By Kidonis Ng Keng Hong
The word “video”, one of the most popular media in human life, comes from the Latin root “Videre”, which means “I see”. As stated in the title, video and you are becoming closer day by day. With the widespread of Internet technology, online videos become a new popular medium. People can share their lives, interests, opinions and messages by uploading captured moments to the Internet world. Moreover, it also leads to a new trend of video making.
DIY video – My journey
Video making goes easily nowadays. We may shoot video clips with our mobile phones, digital cameras or even webcams to record every treasured moment, and then share them online. Any one of us can be a director or journalist.
The “Macao Film Festival 2010”, held between April 2 and 11, organized an annual video making competition named “48 Rush Hours” as a prelude. Participants should shoot, edit and submit a video production within 48 hours after the topic was announced. The topic this year is “New” and I decided to participate in the competition as an individual entry.
I got the topic “NEW” through an SMS message at noon on March 26. Immediately I picked up my Canon 500D (a digital single lens reflex camera with high-definition video recording function), fitted with the lens, inserted a memory card and a fully-charged battery. Having put the camera into the bag, I started my journey. I walked around streets without any determined and excellent ideas, and shot whatever I saw during the journey. After the shooting was finished, I edited the video clips at the night on the following day. Combining all the shots and inserting nice background music, the editing was done. I rode to the Cultural Centre on my motorcycle and submitted the video five minutes before the deadline. The assessment and awarding ceremony was on the same day. Unfortunately, I did not have an opportunity to get on the stage to receive an award, but I enjoyed watching my production again and again for a whole week. It reminded me of each memorable moment during the shooting journey. Finally, I uploaded the video and shared it with friends and audiences around the world.
“Mixing video clips from open sources is a new type of video making”, said Wallace Chan Chi Ieong, a Year 4 student majoring in design at Macao Polytechnic Institute. Chan said that there are websites providing network space for uploading video clips as open source in recent years. People can search materials they need, and integrate them into a complete video, documentary or even film. Chan added, “It could intensify the creativity in video making and the interaction among enthusiasts.”
In the cases of Chan’s and mine, video making requires no props, no professional equipment and even no performer and crew nowadays. Actually, the title of this article comes from the classic dialogue “I see you” in the popular movie Avatar. It is also the best description in this video sharing trend. You and I can see each other’s world through our shared videos. A good video can bring strong effects to the audience, as in Avatar in which the reverberation is worldwide. Thanks to the success of Avatar and through the experience of my own journey, I think in the coming future, advancements in video making will be quick and will lead to the enhancement of visual enjoyment of human beings.
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