401381407 陳建良 Seniors' self-seeking,Relationships and Issues in Asian Cinemas

My topic is to talk about some social problem which use to indicate and present by Asian Cinemas.And directors also prefer to set stories background in seniors.I think it's because senior highs students wear uniforms which make them have clear identity,and their demographic structures are also simple which can let audiences concentrate on the issues but not their backgrounds.We can understand deeply about relationships between students,students and their parents or sex orientation,like gay,lesbian and bisexual.

I choose four movies,which are all presented by senior highs.First one is "Blue Gate Crossing".It's talking about sex orientation.I were shocked by the story that I didn't know what homosexuality is.Since I watched this film,I knew that heterosexuality was not the only and right way in the world. I think we couldn't decide who we loves,everybody has their rights to love.Most of us love opposite gender.Luckily,I studied in an opening high school where taught us everything and let us did everything we want even it may against the old rules.In Blue Gate Crossing,the main character kept want to help leading actress change into heterosexuality but in vain. Mong(The leading actress) had tried to change but in vain,too.What she told to Chang(main charactor) really impressed me.She siad "If you still worry about which college to apply, still single or urinating straight or not,and then you are lucky".She was the unlucky girl and couldn't be normal as conventional aspects.

The second film is a Japanese film called "KiRIShiMa BuKaTsu YaMeRuTteYo?".It shows that even a one person can influence all school simultaneously and silently.It also use overlapping format which use same – or nearly the same – scenes from different points of view, quasi-limited to a character or two.

Did you recognize wrong person of the twins?Did you think that twins would be same forever?The third one is a Taiwanese movie,"Cha Cha for twins" which talking about twins story.I enjoyed their changing progress .We don't want to be as same as other ,so do the twins.I didn't notice that twins  are different people,just because they have similar physical appearance.

The last one is a Korean movie,"Bleak Night",it indicates bully,parents without take care about their children,and friends misunderstood.People include us must do something wrong or used wrong way to take care our friends and family.Bleak Night almost indicate those issues and I feel empathy,Because what happened in the movies really happened in the world two,include South Korea and Taiwan.

1-min film [The actress in Zhang Yimou's Films] 董亞男

Hello everyone, I am Dong Yanan. Today I am going to work on the actress in Zhang Yimou's Films.
I hope you enjoy my report. In final report, I will show you all. Thank you.

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Hello, everybody. My project is actresses in Zhang Yimou’s Films. First of all, I want to introduce Zhang Yimou. He has engaged in photographer and actor for several years, and then he is a very famous and outstanding director. He is one of the Fifth Generation Directors.  Generally speaking, not only is he good at formalism， but also he is expert in realism. What’s more, he has the courage to choose new actors. Attention from public has focused on Zhang Yimou's leading ladies, such as Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Dongyu and Ni Ni, who are called Mou's girls.

The first one is Gong Li. She is referred to as the most standardized Mou’s girl. She is a graduate of The Central Academy Of Drama. In 1987, Zhang Yimou shot the film Red Sorghum. Zhang Yimou and Gong Li became famous overnight. Since then, they shot many films together, such as Red Sorghum, Ju Dou, The Story of Qiu Ju, Curse of the Golden Flower and so on. I want to introduce another film. Lifetimes Living is also a well-known work. The film Shows that the characters’ tragic fate. The film wants to tell audience that to live is a kind of blessing. Appropriate lighting and sound effects bring greater realism to the film.

The second one is Zhang Ziyi. She is referred to as the most well-known Mou's girl. She is also a graduate of The Central Academy Of Drama. In 1998，Zhang Yimou discovered Zhang Ziyi. She was sophomore at that time. She rocketed to fame for the leading role in the film "The Road Home". The film looks like a beautiful picture. It shows a touching love story. It caused strong repercussions at home and abroad. After that, she starred in a lot of films. For example, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, 2046, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Banquet, The Grandmaster and so on. She is the latercomers surpass the formers.

The third one is Zhou Dongyu. She is referred to as the most pure Mou's girl. In 2010, Zhang Yimou shot the film Under the Hawthorn Tree. She plays Jing Qiu. Zhou Dongyu became famous overnight. At that time, she was a senior high school student and didn’t have any experience on performance. For shooting this film, she had to give up college entrance examination. The next year, she continued to engage in college entrance examination. Now she is a college student in Beijing Film Academy. The film is a pure love story. The style of the film is realistic and plain. Although the actors are new and inexperienced, the film sets a box office record. The hero and the heroine have a poignant romance. The film makes me quite sad. The film is extremely sorrowful and moving. It is an excellent work of art.

