Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the first photograph by coating a pewter plate with bitumen and exposing the plate to light in France in 1827. The bitumen hardened where light struck. The unhardened areas were then dissolved away. The camera has been improved in many ways, and the shape and size has been updated throughout history to fit modern times.
INTRODUCTION of CAMERA OBSCURA
The camera obscura (Latin; "camera" is a "vaulted chamber/room" + "obscura" means "dark"= "darkened chamber/room") is an optical device that projects an imageof its surroundings on a screen. It is used in drawing and for entertainment, and was one of the inventions that led to photography.
The device consists of a box or room with a hole in one side. Light from an external scene passes through the hole and strikes a surface inside where it is reproduced, upside-down, but with colour and perspective preserved. The image can be projected onto paper, and can then be traced to produce a highly accurate representation.
Using mirrors, as in the 18th century overhead version (illustrated in the Discovery and Origins section below), it is possible to project a right-side-up image. Another more portable type is a box with an angled mirror projecting onto tracing paper placed on the glass top, the image being upright as viewed from the back.
As a pinhole is made smaller, the image gets sharper, but the projected image becomes dimmer. With too small a pinhole the sharpness again becomes worse due to diffraction. Some practical camera obscuras use a lens rather than a pinhole because it allows a larger aperture, giving a usable brightness while maintaining focus. (See pinhole camera for construction information.)
The youngster in our society today cannot separate with cell phone in their daily life. Since the mobile phone become more popular but not with the only reason of keep connecting with people. Added by, it is not so hard to get a cell phone nowadays. There have many company working hard on continuing product new cell phone with enchanced technology, of course, including the function of camera.
With only that thing, photo can been captured, video can been recorded, and our ears full with music every time.
In here, I would like to share some basic knowledge of filming. By the way, not only professional camera man can took a good photo but each individual also can do it.
The first thing that should be mention is the size of shot.
The use of different shot sizes can influence the meaning which an audience will interpret.
The size of the subject in frame depends on two things: the distance the camera is away from the subject and the focal length of the camera lens.
Common shot sizes:
Extreme close-up: Focuses on a single facial feature, such as lips and eyes.
Medium shot: Often used, but considered bad practice by many directors, as it often denies setting establishment and is generally less effective than the Close-up.
Establishing shot: Mainly used at a new location to give the audience a sense of locality.
Choice of shot size is also directly related to the size of the final display screen the audience will see. A Long shot has much more dramatic power on a large theater screen, whereas the same shot would be powerless on a small TV or computer screen.
Again, this is another sad story that make my tear dropping. This is a true story that happened in Japan. After that, the story had been recorded as film by Lasse Hallstrom. But this time, filming took place in United State and the characters had changed but the loyalty of what Hachiko(Hachi) had presented is still remain. Hachi is the name for the dog, and his owner as Parker Wilson (Richard Gere), a college professor. The relationship between Hachi and Parker are very close, just like they can "talk" to each other. Everyday, Hachi will go to the train station and wait for his master to walk back home together.
One morning, Hachi pick up the ball and chases after his owner. Parker is surprised when he saw Hachi holding the ball in his mouth. This is because Hachi is refusal to do normal dog-like things, such as chase and retrieve a ball. Unfortunately, Parker didn't realize why Hachi does so and why her dog wants to follow him to go to the train station, actually it has a meaning behind it.
Like before, Hachi go to the station on time.But he didn't sees her master walking out from the station. He keeps waiting for his master, patiently lying in the snow. Day by day and 9 years had pasted. One night, Hachi makes his way to his usual spot, and he sees Parker walking toward him. Now they will be friend lasting forever.
It really hurt my feeling when I watched Hachi becomes weak and thin but he still remain on his usual position waits for Parker. This would be a movie that I would like to share because the faithful of the dog was unbelievable. If you is a dog lover, then you can feel the most deepest of sadness when you see how Hachi proves his loyalty to his master. I start talking to myself when I watched the scene of Hachi stay on his usual place and wait for his master, who wont be back again. No matter spring, summer, autumn or winter, he just keep on waiting. The monologue : "Stop waiting, Hachi.... Stop waiting.... Stop... waiting... "
Before I start writing, I had listed down all the movie titles that I would like to share on my blog. But when I am confusing about which film should I introduce to all of you, suddenly the another film that not listed in my list become the film that I want to write about on my first post. This is a Malaysian product from Liew Seng Tat. It is a nice story, find yourself a time to watch this film.
