Tag Archives: Qiu Jin

1. 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

2. 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

3. Li Jing in China Daily News

   Li Jing, the actress who plays Qiu Jin in Autumn Gem, was featured this past weekend in the Southern California edition of the China Daily News in an article titled, “Hollywood actress, Li Jing, is Qiu Jin, China’s Celebrated Hero.” 華裔武打女星李靜扮演秋瑾一角　期讓更多主流人士認識秋瑾 http://news.sina.com 2009年07月12日 00:09 中國日報 （記者蔡宜礽╱洛杉磯縣報導）中國武打女星李靜擔任一紀錄片「秋瑾」中的女主角，希望讓更多西方的主流人士了解秋瑾，這位奇女子的英勇事跡。 「秋瑾」一片是由一對華裔曹氏夫妻集資而拍攝而成的，當初曹氏夫婦看到秋瑾的故事，相當感動，因此有了將「秋瑾」拍攝成紀錄片的想法，但礙於經費有限，所有的拍攝場景都是在很克難的情形之下完成，而當中飾演秋瑾的演員，名為李靜，從小在中國北京的武術學院學功夫，是中國知名的功夫明星李連杰的學妹。李靜表示，希望能透過不同的管道，讓更多人看到「秋瑾」這部紀錄片，進而有興趣，將它改拍成電影，讓更多人知道秋瑾32年短暫而燦爛的一生。 李靜表示，到美國約有十年之久，最早在加州柏克萊大學進行武術教學，她認為弘揚中國的武術，透過教學的效果最大，一個班級幾十個人，畢業之後都可以成為推廣中國武術的種子。後來大約五年前，李靜因緣際會進入好萊塢電影圈發展，華裔女子一人支身在電影圈闖蕩已經很不容易，更何況是在武打的領域，艱辛可想而知。 身為武打演員的李靜表示，拍攝武打片受傷是免不了的，不過在好萊塢拍片，能夠透過大量的彩排，減少受傷的機會。另外李靜還表示，由於武打片需要的人力、場景的工程都較為浩大，這也是為什麼武打片的拍片成本都較龐大的原因。 如今民衆常常可以在各大好萊塢的電影中，看到李靜的武打身影，例如尖峰時刻三、東京甩尾、千機變等電影作品，最近李靜才剛殺青一部名為「The Last Air Bender」的好萊塢電影。李靜的官方網站為www.jingaction.com。 Until we [...]

   Posted on July 15, 2009 in General, Interviews, Media, News | No comments

4. Autumn Gem in World Journal 6/22

   Autumn Gem made it into the 6/22/2009 edition, section B2, of the World Journal again. Here’s a short article about the film and the screening in San Diego. We had another interview with a writer from the World Journal stationed in New Jersey. We’ll be screening the film at the New Jersey Chinese Community Center [...]

   Posted on June 27, 2009 in Media, Screenings | No comments

5. Autumn Gem in World Journal 5/28

   Catching up on the press mentions of Autumn Gem. The World Journal posted a recap from our screening in San Diego at La Jolla Country Day School. Here’s a scan of the article. Click on the picture to see a larger version. Here’s a translation of the article, with some minor factual corrections. Husband-Wife Team [...]

   Posted on June 27, 2009 in Interviews, Media | No comments

6. New Autumn Gem Trailer

   Here’s our revised trailer for Autumn Gem. When we first filmed the teaser trailer, we hadn’t shot any footage from the actual documentary. This version of the trailer keeps the dramatic narration but adds scenes from our filming in China and the Bay Area. Enjoy! Click here to see it in HD or watch the [...]

   Posted on June 14, 2009 in News | No comments

7. Screening at La Jolla Country Day School

   On May 22, we held a screening at Adam’s high school, La Jolla Country Day School. It was great to meet up with former classmates, teachers, and family friends. All in all, about 200 people were present for the documentary, which was shown in the Four Flowers Theater. Back when Adam was a student at [...]

   Posted on May 22, 2009 in Screenings | 3 comments

8. Subtitles

   While we finish up the audio mixing with Matt this week, we decided to make a change to the look of our subtitles in Autumn Gem. Up until today, we’ve been using Final Cut’s standard Text generator to create our subtitles. Here’s a screenshot of what our subtitles used to look like: This afternoon, I [...]

   Posted on February 17, 2009 in Post-Production, Technical | 1 comment

9. White Balance and Color Grading

   During the filming of Autumn Gem, we used Phoxle SpectraSnap White Balance Filter 1 to set a custom white balance for each scene. I’ve used many white balance products in the past, including ExpoDisc, WhiBal, and gray cards, and I’ve found the SpectraSnap to be one of the better products out there. Its ability to [...]

   Posted on December 11, 2008 in General, Post-Production, Technical | No comments

10. How Time Flies… and the Third Cut

    How time flies! A year ago this time, we were planning our trailer shoot and preparing for our trip to China. The film has been built out in six month increments. Rae started pre-production work around July of last year. We started filming in January, wrapping things up around the middle of June. The past [...]

    Posted on December 6, 2008 in General, Post-Production, Technical | No comments

11. Rough Cut Completed!

    We’ve reached an important milestone with the film today with the completion of the rough cut of The Qiu Jin Project: Autumn Gem! It took me 22 hours to go from picture lock to burning the first DVD; the long delay was a result of my supreme struggle to get Final Cut to export the [...]

    Posted on October 29, 2008 in General, Post-Production, Technical | 4 comments

12. Music and Audio Recording

    The past few weeks, we’ve been recording music and audio for The Qiu Jin Project. Melody Chen and Min Seun Kim have recorded their guzheng and flute pieces respectively for the documentary. Rae went over to Matt’s house in Campbell to record the narration. We’ve been laying these clips on top of our existing audio [...]

    Posted on October 20, 2008 in General, Production | No comments

13. Wushu ala Final Cut

    This afternoon, we edited a scene from our filming of the Chinese Women’s Army at Tilden Park in Berkeley. Li Jing, who plays Qiu Jin in the documentary, is running through a hand form. Nine takes were used to construct this scene. One take was a wide shot which we use to start the sequence. [...]

    Posted on September 13, 2008 in General, Post-Production, Technical | No comments