Thursday, March 22, 2018
島嶼獨遊:【漫遊】【夢遊】【唱遊】
【漫遊】:https://youtu.be/XTGEVKaj_AI
【夢遊】:https://youtu.be/-CuyZr1MSqo
【唱遊】:https://youtu.be/nuNpsyMDqTA
Monday, April 22, 2013
我的熱血製片大叔
兩個星期前,接到英國製片Grant的數封電郵,自從一起合作拍【Takeaway】開始,他始終像個熱血十足的長輩(熱血與長輩其實很少出現在同一個句子),三不五時用電郵攻勢,虛寒問暖之外,不斷跟我討論要把短片推到哪個國際影展。
我是個一向對積極推銷感到懶散的人,再加上當初拍完看到成品,老實說有點失落,也許身為導演的經驗尚嫌不足,還在摸索該如何讓團隊知道我要的東西,除了溝通能力之外,對於其他人才能的理解與掌握,還非常不成熟。簡言之,最後的成品,並不完全是我當初想要的模樣,也因此對創作能力失去些許信心。
不過幸好我有個熱血的製片。他自始自終沒有放棄,即使影片不斷在許多重要的影展入圍失利,即使我從來沒想過為了影展拍片,但愛丁堡電影節之後,安靜無聲了很久,也一度讓我感到沮喪,不過Grant總會給我打氣,說他把影片寄去給很多英國業界的人看,他們都很喜歡,譬如BBC的知名製作人Nick Fraser等等,他自己覺得這是部好片,也想不透為何無法入圍。
我如夢初醒,同時拾回一點信心。
當初我以為短片拍完就沒事了,但他總叮嚀我,宣傳影片跟拍片一樣重要,身為導演,尤其要對自己作品充滿熱情,更重要的是,永遠充滿信念,並從中學到東西。聽完都不自主的熱血起來。
經過漫長等待,我讀著他的電郵,以為又是封讓人失望的消息。沒想到開頭,他像個孩子似的興奮口吻:「Yuhsueh... !! Yay! At last!! Success...!!」原來是【Takeaway】入選了西班牙的Curt.Doc短片影展,成為競賽片之一,有機會爭奪1500歐元的首獎。熱情的西班牙策展人,用著很西班牙風味的英文,在電郵中邀請我六月中飛去加泰隆尼亞(Catalonia),也就是巴塞隆納所屬的自治區,他們會提供免費的旅館住宿。(還特別註明:有附早餐喔..)希望我能出席放映活動,並上台講幾句話。
邊讀著電郵,似乎也看到了巴塞隆納的陽光與沙灘,還有小麥膚色的西班牙美女... 不過突然腦海又浮現Grant那張像極了英國名廚Gordon Ramsay,用十足的北英格蘭腔調說著,也許我們可以一起去喔的屠夫臉龐。
頓時,我覺得影片入圍,其實也不完全是件好事啦!
Sunday, December 16, 2012
【我們最後的留學時光】公視版預告
"留學生是什麼? 留學生活又是什麼模樣?留學生活的最後時光,有如論文的最後一章,最短卻最難寫。兩個留學生,一個還未畢業即找到工作;另一個想留下找工作,但現實往往跟當初想的都不太一
本片紀錄留學生在畢業之時,常會遇到的抉擇:留下來,還是回台灣?決定了之後呢?藉由階段不同、個性不同的兩位留學生,訴說一段海外學子都心有同感的故事。"
接到消息,公視終於要首播我的短片作品【我們最後的留學時光】,恰好是耶誕節當天12/25晚上10點,公視13頻道。必須坦誠的是,拍這片時的自己,想表達的太多,影像說故事的能力卻太少,不過可以肯定的是,拍片的當下,十分坦誠。
最後要感謝兩位主角的幫忙,沒有她們就沒有這部短片。最後請觀賞公視版本的一分鐘預告,有空的話,不妨幫忙分享、或在FB粉絲頁按個讚,無論你有沒有留過學,卻一定畢過業,那種徬徨的心情應該是不分何時何地的,感謝。
【我們最後的留學時光】
主角: 高詩涵|王瑄
導演/攝影/剪接: 林佑學
聲音設計: Evan Holm
配樂: Tim Du Feu
海報設計: 黃毓喬
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Friday, November 16, 2012
【Takeaway】預告片花
本不想宣傳的,賈樟柯的一句話點醒我,「短片是練習,自覺拍得不滿意,還是要發表,對未來的拍片經驗一定會有益處的。」
再加上英國製片Grant不厭其煩的電郵,視訊中的語重心長,希望我在宣傳上盡點心。在他眼裡,我大概像是上完廁所,卻不沖水的小便客吧!
