week 8

Take the Chinese food documentary A Bite of China as the example, it plays an important role in the creation of the film. It is an important aspect of the documentary to convey authenticity and express emotion, to tell the story and to control the rhythm. In each episode of 8-9 stories, the director will […]

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week 6:

Picture language is a kind of narrative method that uses various factors such as light effect, tone and colour, and stimulates the effects of sight and hearing. It mainly has functions such as narrative background, message transmission, explanation of events and sublimation. It can smoothly connect two pictures, and transform the composition of the picture, […]

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week 5:

The production of high-quality films must be fully planned. Before the filming, we should make detailed planning of the interview idea, problem design and interviewee selection of the whole film. The more the pre-planning is in place, the more labor-saving and smoother the later shooting. The determination of the interview idea. The interview idea has […]

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week 4:

The form of structure is as important to the creation of a TV documentary as building a house. In the selection of the structural form, it is necessary to find the most suitable structural form according to the different contents and different themes reflected in the film, so as to be tailored. Common TV documentary […]

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week 3 :

Https://vimeo.com/channels/loadingdocs In this documentary, Logan Williams showed concern for the ecology of New Zealand’s rivers. Under the invasion of Didymo, New Zealand’s rivers were destroyed. We saw the importance of ecological protection. In fact, ecological protection is vital to food. In South Africa, 14 species of crops are seriously damaged. More than 130 species of […]

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week 2 essay

Analysis of Food Film – A Bite of China There has always been a common and prevalent, yet quite questionable belief in food documentary, that food documentary provides a wonderful channel for food lovers to access to next level delicious food. In fact, food is not only a carrier of keeping people alive but also […]

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week 1 food on film

Food is a necessity to satisfy basic needs for everyone and I believe it’s a pleasure that plays a significant role in my understanding of happiness. We’ve discussed in the group that there are so many different cuisines built by cultural backgrounds and geographical locations. I chose this studio because food can tell us a […]

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week 7:

I just completed watching this harrowing documentary (Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) and it is only now that, having got the time to catch my breath.  Zachary is a love letter, a sermon, and a condolence to all friend, Andrew Bagby. His friend, filmmaker Kurt Kuenne, looks at his friend’s past through […]

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