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__**Stephen Chow**__

that your director would be known for || Example || How can you emulate this in your film? || Scenes from basically every other of his movies where characters are talking to each other. || I could center my shots when people are talking to each other. || Sing running away from the man tou store in //Shaolin Soccer.// Tang getting away from the pig demon in //Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons.// || What I did in my film, or plan to do, is to fast motion the parts where Karson looks for the keys in the drawers/ running down the stairs/ making the contraption. || The soccer scenes in //Shaolin Soccer.// The fighting scenes in //From Beijing With Love.// || I could add a lot of sound effects combined with epic music in my most action packed or epic scene in my movie. (The unlocking of the door) || The inventions of Ling Ling Fat in the movie //Forbidden City Cop//, like the mouth gun, the hand helicopter, and the other weapons. || I could take everyday household items and make them have random superpowers, like sunglasses that have laser beam abilities, or a plastic knife that can cut open anything. || Sing in //Shaolin Soccer.// Ling Ling Chat in //From Beijing With Love.// Ling Ling Fat in //Forbidden City Cop.// || I could cast myself into the film, as the protagonist of my film would be myself with my own characteristics and everything. Also, every other character except my dog will be played by me as well, so i'd be the girl. making it really comedic. || Sing is in China in //Shaolin Soccer.// Ling Ling Fat is in China in //From Beijing With Love.// Tang is in China in //Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons.// || I could be dancing along to traditional Chinese songs in the beginning of the movie. || Dance scene in //Kung Fu Hustle.// Dance scene near the end in //Forbidden City Cop.// Dance scene where the judge starts to dance in //The God of Cookery.// || I will be opening up the movie with a dance, like in the movie //Kung Fu Hustle.// || As of now, the memory that I have chosen to transform into a short movie is one of how I accidentally locked my baby sister into a bedroom all by herself while I was around the age of 3-4. My parents were both home, but none of them had the key to the bedroom, so they both freaked out since there was a baby all alone in the room. Ultimately, they call over one of their relatives and they opened the door by using a hammer to kill the doorknob. What I'm basically planning to do is to alter the memory quite a bit, by replacing my sister with a dog, 3-4 year old me with the 17-year old me, and the relative with a hot girl (who I plan on acting as as well, to create a comedic and humorous tone). The movie will take place in a house (probably my own). I'll be using the theme of love, and i'll be falling in love with the girl who opens the door and saves the dog.
 * || Techniques & Iconic Examples
 * Cinematography || A lot of times, the shots are centered and are symmetrical when the characters are talking to each other. || Scenes from Journey to the //West: Conquering the Demons// when characters are talking.
 * Editing || Fast motion used to create a comical tone and scene. || Sing running away from the landlady in //Kung Fu Hustle.//
 * Lighting || Usually uses low-key lighting in most of his films until the protagonist finds what he's looking for, in which case the lighting becomes more higher-key. || //Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons// scenes between the female demon hunter and Tang. || Low-key lighting up to the point where the door gets opened. ||
 * Sound || Lot of diegetic sound effects are used to exaggerate the action in the movie, and are combined with epic upbeat non-diegetic beat in the background to make the scene really memorable and worth watching. || The cooking scene at the competition in //The God of Cookery.//
 * Mise-en-scene || Uses a lot of ridiculous and outrageous props in his movies to make a comical tone. Stephen gets really creative in his films when it comes to props. || The props that "Q" made in //From Beijing With Love//. Even the butcher knife that Ling Ling Chat uses in the movie.
 * Performance || Often casts himself into his movies to create a more familiar atmosphere for the audience, and also so that his themes and tones could be expressed more clearly, as he has experience with it. His characters also usually have his own characteristics and traits. || Sing in //Kung Fu Hustle.//
 * Mise-en-scene || The settings of his movies always take place in China. || Sing is in China in //Kung Fu Hustle.//
 * Performance || There is almost always a random dance scene in his movies. || Dance scene in //Shaolin Soccer.//
 * Editing || Match cut used to show the transition of what a person turned into. || Scene when the rich man walked away from the soccer field in the beginning of //Shaolin Soccer.// || Flashback could be incorporated into the film and a match cut could be used as a transition. The flashback will be black and white. ||