Hi! I’m Gabrielle – a ‘Britisher’ living in Tokyo. I’ve been here for three years and still in love. I love illustrations, drawings, page layout, information design, visiting museums, drinking chu-hi and meeting friends. So, I’m also an illustrator and uploaded a few at alamy.com under my pseudonym, ‘Isis Ixworth’.
I’m currently in the process of publishing some children’s books online with Amazon Kindle. Hopefully they should be out soon …
My name is Fumiko Sato.Thank you for coming to the galally the other day.
I hope that I can see you through my work someday.Thank you!
Thank you for such a nice response! You are the first artist to do so!! Good luck with your artistic work – it is very beautiful.
Gabrielle
Hi, I have nominated you for the “beautiful blogger” award. You can see the rules here http://chasingyellowcabs.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/year-end-gift-beautiful-blogger-award/. Congratulations.. and great blog you have going! xx
Thank you so much – that’s really kind of you! I can do the other stuff but where do I get the blogger award to post on my page?
You mean you want to put up the “image” of the award? In that case you can just google it. If you menat something else let me know, I can try and help answer the question. xx
Oooo, an artist! Great!! I’ve always wanted to visit Japan. It’s my dream location…
I’m thinking of doing a blog on a 10 day shopping trip including all the main tourist attractions – costs, flights, food, etc. Can’t tell you how inspirational Japan is!!! People are polite, it’s stress free (of course if you’re an office worker it’s not!), food is great, masses of art galleries and museums, lots of talks and get togethers for English speakers (see http://www.pausetalk.org for creatives). I feel so free here, bad attitude is very unusual and if you hear people shouting or being rude, everyone is looking and it’s like they’ve put on a spontaneous play! I’m going to look at your videos tonight and looking forward to it.
That’s why I like them so much they’re endlessly creative. And I had a really good friend from Japan in high school who was here on student exchange – she was whip smart. Then I had another really good friend in college (painter) who was so drastically different from anyone else I had met. She was smart and talented and sophisticated and extremely worldly for our young years — almost shockingly so. It’s made a big impression on me. And I always watch how reverent and interested in black even African culture they are — they’re just interesting. But I’m definitely traveling there then to the UK on vacation. Soon as I sell a script. Okay, here’s a warning about my films – not comedy… to say the least.
And they are short films. Just so you know.
Yes – the Japanese are constantly creative and so patient! I had a look at your films and they’re great. I think I like the scripts best, they’re very powerful. Shall I give my honest opinion? The actors are good too but the music doesn’t need to be so loud because the words are … powerful enough on their own. Also the sets are a little barren, more stuff in the room could create more atmosphere and more contrast of colours. Both themes are quite intense (the need to love yourself?) so perhaps adding warm colours. I hope I haven’t offended you and I’m no film person but just my honest thoughts …
Nooooooo. Thank-you for the feedback!!!!!!!! I want FEEDBACK!!!!!!!
The composers and I struggle with the right level of music. In places different tastes come up. So then I test things out, and it can still come out ambiguous. For instance, 2 people will say ‘Darker!’ The other two ‘Lighter!’ But thank-you sooooooooooo much concerning the scripts!!!!!!!!!!!
That I notice these was no difference or comment on accept what it all means, feels etc.,
So execution is more where my decisions lay. But the space was a little barren in both because of technical/permission issues? Lol.
And as long as you like stories….you are the expert.
Next film do plan on exploring sets, props, extras (cuz for some reason I always need crowds). So, do me a favor and stay tuned!
Thank-you for watching them and for commenting again!!!! xo
Oh and….I won’t say which…but there was a massive fight over the volume of the music. I don’t think it needs to be terribly loud either!!! Haha.
Not sure if this has already been sent to you?
I actually really like the music, it’s good but perhaps the sound technician (or composer?) thinks so too! Anyway, I’ve just had a thought re sets – taking from a completely different angle. Have you heard of http://www.magnumphotos.com – only photos but they are the top photographers in the world (to my mind). They are almost like paintings, rarely do I see anything that is in their league. Funnily enough their philosophy is to interact with people a lot so that they become comfortable and stop staring at the camera unlike many photographers today who don’t ask permission from their subjects.
By looking at the magnum photographers perhaps you can get an idea of a scene. On one of my other blogs (now virtually defunct) I write about taking a photo to set the scene. Then putting stickers where the actors/characters would be. Often you don’t need a lot of props but it’s the lighting and cinematography which is going to create the atmosphere.
