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  • 最近...一個人

    Saturday, May 23, 2009 3:52AM / Standard Entry

    很久沒有寫中文的網誌﹐真是感到不好意思﹐現在就報告一下近況﹐也談一下感想。

    最近仍然忙於短片的後期製作工序。自3月底煞科後﹐本應立即開始剪片﹐不過由於硬件上的一些問題﹐一直拖延了半個月左右﹐才真正開始工作。現在大概已剪好了整條片﹐正在弄音樂和聲效的東西﹐希望能盡快完成。畢竟這個短片的製作周期(包括前﹑中﹑後期)已拖得很久﹐一直沒完沒了。

    今次後期的工作﹐和以往分別不少。首先﹐由於片種不同﹐首次拍動作場面較多的戲﹐場面處理比較複雜﹐剪接技巧也有別﹔第二﹐使用的軟件也和以前不同﹐雖然工序大概相同﹐但也要花一點時間學習﹔第三﹐今次後期可以說差不多是孤軍作戰。由於合作夥伴另有工作要務﹐無論如何都不能抽身﹐所有的工作和決定一下子都變成一人承擔﹐壓力不少。

    我們這種低成本山寨式的短片拍攝﹐每一次都會遭遇不少困難。將來有空的話﹐或者可把我導演筆記整理一下﹐放上來和大家分享。

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    看電影是不可或缺的活動。最近也看了很多電影﹐有新有舊。由於這幾個月﹐三藩市陸續都有大大小小的電影節舉行﹐看片的選擇不少。另外﹐一些話題之作也有上畫﹐例如獲奧斯卡的日本片"Departures"等。不過最讓人難忘的﹐是剛看了安東尼奧尼的"中國"﹐很厲害的一部紀錄片﹐在中國70年代風起雲湧之時﹐獲政府授權拍攝﹐可是拍成後卻因政治原因被禁...不論對喜歡電影或現代歷史的朋友﹐都有一看必要。不過電影長達三個多小時﹐少點精神看也不行。

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    說到生活感想﹐最近一直埋頭苦幹﹐除了和後期製作的一些技術人員會面和討論﹐基本上都是一個人﹐其實都沒什麼可寫。現在豬流感肆虐﹐香港某酒店曾出現隔離旅客7天之舉﹐三藩市這邊雖然沒有同類情況﹐可是我自己卻有一股被隔離的感覺。這幾個星期﹐朋友都是各有各忙﹐沒什麼聯繫﹐聯絡了的又沒有什麼反應﹐好像大家都進行了自我隔離一樣﹐獨自生活在自己的空間之內。

    一個人﹐有時是好事﹐有時卻令人沮喪。想起早前看"Pickpocket"DVD內Bresson受訪說的話:I am in a state of solitude, but I derive no pleasure from it". 或許這是好現在心情的最佳描述。

    想著想著﹐我覺得我又變成東尼瀧谷了...


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  • Funny video of real life version of anime 真人版動畫...

    Friday, May 15, 2009 5:59AM / Standard Entry


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  • CAL fellow (UCB students and alumni), beware!

    Saturday, May 9, 2009 6:30AM / Standard Entry

    That sucks!!!! Some people I know said they already got the email from the school...I haven't got it yet, but looks like it's coz my email on file is probably invalid...



    Hackers Breach UC Berkeley Database

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - University of California, Berkeley, officials said Friday that hackers infiltrated restricted computer databases, putting at risk the personal information of 160,000 current and former students, alumni and others.

    The university said data include Social Security numbers, health insurance information and some medical records dating back to 1999. Personal medical records - such as patient diagnoses, treatments and therapies - were not compromised, officials said.

    The databases also included personal information of parents and spouses as well as Mills College students who used or were eligible for Berkeley's health services.

    The server breach occurred on Oct. 6, 2008 and lasted until April 9, when campus staff performing routine maintenance found messages allegedly left by the hackers, the school said.

    "Evidence uncovered to date suggests that this attack was launched by highly skilled criminal operations based overseas," the school said.

    The school contacted campus police and the FBI, and began investigating the cause and scope of the breach.

    Former and current students did not receive e-mail notification of the hacks until Friday morning.

    The university said it took forensic technology experts until April 21 to figure out which databases were hacked.

    "Since then a team of more than 20 people from across the campus have been working seven days a week to determine the exact scope and nature of the breach," the school explained on a Web site set up to answer questions about the incident.

    In the interim, university administrators said they have hired an outside Internet security firm to conduct an audit of the school's systems and information security measures.

    "The university deeply regrets exposing our students and the Mills community to potential identity theft," said Shelton Waggener, UC Berkeley's chief information officer. "The campus takes our responsibility as data stewards very seriously.

    In March 2005, a thief walked into a UC Berkeley office and swiped a computer laptop containing personal information about nearly 100,000 alumni, graduate students and past applicants. And six months earlier, a computer hacker gained access to UC Berkeley research being done for the state Department of Social Services. The files contained personal information of about 600,000 people.

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  • Phone vs Email?

    Thursday, May 7, 2009 11:09AM / Standard Entry

    I sometimes just wonder, why do we always respond to phone call instantly but rarely do we reply an email right away?

    i mean, both are instant communication tools and we make a phone call or send an email because we want instant feedback. but there's a lot of time that we don't usually respond to the email we receive right away, while it is more likely for us to receive a call or return a call faster.

    so just a simple survey for you guys:
    1. do you tend to return a phone call faster than an email? Why?
    2. what keeps you from returning an email instantly? (afraid of letting people know you are always in front of the computer checking email? or consider email senders usually don't expect an instant feedback? or whatever reason?)

    i am perhaps a little strange, coz i sometimes return email faster than a phone call, and i always try to return an email asap, but sure there are a lot of times that i have to reply to an email slower coz i notice that a lot of time an email response is usually more lengthy and require more effort to respond...

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  • A conversation with Hirokazu Kore-eda

    Monday, May 4, 2009 10:46AM / Standard Entry

    Ok, so just about a month after I met Kiyoshi Kurosawa, I got to meet another Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda (是枝裕和)! It's so exciting! He came to attend the international film festival in San Francisco and I was glad to have the opportunity to sit down and talk to him.

    Again, it was done for Cinespot. Since Mr. Kore-eda spoke little slow, it was not a very long conversation, but I still wish to strongly appreciate him for sincerely answering all of my broad and difficult questions, and certainly for taking the time to sign my "hana" dvd! Thanks!

    Kore-eda is having quite a busy schedule, after he finished filming his latest film "Air Doll" early this year, he went to Hong Kong to attend the Asian Film Award ceremony (and certainly as you know, he grabbed the Best Director Award), and then from what I know, he went to New York, and then to San Francisco, and later he will be going to Cannes for the premiere of Air Doll...





    "Still Walking" is another favorite film of mine from Japan. Check it out if you are in San Francisco!

    As a side note, I have been busy editing my short film, I'll write a little more about it later, and possibly post up a short trailer. thanks.

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