Selected material:
Crossing Point. Directed by Philip Wang (2017). Wong Fu Productions.
Genre: Romantic Drama
Duration: 9 min 40 sec
Story: The film follows the trajectory of the relationship between Janice and Sean —
from how they first met, how they initially felt about each other, how excited he was when he first saw her, how detached and wary she was with her heart, and how eventually their feelings grew for each other. It’s about the crossing point, the point at which there is an equal investment into the relationship from both sides, and where the relationship goes from that point. By categorising love in the form of a graph, they’re converting their emotions into a statistic, making them simpler and easier to understand.
EXPERIMENTS:
1. Changing the format and context of the material by transcribing the film, but removing the characters/human aspect from it.
2. Maintaining the context but changing the format from video to photos.
3. Shortening the film down to one specific clip that captures the essence of the film.
I changed its colour scale to grey and removed the background music to see if it changes my perception.
4. Changing the density and volume of the sound. I wanted a muffled effect, making it seem like its in the background being overheard.
5. Modifying and developing the visual language of the material, while preserving its film format. I started by blurring out the footage and experimenting with the saturation and vibrancy of the colours. I combined this blurred footage with the muffled audio.