於是我希望大家能花一分鐘的時間,看看我最新短片作品Takeaway的預告,故事很簡單,外賣司機的一天生活,表面上是紀錄片,但我選擇用故事片的拍法,試圖呈現日常生活中,吉光片羽的詩意。
這樣的嘗試,著重電影感的畫面,音樂營造的氛圍,卻也讓人物塑造和敘事上,略顯薄弱。也因為如此,我總覺得,這部片更適合大螢幕,而非電腦電視。
能把腦中的概念世界用影像實現,於我已是種奇蹟,只求拍部自己滿意作品的那天,不會太遠。
Takeaway官網
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
殺青
終於把片子TAKEAWAY搞定了,特別感謝參與拍片的所有人,主角和我的劇組、SDI的前輩電影人們,以及不斷鼓勵支持我的朋友們!
短短10分鐘的短片,花了我超過半年籌備和製作,作品成果應該是沒有辜負所有的努力!!
很幸運的是,片子即將在6月27號下午5點在愛丁堡國際電影節首映,和另外3部短片一起在愛丁堡最老、超過百年歷史的Cameo電影院最大廳放映,之後我會在現場Q&A,歡迎在愛丁堡的朋友來捧場,以下連結可線上購票!不過記得,真的忍不住想問問題的話,歡迎事先把題目電郵給我!會買杯啤酒請你喝!謝謝!
http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/films/2012/short-scottish-documentaries
再來就是參加一系列的愛丁堡電影節,因為短片首映的緣故,拿到能通行各影展活動的guest pass,再加上準備替cue電影生活誌寫篇專題報導,正努力作功課研究採訪的重點。
作完自己的影片,原來還無法完全放鬆,要開始沉浸在其他人的作品中了!不過忙歸忙,為了自己喜愛的事情而忙,一點都不覺得沉重,倒十分的充實、興奮!忙完電影節,打算八月初回台灣一趟,見見久違的家人朋友!最近也會開始重拾書寫的生活,讓荒廢好久的這裡,重新恢復點生機!
先祝大家夏天愉快。
Friday, March 16, 2012
下一部作品《TAKEAWAY》
很期待接下來這部短片的開拍與後製,昨天訪談完主角Jerry,兩人喝掉了一些威士忌和一瓶紅酒,走回家的路上,滿心愉悅。
可能是酒精的微醺,也可能是對於這份工作的熱愛!
Monday, October 31, 2011
紀錄短片-媽媽是座山
Friday, September 09, 2011
孤獨是什麼 - 短片《Being Teresa》
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
短片《Portrait of Forest Café》
Thursday, March 31, 2011
第一個電影獎
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
下一部短片計畫【Portrait in Forest Café】
不過,很多人一生最後會記得的事,很奇怪的,都非常抽象,無法量化;應該很少人在墓誌銘上寫著自己賺過多少錢,而是寫著做過什麼有意義的事情。所以我們更多時候,會記得那些美好且有意義的人事物,而不是背後那具體的數字價值。
希望剛好在愛丁堡的朋友,3/12和19號能來Forest Café,我們替你拍張照,每張臉代表一個故事,很多很多的臉在Forest Café,就變成很多很多的故事,同時,也變成Forest Café的故事。
Forest Café官網替我刊登的
人像攝影活動網頁,無法前來,按個讚也代表你來過了!
Portrait In Forest Café
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
[短片]上海來的姑娘 The Lady From Shanghai
角色描繪的一次練習。關於我的好朋友,上海千金郭婷,她有時仍希望自己活在三零年代的老上海。如今在英國生活,飲食和愛,成為她的鄉愁,同時也以某種方式安撫著她。
非常可惜的是,由於我自己技術上的疏忽,大部分精緻重要的訪談片段無法剪輯到這裡頭,以至於全片較像家庭錄影帶。希望在錯誤中能學到教訓,對婷同時感到抱歉,以及感謝,她是個非常棒的角色,以及朋友。
My practice of character portrait. It's about a good friend of mine, Ting, who sometimes wishes herself still lives in 30s' Shanghai. Now living in the UK, her nostalgia stems from two things: Food and Love, which also comfort her in a different way.
Due to my technical carelessness, most of the best images are unable to present here. Thus it looks a bit like home video. Sorry and thanks, Ting, you are amazing.
