category=All  

The English Surgeon

Tan Yuan Ting

Monday, Sep 26, 2016 - 12:55:31 am

@ Documentary film-making

The English Surgeon was a tastefully executed and informative film which I felt gave its audience a good insight into the otherwise little-known world of neurosurgery.

Aesthetics

It was very satisfying aesthetically, as seen from these instances:

many wide shots – of the clinic, of the scenery pre-emptive wide, still shots waiting for people to walk towards the camera short, clipped, fast-paced sequences when the Read more →
Categories: Process
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The English Surgeon: My Thoughts

Allan J.C. Chan

Thursday, Sep 22, 2016 - 10:27:35 am

@ The Allan Show

Right at the start of the film, we get treated to some exposition shots that helped us understand the environment of the story. The film helped us to establish the relationship that Henry Marsh had with the Ukrainian doctor Igor from the start and slowly guided us through the daily routines that they have to face in the medically deprived Read more →

Categories: Research
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Documentary Interview Exercise

Lauren Teo

Thursday, Sep 22, 2016 - 01:27:52 am

@ Existential Trashbin

Here is my attempt to edit the interview we did.

Categories: Research
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Allan's Interview Exercise

Alexander Lim

Wednesday, Sep 21, 2016 - 09:15:33 pm

@ LimSiYuanAlexander

https://youtu.be/GUCzR9gtaVg

Categories: Research
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Thoughts on The English Surgeon

Matthew Lee

Wednesday, Sep 21, 2016 - 09:14:29 pm

@ Matthew Lee

Concept

The story idea was indeed really strong, and the opening made the audience much more interested by piquing their curiosity with the carpenter sequence. “I like to work with my hands” and the like. One surely did not anticipate a film on neurosurgery. The film was long, however very engaging through the many adrenaline-pumping moments and contrasted breathing spaces in Read more →

Categories: Research
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Thoughts on The English Surgeon

Cindy Chan

Wednesday, Sep 21, 2016 - 08:29:09 pm

@ C I N D Y

Here are some of my thoughts after watching ‘The English Surgeon’ – Structure – Linear structure : the events seems to be unfolding in time. For example, it shows the journey where Henry Marsh was approached and he travels to Ukraine and the story starts to unfold from there. – There is also no confusion between ambiguity and lack of clarity. It shows that Henry Read more →
Categories: Research
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