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2014年5月4日 星期日

Synopsis: WOODY DADDY

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楊三二決心蓋一棟全卡榫木屋子,10年來,近14萬美金的存款都變成了一條條的木料。家人從冷漠到參與,從疑惑不解到伸出援手。他真的能尋回古法,完成這棟兩層樓的古法木建築嗎?

Woody Daddy wants to build a Tang Dynasty wooden house which is a two floors building with tenons but steel and nail. He has already taken 10 years and 140 thousand dollars to make his dream come true. His family was emotionless and doubted Yang’s dream, but they understand and participate in his work now. Can Yang harness the ancient technique to fulfill his home? 

Idea

  Yang’s story is usual and unusual in Today’s Taiwan. Born after World War II, Yang is a typical Taiwanese man. He has not received a good education and worked hard to earn life for his family and contributed his part in Taiwan’s construction.

 However, he had a unique experience working in Saudi Arabia and lost his job while Taiwan’s major public constructions were done. Now, he could enjoy the retirement life, but is still working on an unprecedented ambition: building a woody house on his own.

  In Taiwan, such a building plan could only be appreciated while finished. Excluding his family, no one supports Yang, but he still sticks on his way.

Main Theme

  The mainstream of film will be Yang’s building procedure, from designing blueprint, selecting woods, and making parts, to assembling and finalizing the whole house, with emphasis on how he manage to read wooden architecture books in Japanese. Otherwise, we will describe his background, such as his isolated childhood, wandering teenage, and working years in Saudi Arabia, to contrast his current task.

Side Point


  Aside from Yang himself, we will also take care of his family, his neighbors, and evaluation from professional architects. His wife, though living a mouth-to-hand existence with him and has no idea about architecture, still give full support. Yang’s daughters consider of his ambition as a fantacy, but turn their attitude gradually. Because of their positive attitude, the crazy idea become a lovely comedy!



2014年2月25日 星期二

老屋新生(一)關山民宿

似乎在拍攝「一冊木造」之前,我就對於老屋很是喜歡:我特別鐘愛有歲月痕跡的房子,我愛老公寓所散發出歷史的況味,我愛洗石子與復古風味的馬賽克磁磚,這些元素會讓我流連忘返於古老時代之中。才發現居住原來可以很簡單、很樸實、很天然!

曾經在一個炎熱的日子,我跟老公到台東關山旅行,找到了一間日式木建築的民宿「禮物盒子」,它過去是火車站站長的宿舍,民宿主人跟火車站出租改為民宿,他沒有做大規模的改動,反而完整地保留當初的樣貌,我們兩人就很奢侈地住在這美麗的房子中,渡過了熱到不想動的悠閒時光。

第二次造訪關山,是為了籌備婚禮,選了幾個過去旅行過得景點拍攝婚紗,中間當然少不了這間美麗的房子。細數這幾年的台灣小旅行,總是跟老房子脫不了關係,總覺得是老房子選中了我,不過也可能是,我尋找老屋的雷達已經十分發達了。