We cannot help those who do not want to be helped.
We cannot save those who do not want to be saved.
Those who don't want to be saved do not see a better place than where he rests.
What if that person is your beloved? Someone have special part in your life that will not replaced. And you know that he should be in better place, but he's not, and he can't see that better place you see for him and he won't move at all from his place at the moment. What can you do? What would you do?
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
West europe trip
In next 4-5 hours I will be arrived in amsterdam. Gonna be a 4 weeks trip till back to jakarta on 11 june 2012. I'm gratefull for this oportunity to visit europe with one of my respectful friend and my beloved. Actually I don't even think about going to europe. I mean,I don't really into traveling. I mean, I enjoy traveling,but traveling around the world is not something I really dream of to be acheived in my life. May be for my girl it is. But to be honest, i dont even hope to travel this far to see another part of the world and it just fell like blessing.
I just thinking that God prepare me for something bigger. Like going to USA to do some stuff, maybe make living there, or just some visit. Yeah, personally I prefer USA than europe, but it is not easy to get USA visa, and more easier if we have travel to europe before we got USA visa. So I guess, USA is still waiting for me. Haha...
And before I went to the airport last night, my mom tell me some stuff about my dad again. And that's feels like 2nd warning for me that I need to take care of my family before its too late. God, please save my dad..... I guess, after I got back from this trip, I do really really focus on rebuilt my relationship with dad. Before its too late for everything.
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I just thinking that God prepare me for something bigger. Like going to USA to do some stuff, maybe make living there, or just some visit. Yeah, personally I prefer USA than europe, but it is not easy to get USA visa, and more easier if we have travel to europe before we got USA visa. So I guess, USA is still waiting for me. Haha...
And before I went to the airport last night, my mom tell me some stuff about my dad again. And that's feels like 2nd warning for me that I need to take care of my family before its too late. God, please save my dad..... I guess, after I got back from this trip, I do really really focus on rebuilt my relationship with dad. Before its too late for everything.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Holiness - kekudusan
Holiness is something so not popular nowdays even in people who called themself religious.
Kekudusan tidak ada hubungannya dengan apa yang kita lakukan.
Tuhan berkata "kuduslah kamu sebab Aku kudus"
Kita menjadi kudus bukan karena apa yang kita buat, melainkan karena apa yang Tuhan buat bagi kita. Yesus mengorbankan diriNya, "mencuci" kita dengan darahNya sehingga Allah Bapa melihat kita bukan sebagai orang yang berbuat dosa, namun sebagai anakNya karena darah Yesus yang membuat kita kudus.
Tiada kasih yang lebih besar daripada kasih seorang yang memberikan nyawanya bagi sahabatnya. Tuhan menyebut kita sahabat.
2 orang yang bersahabat biasanya akan menjadi serupa. Semakin lama kita bergaul dengan sahabat kita, tanpa kita sadari kita akan melihat diri kita semakin serupa dengan sahabat kita.baik cara berkata2, cara bergaul, menyukai apa yang disukai sahabat kita dan membenci apa yang dibenci sahabat kita. Nilai hidup kitapun akan semakin serupa, menghargai apa yang dihargai sahabat kita.
Semakin erat kita bergaul dengan Tuhan yang menyatakan dirinya sebagai sahabat kita dan memberikan nyawanya bagi kita, tanpa kita sadari, semakin kita serupa dengan Dia. Mencintai apa yang Dia cintai, membenci apa yang Dia benci, melihat apa yang Dia lihat, DAN MELAKUKAN APA YANG DIA LAKUKAN. Yup, melakukan apa yang Dia lakukan. Being partner with God.
Menjaga kekudusan bukan tentang tidak melakukan ini dan itu atau melakukan ini dan itu. Kita tidak bisa menjadi kudus dengan menghukum diri kita atau menahan diri kita dari berbuat dosa. Jika demikian, kita akan frustasi karena tidak bisa kita berhenti berbuat dosa dengan kekuatan kita sendiri.
