A Critique Essay on the TV Movie Work “LOVE LETTERS IN CYBERSPACE”

• Main Authors: Hsiao-Tse Cheng, 程孝澤
• Other Authors: 李道明
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8g27ew

碩士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 電影創作研究所碩士班 === 95 === “Love Letters in Cyberspace” is a 78-minute feature-length TV movie made in 2006. It was a proposed project to PTS’s “Life Drama” Series from a local production company. I was recommended by PTS to take over this project when the original director could not continue the work for the project. The whole project was filmed and edited with HD system. In order to find the optimal approach to best structure the story, I had written three different versions of the script with three screenwriters and a revision to fit the actors and actresses. A quarter of the production was shot in the studio and the rest in real settings. The shooting took 15 days. Post- production took another three weeks, including color correction by on-line editing system. During the research stage, we had referred some ideas from “MATRIX” and “A TRUE LOVE STORY”. This essay discusses the making of “Love Letters in Cyberspace” and analyzes its content and structure based on its text. “Love Letters in Cyberspace” was premiered at PTS channel in May 2005 and was very well received. It had won Li-Lie the Best Actress award, and was nominated for Best Mini-series, Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor Awards in the 41st Golden Bell Awards. Prior to this production, my works were limited to commercials and 30-minute short films. “Love Letters in Cyberspace” is my first feature-length production. The nature between short and long features does not vary greatly; nonetheless, I have gained much valuable experience from writing the feature-length screenplay and both the shooting and editing of this film. The making of “Love Letters in Cyberspace” has inspired me in many ways, especially in the area of creativity. Although we had encountered many challenges such as male-function coordination, we also made a lot of effort in trying to truthfully convey the originality of the story during the production. I believe those valuable lessons would be good references for me in future productions.