“The Police Game” is a self-discovery story of a nerd by who plays a role-playing

game. This short film is yet another short film of this another that deals with police

drama, because I want to find and play with some more elements of this genre. This

short film is part of the “Life Story” program of the Public Television Service and

was nominated for Best Short Feature in the 12th Taipei Film Festival in 2010.

“The Police Game” is filmed in HD the format . During the pre-production and

production peviod, the crew insists on working in a professional way like a feature

film production. The 4th draft of script was finally used in the production .The

original script was in feature lengh. Script after became short episode of the Pubic

Television Service’s “Life Story” program , the length of film was changed to 30

minutes. The final draft was finished in April, 2009. It took 2 months for the

pre-production and 6 days for the shooting.

The story of this short film is about the journey of an unsociable nerd who

disguises himself as a policeman. The “policeman” is regarded as highest authority in

the eyes of a child. The nerd, who lacks of self-confidence, puts on a police uniform

in order to gain the confidence that doesn’t belong to him. He is satisfied for a

moment, but others look at him who’s really not himself. The conflict of self-identity

and social value as well as the social significance of role-playing are the main focus of

this essay.

Keyword: Taiwan Public Television, “Life Story” program, police drama,

role-playing