Elyse Sewell ([info]elysesewell) wrote,
2007-01-29 21:25:00

amateur hour

I made a new movie! As with "Work", my thrilling cinematic debut, the camera microphone doesn't work. The soundtrack to this one is "On the Road Again" by Canned Heat.

(Note, to clarify the "plot": Guangzhou, China's third most-populous city, is about two hours away from Hong Kong by train. In the movie, I try to take a train from Guangzhou to Shenzhen, which is separated from Hong Kong by only an electric fence and a political boundary. If I had made it to Shenzhen, it would have been an easy train ride home.)




Confidential to Hong Kongers: The lost and found system here is world-famous, so it's not totally impossible that I might find my coat by posting this: I lost my coat. I don't know where or when. It's from b+ab, black, knee-length, with a green lining. Leave a comment if you found it or have seen it sitting in a lost-and-found somewhere!

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[info]ellere

January 29 2007, 13:35:38 UTC 5 years ago

Awesome. Love the filming inside the train station.

Anonymous

January 29 2007, 14:19:09 UTC 5 years ago

Yes, and your "circle" shots are amazing! Did you use a tripod?

Also, do you find it hard getting around as an english-speaker? It is my dream to go to China.

Anonymous

5 years ago

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[info]diannabolical

January 29 2007, 13:36:55 UTC 5 years ago

That last shot is perfect.

[info]_mooch

January 29 2007, 13:43:42 UTC 5 years ago

Great movie, Elyse!

[info]lene

January 29 2007, 13:46:26 UTC 5 years ago

Love the video, love the fact that you can roll your eyes perfectly.

[info]luvluvluv

January 30 2007, 00:48:30 UTC 5 years ago

Totally agree about the eye-rolling!

[info]chocolat_noire

January 29 2007, 13:46:46 UTC 5 years ago

the amount of hundred dollar notes sure is worth it! great video :)

i'll certainly try and keep a lookout for your coat

Anonymous

January 29 2007, 13:47:11 UTC 5 years ago

hey

i live in bangkok ,thailand. i'm a big fan of yours ,elyse. i still watch cycle 1 on youtube. you were the best . i wonder that your book is selling here or not because i want to read it so much . carry on my girl!

[info]elysesewell

January 29 2007, 13:52:21 UTC 5 years ago

Re: hey

Sorry, I don't think you can buy my book in Thailand, but it's rad to have a fan in Bangkok. Thanks for the comment!

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[info]oppskrifthefte

January 29 2007, 13:54:16 UTC 5 years ago

I love the money shot! :D

[info]gillen

January 29 2007, 14:38:18 UTC 5 years ago

"money shot"

damn you, I'm wiping orange juice off my keyboard now.

[info]kimberlove

January 29 2007, 14:09:10 UTC 5 years ago

the ending = lmao

while the rest was at times artistic. i like.

[info]fan_damn_tastic

January 29 2007, 14:10:33 UTC 5 years ago

LOVE the video.

I'm so glad to see that your career has blossomed so much. You're the only contestant in Top Model history that I ever respected. :)

Anonymous

January 30 2007, 04:44:54 UTC 5 years ago

Oh yeah, I agree completely. There are lots of top-model girls I expected to do well, or hope for them to do well, but its awesome you actually have!

[info]djmrswhite

January 29 2007, 14:11:08 UTC 5 years ago

you're the leni riefenstahl of hong kong

and i suggest that when the modeling becomes tiresome you get your
coatless self to los angeles and begin kicking penny marshall's ass as
filmmaker-lady of the future

ps. seriously, that was a ridiculously engaging 2 minutes and however many seconds. more of that, please
pps. the coat is here in our apartment. we're putting it up on ebay any second.

[info]k_in_sf

January 31 2007, 03:56:28 UTC 5 years ago

Re: you're the leni riefenstahl of hong kong


agreed, agreed, agreed. I especially loved that you shot two angles of "eating at McD's" and interspersed them in the final edit. Tiny detail, maximum effect. How did you get the panning-in-a-circle shots so impossibly smooth? I kept imagining you standing on a lazy susan while someone down below turned it.

Fucking brilliant, girlie.

