Question to Steve
About the screen language, I can see you intentionally leave some elements in the foreground, which separate the screen in to several parts. Could you share some of the idea of such arrangements?
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Question to Director Chen
Hi Director Chen, I am Yan Chi Hong. A Landscape student. Thank you very much for bringing the movie today <Dreamland>. I am a Hong Kong person, and this is my first time watching a movie in another language instead of Cantonese, Mandarin, or English. It is a fantastic experience. I really like your film production technique, which uses simple narrative techniques to let us use the third person to glimpse the lives of the male and female protagonists. And in the composition of the movie shooting, I also greatly appreciate your extraction angles. Most of the time in the
[Questions to director Chen] Xu Yihan
This film is about a real estate agent and a photographer in Cambodia. The first half of the film switches between shots of the male and female protagonists at work and shots of them returning home at night to spend time together, and I would like to ask if there is any special meaning in filming this way? Due to the difference in their work, the female protagonist laments the changes in the male protagonist and expresses the sadness in her own heart. In the middle, there is a shot of her going to an amusement park to play the
Question for Director Steve Chen
Do you think the theme of real estate in the film seems to highlight a feeling of urban emptiness in a rapidly developing country like Cambodia? Because real estate itself is a representation of materialism and consumerism, acquiring properties equates to acquiring a sense of urban security. The film also features traditional Cambodian elements eg. traditional architectural structure like Angkor Wat and Cambodian ancient tales, they all play an interesting contrast with the rapidly developing modern Cambodia, Was it in your intention that the film is also a representation of the struggle between the past and the present in terms
Question for Director Chen
In the film, there are many scenes that used static and long shots during the conversations of the characters. May I ask are there any reasons behind this? Tong Wing Sum
Question to director Chen
Hello！May I ask is there any special meaning to the fact that in the scene where looking at the main character’s room through the window, there’s a red, green and blue light flashing alternately on the window all the time? Wang Dongtong 30399394
Question for Director Chen
Thank you for showing the movie. I wondered why the location was chosen and if the name of the film had a deeper meaning.
Question for Director Chen
There was one scene where the couple was sleeping in bed and then the movie switched to them having fun riding a motorcycle together and then the camera just switched back to them in bed and Da said she had insomnia. Is she just having dreams about the nice thing that happened?
Question to Director Chen
In one particular scene, I observed a distinctive filmmaking technique where shadows were employed to portray the movement of a character instead of directly filming the character. I’m curious to understand the rationale behind this creative decision. Could you please explain why the scene was filmed in this manner? Fung Chi Him
Question for Director Chen
Throughout the film, I noticed that whenever songs are being played, the lyrics would also appear on the screen like in karaoke. Is there a particular reason for this choice? Also, whenever the scene conveys the couple together, there would be objects such as blurred lights or poles blocking part of the view. Is this done deliberately, and if so, is there a certain meaning behind it? Haw Jane UID: 3036241088