week 10 initiative blog

we watched a documentary named Age of farmer this week, which is filmed by Spencer MacDonald in 2015, and it was telling the story of the farmer, who has the average age of 65 years old, however, this documentary shows that there is a problem towards the replacement and supply of young farmer to the […]

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A bite of China

A bite of China is the food base documentary filed by China central television and it has several episodes, since its release, it has won great success. This documentary has triggered my desire for the good food in China and it has shown the good foods of China in many places. The filming of this […]

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Grizzly Man

it was telling the story including life and death of bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell. This story was the close interaction between the grizzly bear and Treadwell. However, it was the tragedy that Treadwell and his girlfriend were eaten by the bear before 2003 and this footage as found after his death. This story and the […]

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week 7: Born into Brothels

It is the documentary about the red life district in India. The director went to the red light district and took down the real life in the red light district. She has found that the victims were not just the prostitute women but also their children. This documentary was filmed by the shoulder mounted camera […]

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Nanook of North

It was the American silent documentary directed in 1922 and it was the time when the documentary and drama had not been separated. This was the salvage ethnography and this documentary about the story between Falherty and Inuk Man named Nanook as well as his family. This documentary was a shock for me since it […]

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The trouble with Merle

The trouble with Merle is the story about the movie star Merle. Instead of telling the story about her career and profession, this documentary is telling about the mystery behind her life. The directors wanted to find the secret behind several extensive fictions. As for the filming technique, this documentary uses the storytelling method to […]

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Notes on blindness

Notes on blindness is a documentary directed by Peter Middleton and it is profiling John Hull who became blind after decades of steady deteriorating vision. Even though it was the story about the blind profession John hull while from my point of view, it is the documentary telling how John Hull became bright from the […]

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week 3: home from the hill

Home from the hill is a 1987 film directed by Molly Dineen and was telling the story of a wealthy and powerful person. He was wounded by a jealous husband and was scorned by his wife as well. Their son Theron was seeking for his father help to become a man after he reached the […]

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reflection

For this assessment task, my partner and I filmed one of our friends ( Siyu Wang). The theme of my interview video is about LGBT. The reason why I want to choose this theme is because that I have a lot of lgbt friends around me and most of them were willing to share their […]

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