Kita menjaga kekudusan dengan bergaul dengan Tuhan. Dan ketika kita bergaul erat dengan Tuhan, kita akan mulai menjadi seperti Dia,membenci apa yang dia benci, melihat apa yang Dia lihat, mengasihi siapa yang Dia kasihi.
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Kekudusan tidak ada hubungannya dengan apa yang kita lakukan.
Tuhan berkata "kuduslah kamu sebab Aku kudus"
Kita menjadi kudus bukan karena apa yang kita buat, melainkan karena apa yang Tuhan buat bagi kita. Yesus mengorbankan diriNya, "mencuci" kita dengan darahNya sehingga Allah Bapa melihat kita bukan sebagai orang yang berbuat dosa, namun sebagai anakNya karena darah Yesus yang membuat kita kudus.
Tiada kasih yang lebih besar daripada kasih seorang yang memberikan nyawanya bagi sahabatnya. Tuhan menyebut kita sahabat.
2 orang yang bersahabat biasanya akan menjadi serupa. Semakin lama kita bergaul dengan sahabat kita, tanpa kita sadari kita akan melihat diri kita semakin serupa dengan sahabat kita.baik cara berkata2, cara bergaul, menyukai apa yang disukai sahabat kita dan membenci apa yang dibenci sahabat kita. Nilai hidup kitapun akan semakin serupa, menghargai apa yang dihargai sahabat kita.
Semakin erat kita bergaul dengan Tuhan yang menyatakan dirinya sebagai sahabat kita dan memberikan nyawanya bagi kita, tanpa kita sadari, semakin kita serupa dengan Dia. Mencintai apa yang Dia cintai, membenci apa yang Dia benci, melihat apa yang Dia lihat, DAN MELAKUKAN APA YANG DIA LAKUKAN. Yup, melakukan apa yang Dia lakukan. Being partner with God.
Menjaga kekudusan bukan tentang tidak melakukan ini dan itu atau melakukan ini dan itu. Kita tidak bisa menjadi kudus dengan menghukum diri kita atau menahan diri kita dari berbuat dosa. Jika demikian, kita akan frustasi karena tidak bisa kita berhenti berbuat dosa dengan kekuatan kita sendiri.
Kita menjaga kekudusan dengan bergaul dengan Tuhan. Dan ketika kita bergaul erat dengan Tuhan, kita akan mulai menjadi seperti Dia,membenci apa yang dia benci, melihat apa yang Dia lihat, mengasihi siapa yang Dia kasihi.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Walk the dream....
After watch modus anomali and the Q&A with the director and the cast of the film, I got this fire again. Some how I get the spirit of movie making and I feel so recharged and figuring myself in this world. I think I can see it.
I think I was good enough after making "the last one hour" and good enough to be a director, but after what I see today, I see there are so many homework to do if I want to land my feet in this career. And really I feel recharged. God, I know money should not be the issue, as long as I know and belive the my God is a rich God and supply my needs, He will provide, as I take the step in faith to trust it, not as I imagine what I want to do, but as I take the step. Out of my comfort zone.my dream just as far as my faith.
I really salute Joko anwar for his work. I hope one day I'm gonna meet him, not as a fan,student, or some nobody, but as someone he look as a fellow artist who make greatwork as well as he is.
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I think I was good enough after making "the last one hour" and good enough to be a director, but after what I see today, I see there are so many homework to do if I want to land my feet in this career. And really I feel recharged. God, I know money should not be the issue, as long as I know and belive the my God is a rich God and supply my needs, He will provide, as I take the step in faith to trust it, not as I imagine what I want to do, but as I take the step. Out of my comfort zone.my dream just as far as my faith.
I really salute Joko anwar for his work. I hope one day I'm gonna meet him, not as a fan,student, or some nobody, but as someone he look as a fellow artist who make greatwork as well as he is.
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
Don't worry, be thankfull, God is in control
Psalm 37:1,3,5,7-8 (MSG)
Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun.
[3] Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last. Keep company with God , get in on the best.
