「公主和王子從此過著幸福快樂的日子……」這是童話故事的結局,卻是真實故事的開始……
在華人世界,兩個人相愛,決定要結婚攜手共度今生,從「決定」的這個時刻開始,新人們會開始一連串婚禮籌備,而其中對新人來說最重要的,就是在婚宴之前拍攝一組「婚紗照」。有些人為了拍這張照片花費二、三個月的薪水;有些人為了拍這張照片從一年前開始減肥健身。為什麼所有華人都願意要拍這張婚紗照?這張照片到底有什麼魔力?
婚紗照除了是情感的顯影,也能夠從中折射出一個人對於愛情、婚姻、家庭和社會的觀感及態度。面對即將到來的婚期,新人籌備婚事的衝突開始取代求婚時的浪漫,婚姻是否真如他們想像中美好?結婚當天,這組婚紗照能博得父母和賓客的好評嗎?踏入婚姻生活後,日子會不會依然如同那張婚紗照一樣笑得甜蜜?《幸福定格》是第一部探索這個特殊文化現象。本片透過記錄拍攝婚紗照的歷程,嘗試梳理當代華人社會對於幸福、愛情、甚至是他們自己的定義。
Boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy and girl gets married. Marriage is a common and natural part of human history. For the Chinese, it may be the most important part of their lives. While every culture in the world has some kind of wedding ritual that is performed, today, taking and having "glam wedding photos" prior to the wedding is a must for Chinese couples. Newlyweds are willing to spend their entire life-savings to do so and wish to capture the happiest moments of their lives. A growing six billion USD industry, with related markets that thrive in China, Taiwan and the Chinese diaspora, wedding photography can be seen as manufacturer of love and happiness.
This project will follow a top wedding photographer and two Chinese couples, depicting their love and life stories behind the wedding photographs. For two couples, Yung and Wei in Taiwan, Fei and Huei in China, wedding photos give them, and all the photo-taken newlyweds, an opportunity to create a different self that is a drastic departure from their realities. While the couples are buying into the glitz and glamour of this made-believe happiness, the most sought after wedding photographer Shannon realize the hollow and shallowness of it all, and start to question the true meaning behind the beloved wedding photos. Yet as his business continues to thrive, he becomes more disenchanted by with the wedding photo industry. Shannon struggles over his love for photography and his disdain for a consumer driven culture that pays his rent. Through these two couples and Shannon, DOUBLE HAPPINESS LIMITED will explore how contemporary Chinese people regard marriage, and how they pursuit and define love and happiness.
.地區:台北
.製作規格:HD
.預定片長:90/50分鐘
.主題類型:家庭/文化
.其他主創人員:製片與剪輯顧問:錢孝貞
.開拍時間:2011年7月
.CNEX加入時間:2011年3月
.預計完成時間:2014年
製作進度
《幸福定格》正在拍攝中,目前已經有150小時的素材。主要被攝對象之一──勇諴與薇之已於2011年6月拍攝婚紗照,並於2011年10月舉行婚禮;另外兩組被攝者,阿飛樂惠與攝影師Shannon,目前都在積極跟拍階段。曾參與《臥虎藏龍》剪接工作,並擔任《請投我一票》等多部國際紀錄片剪輯的剪接師錢孝貞,已允諾擔任本片的監製顧問與剪輯顧問。
《幸福定格》於2010年10月參加CCDF第一屆華人紀錄片提案大會,獲得首獎。2011年3月在韓國首爾舉行的亞洲提案大會提案,獲得國際電視台極高的肯定與迴響,包括美國公共電視POV、加拿大Knowledge頻道、德國ZDF電視台、法國Arte藝術電視台、英國BBC等,都表達高度合作意願。目前已與挪威NRK電視台簽預購備忘錄。《幸福定格》目前正在進行國際基金的申請與跨國合製的洽談。
已參加提案活動
.CCDF-1第一屆華人紀錄片提案大會
.Asian Side of the Doc
.Sheffield Doc/Fest
已獲得資金來源
.CNEX
.CCDF-2第二屆華人紀錄片提案大會首獎獎金
.個人資助
.導演投入