A Critique Essay on the Film Script “Remembering Taipei”

• Main Authors: Mei-Chih Wu, 吳美枝
• Other Authors: 李啟源
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7ppsb2

碩士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 電影創作研究所碩士班 === 97 === Taipei film commission first held the screenwriting competition in 2008 with the title “shoot along the trip” as the theme, soliciting scripts for 90 minute drama and the story should be plotted based on the cultural context and the sceneries of Taipei City. “Remembering Taipei” was a submitted work for the contest, attempted to convey the cultural diversity of Taipei City through a love story. “Remembering Taipei” was made in three-act structure with explicit opening, confrontation and ending. Overall speaking, “Remembering Taipei” is a romantic comedy, elements of two genres-- the radical romantic comedy and neo-traditional romantic comedy were combined. Apart from the romantic plot, the manifestation of comedy is accentuated in the screenplay. As the arrangement of the plot and structure, it strives to be straightforward, concise, and is very careful on handling the pace. “Remembering Taipei” describes the love triangle problems. In current study, effort to trace back to Qiong-Yao’s movie in 70’s was made, comparing the differences between “Remembering Taipei” and three-room movies. In the aspects of the characters, plotting, language, context and style, “Remembering Taipei” is more on the side of romantic comedy. There are, in fact, many comedies that deal with triangle relationships, for instance, one of them will be discussed later-- “Bridget Jones''s Diary” . Writing a commercial screenplay was not the major purpose of the author, instead, the author intended to move the audience by telling the story in the three-act structure way. The manuscript of “Remembering Taipei” was completed in mid-November of 2008, and was awarded second prize in the screenwriting competition “shoot along the trip”. However, “Remembering Taipei” was not a flawless piece of work by that time. After being modified repeatedly for six months, “Remembering Taipei” was still not perfect, but it is considered as a mature and complete work. The learning progress of encompassing the elements of one''s world view, individuality, environment and work is a long journey. Living in an era with obscure and confusing value judgment, we have to keep seeking for new perspectives, values and definitions to create a story to carry your point of view to the world.