[5] Open up before God , keep nothing back; he'll do whatever needs to be done: He'll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon.
[7] Quiet down before God , be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top.
[8] Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes---it only makes things worse. Before long the crooks will be bankrupt; God-investors will soon own the store.
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Don't bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. In no time they'll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun.
[3] Get insurance with God and do a good deed, settle down and stick to your last. Keep company with God , get in on the best.
[5] Open up before God , keep nothing back; he'll do whatever needs to be done: He'll validate your life in the clear light of day and stamp you with approval at high noon.
[7] Quiet down before God , be prayerful before him. Don't bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top.
[8] Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes---it only makes things worse. Before long the crooks will be bankrupt; God-investors will soon own the store.
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
10 tips on shooting low budget film
Here, from the d.p.’s, are ten tips for those looking to shoot smart-looking films on a low budget.
1. Let the camera create the atmosphere.
The small form factor of the DSLR “changes everything, including the mood on the set and the performances,” said Laxton. As Romanski remarked about her Leave Me Like You Found Me at her Q&A, the 5D’s size and still-camera look, coupled with her film’s tiny crew, allowed an intimate and somewhat surreptitious shoot as they avoided park rangers in the Sequoia National Park.
2. Lenses are the new emulsion.
Lifford remembered the days of celluloid, when low-budget filmmakers struggled to graduate from short ends and recans to shooting with more homogenous batches of stock. Now, DSLR shooting has brought with it a similar mentality. Said the Gayby d.p., “It used to be stock that you’d want from the same batch, and now it’s lenses.” Raval echoed Lifford, commenting on the differences in character and feel between lenses from different manufacturers and eras. For Sunset Stories (pictured above), Raval says he was “lucky enough to get a lens set” of Nikon prime still lenses to use with his Canon 5D.
3. Use the lens you need.
While Raval used a set of Nikons on his shoot, he did go outside of the Nikon family for one other lens when he needed to. “I had one lens, the [Canon] kit lens, that had image stabilization. Using a small camera like this means that it can be very shakey. We used a shoulder mount but sometimes, when shooting inside the car, I would use the kit lens with stabilization.
4. Location, location, location.
“If you don’t have a budget for lighting, the most important thing is to make sure you don’t wind up in a location you can’t make look good,” advised Lipes. Raval, who shot Sunset Stories with a lighting kit consisting of three lights and two gels, said he looked for colorful locations with ambient light. “The Canon 5D allows for a lot of available lighting,” he said.
5. Shoot it flat.
When Raval shot a short film, The Fickle, on the Alexa, he “shot it flat” so the director would have post-production options in color timing. To calm down the director, who was worried about the look, Raval used the Alexa’s color profiles to show him on a monitor what the final image would look like. “You can’t really do that with the 5D,” he said.
6. Don’t shoot it flat. “I do the opposite thing as PJ – I color in camera,” said Lifford. The Austin-based d.p. noted that on some jobs, despite contractual requirements, he wasn’t flown to L.A. to supervise the color correct. So, he likes to develop a look with a director and bake it into the footage as much as possible. “I love the idea of cameras like the RED, where you can reframe and recolor your film in post,” he said. “But there’s something about that taking away of the [on-set] decision-making process that bothers me. I tend to try to almost force a director to stick with a look we have come with ahead of time.”
7. Think about focus. For Sunset Stories, Raval often “opened up the Nikon still lenses really wide, and suddenly the depth of field was zero. You’d even get shots when one eye was in focus and the other not.” Consequently, it was important to think carefully about the desired focal point of a shot. When it came time to travel to New York to shoot Jonathan Lisecki’s Gayby, Lifford decided to bring along his trusted camera assistant because she “can pull focus like nobody’s business.” Besides, he added, “I knew we wouldn’t have much time for lighting.” (Lifford wound up training someone who had never gaffed before as his gaffer.)
