14 October 2015
Ms. Tammy Cheung, Founder of Chinese Documentary Festival and Documentary Flim Director, was invited to be the guest speaker at the SCOM Talk Series23. Director Cheungshared her masterpiece “Speaking Up” and her filming experience with students.
Director Cheung focuses on capturing social issues. She likes using the style of Direct Cinema for her films. During the screening session, she shared her masterpiece “Speaking Up”, which was produced in 2005. In “Speaking Up”, about 60 people with different nationalities and social backgrounds were interviewed by Director Cheung. They were asked about the feelings and perspectives toward several critical issues in the late 80s of hong Kong, for instance, Tiananmen Square Protests, the Handover of Hong Kong, the AsiaFinancial Crisis, etc.
After the screening session, Director Cheung and Ms Sharon Chen, Senior Lecturer of SCOM, discussed the mission and techniques of documentary filming. Director Cheung encouraged students who are interested in documentary filming to pay attention to social issues and bring out the ideas, from easier concepts to more difficult ones.
During the talk, teachers and students were greatly inspired which will contribute to the future development of the School of Communication.
