Showing posts with label filmmaking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label filmmaking. Show all posts
The truly amazing and admirable work of Filmmaker Velvet Ntatsopoulou
Velvet Ntatsopoulou is an amazingly talented filmmaker who began her work behind the camera at the young age of fifteen. Velvet began her interest in filmmaking because of her love of films. She was inspired by the works of Bertolucci, Truffaut, and David Lynch. Velvet watched every film that she could get her hands on. She took courses at her college in film studies and landed her first job with Anisma Films and Black Coral Production.
During her time with Anisma Films and Black Coral Production, Velvet worked with iconic directors and producers. Her experience with those individuals has helped shape her craft as a filmmaker. Her skills are extraordinary and she has worked on some amazing films. Her latest project is a collaboration with Raymond Chu, the founder of Lofty Entertainment. This short film that Velvet produced brings to life the New York Times Article “36 Questions That Lead to Love” and explores the possibility of love among strangers.
In the future, Velvet will be working on a revolutionary documentary entitled Kids Love Charity. This documentary opens the eyes of adults to the love that is taught by children. This film is depicted in animated re-enactments of stories about children’s love lives. With this documentary, she will be able to help adults learn the valuable lessons in love that children are learning. Velvet describes this work as a film for children to express their truest selves, uncensored, and unguided as they speak from the heart. Also coming up are productions through freeze production company in Athens and the projects Love in between and Midnight.
Velvet’s talents far exceed what can be described, the best way to truly grasp her amazing talent is to watch her work.
Hong Kong’s Best Film Awards
The Hong Kong best film awards represents the best
of the best in the regions cinema and the international cinema that introduces
master story tellers and artists.
This awards ceremony was founded in 2011 and is
known for recognizing all achievements in the filmmaking career. Such
achievements would include acting, screenwriting, directing and cinematography.
The Hong Kong best film awards is the second biggest event in Hong Kong’s film
industry. The voting season runs from January to March of every year. It’s open
to all registered voters in the film making field. To be eligible for the
awards ceremony you have to have a film no shorter than an hour long and it has
to be produced within the previous year.
The film has to have two of these
three elements to be consider.
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Must have a director that is from Hong
Kong or have Asian descent
·
At least one film company is from Hong
Kong or owned by somebody with Asian descent
·
Or at least six of the production crew
is from Hong Kong
In January they determine the five nominees for each
award, and in the event of a tie they will nominate two to five. They are then
announced in February, after which the election is held. Voting for the second
round is only open to 50 adjudicators, the executive committee members of the
awards ceremony, and the members of the thirteen professional film companies.
For each vote from the film companies they hold a higher ranking when voting
for a film produced by them.
Unlike the Awards ceremonies that are held in the
United States. This awards ceremony is not open to the public for voting. The
ones allowed to vote actually have a vested interest in whether or not they
win. Making it kind of like an unbiased opinion of the movie or actor for that
awards category. Since it’s an unbiased opinion the awards ceremony is a review
of the actor’s abilities and the abilities of the directors by peer review.
Making this a very important awards ceremony for the Hong Kong film industry.
There are many awards featured for this ceremony such as best film, best actor,
best actress, best screenplay, best new performer and about 5 other award
categories. It is an honor to be nominate into one of the categories and an
even greater honor to be chosen for one of the awards.
