Our documentary discusses international student housing problems and mental health issues in Melbourne. We invited one international student, Manu Felipe, as our interviewee. He talked about his life in Melbourne and how the skyrocketing rental prices, transport, and moving costs affect his life. In the documentary, we also invited Jenna, our social worker at RUSU. She mentions some of the policies that schools provide to the students. This aims to get some exposure from university administrators or policymakers and raise student awareness.
While making this documentary, I learned more about how to do an interview, and there are many more preparations I need to do before it starts. The communication with the interviewee is also an essential part as it helps to have a smoother the whole interview process. Finally, producing this documentary helped me to improve my ability to be flexible during the production process.