K

Anonymous

January 29 2007, 14:20:03 UTC 5 years ago

I like the 'To Run Business' Sign. And I thought you looked kickass as your haggardly self at the train station. Particularly enjoyed the Mickey D's montage. Nice work. Look forward to seeing the rest of the oeuvre.

Anonymous

January 29 2007, 14:21:57 UTC 5 years ago

the bitch

Awesome Vid!

[info]___sixtilsunday

January 29 2007, 14:23:01 UTC 5 years ago

you should make more videos!

[info]ordinaryworld_

January 29 2007, 14:25:09 UTC 5 years ago

Please, it is not only the clothes that are divine, but you yourself! OMG CAN YOU TAKE ME WITH YOU! haha Maybe one day I will be taking pictures of you as a fashion photographer!

Dill

[info]princess5342

January 29 2007, 14:28:35 UTC 5 years ago

Oh too cute and love the slow spin and pan - very smooth!

[info]wallflower77

January 29 2007, 14:30:51 UTC 5 years ago

I need a "To Run Business" sign. Thanks for the video, we need more like it!

[info]rhodri

January 29 2007, 14:36:56 UTC 5 years ago

I found the plot involving and the performances convincing. The character of "Man Beside Black Screen Not Wanted To Be Filmed" could have done with more development, I feel.

Anonymous

January 29 2007, 14:51:56 UTC 5 years ago

Hello from Ben in NYC

THAT! was adorable!

Anonymous

January 29 2007, 14:54:11 UTC 5 years ago

the video doesn't work

the video doesn't work!
it always stops within 30 seconds. how i wonder how funny it is!

Anonymous

January 29 2007, 19:52:02 UTC 5 years ago

Re: the video doesn't work

Utube videos download slowly. When the video starts, hit "pause" and then wait for the red line to get to the end. After that, when you hit "play," it will run all the way to the end.

Anonymous

January 29 2007, 15:04:10 UTC 5 years ago

COOL

Cool video! u r so cute...at least RMB is worth more than HKD these days...

[info]seungyunbaik

January 29 2007, 15:13:34 UTC 5 years ago

OMG

You look so hot in that video!.(especially the moment you had burger) I wish I could go out with a girl just like you.
I went to hong kong on christmas eve last year with my friend. I kinda hoped to see you somehow in the street. Well, obviously you weren't there.
I wonder how long are you gonna stay in hong kong. Just curious


P.S: The last note (about your lost coat) was cute .

[info]hopelesswriter

January 29 2007, 15:14:36 UTC 5 years ago

Even in your self-proclaimed "haggardry," you look fantastic. Lovely video!

Anonymous

January 29 2007, 15:20:19 UTC 5 years ago

I LOVE THAT!

Elyse,
I LOVE YOUR VIDEO SO MUCH!!!!!!
It's much much better than taking a pic. haha...but I bet it must cost you much time to do that. You know what, it worths! you're so funny when you turn the camera ''around'' yourself...I can see you can't help laughing. And I love the last scene....is that real? the money..... if it's real...I hope you're safe when you returning to HK. It's so dangerous to take so much cash with you. The ''steal rate'' in China and Shenzhen is so high! (I have seen one,,when I'm walking...the thief use the fool like clip to clip the money from the pocket.)

I know why there were sosososos many people waiting the train, as the trains are all delayed. I had this when I went to Guangzhou during Christmas holiday. Both trains ( for the ''round trip'') were all delayed for more than a hour! I was so furious...........and I did what you did...went to eat something.....

P.S. You take the make up with you during the trip to HK>? and you buy the ticket by yourself???? if so, how can you do that...I don't think they can understand you! And....probably, you can't find your coat...I'm sorry......

Mandy
from HK

Anonymous

January 29 2007, 16:01:28 UTC 5 years ago

tall

you seem a lot taller than the average Guangzhouer, judging from the overview shots. I never realised how it must look when you're in a crowd over there. must be nice, though, having a view like that.

Anonymous

January 29 2007, 16:06:17 UTC 5 years ago

its amazing what you can do on a 17 hr roundtrip..haha. Great job, its nice to know i'm not the only one who showers in a days work. take care.
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