A Critique Essay on the Graduation Short Film FILIAL PIETY AWARD

• Main Authors: Hung-Li Hsieh, 謝宏立
• Other Authors: 廖慶松
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/d68a6b

碩士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 電影創作學系碩士班 === 103 === Seasoned with comical moments, Filial Piety Award is mainly a family drama. This composite short film starring LU Hsueh-Feng, HUANG Wen-Hsing, and HO JR.-Ren, was written and directed by CHEN Jian-Zhang. Through the main character Chih-Hsin, a fourth-grader boy who strives for the “filial piety award,” his amusing pursuit of the award embodies the futility and emptiness of showing off filial piety. Meanwhile, the family tie within the three generations is presented from the position of an innocent child. This essay examines Filial Piety Award from the perspective of a producer and discusses the role of the producer in the process of filmmaking. During the pre-production, a producer takes on varied responsibilities, from looking for a suitable director and a realistic and popular screenplay which suits the three-act structure, to selecting qualified actors and crew, including the cinematographer, gaffer, art director, and music director, to name a few. Afterwards, the producer needs to organize the producer department, manage the post-production, formulate marketing plans, and review the film. This essay analyzes the making of this film from pre-production to post-production this film and guides readers to learn the process of producting a short film. Ultimately, it is hoped that this film enables viewers to recognize the predicament of the family in the story and to contemplate, with sincere empathy, the true meaning of filial piety. Filial Piety Award has commissioned by Public Television Services ( PTS) in 2013, and subsidized by the Short Film Fund from the Department of Audiovisual & Music Industry of the Ministry of Culture. By elucidating the whole production, this essay may be served as reference for films to come.