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A Critique Essay on thesis Graduation Film Belonging

國立臺北藝術大學 / 電影創作學系碩士班 / Author:TUNG WEI YE

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Belonging is about the struggle of a female migrant worker who is drifting in Taiwan. She hesitates whether she should sacrifice her ideal life when facing various life-threatening condition.

This film is mainly based on my study abroad experience and observation on Taiwan society. I told it from the perspective of a female migrant worker, hoping to use her internal conflict between desire and reality to depict the struggle of a drifter.

This thesis elaborates the main theme and the origin of creating this film, it includes a lot of fieldwork on Southeast Asia migrant workers in Taiwan. Then, the thesis further discusses the aesthetics of this film from genre, script, performance, cinematography, art design and etc. Eventually, I will talk about the making process of this film and my reflection on the whole production. The synopsis and full script of the film are included in the end.