It’s difficult to talk about a residence in a deeply manner without staying more than a day. In my case, however, a total of 4 hours after three visits is what I get. I can’t complain about the 2 hours of traveling which required switching between 3 transportation lines as this kampong is the subject I chose, and I have to find the theme out of it.

So I think the third trip kinda proofs that ideas will come to you by itself. I kept getting something new in every trip. When I try to investigate some aspect of the kampong, the kampong put me down at some point and came up with another point for me to make. Long story short, the idea for the video is born.

The whole video format is inspired by video essayists on Youtube who narrate their subjects and sometimes interact with what they edited. So, it’s my first self-narrating video, please pardon my tones and accent.

When a type place became rare, people are ensured to make a big deal about it. This is my answer to what I try to contribute for the kampong’s overdone status. This video focus mainly on one random interviewee, and usually the representative, Auntie Sun is the one who do the explaining. When a random villager has the same issue with their as what the representative said, this issue can be proven kampongwide. (Auntie Sun told the same zoom-in-to-a-grandma-house story on my second kampong trip.)

I hope that it came out sort of like a public announcement, not to leave them alone, but respect them as a residency of Singapore. They don’t mind their kampong is famous, but worried that their peaceful life style is affected for the rest of their retirement.

 

This video essay produced by Lewis Bond on Youtube has a great analysis on films’ color selection. It explained the color theories as well but in a more detailed and clarifying way than my amateur generalized analysis. Therefore, I recommended this for everyone to watch and discover the efforts the art directors and filmmakers put in order to produce an extraordinary movie experience for the public. I am not 100% sure the colors are intentional but they certainly performed their own purpose.

I like video essays for films. They give out the knowledge without using big words to prove they’re intellectual and provide the great teaching and demonstration on the suitable platform. It’s a lot more effective than reading the film theories on books because films are meant to move, thus it’s better than the screenshots on manual books. The timing of video essays is always spot on so the voice over is never boring.

Below are the video essay channels about films I recommend.

  1. Every frame a painting
  2. Movies I love and so can you
  3. Now You See It
  4. Nerdwritter1
  5. Channel Criswell

They all have their reasons to spend 8+ minutes to learn. You may disagree with some of them but it’s always good to see how people do their homework.