The last one is Ni Ni. She is referred to as the most expectant Mou's girl. She graduates from Communication University of China, Nanjing. She majors in broadcast and host. She speaks Nanjing dialect and English very well. In addition, she is in accordance with the character. These factors help her succeed. The Flowers Of War evokes chilling reminders of the war.

In conclusion, these actresses have a common character. Before they star in Zhang Yimou’s film, they are unknown and nameless. After they play the leading role, they attract considerable attention by numerous media and public. Nowadays they cannot be only named as Mou’s girls. They are becoming increasingly important and famous. So, Zhang Yimou is a man of great vision. That’s all. Thank you.

董亚男 中文二 F02201104

Golden swallow     The way the sword can cut down four or five people is very Japanese influenced by Japanese ideas. The director wants to go one better than his predecessors by having more and more violence. It’s like an addict continuously wanting more and more bloodshed and taking violence to a higher level. These films are not concerned with philosophy or psychology. The more bloodshed the better it sells.

402530562 職治一 徐宏毓

The week before last week, I listen to different themes from different reporters, like the Hong Kong movie-Vampire family, Ann Lee, the lesbian movie in Asia and the comparison between Taiwan and Malaysia. There are two of them impressed me most- the vampire move in Hong Kong and the comparison between Taiwan and Malaysia. 

First, the vampire movie in Hong Kong. When it mention to “vampire”, the image of a handsome young man with pale skin and compact build (just like Edward Cullen) comes in my mind. However, “vampire” in Asia world becomes a creature who wears ancient costume and always jumps for moving. There is a special role in Vampire family- a little vampire who is eager to have a friend. In the film, the little vampire and a girl became good friend; he even protected her when she got into trouble. Maybe in our thoughts, every creature living in the world all have a kind and altruistic heart. 

The other one is the comparison between Taiwan and Malaysia. The current situation of local film in Taiwan and Malaysia is pretty similar. Both of us have many immigrants and multiple cultures. We combine a lot of different things from different countries. But, how about our own culture? Or, “what” is our own culture? It seems that both Taiwan and Malaysia still finding our position in filmdom.

職治一 402530574 李承恩

   

    Hi, everyone.I'm David. This is my personal presentation - The film history of Singapore & Taiwan. Before 1960, there's two big film companies in Singapore. It made Singapore become a very important country of making movie at that time. But when it came to 1970, the two companies left Singapore so that Singapore lost the power and the important role of making movie in Asia.

    At 1970, Singapore government made efforts in commodity economy, not culture. Until 1989, Singapore government submitted <國家藝術發展報告書>, and Singapore film started developing again.

    Taiwan films, from the first movie made by 高松豐次郎 at 1907. 1955-Taiwanese film, 1960-健康寫實電影, 1967-武俠片, 1971-功夫片, 1975-愛國政宣片 and after that is 清新小品/學生電影.

    I think that Singapore has a similar history and situation now with Taiwan. We both has short film history, and we are trying to find our specifically ways to make a movie. So these years, many different types of movie been made. That make we go forward quickly.

電通四 499250046 李專仲

I  think everyone have seen the American film酷斯拉 ,but this is not the first Godzilla movie. Actually this is the 30^th Godzilla movie , and not including cartoon or some small role from other movies . This is the first time Godzilla on screen , it is a black and white film, he Is 50 meter tall , he can use the blue light come from his mouth to destroy buildings, and he is angry all the time. The original Gozilla born because of the nuclear ,the director wants everyone to forgot the sadness about world war 2 , united state drop the bomb to 廣島 and 長崎,  the director use Godzilla to remind people the terror about nuclear, so Godzilla was a enemy character until this movie .

影傳一402050146林子群

My presentation's topic is "張藝謀 and his films". He is a very famous director in China, his movies was three times nominated for an Oscar for best foreign film.

The following I will introduce three films in his early career, are "Red Sorghum", "Ju Dou" and "Raise The Red Lantern".

This three films are adapted from the novels, all the leading actress is 鞏俐, and describes the traditional Chinese women couldn't choose their marriage.

In these films, 張藝謀 use a series of Chinese-style images and symbol.