8. Embrace your limitations.
“Limitations are helpful,” says Raval. Sunset Stories’ small G&E package forced Raval to “go with available lights,” which worked out great. When Lipes shot Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture in Dunham’s parents’ white-walled apartment, he and Dunham decided to embrace the location’s colorlessness. “If you’re locked in to situations like that, make it part of the aesthetic of film,” Lipes said. “If you can’t fight something, embrace it. There’s a lot you can do with your brain.
9. Lighting — keep it simple.
“I light the same if it’s film or video,” said Raval. “I like to accentuate what is already there, like a beautiful light coming in from the window, and I’m a big fan of using very few sources. Often times you can be on set and there are 20 lights pointing in every direction, but it’s nice to be simple.” Lifford agreed. “If you are sourcing from a few directions, the white-walled apartment is the enemy of cinematographers,” he said, “A good way to combat that is to use fewer sources so you don’t have shadows going every which way. The hottest point can be coming from the window, and then you can augment that with fill.” “My biggest pet peeve is blown-out windows [on indie films],” added Lifford. “As much as possible, I’ll try to expose for the windows.” For Gayby, Lifford’s package consisted of “two Joker Pars, a handful of Kinos, and a couple of harder Fresnels to rimlight people.”
10. Don’t give up on film.
“A lot of people are giving up on film, and that’s a tragedy,” said Lipes. “And it’s sad that movie theaters are only projecting digitally now, because it doesn’t look as good.” Lipes said he tries to think about the best format for every project, and if it’s film, to try and find a way to shoot it. “If it’s not possible, we’ll find another way,” he admits, saying he shot Girls on the Alexa, “which was not my first choice, but it worked out pretty well.” But for Opus Jazz, which he directed as well as shot, Lipes waited three-and-a-half years for a budget that would accomodate an anamorphic 35mm film shoot. “The person who inspired the movie, [Jerome Robbins], only directed one film [West Side Story], and it was on 70mm. We wanted to live up to his legacy by shooting on the highest quality possible.” As for film vs. digital when it comes to low-light situations, Lipes said, “When I shoot film I underexpose it a lot, so it’s just as fast as the Alexa. I can shoot natural light easier on film.”
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1. Let the camera create the atmosphere.
The small form factor of the DSLR “changes everything, including the mood on the set and the performances,” said Laxton. As Romanski remarked about her Leave Me Like You Found Me at her Q&A, the 5D’s size and still-camera look, coupled with her film’s tiny crew, allowed an intimate and somewhat surreptitious shoot as they avoided park rangers in the Sequoia National Park.
2. Lenses are the new emulsion.
Lifford remembered the days of celluloid, when low-budget filmmakers struggled to graduate from short ends and recans to shooting with more homogenous batches of stock. Now, DSLR shooting has brought with it a similar mentality. Said the Gayby d.p., “It used to be stock that you’d want from the same batch, and now it’s lenses.” Raval echoed Lifford, commenting on the differences in character and feel between lenses from different manufacturers and eras. For Sunset Stories (pictured above), Raval says he was “lucky enough to get a lens set” of Nikon prime still lenses to use with his Canon 5D.
3. Use the lens you need.
While Raval used a set of Nikons on his shoot, he did go outside of the Nikon family for one other lens when he needed to. “I had one lens, the [Canon] kit lens, that had image stabilization. Using a small camera like this means that it can be very shakey. We used a shoulder mount but sometimes, when shooting inside the car, I would use the kit lens with stabilization.
4. Location, location, location.
“If you don’t have a budget for lighting, the most important thing is to make sure you don’t wind up in a location you can’t make look good,” advised Lipes. Raval, who shot Sunset Stories with a lighting kit consisting of three lights and two gels, said he looked for colorful locations with ambient light. “The Canon 5D allows for a lot of available lighting,” he said.
5. Shoot it flat.
When Raval shot a short film, The Fickle, on the Alexa, he “shot it flat” so the director would have post-production options in color timing. To calm down the director, who was worried about the look, Raval used the Alexa’s color profiles to show him on a monitor what the final image would look like. “You can’t really do that with the 5D,” he said.