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
【I love Edinburgh】訪談,以及設計小傳單
那天和愛丁堡藝術學院,學Graphic Design的朋友打了場久違的撞球,英國少有撞球場,大多是酒吧放置一兩桌球檯,大家邊喝酒邊打球。來了兩年才知道有這麼一家,看起來像【猜火車】裡的Pool Hall。不過這裡是投幣式的球檯,以局為單位,除了母球,色球入洞都不滾出來的,且清一色只能打八號球。球桌大小比花式撞球稍小,洞口設計卻承襲司諾克撞球,像個雜種似的,有點不倫不類。其中一個朋友Joe(黃毓喬),粗曠外表神似伍佰老師,打起籃球像紐約街頭黑人,特會耍,做起平面設計,像織花布的台灣阿嬤那般細膩。很喜歡他的風格,所以之前剪完【I Love Edinburgh】時便找他合作,本來是想設計海報,但短片本身也不算完整的作品,便打消了念頭,不過Joe最後還是把這短片當作素材,創作了一個很特別、可折疊的小傳單,還放了一篇他和我之間,關於短片的訪問對談。內容不多,印出來之後,我看了覺得有趣,便在下面分享。
事實上,這場訪問是在我們打撞球同時進行的,他給我張寫滿問題的紙,我回家把回答填上,非常台式的一次訪談阿!這位富有才華和喜感的Graphic Designer個人網站為www.elvishuang.com,有興趣可以去看看!
Yu-Hsueh Lin says who Yu-Hsueh Lin is
A postgraduate student at University of Edinburgh; adore rock, film and party; play no guitar, write columns, try to make his first short film, precisely, a documentary; after that will write a book about party.
Yu-Chiao Huang says who Yu-Hsueh Lin is
A friend from the same country, Taiwan; play basketball together; older than me; a good writer and has good common sense; beats me many times at pool; humorous on his blog, and serious in the life; maybe? I am not so sure.
This is the interview about his film, 'I love Edinburgh'
1.
Huang:
I like the way you tell the story from this film. It seems distant from the theme, but still touches it. It awakens my imagination. Was this the concept from the beginning or did you change it halfway?
Lin:
The Original idea was a love story, but it is difficult to present it in two minutes. I decided to use a simple concept of 'Love Me, Love My Dog.' I like Edinburgh because the girl I love loves Edinburgh! The other side is I don't want to say this too directly and I want to give my audience room to use their imaginations.
2.
Huang:
Do you have any special memories in these scenes or is there some special meaning with the cat or with walking?
Lin:
Actually, there are not any special scenes. All of them are the roads and spaces in our daily life that we walk. The cat is a hint alluding to the fact that the girl thinks she is a cat, and also that we found a cat in the road.
3.
Huang:
Why do you want to present this film about love?
Lin:
The image and the feeling that Edinburgh gives me is like a girl! Pretty and tasty, but changing like the weather. A city is just like a girl, they have their own individual personalities, and the simplest way to connect these two is to fall in love with them.
4.
Huang:
Are there any elements of Taiwan in it?
Lin:
Maybe not. You can say everything in Edinburgh in the local people's view is normal, but it is very special for me. The film is from a Taiwanese view.
5.
Huang:
Will you use the same technique in the future? I quite like this way to present the story! If you don't know the theme at first, you are surprised at the end. It is cool!
Lin:
Thanks. It depends on the theme. In this case, my film is the introduction of Edinburgh, so I wanted to use the abstract technique, like a music video. I don't like to tell stories directly, and it is good if the audience is made to think more.
6.
Huang:
Please use one to three words to describe Edinburgh.
Lin:
One, two, three or one to three? No, just kidding.
Poetry!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
愛丁堡的時光
Thursday, November 11, 2010
淺談【媽!我愛你】
Short Film I Love You Mum Reflection
Introduction
My first short documentary film, I Love You Mum, was made in October of 2010 as a purpose of practice. Through this merely three-minute piece, a few aspects of thoughts were explored, in terms of technology, intimacy, communication and relationship. The film depicts a process of my personal expression of love to my mother.
Motivation and Concept
The ideas of making I Love You Mum all started from my research interest, Hyperpersonal Interaction, which is a theory suggesting the various effect of communication between on-line and face to face bases. According to that, the way people connect with each other and express themselves face to face differs from how they do that online. Therefore, to explore the difference between them and self-identity in communication becomes my initial motivation. Furthermore, I have been always intrigued by the representation of reality documentary film could provide. It seems that the most practical way to examine my curiosity of this theme is to film it down, or say, to document it.
Not until several discussions with Dr. Nick Higgins I could not realise what my actual motif is. It turned out to be that what I really try to convey is the intimacy within relationship, either through technological tools or directly expressed in person. I started to look back to my own situation. It appears that I do have difficulties in terms of expressing affection to my family, because of distance, time difference and lack of courage. On the other hand, technology, which provides a relatively indirect benefit of the safety feeling, enables me to speak my mind to my family. Also, by utilising technology to express could achieve almost the same effect with talking face to face. Therefore the structure of I Love You Mum emerges: from eager to communicate, but due to aforementioned factors then unable to communicate, and at last with the aid of technology I manage to speak out my feeling.
The structure wraps a concept in the film, which is the concept to show the process of my overcoming inner weakness of unable to say “I love you” to my own mother. I found that it is also the weakness of many others’. In other words, the concept of film could perhaps offer audiences to have collective understanding, and even the similar emotion as I have.
