Tag Archives: documentary

1. Hong Kong Feature Film on Qiu Jin to be Released

   A new feature film on Qiu Jin called “The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake” is opening this week in Hong Kong. It’s directed by Herman Yau and stars Huang Yi as Qiu Jin and veteran actor Anthony Wong as a Qing Dynasty official. Check out the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJzyEBvQNEM And here’s our version: Somehow I [...]

   Posted on August 21, 2011 in General, News, Screenings, Travel | 7 comments

2. University of Pennsylvania Screening Recap and Photos

   Our last stop was at the University of Pennsylvania. Following the screening at the Evergreen Senior Club in Delaware, Uncle Don drove us to Philadelphia. World Series fever was in the air, as we saw many banners for the Phillies, as well as people sporting Phillies jackets, hats and shirts. We had an intimate screening, [...]

   Posted on October 30, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

3. Evergreen Senior Club Recap and Photos

   About two weeks ago, Rae’s dad told us to call one of his friends from college who now lives in Delaware. Professor Charles Ih (from the University of Delaware) was very interested in showing Autumn Gem to the Evergreen Senior Club at the Chinese American Community Center in Hockessin, Delaware. The only time that we [...]

   Posted on October 30, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

4. New York Screening Recap and Photos

   During our Pasadena screening, we received a very enthusiastic response from one of the audience members. Ann Lau told us that Qiu Jin was one of her role models and she was very excited to have seen the movie. She was instrumental in setting up our screening in New York. Putting us in touch with [...]

   Posted on October 30, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

5. Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Screening Recap and Photos

   Our third week on tour concluded with a screening at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center in Boston, Massachusetts. The BCNC is celebrating their 40th anniversary of serving the Chinatown community this year, and the organization is having a celebration gala in a couple of weeks on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the center’s two buildings [...]

   Posted on October 25, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | 2 comments

6. University of Massachusetts, Boston Screening Recap and Photos

   On Friday, we had a great time at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where we participated in several seminars before our screening of Autumn Gem at 4:00 pm. At most of the screenings on this trip, we don’t have too much time to wander around the school and talk with the students. We have typically [...]

   Posted on October 24, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | 3 comments

7. Brown University Screening and Recap

   During our East Coast scholar interview trip last June, we also interviewed Professor Lingzhen Wang at Brown University. Following our stop at Connecticut College, Rae and I drove up to Providence, Rhode Island on Wednesday afternoon. This is now the fifth time I’ve been in Providence, having come here as a high school student to [...]

   Posted on October 22, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

8. Connecticut College Screening Recap and Photos

   Nearly a year and a half ago, Rae, JP, and I went to the East Coast to interview two scholars, Amy Dooling from Connecticut College and Lingzhen Wang from Brown University. Three weeks into our Midwest and East Coast tour, we have returned to both of these schools for screenings of Autumn Gem. Our first [...]

   Posted on October 20, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | 2 comments

9. New Jersey Chinese Community Center Recap and Photos

   Our final stop in our seven screenings in six days week was at the New Jersey Chinese Community Center. Thanks to Tien-Fang Hou for bringing a great crowd to the screening. Coincidentally, Tien-Fang’s grandson trains at the same wushu school as Melissa, the girl who played the young Qiu Jin in our film. Small world! [...]

   Posted on October 18, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

10. Princeton University Screening Recap and Photos

    When I was in high school, one of my top college choices was Princeton University. Unfortunately at the time, I wasn’t accepted, and I eventually went to Stanford. Things worked out in the end, and I no longer spend any time wondering what might have been. Our screening was organized by the Davis International Center [...]

    Posted on October 18, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

11. University of Maryland, College Park Screening Recap and Photos

    Our double feature on Thursday, October 15, ended with a screening at the University of Maryland, College Park. The weather was really wet, and we were fearing the worst in regards to the turnout. But, by golly, thirty-five people said, “Hell no!” to the rain and wind and made it to the showing! Thanks go [...]

    Posted on October 16, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

12. Oldfields School Screening Recap and Photos

    On the morning of October 15, 2009, we drove north of Baltimore to Oldfields School, Maryland’s oldest girls’ boarding school. The theme for Oldfields this year is, “Women Who Dare,” so it was an ideal fit for our documentary. Thanks to Maria and the rest of the Oldfields staff for having us! And, big kudos [...]