Most magnum photography is black and white and often depicts war scenes – however, a lot of it is not. The brilliance of contrast and points of interest usually at least four naturally creates an atmosphere. By thinking out the scene first then adding in people makes for a much easier time for you adding the extra bits – music, characters etc.
Because the script is so powerful maybe everything and everyone can be toned down.
I hope I make sense! Re the crowd scenes, have you thought of going to an event which is happening in your city, filming a bit of that independently of your film and adding it in later? Or asking someone if you can be their wedding video artist?
Tomorrow is the first day of my new job so I’ll be out of touch for a while. Look forward to seeing your next progressions!
Thank-you for the link. I am definitely going to have a look. Some of the other ideas are lovely, but not everything is my ‘style?’ I enjoy a kind of hyper reality in scenes (emotion, tension, speech). Technical formation will be effected with better funds…which I didn’t have at all when I filmed those films. But I don’t like posing actors, it’s not the way I prefer to direct, however it was once the way I directed. I am moving toward delivering life, as opposed to theater? If that makes sense – and I love theater, but I want to mechanisms to become undetectable to even the actors. So I do like the fun and experimentation of interacting with people in a random way and actually do so in my life quite a bit. But not for art. Lol. Though I study people incessantly (but that’s now a habit). I also prefer to work on scenes and situations, turning around dialogue and watching humanity unfold. I do a bit of milling around and taking snapshots in my head so filming is always going on, even when it’s not going on. Being a video artist is a lovely idea, but I’m a screenwriter and I hold down a small business so that might be difficult to orchestrate but I love the idea of setting up a wedding. I love it. Maybe — some day.
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Thank you.
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Oh dear – I’m starting to get into this! Just had another idea. Since you’re so good at the scripts have you thought of having 1920s style no talking movie style. A few of your words written on a screen with amazing photo background plus (loud!) music then some images of the characters going about their daily lives. We never know what’s in people’s heads (nevermind scientists) and whenever I do menial things – someone for example would see me doing my shopping but I’m thinking a million different thoughts in the process. No-one can see that! Actually that is happening in the first video (attempted suicide) and there are no words.
Must go to sleep now, midnight and April Fool’s beckons!
YES!!! YES!!!! I love that – and want to do more. And I will/plan to. However, I’ve been told I should write and write so people can connect to dialogue and plots as well, to show that side of what I do as much as possible. So, I am trying not to go around it. Develop that, since my aim is to write features (full length films). But I AM going to do more silent ones for fun every now and then!! Oh and the composers are really talented men (one from France the other Mexico). And I understand the need for sound level but there are times when you must underplay so you don’t overwhelm the audience….agree with you there and trust me…I let people know. In the kindest most respectful way possible, because I have the utmost respect – but film – is a dance of so much. And I always aim to suck audience inside the experience, so the mechanisms have to help accomplish this not jarr them. Even though Hollywood movies hit you over the head with music so much. I suspect alot of other directors are in awe of their composer to, hard thing navigate (you never want to shut talent happening down or even tone down). :- |
I actually really like the music, it’s good but perhaps the sound technician (or composer?) thinks so too! Anyway, I’ve just had a thought re sets – taking from a completely different angle. Have you heard of http://www.magnumphotos.com – only photos but they are the top photographers in the world (to my mind). They are almost like paintings, rarely do I see anything that is in their league. Funnily enough their philosophy is to interact with people a lot so that they become comfortable and stop staring at the camera unlike many photographers today who don’t ask permission from their subjects.
By looking at the magnum photographers perhaps you can get an idea of a scene. On one of my other blogs (now virtually defunct) I write about taking a photo to set the scene. Then putting stickers where the actors/characters would be. Often you don’t need a lot of props but it’s the lighting and cinematography which is going to create the atmosphere.
Most magnum photography is black and white and often depicts war scenes – however, a lot of it is not. The brilliance of contrast and points of interest usually at least four naturally creates an atmosphere. By thinking out the scene first then adding in people makes for a much easier time for you adding the extra bits – music, characters etc.
Because the script is so powerful maybe everything and everyone can be toned down.
I hope I make sense! Re the crowd scenes, have you thought of going to an event which is happening in your city, filming a bit of that independently of your film and adding it in later? Or asking someone if you can be their wedding video artist?
Tomorrow is the first day of my new job so I’ll be out of touch for a while. Look forward to seeing your next progressions!
You’re awesome. Thanks for all your ideas and inspired thought! Thanks for the chats! Night…