Sayaka Watanabe

Yes, the little boy in the film was beyond adorable and very funny. The film I chose is Ohayo ( Good Morning )directed by Ozu Yasujiro in 1959. Our professor also introduced a part of the film to explain the concept of graphic match in the last lecture. Although a minute seems a very short time to identify different shooting and editing strategies, I found a variety of those choices that the director made during 8:00 to 9:00 of the film. At 8:00, a lady comes into a frame walking, behind two boys who are watching TV. She is not focused or zoomed in specifically as every subject and object stays on focus. She takes a glance at the boys which provides viewers a clue that she wants to say something to them. The camera zooms into her as she is sitting down on chair, which is medium shot and a continuity editing strategy. I think the director was fully aware of the color coordination in the scene (and throughout the film) because the curtain, pillow on a couch, poster on a wall, sca...

Hong Kong / New York Student Film Festival & Exchange was a truly successful event and appreciating their films greatly inspired me as an aspirational media content producer. The fact that students and faculties from Hong Kong Baptist University came all the way to New York in order to participate this event was incredible and it was “the” experience! As announced, the films were gathered to be fit under the theme of home. Prior to the event, I expected that I would see something intimate and depicts close observation of culture. Even put into in the same theme, I was surprised to see a variety of unique representations of home. Among remarkable films, “The Dinner” especially stood out to me. Growing up, I couldn’t have dinner with my parents except Wednesdays because they both were at work. Although they devoted themselves into working so that I and my brother could live comfortably, it was still hard for little children to understand. I have dreamt of just having a dinner toge...