The film recorded the melancholia process of Ms. Ho-Fan, and how she was healed and recovered psychologically. The purpose of making this film is to provide another “non-medical” way to help other melancholic get through the darkness and sees the sunshine of life again.
This documentary film records how Ms. Ho-fan expressed the process of her sickness by giving many speeches, participating- multiple activities for public welfare, and spreading the Gospel. There were also conversations between her and three neurologists and a minister, discussing her symptoms and explaining the complicatedness of melancholia. The scene displayed many Ms. Ho-fan’s life experiences crisscross as time goes by. She earned the great love and power from Jesus Christ when being washed thoroughly by the Holy Spirit. Now, she is not pitiful, sorrow, nor scared anymore. She wants to spread the big love to more people. Therefore, she has the ambition to spread the Jesus love to help more patients who are still suffering in the melancholia. While touching other people’s heart, she can feel the God’s love moving. Ms. Ho-fan is very delighted now, joining all kinds of public activities aggressively. She is not weak anymore, and her life becomes more meaningful, splendid, and shining!
Everyone is looking for the true meaning of life, career, and even every action. When the melancholic realize what was lacked of deeply in his heart, and the fact that life is not perfect all the time, his heart will be lightened when he found the true meaning. The strength and belief of faith can give you infinite courage, which can support you all the way to the future, and toward the sunshine!
This film performs 33 minutes long , and takes 8 months of developing, shooting, filming and editing. While making this film, the director was in charge of the shooting himself, and has learned a lot about the actual process of making a film. This essay includes the creative perspective and executing method of pre-production and after-production, and the difficulties and solution the director encountered during making the film is also recorded here. Hope by sharing this experience could help to provide some reference to other film directors.