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Learn the background of 3 main characters, Learn and Experience Wendi'…
Learn the background of 3 main characters
starting scenes in Shanghai: show characters' daily life
Transportation: crowded subway with exhausted people
Shanghai is a busy mega city with opportunities and dreams, but giving characters no sense of home
Working environment: everyone is busy with their phone calls. Some walk very fast in their office. Others eat their takeouts tiredly on their desks.
Living environment: small, old apartment though well organized and decorated; no time for cooking but eating takeouts; characters learn and work diligently with hope and energy
Wendi, Max and Yang, our 3 main characters, are currently living in Shanghai
Voice over with their face and activities
Wendi, Max and Yang's individual introduction: They are from Shenzhen, Huainan and Hongcun.
why come to Shanghai?
Wendi: for job and create her career in this international city
Max: Move to Shanghai with his family when he was 7. But his best childhood memories are in Huainan.
Yang: study in Shanghai. Want to stay in Shanghai in the future though it's very difficult to make a living in a big city.
Interviewee's question: How long have you left your hometown?
Wendi, Max and Yang give their answer individually.
Introduce the project: A journey to hometown
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Learn and Experience Wendi's, Max's and Yang's Hometown and their memories
In Shenzhen: Immigrant's story
Interview Wendi's family and how they move to Shenzheng
Wendi's family is a immigrant family in Shenzhen
Come to Shenzhen in 1990s for better opportunities in Southern part of China
Tour 1: the biggest change of Shenzhen in Wendi's memory
a harbor used to be a small harbor with several fishing ships; now it is a big major harbor in Shenzhen with huge freighter.
her family worked for a transportation company in the harbor when she was young.
an old picture of her family and the harbor
huge change of the city represented by family story
Social media account and hashtags like #YourFamilyStory, #YourHometownMemory, #OldPictures...
Voiceover with background information
transition of Shenzhen's major industries
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study of Shenzhen's immigration and what did they contribute to the city's development
give a background story to understand Wendi's family history
Tour 2: Wendi's homes
Her family moved their home several times because her family changed their businesses several times
her childhood: old and small home near the harbor
family's change is close linked to the transition of Shenzhen's development direction: from international trade to technology (#764c8d)
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her middle school: apartment in dt
now: newest apartment near the new technology center of Shenzhen
In Hongcun: development of Chinese countryside
Interview with villagers
good development of the village due to tourism
new way to make a living
still have old-fashioned lifestyle
wash clothes in the village river instead of tap water
cook with traditional stove using wood to fire
voiceover of research
China's countryside development over the past decade
background of countryside's development: poverty and inequality with great social problems
efforts and strategies of the government
the fruit
Tour: around little town's street
in film: yang guides to the most popular street in her town.
visitors taking pictures
Good development of the village
villagers talking with each other, washing clothes and cooking
merchants selling products and shouting to attract customers
In Huainan: Childhood nostalgia
Tour 1: Max's primary school
in film: the old gate of school
renewed after he moved to Shanghai. But the memory never fade
in film: students get out from the gate with dialects
same childhood memory: hang out with friends after school, play silly games and come home very late.
On website: old school gate pictures with old stuffs. Clicking on different objects can come out different sound, including student's talking, bikes, old cars, etc.
Tour 2: favorite snack bar near home
in film: Max introduce his favorite snacks in her childhood
on website: picture of the snack bar with the boss standing in the front; clicking on different objects comes the sound of students open and eat the snack
Interactive and immersive experience of Max's memory
many students shop cheap snacks
the boss of the snack bar didn't change over time.
Tour 3: old home of max
in film: Max goes back to his old home, takes out his old stuff and puts them in their original places
old clock
old toys
on website: picture of Max's old living room; clicking on different objects comes different sounds
Grandma's sewing machine
old radio
old albums and tapes