Apart from that, I Love You Mum is also an experiment and an excise to try out my own filming style by directly documenting first hand experiences. That is to say the purpose of making this documentary film is not only to reflect my desire of self expression, but also to review the essence of intimate relationships I have, and to approach them both emotionally and experimentally.
Subject
Initially, I tended to capture the interaction among my acquaintance circle, which provides me a rather accessible filming subject. However, several unsuccessful attempts made me reconsider the meaning of my original need of documenting. It mainly stemmed from both film competition theme requirement (How technology changes my life) and my own exploration of intimacy in communication. As a result, I become the subject of my own film.
More than that, I also agree on that it is beneficial to start the first film by employing myself in facing both the subjective and the objective positions, in terms of being in front of and behind the camera. That helps me experience the thoughts a filmmaker needs to think over, as well as comprehend more about how it is like to be filmed. Such practices are likely to equip me to have further understanding of documentary film making.
Style and Narrative
Not until actually filming, not many concrete ideas in terms of style appeared in my mind. I did not choose to represent the film as a stylish piece but rather focusing on narrative. However, it is not that I tend to ignore aesthetic part, but I would rather say that the most crucial issue for me in the very first film is to tell a story appropriately. Even though it is documentary film, which is relatively objective compared with feature one. I still would like to convey a few things through the film.
Except for narration, the camera angles or visual representation might also speak out my thoughts. The opening scene of I Love You Mum is a construction sign lying on ground, and a blue lorry passing by to block sight of the sign and then backing out of the camera, at last the construction sign shows again. Personally I like this scene a lot, consequently I insisted on making it to final cut. It is nearly a metaphor of the whole film. The sign represents therefore an obstacle of mine but meanwhile it has been disregarded for a long time. After something or some time passed by, even though it still exists but I could see it more clearly. How to face the obstacle hence suggests the key point of the film.
More than that, I have been influenced by ‘non-places and spaces' theory by Marc Augé. It indicates a familiar paradox: a known place that is still a strange place. Like airport, highway, or a construction sign lying aside street, we don’t even need to be there we still could recognise what that place is. Therefore, the place could be anywhere and everywhere in the world, but it is actually nowhere. This viewpoint has long been the base of my photographic style, and it turns out to be most of the background scenes in I Love You Mum.
I attempt to capture the most ordinary daily life that seems no real difference whether in the UK or in Taiwan. Furthermore, to display these ‘non-places’ is a means to extract the individual ‘myself’ from cultural or whatever else difference to unify with the understanding and circumstances of audiences’. That is to say I sort of simplify the background scenes in order to create a clean and simple visual style to drag audiences’ attention on emotional aspect.
The way I choose to place myself on bottom of the staircase in the film also follows this principle. But moreover, staircase is not only a non-place but also carries an implication in terms of leading people to somewhere, no matter up or down. It might perhaps be a psychological reflection as well. When I describe how I live alone, subconsciously, I have made up my mind to head to a direction, which will lead me to face and go through my own weakness. Here, the weakness is I never dare to say “I love you” to my mother.
According to the narrative, the atmosphere of the film seems to be slightly melancholy. However it is not what I wish to pursuit. Instead, my visual or style reference were much more coming from novel than film. In most of Haruki Murakami’s novels, one lives alone and enjoys himself. It looks like lonely, but the loneliness stems from some abstract thing missing rather than the fact of living alone. Therefore, the arrangement of party and alone scenes taking turns could perhaps reveal my emotional contrast: I live alone but not feeling lonely; I hang out with people but still feeling alone. This contrast could happen to everyone else’s life as well.
For audience, maybe that is why they feel touched when they eventually see my mother’s response. Because the contrast that has been accumulated as a sympathetic understanding from the beginning to the end of the film. My attempt to overcoming inner weakness paid off as a relief for myself and audience. That is to say by watching it audience follows me from being as a role of observer to a relatively subjective one, say, an experience partaker.
At some point this indicates that I Love You Mum is a documentary film not only talking about how technology changes my life, but more about contrast and paradox in daily life. I live in a familiar place but it is still a strange place to me. I love my mother but I never let her know. I socialise with people but I still feel alone. Technology is a bridge to connect these contrasts and a trigger to complete the process of overcoming my inner weakness. Therefore, the film itself could be seen as a cinematic practice, as well as an emotional relief to me. It might not be as unique as what John Grierson claims documentary is like, ‘the creative use of actuality’. But through the process of making it, I used the different approach of expression to face my weakness, and the same affecting reality which is also an actual personal experience comes to me. I Love You Mum is not merely a documentary. Eventually, it comforts me, in a creative way.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
【媽!我愛你】後記






