Artistic Statement
Overview
Our bilingual documentary has a central theme of school life. Its thesis is that Western and Chinese education undoubtedly extremely different, but to what extent are the two different or even similar? It will aim to shed some light on a strand of this question by showcasing a day in the life of a local Chinese student in Hangzhou and an international student studying a year abroad in Hangzhou. It will be 5-7 minutes long, and juxtapose Chinese versus international culture.
What happens in a day in the life of a local student in Hangzhou? What happens in a day in the life of an international student studying abroad in Hangzhou? What are the similarities and differences between them? How does it influence their opinion on the importance of education for life and the future?
Purpose
Those are all questions our documentary will endeavour to answer. The answers will be split into a main part and shorter closing part. The first three questions will be in the main part, the two students’ stories intertwined closely based on similarities or chronological order. The main part will focus more on facts, although it will certainly contain opinion and surface-level thoughts. The shorter closing part will answer the fourth question, so it will focus more on deeper opinion and insight, or even critique.
