Short Film Production Workshop — “The Charm of Film Editing”
On the evening of October 26, 2015, Macau director Teng Teng Wong, an independent filmmaker spoke to the students of Shiu Pong College in a short film production workshop on a topic called “The Charm of Film Editing”. The great number of attendees revealed the enthusiasm of students on “storytelling” with a camera. The skill of “storytelling” is what every student should acquire and telling a story with images and sounds is a new approach.
Director Teng Teng received her bachelor and master degree from Beijing Film Academy. She participated in the production of many films, including “Beijing met Seattle.” When the students asked why she chose to become a film director, she said that it was out of a simple aspiration to document the story of her grandmother with a camera.
In the workshop, Teng Teng not only explained why filmmaking is an art and the importance of film editing, but also recounted how she struggled to pursue her dream alone in Beijing when she was 17 years old. Students were deeply moved by her vision and pursuit of dream.
Postgraduate student Edward Lin was also deeply touched by Teng Teng’s long years of persistence in pursuing to realize her dream, he said,
“I am interested in many things and I can learn quickly. However, my passion oftentimes does not last. Once I was fascinated by and really enjoyed the pleasant sound of a piano. I hoped that one day I would be able to study in a professional music college. Nonetheless, I gave it up due to the obligatory, unpalatable practice every day. Later in life, I was very fond of badminton and found that my swiftness made me a good badminton player. By self-learning, I was admitted to the school badminton league. Nevertheless, I dropped the pursuit after discovering the league’s unscrupulous practices. Now, I am in love with photography, not for stunning the world with my photos, but simply for making a record of each cheerful face. Because of this simple motive, I will not give up this time.”
“I agree with what Wong said, ‘the deeper you go, the more you are interested, and the more you want to learn.’ Before picking up photography, I thought it was just simply pressing a shutter. Now I realize that even the most basic skill of photo composition can make the feel of a photo completely different. This new knowledge makes me desire to learn more. Now, I have a simple dream — to preserve the smiles and beauties around me in photos and in my memory.”
微電影工作坊 –《電影剪輯的魅力》
在2015年10月26日晚上，澳門獨立電影製作導演黃婷婷為紹邦書院學生帶來題為《電影剪輯的魅力》的微電影講座。參與講座人數之多也顯示了同學對用鏡頭“講故事”的熱情。“講故事”的能力是每一位學生都應該學習的，而用影像和聲音“講故事”則是一種新的方法。
黃婷婷導演已獲得北京電影學院導演系的學士及碩士學位，並且參與了多部電影的製作，期中就包括《北京遇上西雅圖》。當同學問及她當初選擇當導演的原因時，原來她也只是很單純地希望用鏡頭記錄下她奶奶的故事。
在講座中，黃婷婷不單介紹了為何電影是一門藝術和剪輯在電影中的重要性，還述說了自己17歲時獨自北上追夢的奮鬥過程。同學們都被她對夢想的憧憬和追夢的毅力深深感動。
研究生林子洋被黃婷婷追夢和完夢的努力深深感動，他說︰
“我對任何事情都很有興趣，也很快就能學會，但往往都是三分鐘熱度。曾經我很喜歡鋼琴，很享受彈鋼琴時那種悅耳的聲音，希望能到專業的音樂學院學習，但是最終因為每天強迫式的練習我放棄了；後來我很喜歡羽毛球，我發現自己打羽毛球的時候反應很快，我通過自學而進入了校隊，可是當我發現校隊裡充滿黑暗以後我也放棄了；現在我喜歡上了攝影，並不是為了拍出舉世震驚的照片，只是單純地希望把一張張笑臉記錄下來，因為這單純的理由，這次我不會放棄！＂
“很同意黃婷婷的一句話：‘當你越深入，你會越有興趣，越想了解的更多。’在學習攝影之前，我以為那只是簡單地按下快門，但是原來就連最基本的構圖都可以出來完全不同感覺的照片，這也使得我更想深入了解攝影。現在，我的夢想很簡單，記錄身邊的笑臉和美景，讓記憶不被遺忘。＂