Chinese Title 羊
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Director Xie Yubin
Year 2013
Length 23′
Screenplay Xie Yubin
Producer L’Iffcam
Cinematography Xie Yubin
Sound Xie Yubin
Music Fédric Alvaza
Editing Xie Yubin
Production Company L’Iffcam
Shooting Format DV Pal
Language Shaanxi Dialect
Subtitle Chinese & English
Genre Documentary
Synopsis
Through spending a winter with a flock of sheep (‘Yang’ it is ‘sheep’ in Chinese) to have this opportunity to raise the questions like the identity of animal, the relationship with human being, and with the nature.
Bio-filmography of Director
1987年生于广州,2010年赴法学习电影至今。
Xie Yubin was born in GuangZhou, 1987. In 2010, he has gone to France and studied on cinema till now.
Director’s Statement
Yang (sheep) does not exist in the past time, just like dog, pig, cow, and so on. In this film, I just want to pose a question that “what’s Yang?” actually, Yang is a kind of product for human being. However, it is a creature with spirit. Should we see ourselves from Yang’s life? The title of Yang is fit in with Yang is Chinese Taoism, for the original thought of this film coming from Taoism.
I try to explore whether every Yang has its own character, thought, emotion, and spirit.
I try to use black and white color to let me and audience concentrate on other film elements.