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Week 1: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/chang-chen-tsu/2019/03/11/week-1-food-on-film/ ‎ Week 2: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/chang-chen-tsu/2019/03/15/week-2-documentary-modes/ ‎ Week 3: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/chang-chen-tsu/2019/03/22/week-3-short-documentary/ ‎ Week 4: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/chang-chen-tsu/2019/03/29/week-4-documentary-structures/ ‎ Week 5: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/chang-chen-tsu/2019/04/05/week-5-interviews/ ‎ Week 6: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/chang-chen-tsu/2019/04/12/week-6-making-ar…ts-without-words/ ‎ Week 7: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/chang-chen-tsu/2019/04/19/week-7-reflectin…ary-rough-script/ ‎ Week 8: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/chang-chen-tsu/2019/05/03/week-8-sound/ ‎ Week 9: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/chang-chen-tsu/2019/05/10/week-9-editing-techniques/ ‎ Week 10: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/chang-chen-tsu/2019/05/17/week-10-progress…he-major-project/ ‎… Continue Reading →

After I finished my first documentary project, I was quite impressed with the outcome, because most of the ideas Samantha and I wanted to achieve in the film were successfully accomplished.   We wanted to have a film with a… Continue Reading →

After we finished shooting both interviews of the film, the main part of the film has been formed. The structure and the flow are now very clear and only require the subtitles and the appropriate B-roll footages. However, the introduction… Continue Reading →

For the major project, we have done one shooting so far located in the central kitchen of Shandongmama, interviewing Wang Miao who is the nephew of the owner of Shandongmama. At the same time I also shot a decent amount… Continue Reading →

This week’s reading is about post-production. Although I am not responsible for the editing part of this film, it is still important for me to give some suggestions to Samantha’s editing. One of the statements in this week’s reading stood… Continue Reading →

The scene I have chosen if from the “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” (2011), from 11:56 to 12:16, it is a scene recorded chef Mizutani making a nigiri sushi. The sound in this scene is very silent; there is nothing except… Continue Reading →

Feedbacks: Change the name of “What is authentic Chinese food” to “Authentic Chinese Food” This is actually a very useful feedback. I thought about this after the pitch and I realized that the beginning question of the film should not… Continue Reading →

In my opinion, if a film wants to use only visual to communicate and state out arguments, the topic it is talking about will has to be very strong, for example issues like global warming, food waste and air pollution…. Continue Reading →

Interview is a big part of documentary because most of the information in the documentary will be communicated through interviews/vox pops. Same for my film, I will need a lot of information from the interview in order to answer my… Continue Reading →

Linear structure: Linear structure is a quite basic structure that can be easily used in a documentary. According to Fox (2018) it’s a “three-act dramatic structure with a beginning, a middle, and an end.” (p.96) If I am using this… Continue Reading →