A blog to show the story and behind the scene of previous wedding and event video assignments.
A human-centric corporate film project Part II. Internet Marketing Videography Assignment.
If you have read my previous blog post, you would know how much I adore this We-ef project. Out of the 9 staff that we’ve filmed, I want to share with you the top 3 most memorable clips to me. I still have goosebump every time when I talk about it.
WHO
Wayne
WHAT
A very vivid storyboard has emerged in my head after having a chat with Wayne over a morning tea time session. Wayne is regarded as one of the longest staff at W-ef as he has been serving the company for over twenty years. Listening to his journey with the company and all the great stories that he shared with me, I sense a great family-like connection between him and the company, using a biography/documentary approach for his part seems like a no brainer to me.
WHY
This is very special to me because it’s extremely unusual to take this kind of approach in a commercial project. I built a great connection with the team and for one second I have completely immersed myself into this film and totally forgot it was a corporate job.
WHO
Rahul
WHAT
Rahul is actually the manager of the assembly team, however, after having an in-depth interview with him, we learned that his job duties are far beyond his title. Apart from managing all-thing assembling, he also needs to look after the computer programming for the workflow of the production line. In order to show his job diversity on screen, our team has achieved 360-degree filming on his day-to-day and make sure we have captured all the key elements in the final output.
WHY
We were briefed each of the videos would be used for marketing purposes. Some of them would be used on a different social medial platform like Instagram. Broadly speaking, we all know that 30 seconds will be our biggest stretch for Instagram. Here comes the challenge - We need to highlight Rahul’s great range of job variety immaculately in such a short clip. From memory, the editing was this film is considered as one of the top 3 hardest during my entire filming career. The client was happy with the outcome so it’s worth it and that’s what matters.
WHO
Theo
WHAT
Theo is the Leading Hand in WEEF warehouse. The idea of this film is to get a really close up of his job; really focusing on and capture the most important part of his job on camera. We basically needed to do a shot of him climbing up to get stocks from the pallet shelf and then lowering the stock picker to reach for the bottom shelf. As simple as it sounds, it actually requires the most technique to achieve a smooth, seamless shot for this up and down motion. We spent about 3 hours taking the footage for a 30-second video.
WHY
The concept of this film is literally the exact opposite of Rahul’s film. If we say Rahul’s film is a macro-approach, then Theo’s film would definitely be a micro view. For Theo, we actually wanted to put the spotlight on his labouring skills on the shelf and hence we spent the most time out of all films to get the shot right. This is a memorable one for me not only because of the time we spent on it but also reminded me of all the techniques that I’ve learned from filming school. I was 100% all in for this one!
Livestream (wedding and events) service now available
In crazy times like this, it makes people think. We were taught with basic hygienes like keeping your hands clean and covering your mouth when coughing/sneezing since kindergarten. However, we seem to forget about the importance of simple things like these as we grow up. I wonder if this whole coronavirus thing would still turn into a pandemic if half of the population were exercising these rules diligently before it got out of control.
Unlike most people who are working from home during the self-iso time or having zoom meeting one after the other, my job nature basically doesn’t quite allow me to work from home unless I’m editing. Luckily I still managed to get some real human interaction whilst still following the social distancing rule strictly by filming a couple of corporate videos for the real estate industry and some online lectures for Best Orthodontic Seminars and Sessions. Sadly as we already know by now most weddings were postponed involuntarily, which were really unfortunate by the way, imagine how disappointing this is for these husband-and-wife-to-be and also their dear families and friends. I’m a positive person and I always hope to bring joy to people therefore I was really devastated when this happened.
Crazy time makes people think crazy - If people can’t attend the wedding because of a pandemic or for whatever reasons that they can’t be present at something important, how about we bring the event like a wedding or important days like this to you, LIVE! We are fully living in a digital world, now more than ever, Lady gaga can bring you a Together at Home concert, which is a brilliant idea by the way. We should be fully utilising the technology that we have nowadays and blend in into our daily lives, makes our life easier not harder. Therefore, we proudly present you our latest Livestream services.
You can’t come to us? Not a problem at all! We’ll get to you. This service will be a great convenience to those inconvenience. We understand how gutted you feel when you can’t share some of your most important moments with your families and friends, sometimes somehow your guests just can’t attend your wedding, your parents or grand parents can’t make it to the graduation day, or clients can’t travel to your conference, our Livestream service will still allow you to stay close and share these memorable times with your loved ones.
Last but not least, I would like to share with you a recent project of filming the interview of Architect Koichi Takada.
New Year New Look!
Hello everyone! Sorry it’s been a while since we last updated. A lot has changed since then, good changes though. First thing first, I’m so proud to announce……
Hello everyone! Sorry it’s been a while since we last updated. A lot has changed since then, good changes though. First thing first, I’m so proud to announce our brand new website is now live. New features include a live chat box, meaning we are here to help 24/7. It is a celebration to Sunny Siu Films for being 12 years in business. We started as a wedding-oriented videography company and now we have expanded our service to corporate/commercial clientele over the years. What an incredible journey it has been!
In 2019, we took an extra step for our wedding clients - We extended our service to meet their photography needs. Most people think we are just a bunch of videographers shooting things. But really, it’s more appropriate to call use storytellers. We tell the story through our lens. No video is the same because each story is unique. We hope the video we created will be served as a little time machine for you - bring you back to all the sweet memories and touching moments of the most important day of your life. it sounds cliche but it’s so true that a picture is worth a thousand words. We want you to feel the same when it comes to your photos. We have worked with a talented bunch in the past and we know what’s best for you. As an image expert, there’s nothing more satisfying than seeing both videos and images are coming along nicely together.
A lot of exciting projects are already in the pipeline this year. We will explore in areas like travelling, video journalism, documentary etc etc. We certainly look forward to collaborating with different people and create more interesting videos for all of you. Please don’t be shy to contact if you have great ideas to share.
Stay tuned peeps!