I am new, and I need your help!!

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mirrorsu

Hello,

I am Mirror Su from Taiwan. Just graduate from Animation Graduate Program of SCAD.
I was looking for advice for being a filmmaker who delivers social-concern subject, so I found this community.

Recently, Taiwan is facing tremendous crisis: our government used undemocratic way to sign trade agreement with China without concerning the consequence. This brings up the anger of Taiwanese. And I see that there is very little thing I can do as a recent graduate.

As a media worker, I hope I can be useful to my country and the world. I really want to create good and clean content and deliver them to people. The subject include environmental care, animal protection, social issue, human rights and education. Through broadcasting the knowledge and passion, I hope we will all have better understanding of our land, people and the possibility of our future.

This is why I am here. And I need help. If you know if there is similar company or studio that is doing the same thing or they share the same motivation, please let me know! I will be very appreciated! I need to learn more and practice more in order to execute what I want. And I am ready to fight this long-term battle.

I am very looking forward to hearing from you all professional filmmakers!

A million thanks!

P.S. If you want to know more what's going on in Taiwan now, please read the news:
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1108369

Mirror
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mirrorsu said:
  1. I hope I can be useful to my country and the world.
  2. I really want to create good and clean content and deliver them to people.
  3. If you know if there is similar company or studio that is doing the same thing or they share the same motivation, please let me know!
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  1. Then being politically active in established political groups will likely be more effective.
  2. Identified exactly who those "people" are and you will produce infinitely better content.
  3. Again, investigate political organizations that actually put political candidates or military coup leaders into office and become an active part of them.
Joe Nobody making a documentary about a general subject is great for a classroom project, not so good for securing the funding to promote actual change.

People deserve the government they elect - or tollerate.
 
Thanks Rayw,

I try to avoid join any side of the political group, because I need to maintain a neutral perspective. But I'm willing to interview and talk to people from different sides...

I can see your point about support the living. That's also one thing I'm concerning. Do you know any documentary company or studio? Or most of them are independent filmmakers?
 
IDK who else is going to actually get anything practical done other than some political or military group.

Bitchers and moaners are a dime a ten dozen - they don't create laws or put bullets in heads.

A neutral perspective is fine, but at some point to make a positive change to advance whatever agenda it is you want to pursue you gotta figure out who it is that can get what you want done - or become that person.

Talk to the different sides, and if you can get a paycheck to do that great.
But all you're doing is being a newspaper reporter at that point, not really impactfull.

Nah, IDK any doc makers.
I just know how to get stuff done.
 
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I try to avoid join any side of the political group, because I need to maintain a neutral perspective. ?
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But you are taking a position here. You're siding with angered Taiwanese. I don't know if this group is large or small, but if a truly neutral perspective will show this group has a valid point, then they'd be the place to get funding for this particular project.

Good luck.
 
leave your country.
land in America.
be bothered about your family than anything else.
being in america , do what you can do to your country .Do what you want to do.
politics happen everywhere. in your region , sounds to be worst.
 
Thanks for your answers.
I am not trying to comment about the parties' view in Taiwan. Sorry I make the question misunderstand.

what I am trying to do is, become a filmmaker who creates content that is helpful to Taiwanese or people who are interested in Taiwan. The content includes: Taiwan history, natural environment of Taiwan, people of Taiwan, culture of Taiwan etc. I hope I can produce films and animations to introduce our country in an educational, knowledgeable and entertaining way. The motivation to do so is because I discover Taiwanese people, including me, do not fully understand ourselves. It is dangerous to not knowing our own country and our land. I hope I can stimulate the citizen's right by making these films.

I know it sounds naive and ignorant, but I still want to put my efforts on this goal.

So I would like to know, if anyone knows there is similar group in the world that is doing the same thing. I really want to work for them and learn how they run things.

A million thanks!
 
Hello and welcome, Mirrorsu. I dig your passion!

It sounds like you're leaning towards making documentaries. There are resources such as books on making documentaries. Maybe your thing is investigative journalism. If so, it couldn't hurt to learn about journalism. Well, you just graduated from an animation program, so maybe you are not eager to go back to school for journalism. But you can read about it. I think there are a number of books on the subject. You might start there.

This would include the films of people like Charles Ferguson and Errol Morris.

Television examples would include films made for Frontline (PBS) and 60 Minutes (CBS).

Or maybe your interest is more in activism, pushing your view point. Again, sounds like documentary filmmaking, only your films will probably be more like persuasive essays or propaganda.

This might include such films as Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth or the films of Michael Moore.

Television examples would include Fox News.

Are you geographically near this event (the occupation)? If so, if you have the necessary gear like a camera and sound, then for starters you could get down there and shoot/document some of it. (Disclaimer: that is not advice to do anything illegal or that might endanger your well-being --not that you would!). But I don't know what the laws governing photography or recording are in Taiwan.

Good luck!
 
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Thank you So much Richy!

You offered me many helpful information and some very nice stuff to learn! I really appreciate your suggestions!

I am in the US now, and I'm not sure when will or should I go back to Taiwan. It's a struggle between throw myself back in the fire and execute project directly or stay in the US and become a stronger artist then go back.

People suggest me to have some experience in the US so when I go back to Taiwan, people will pay more respect to my work. ( That's somehow true in Taiwan.....)

I will definitely start studying journalism and watch the examples you suggested me. And I think I got some idea for my documentary now, thank you so much!!!!

:D
 
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