Taipei Times
Date: Nov 10, 2015

National Chiayi Senior Commercial Vocational School third-year students Liu Chuan-yu,

Students from National Chiayi Senior Commercial Vocational School pose for a group photo with their teachers in Chiayi County on Nov. 2.
嘉義高商綜合高中拍影片的學生們，十一月二日與老師們在嘉義縣合照。
Photo: Wang Shan-yan, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者王善嬿

Chien Ling-yen and Chang Yung-chi borrowed their school’s DSLR camera to make their first ever production, Encounter. They have now been chosen as one of three groups to represent Taiwan, and on Nov. 23 they will travel to Japan to take part in the International Asian Youth Film Exhibition where they will go head to head with groups representing 16 other countries.

The theme of the exhibition is “The moment I feel happy” and the rules state that participants must shoot a three-minute film using only home-use film equipment; subtitles and voice-overs are not allowed.

Liu, who operated the camera, said they took approximately one month to shoot the film. According to Liu, inspiration for the film came from Chang — one of the group members — who doesn’t know how to ride a bicycle. The film’s story describes a female student who has little interaction with her classmates. She manages to overcome her fear of failure, tries once more to learn how to ride a bicycle and revives the friendship with her classmates.     [FULL  STORY]