1. Dr .Wen was a film that had a touch of sadness. Black and White aroused a feeling
of memorizing. There weren’t much excitement in it. The director used an indirect
way to tell the story. When the film talked about Dr Wen’s family life, he used many
videos. By this way, it made the film like a real documentary in the field of
documentary. Even where we knew Felix was through Dr .Wen’s narration. Maybe,
someone would think that all because Flip had been dead. Dr Wen’s gazed at his
son’s things, thinking of his son.
The film’s shot was shaky, maybe that because the camera was handed. By this
way, it presented a way of natural which like the thing was staged in life. When the
illness child was taken to Dr Wen, the camera gave he a close up shot companying
with his mom’s narration. We knew the child by an indirect way. The shot’s focal
distance was changing unceasingly. The shot was very disorder, as if the film was
taken randomly. The film used lots of montages to present views ‘changing. The shot
was followed the car’s advancing, as if the shot was attached to Dr Wen’s body,
becoming the part of his life. That made me associate with his job was doctor; the
camera was like his organ. The film suggested his son’s death continually. When
Dr .Wen watered for the swimming port, we saw his body was covered by the
balusters. His body was confined to the balusters that presenting a father’s helpless.
Bubbles were emerging constantly which symbolized the passing of life. The film was
played to here; I smelled a feeling of uneasy. The water was fluid which dropped a
hint of death.
There were two boys in the film. The film compared the two. Felix and Sebastian
were very similar. However, both of them had the different fate, Felix chose to
commit suicide; Sebastian tried his best to survive. The film gave us the different
aspects to think about life. When Dr. Wen talked about his son’s death, he almost
faced to the right side; the camera took his face in profile, the camera kept a distance
from it. As if he was stating the fact, however, to some extent, he was making his
own confession. After a while, the camera was closed to him, we could see his face
more clearly. Because, when he talked to his son’s death aroused the intense
emotion. The camera closed to his face, hoping we could feel the same way about his
sad emotion. Then the shot was slowly moved to the ceiling. Describing the scene
that Dr Wen taught Felix how to shave. The shot was very close to the wall, we
almost could see the grain. Leaving some white to the scene, as if the film was telling
us that there was some depression in our life that we couldn’t bear.