This week is a busy shooting week. I have done lots of shooting with Mona, Lisha and other my colleges. But to be honest, the result is not satisfying for me. I start to realize how ambitious and difficult the whole thing is and I lack the ability to control it. For example, the problems happened in class happens again, the sound mixer doesn’t work well, which means I need to re-record the conversation latter in studio as well as the environment sounds. I also start to ask myself, what sort of film I am making? It should be not like the ordinary drama, but I worry about if it is too abstract so that people can’t get it. But if I focus on making sense for the story, it becomes strange especially the subtitles and voice over, which seems unnecessary at all if I want to tell a ordinary story of an ordinary man. So I start to consider which way I will go: the abstract and experimental film which is ambiguous form the beginning to the end, or a half-drama and half-documentary film which tells a clear and logical story. There is not much time to consider, I should meet with Robin next week and discuss this with him.
Week 10 reflection
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