A sweet new skill - Mosaic for censorship

This is a post that took too long to be shown to the world. But you know it was for a reason that i couldn't really post it up. But thanks to a new exploration and skill, i have finally been able to post up this classic moment from our trip to Taiwan.

I have always longed to know how to create mosaic pixels to censor certain part of videos. Today was the day that i have satisfied my desire to learn this thing.

The story is that Regina had accidentally bumped into some porn on her hotel TV set. That conversation was soon forgotten and a similar classic scenario was captured during a get together in the room the following night.

It was to our understanding that most Taiwanese Hotels offer adult channels in their room television set and that most cases start from channel 14 and above.

I love Taiwan more than ever.

Location Recce! - Hunt For The Sweet Spot(s)

Location Recce Video - 7th Jul 2008 @ Haw Par Villa

*NEW*Location Recce Video Part 2 - Haji Lane + Arab St. + SAM


As some of you might have already accidentally been told, i have plans to execute a top secret out-of-my-mind-crazy-fun-filled video project. I have yet to finalise the whole idea and will plan to reveal the truth in a bit.

Prior to the planning of this project i have decided to do a series of location recce (scouting) for potential places that i could use. I think this is important as it will churn out inspiration and the motivation to proceed on to other stages of conceptualizations.

For my first recce, i am happy to have Jo (FB-TV's pioneer) and Leong (my soul brotha no.1) to follow me and make things alot more interesting. Jo played host to my recce video for Haw Par Villa. Said the most random things ever.

For my recces so far, i have visited : Haw Par Villa, Haji Lane, Arab Street, Singapore Arts Museum, Red Dot Design Museum, Duxton Road & various spots in Yishun.

Here are my findings so far......

HAW PAR VILLA





HAJI LANE + ARAB STREET





SINGAPORE ARTS MUSUEM



RED DOT DESIGN MUSUEM



VARIOUS SPOTS IN YISHUN



That was pretty much was everything that i have explored to far. The frames that you see here are screen shots of what my camcorder has captured, so all these were experimentations and a preview of the various compositions that i can achieve from these locations.

So far my reflections of Haw Par Villa is that it's a very 'ching chong' setting which stands out from the rest that i have seen. Good for an out of this world project. The whole 'contrast' and 'loudness' effects i would say came from red dot musuem because of the redness. The rest of the stuffs from Yishun and Haji Lane were basically more of the grungy/street/urban artsy feel. What i need now is locations with high populated density, more modernised and colourful places. Wish me luck in sourcing for good places.

If you think you have great locations to recommend, feel free to tag. Would very much appreciate your help!

Interview Tryout - Ben From O School

One of the very first things that i did right after my internship at Wormwood Films was to have my hand at an interview shoot; to experiment and explore the idea behind good interviews and what to expect when shooting a subject. I must say i had fun doing this one.

To help me out for this shoot is the very generous Ben Koh aka PSYK from O School. I figured he would be an interesting and suitable candidate for me to do this shoot on since he is well known and i'm sure many people are dying to know more about this cool cat. Thanks Ben!

I also took the chance to experiment and use for the first time a set of Wireless Transmitter + Microphone for this shoot. Allows for much superior and clear sound. However during the playback there were a little bit of wheezing sounds but i'm sure this is due to the camera's head.

After reviewing the shots, i questioned myself on what would make a better interview clip than this. Of course at this point, i hope my next shoot will have more engaging questions, content that people can grasp easily, more flexible shots of the subject, more visuals and cutting the sound-bites more straight to the point. 

This video is supposedly meant to be published on Singapore Got Dance. But i know this will aid me more on similar FB-Related clips and thus this acts as a benchmark starting guide for my future shoots. As of now we have to get through some clearences before publishing the final cut on Singapore Got Dance. 

Check http://singaporegotdance.blogspot.com