    Posted on October 15, 2009 in News, Screenings, Travel | 2 comments

13. George Mason University Recap and Photos

    Our third stop in three days (three of seven for the week) took us to George Mason University. We had the pleasure of being toured around the campus by Dr. Karl Zhang, Professor of Chinese Modern and Classical Languages at GMU. It turns out that Professor Zhang did his Ph.D. work at Stanford University the [...]

    Posted on October 15, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

14. University of Maryland-Baltimore County Recap and Photos

    We’ve discovered the secret to getting a good turnout at our university screenings: food and extra credit! About 90 students attended the screening at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Big kudos to Constantine Vaporis, Anna Shields, Rebecca Boehling and all the UMBC professors who got their students to come to the showing. They also did [...]

    Posted on October 13, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | 1 comment

15. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Screening Recap

    One of the first questions that I had when we arrived in Champaign, Illinois, was, “Is it Urbana-Champaign or Champaign-Urbana?” The University is called University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), but I saw buses with signs saying Champaign-Urbana. The reason for the hyphenated name is because the school is located between the twin cities of Champaign [...]

    Posted on October 12, 2009 in General, Screenings | No comments

16. Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago

    Following our screening at Columbia College, we spent a few days in Chicago with my cousin, Steve. Rae and I got caught up on work while preparing for the next slate of screenings; seven showings of Autumn Gem in the next six days! Tonight’s screening will be at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Tomorrow morning, [...]

    Posted on October 12, 2009 in General, Travel | No comments

17. Screening at Columbia College Chicago

    This morning, we departed Madison, Wisconsin, in the seat of a Coach USA bus. Our destination was Chicago, Illinois, and Columbia College Chicago. Switching buses at Janesville, Rae and I slept most of the way to Chicago. When we arrived at Union Station, it was raining outside; good thing that we came prepared with our [...]

    Posted on October 8, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

18. Screening at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

    Last night, we had a good turnout of about fifty students and faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Winther Hall 2001 had two screens, so if you crossed your eyes, you would have thought you were watching Autumn Gem in 3-D! The first question asked from the crowd was how we financed the film; [...]

    Posted on October 8, 2009 in General, Screenings | 2 comments

19. Screening at University of Wisconsin-Madison

    We had an intimate screening at the University of Wisconsin-Madison today; though there were not many people who showed up, those that did asked some great questions. One was whether Qiu Jin was viewed as more of a nationalist or feminist? In China and Taiwan, people are taught in school about Qiu Jin’s revolutionary work [...]

    Posted on October 6, 2009 in General, Screenings, Travel | No comments

20. Santa Clara University Screening Recap

    We had a great turnout at the Santa Clara University screening this evening, with nearly 120 people showing up on a Wednesday evening at Daly Science Center, Room 206. Big thanks go out to Barbara Molony, History Department chair at SCU, for organizing this event. Like at the UCSF screening, the demographic among the crowd [...]

    Posted on September 30, 2009 in General, Screenings | 2 comments

21. Autumn Gem in 9/21/2009 World Journal

    Autumn Gem is in today’s World Journal. The article talks about the documentary/docudrama and advertises the two upcoming Bay Area screenings in San Francisco on September 25 and Santa Clara on September 30.

    Posted on September 21, 2009 in Media, Screenings | No comments

22. Pacific Asia Museum Screening Recap

    Rae and I returned last night from Pasadena, where we screened AUTUMN GEM at the Pacific Asia Museum. The museum had been holding a weekly film series for the past few months, and we were the last film on its summer schedule. PAM’s Becky Sun (Community Outreach Coordinator) and Amelia Chapman (Curator of Education) organized [...]

    Posted on August 22, 2009 in General, Media, Screenings, Travel | 4 comments

23. Final Cut Tips for Documentary Filmmakers

    Rae and I have learned quite a bit about using Final Cut to create our documentary, Autumn Gem. Here are some tips that will save you a lot of time when putting together your film. Backup regularly Run Final Cut Pro on a clean system Get out of GOP and embrace ProRes 422 Use whole [...]

    Posted on January 17, 2009 in Post-Production, Technical | 3 comments