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.
Category: Workshop 2: Dreamland Film Screening + Director’s Chat
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
Questions for Director Chen
Thank you for showing us the Film! And I have some questions. The name of this film is Dream Land, so does this name have any deeper meaning than the memories of the past that occurred at the seaside resort of Kep? And what is the inspiration for this film? Jiang Ziyan 3036264602
Question for Director Chen
HI! Thank you so much for showing us these amazing shots! I liked the cinematography of these clips and was wondering what inspired you to do these interesting effects. How did you come across this type of filming technique, and what other movies do you look up to or get inspired by? 3036207525 CHING HAU SIK MONIQUE
Question for Director Chan
In many scenes of the film, you chose to film only the lower half of the characters’ bodies. I would like to ask if there is any specific purpose behind this decision and whether it helps convey anything in particular? Additionally, I am curious about the criteria for your decision to change shooting angles within a scene. What made you to make these decisions? CHAN Sze Ying UID: 3036187725
Question for Director Chen
I really like the way that you used the mirrors or glasses to reflect the face of the characters or the image of buildings in the newly constructed city. May I know how did you discover these angles or objects to do such effects? Did you actually went to the sites and jot down the ways that the camera should be placed before filming the scenes? Or, you just simply improvised the film?
Question for director Chen
I have observed that many scenes in the film focus on the scenery rather than walking with people. Is this shooting method to emphasize the architecture in the background? Zhang Xinyi 3036094813
Question for Director Steve Chen
There are a lot of shots in the movie that don’t show the characters’ faces, such as a female descending a staircase where only the lower half of her body is filmed in motion as she walks down the staircase, and a shot of singing in a karaoke bar where all the surrounding area is blurred, and only the distant view of the two people in the center, sitting on the couch, is clear. Did you intentionally frame it this way? There is also sometimes a color block or a bit of color inconsistency in the scenes, for instance, when