6. Don’t shoot it flat. “I do the opposite thing as PJ – I color in camera,” said Lifford. The Austin-based d.p. noted that on some jobs, despite contractual requirements, he wasn’t flown to L.A. to supervise the color correct. So, he likes to develop a look with a director and bake it into the footage as much as possible. “I love the idea of cameras like the RED, where you can reframe and recolor your film in post,” he said. “But there’s something about that taking away of the [on-set] decision-making process that bothers me. I tend to try to almost force a director to stick with a look we have come with ahead of time.”
7. Think about focus. For Sunset Stories, Raval often “opened up the Nikon still lenses really wide, and suddenly the depth of field was zero. You’d even get shots when one eye was in focus and the other not.” Consequently, it was important to think carefully about the desired focal point of a shot. When it came time to travel to New York to shoot Jonathan Lisecki’s Gayby, Lifford decided to bring along his trusted camera assistant because she “can pull focus like nobody’s business.” Besides, he added, “I knew we wouldn’t have much time for lighting.” (Lifford wound up training someone who had never gaffed before as his gaffer.)
8. Embrace your limitations.
“Limitations are helpful,” says Raval. Sunset Stories’ small G&E package forced Raval to “go with available lights,” which worked out great. When Lipes shot Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture in Dunham’s parents’ white-walled apartment, he and Dunham decided to embrace the location’s colorlessness. “If you’re locked in to situations like that, make it part of the aesthetic of film,” Lipes said. “If you can’t fight something, embrace it. There’s a lot you can do with your brain.
9. Lighting — keep it simple.
“I light the same if it’s film or video,” said Raval. “I like to accentuate what is already there, like a beautiful light coming in from the window, and I’m a big fan of using very few sources. Often times you can be on set and there are 20 lights pointing in every direction, but it’s nice to be simple.” Lifford agreed. “If you are sourcing from a few directions, the white-walled apartment is the enemy of cinematographers,” he said, “A good way to combat that is to use fewer sources so you don’t have shadows going every which way. The hottest point can be coming from the window, and then you can augment that with fill.” “My biggest pet peeve is blown-out windows [on indie films],” added Lifford. “As much as possible, I’ll try to expose for the windows.” For Gayby, Lifford’s package consisted of “two Joker Pars, a handful of Kinos, and a couple of harder Fresnels to rimlight people.”
10. Don’t give up on film.
“A lot of people are giving up on film, and that’s a tragedy,” said Lipes. “And it’s sad that movie theaters are only projecting digitally now, because it doesn’t look as good.” Lipes said he tries to think about the best format for every project, and if it’s film, to try and find a way to shoot it. “If it’s not possible, we’ll find another way,” he admits, saying he shot Girls on the Alexa, “which was not my first choice, but it worked out pretty well.” But for Opus Jazz, which he directed as well as shot, Lipes waited three-and-a-half years for a budget that would accomodate an anamorphic 35mm film shoot. “The person who inspired the movie, [Jerome Robbins], only directed one film [West Side Story], and it was on 70mm. We wanted to live up to his legacy by shooting on the highest quality possible.” As for film vs. digital when it comes to low-light situations, Lipes said, “When I shoot film I underexpose it a lot, so it’s just as fast as the Alexa. I can shoot natural light easier on film.”
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Dad...
Just feel very sad when mom send msg to her kids aboud dad. She just remind us to spend more time with dad. Lately dad looks so tired and most of the time seen in his face that he hold the pain. Yes, I've seen that to. But I don't know what to do. Don't know how but I think I know that he feel so tired of life. And hoping that his end come soon. Its like he want to rest for good. He stuborn enough to not care about his condition. He just hold the pain, trying to endure without want to know what hapen inside him. He just see doctor for what really urgent him. Like teeth problem or some pain he cannot endure. But for the pain problem,he usually just take the pain killer.
Be honest, I do respect him now and love him more than several years of my youth. And i just hope and pray that God heal him and miracle happen to heal him, give him more joy and peace. His heart is so 'stone cold' For religion stuff. I think I just not ready lo loose him.
Love you dad...
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