This long shot looks from D7 towards D4 over the Kenh Te canal from the Cong Vien Cau Rach Ong (Ong creek park).
The focus of the shot is the D4 apartment building that indicates the likely future of the whole canal side. The homes, perched on the river bank, offer an insight into shift in communal scales of size.
This zoom (3x) shot looks from D7 towards D4 over the Kenh Te canal from the Cong Vien Cau Rach Ong (Ong creek park).
A focused shot on the homes of D4 citizens who live next to and possibly work on the canal. These homes are not considered as having any value other than the land they occupy, which will one day mirror the apartments behind.
This long shot looks from D7 towards D4 over the Kenh Te canal from the Cong Vien Cau Rach Ong (Ong creek park).
The focus of the shot is the small boat moving across the frame from right to left, and the wash it leaves behind.
This close-up shot looks into a ‘Nuoc Mia’ (sugar cane juice) seller’s cart. It is located on Tran Xuan Soan road.
The metal panels distort the reflections, while a small portion of the frame is looking through glass at the passing traffic.
This medium shot looks across the Tran Xuan Soan road towards the Kenh Te canal.
The fruit seller, has a small choice on offer, but the arrangement of her working space suggests she does well enough to continue. Time and attention is spent on the arrangement of the goods and the stall. The motorbike located behind the seller is a common occurrence, and relates to the principles of Feng Shui.
This medium shot looks from D7 towards D4 over the Kenh Te canal from the Cong Vien Cau Rach Ong (Ong creek park).
The focus of the shot is the tree vines that reach down to the water and move in the slight breeze.
This wide angle shot looks from D7 towards D4 over the Kenh Te canal from Tran Xuan Soan road.
The calmness of the canal is the opposite of the road that runs alongside.
Another sequence that experiments with layering and the use of a focus blur to emphasise the linearity of the shot.
This film ficuses on composition of the elements.
This sequence films a resident on the D4 side of the canal wading shoulder deep in the canal waters fishing.
Using the techniques of blur and overlay this film is built up to frame the fisherman in the lower half of the shot.
This sequence films a resident on the D4 side of the canal wading shoulder deep in the canal waters fishing.
Using the techniques of blur and overlay this film is built up to frame the fisherman in the lower half of the shot.
Filmed from the D4 canal side this sequence combine two sequences. The first films the reflection of river traffic signposts on the surface of the canal, the second is of the far bank of the canal, D7.
The sequence employs a layering of blurred sequences and an un-blurred later on top to add some definition of ripples in the water.
The section with D7 is constructed through a series of layers, all blurred. The whole sequence explores the boundary between sensory cognition and abstraction.
This shot looks from D4 towards D7 over the Kenh Te canal. This shot captures up the flow of traffic on the D7 side of the canal. The skyline of D7 dominates the shot as it gradually zooms out revealing the details of the buildings elevations.
The film layers a focused blur, gaussian blur and an unfiltered layer. The latter transforms from 0% to 25% opacity over the duration of the sequence. This layer reveals the details on the elevations. The sequence also zooms out over the complete duration revealing the wider cityscape.
This long shot looks along the canal toward Cao Kenh Te [Kenh te Bridge]. The barge is semi-permanently moored, along with ‘The Coffee Ship’, where this shot is filmed from.
This long shot looks along the canal toward Cao Kenh Te [Kenh te Bridge]. The barge is semi-permanently moored, along with ‘The Coffee Ship’, where this shot is filmed from.
This close-up shot looks at the canal surface and the barge. It is looking towards Cao Kenh Te [Kenh te Bridge]. The barge is semi-permanently moored, along with ‘The Coffee Ship’, where this shot is filmed from.
This close-up shot looks at the canal surface and the barge. It is looking towards Cao Kenh Te [Kenh te Bridge]. The barge is semi-permanently moored, along with ‘The Coffee Ship’, where this shot is filmed from.
This close-up shot looks along the canal toward Cao Kenh Te [Kenh te Bridge]. The barge is semi-permanently moored, along with ‘The Coffee Ship’, where this shot is filmed from.
