There were so many ideas came into my mind when I brainstormed on the documentary ideas that I want to do for this semester.
Factual based, expository modes of documentaries are one of my main options. As I was always interested in dolphins and whales' communication, I thought that it would be fun to make a documentary on it. However, due to the budget limitations, many other possible obstacles in making this film, and the existence of such documentaries in the market, I've decided to suggest something different - Animal Communication.
I always find it amazing how pet owners can understand the pet's desire, or how the pet can understand the owner's language, even though human and animal are two extreme different kind of livings that communicate in different languages.
So with that concept and thought, I developed my one liner as below:
Title: Animal Speak
It is amazing how animals can understand human language and sometimes even communicate with human in different ways. Researches show that every barks, meows, body movements or silent languages convey meanings, thoughts and expressions. As a pet owner myself, I have always been wondering if it is possible to communicate with pets.
With the help of Trisha, the internationally acclaimed Animal Communicator, this documentary will explore the language of the animal world and animal communication - how animals communicate among themselves, how animals communicate with human and what those messages mean.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
A New Beginning
This semester we will be doing Documentary on the theme Language.
Documentary is a big word that contains meanings and implications behind it. Last semester's True Lies has it practicality as now we who did the subject know what is documentary and how it is like to be a documentary.
Documentary is a representation of reality. Unlike any fiction films, it presents truth. However, what is truth? I learned that there is no unmediated representation of reality, which means, most documentaries contain injection of filmmakers' perspective and his/her view of the world. Thus, truth that is presented in documentaries are not pure, uncontaminated truth. They are, somehow, in any way, influenced during the production process. Consequently, it is subjective.
We, as audience, will often make moral judgment and produce interpretation based on our understanding of the world. For example, if I have a pre-existed knowledge of an incident, my comprehension on documentary of the incident might be bias.
Understanding the concept of documentary help me think thoroughly about truth, the world, ethics, reality et cetera before I even initialize a documentary idea. And I think it is fairly important that people understand that, True Lies.
Documentary is a big word that contains meanings and implications behind it. Last semester's True Lies has it practicality as now we who did the subject know what is documentary and how it is like to be a documentary.
Documentary is a representation of reality. Unlike any fiction films, it presents truth. However, what is truth? I learned that there is no unmediated representation of reality, which means, most documentaries contain injection of filmmakers' perspective and his/her view of the world. Thus, truth that is presented in documentaries are not pure, uncontaminated truth. They are, somehow, in any way, influenced during the production process. Consequently, it is subjective.
We, as audience, will often make moral judgment and produce interpretation based on our understanding of the world. For example, if I have a pre-existed knowledge of an incident, my comprehension on documentary of the incident might be bias.
Understanding the concept of documentary help me think thoroughly about truth, the world, ethics, reality et cetera before I even initialize a documentary idea. And I think it is fairly important that people understand that, True Lies.
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