Question for Director Steve Chen
I noticed that when you filming the building or surrounding area, you often use wide and long shots. Is there a reason behind this?
Category: Workshop 2: Dreamland Film Screening + Director’s Chat
Question for Director Steve Chen
Thanks for your wonderful film. I want to ask that is there any relevance or correlation between the developments of the modern city and the relationship between the couple? Is it a metaphor? Thanks!
Question for Director Chen
for the main character, do you think her life style is what she want? feels like she is a little bit confused, buying happiness by material.
Question to Director Chan
I noticed that there are very limited amount of moving frames. Is there a particular reason to choose still and wide frames over moving ones? Also, it seems that long shots on one particular character other than reaction shots between dialogues were preferred. How does that correlate to the plot of the movie or how does it portray the relationships between characters?
Question for director Chen- Ez Kim 3036030788
Why did you choose Cambodia as the setting of the film? What aspects of the physical set (like the house, props) did you choose as the most important factor? (in other words, are there any implicit meaning inside the chosen props? Ez Kim 3036030788
Question about the film
1. Can you talk about how you use color grading and lighting to set the mood or emphasize themes in your work? 2. What’s your approach to choosing the soundtrack for your films? 3. Are there any unique editing techniques you prefer to use to create pace or build tension? 4. How do you use zoom, focus, and lens shift
Question for Director Cheng
Is there a link between the shots of the main character showing homes with the story of her relationship? How do the shots of the protagonist at work reflect the changes in her personal life? -Chiu Yin Ching [3036030831]
[Question for Director Chen] Dreamland
I appreciate your attitude toward this film. I think that the story is quite interesting since the main character is a housing salesperson—which is not a typical job in other films. When she keeps selling houses to her clients, I feel like she is also thinking about her dream life and how to keep a close relationship with her partner—she might be confused because he is a photographer who will get in touch with other women when working. The question I would like to ask is that, I found that the lighting in this film is in a warm tone,
Question for Director Chen
This movie has brought me a great visual experience, and I have some questions. I found the film’s overall tone to be light and unsaturated, with low contrast. Is there any meaning to this? I found that there is always some foreground occlusion in front of the camera, such as glass reflection, etc.. Is this to show the depth of the architecture? Many thanks! Liu Yuhan 3036126654
Question and comment on the film screening
Director Chen, Thank you for your film. I would like to ask what do you think the difference in shooting in the urban spaces and suburb areas? Also, I am very appreciate the usage of lighting in the film. One scene that impressed me that the lighting keep changing in the home of the main characters. This evokes our emotion of uncertainty; it also symbolises the relationship between two main characters. Besides, I also inspired by the natural lighting that used in the film.