Independent Filmmaking: The Film or Your Friend? | Make the Call First

A group of filmmakers disagree about how to help a friend make his film. The discussion ends with a phone call—not a finished solution. A new two-minute edit from P4 Theater's Human Surrender discussions. Original Mandarin audio with English subtitles. MAKE THE CALL FIRST / 先打这个电话 A practical question emerges from the argument: how do you listen to the person you hope to work with? This edited archival scene preserves the disagreement and the beginning of the call. It does not show what happened afterward. Jumps backward and forward within the same discussion are labelled. 00:00 A film, a friend, a disagreement 00:21 Earlier: what does helping mean? 01:17 Later: make the call WATCH NEXT — From discussion to rehearsal: Before an Intimate Scene: How Actors Learn to Trust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv7NBeIk1OQ Explore the filming process: How Is an Intimate Scene Filmed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDtBlVWSsho The complete experimental film: Shoot Self with You / Human Surrender https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1riPOyQuCI Film and edit: He Fa / P4 Theater Source: Human Surrender creation discussions. This is a new edit of archival footage, not a claim that the source footage has never appeared before. No added voiceover or music. English and Simplified Chinese caption tracks are available. What would you do first in this situation? #IndependentFilmmaking #BehindTheScenes #P4Theater