FLOWER IN THE POCKET
Beside on the film itself, I would like to talk a little bit about the director. Because when looking at his photos, I found out that his poses is always different and unique and funny too...
The Director --- Liew Seng Tat...
BORN in 1979, the third of five siblings. He hardly said a word in the first year of his life. His mother, half suspecting that he was mute and mentally-retarded, was very relieved when he finally spoke at length on his first birthday.
"At least he's only mentally retarded," Mrs Liew recalled with a smile.
Much later, Liew graduated from the Multimedia University in Cyberjaya, majoring in 3D animation.
"Doesn't say much about the university," said his mother, raising her eyebrows.
After earning a living from it for three years in a local studio, Liew's interest in animation waned, and he turned to film. His first live action film, Bread Skin with Strawberry Jam, won the Best Short Film award at the Malaysian Video Awards in 2003. His second film, Not Cool, again won the highest accolade the following year.
When asked if she thought her son's streak of success in filmmaking is proof that he's not retarded after all, Mrs Liew merely laughed and then spat into a nearby drain.
The brief passage above is an interview from Liew Seng Tat's mother, who I think is a funny person also.
SYNOPSIS
This is a story about Li Ahh and Li Ohm whom grow up motherless. Their father Sui is a workaholic who spends most of his time mending broken mannequins. Sui is an outsider to the two boys, the only legacy left by the woman he loved, or still loves. While he shuts himself out from the world, the two brothers grow up with all the freedom of neglected children. They roam the streets; get into fights and other trouble in school. Along the way, they adopt a stray puppy, which becomes the most important thing in their lives. When the puppy is sent away for being a nuisance, the boys are devastated. Sui is very much affected by his boys' strong emotional attachment to the puppy. For the very first time, he realize that he is still able to love and he's going to do something about it before it's too late. AWARDS
New Currents Award, 12th Pusan International Film Festival 2007
KNN Audience Awards, 12th Pusan International Film Festival 2007
VPRO Tiger Award, 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008
Golden Gaze Award, 22bd FRIBOURG International File Festival 2008
Jury prize (Lotus du Jury), 1oth Deauville Asian Film Festival 2008
Lino Micciche' Pesaro Nuovo Cinema Prize, 44th Pesaro Film Festival 2008
Best Actor (Zi Jiang Wong & Ming Wei Lim), Asian Film Festival 2008, Italy
Best Narrative Feature Film Or Video Award. Toronto Reel Asian 2008, Canada
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In addition, I also like the story of how was the title
comes out. Actually, it is a tradition in some parts of the world to wear flowers for Mother's Day.Wearing a pink or red flower represented that your mother is still alive. Wearing a white flower symbolizes that your mother is no longer living. FITP was initially written based on this custom. The two protagonists in FITP do not know what colour of flowers they should be wearing. They grow up without knowing what it is like to have a mother at home.
When we are far away from home, we feel homesick sometimes. We miss the comfort of home but for these two boys, they hardly know what a home is all about.
After watching the film, it makes me to think about my family. I am a lucky person cause the flower in my pocket is sill red.And, now I am far from my home. Since I make the decision to continue study ay Sunway College here, I know sure I will miss home a lot. The distance between Kuala Lumpur and Bintulu is almost 1260km if calculate by flight distance same as 1 hour and 30 minutes flight time. I wish I am a superwomen so that I can fly home every day and fly back to college in the morning. I never leave home for such a long time before. I stay at that house with my parents, sister and 2 brothers for almost 17 years already. Then, now I have to enroll in a new environment that really make me feel a bit afraid.But from here, I learn how to be strong and independent. In this case, I have to say thank you to all my friends that always be on my side and guide me when I am going wrong. Lastly, the feeling that comes out directly from my heart : I am happy to be a part of all of you.
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