About this documentary film, I have to say something.
In this film, I was camera man and editor, I felt if you want make a good documentary film, you need think about a lot of things.
First of all, this is a film, so I must to attract viewers. It’s easy for drama, but hard to documentary. As a documentary, my job is note something truth. So I have to find some interesting.
In a school, if I want show this school. Story is the point. Most idea is Interview Principal. But you know we Chinese students don’t have good English. In fact I don’t know how to find good story form principal.
Anyway, whatever skins, thinking, or something else, we are same people in this world. In fact I can guess if I ask some question for principal, what answers I will get.
By our talk, we choose children are our main point.
Second, we got our point; we need find a way for show.
Documentary is not same about drama, because we have to show truth for audience. We can’t control children. So we must catch something for our film. Thanks god, it’s just 3 min film. However, we shoot 4 hours for 2 tapes. It’s our plan, we think about interview+note. Because if we make whole story it’s very difficult, maybe some short story is easy for us.
Finally, interview is not so good. we got some questions before, but kids’ answers not so wonderful. We interview 5 kids, but in fact they answer very normally. So we think our question not so good, not wonderful. Next time we will repair that.
I like make film. It’s very funny. I like find interesting form film. I want try every breed of film. It’s really nice. I don’t know how about my film. I just want when audience watched our film can find some interesting and watch finish, and my job is finish.