I very love his movie's style are very strong, for example , concern about women, the miserable fate of the characters, distinctive color aesthetics, and good at using signifier.

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陳仁凱 影傳二 401050151

Yuen Hoo Ping is a Hong Kong people. He is a very famous guy in Hong Kong, even in Hollywood, he is famous too. What make him so famous is because he is a successful action choreographer. He is the action choreographer of the movie The Grandmaster.

The action in the movie is being designed by him elegantly. Besides in Hong Kong, he also being hired as a action choreographer in Hollywood. He is the action choreographer of the movie The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolution, Kill Bill volume 1 and 2,and even The Unleashed aka Danny The Dog.

  What I have learned in Albert’s class is not about how we know these famous people, all albert want us to learn was how to communicate when we have a common topic. This is very important for us to communicate with other people. Nowadays people are too cool to be talk or to be chat. So , chit chat is a knowledge too.

鄺保匡 影傳二 401050163

Hey guys this is Derek .My topic of the presentation is the movie “The Grandmasters” The Grandmaster is a 2013 Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts drama film,The movie based on the life story of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man. The film was directed and written by Wong Kar-wai and starred by Tony Leung as Ip Man. It was the opening film at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2013. The film was selected as part of the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival.The film has been selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, making the January shortlist, but did not get the nomination.The film was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Costume Design at the 86th Academy Awards.

I choose this movie because this is one of the movie that I like the most, that Wong kar-wai movie is really very special. You can see in his movie the composition is very beautiful and unique, he like to use the stop motion in his movie.that I appreciate his movie very much

401100243 運管二 謝欣妤

401100243 運管二 謝欣妤

401100243 運管二 謝欣妤

402050627 影傳一 曾韋嘉

Our best time is a korean movie，produced in 2006，directed by Sung Hei Chang. It is originated from the novel written by Gong Jiyeong，an icon in Korean literature . Actor Kang Dong Won played a condemned criminal who met a singer，now is a professor played by Lee Na Young .The criminal killed three peop[le not in purpose，and the singer who is not famous anymore had tried to commited suicide for three times． I like the way director make the atmosphere so calm and a little bit sad. Two character just fall I love from hatred in such a despair atmosphere. The way they deal with the light，the stream make the movie full of the feeling of death．The whole movie is a happy warm story in a sad fate．The most attractive part is how they describe about life and love.

402050378 影傳一 李貞臻

It make me very nervous that everyone in class were so good at English,and it let me more nervous for English presentations in high school were all group presentation.This is my first time making personal presentation,and the theme I choose this time was Nakashima Tetsuya.

Nakashima Tetsuya is a director from Japan.Kamikaze Girls ,Memories of Matsuko,PACO and the Magical Book and Confessions are all his works . In his early years,he was a advertising director , so he learned many expressive techniques from it . For his early expierence , he create his own style . For Nakashima Tetsuya was enlightened by the animations of Disney and Japanese culture,the animations he made were tend to be gorgeous.For example:in Memories of Matsuko,the animationsin scenes always change by role’s feeling,the most obviously is that when Matsuko is full of excitement or expectance,there are many colorful andflashing flowers appear in the scene.After middle age,he changed his style.He also tended to use animations in movies,but the use of color was dramatically changed. Confessions was the most obvious turning point. Nakashima Tetsuya used black and gray in this movie to make sad and dark atmosphere.I think that this change was because he change the things he wanted to say.In his early age,he focused on the relationship between people,but in middle,he changed to discuss the humanity.This kind of change make Confessions  has big difference compare to others.Confessions is the first movie I saw,and it lets me know .

      When it comes to Asianmovie,the first I think about was Nakashima Tetsuya.I think he is a very good director,not only because of his skills to describe movies,but also his ability to catch audience’s eyes.Let me admire is his strong personal style we can know that this is his movie as soon as seeing that.Many people will use many skills to make movie more lavish,but the movie which is recognizable was very few. 

      Though Iwas too nervous to forget much of content I prepared,I still finished my  presentation this time.This experience was so special that I could interact with classmates on my presentation.I didn’t realize every questions ,but I have already tried my best to show my viewpoint in English.It was also very great to get new information when discussing with classmate.It’s surprising that that there two people chose the same theme as me,we could exchange more knowledge between us,and the passion to director, Nakashima Tetsuya.