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In Spanish, the movie title is “La Cura” that means “The Cure”, which is a reference to the feeling of temporary relief attained through denial of things that one cannot accept. Whereas for the Chinese version of the title, and after endless discussions, the film is finally called【盲果】。 As I will develop later in this report, the main theme of the movie is Self-denial; and as long as self-denial is involved, I’ve distinguished 4 types of 盲點，therefore the Chinese translation has 盲 in its title.

This report begins with a description of the story background and the director’s introduction. After the literature review and film research regarding self-denial topics I will explain the style, basic structure of this film and the director’s methods. And last but not least, come a full account of the execution of the film and its premiere followed by the transcript of the Q&A discussion recorded in the audience forum that day.

Other information is included as appendixes, for a more detailed reference of the whole production process.

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1: The Main Idea and Message of the Movie....................1

1.2: The Origin of the Idea behind the Movie...................2

1.3: Creative Characteristics..................................3

1.4: Creative Difficulties.....................................3

CHAPTER 2: DISCUSSION OF RELATED THEMES & MATERIALS

2.1: Written Media.............................................4

2.2: Movies....................................................6

CHAPTER 3: ABOUT THE CREATIVE PROCESS

3.1: Main Points & Summary....................................13

3.2: Script Development

3.2.1: Creative Process...................................13

3.2.2: About the titles and its meaning...................14

3.2.3: Brief Outline of the Characters....................15

3.2.4: Story Outline......................................19

3.3: Movie Specs..............................................19

3.4: Modes of Representation

3.4.1: Script Outline.....................................20

3.4.2: Director's Methods.................................21

CHAPTER 4: THE MAKING OF LA CURA

4.1: Pre-Production

4.1.1: Casting............................................25

4.1.2: Assembling a Working Crew..........................27

4.1.3: Looking for Locations..............................27

4.1.4: Locations Preparation..............................30

4.1.5: Meeting with the Actors............................31

4.2: Filming

4.2.1: Light & Camera Work................................31

4.2.2: Filming Layout Blueprints..........................35

4.2.3: Characters' Clothes & Style........................38

4.2.4: Acting.............................................41

4.3: Post-Production

4.3.1: Editing............................................42

4.3.2: Light..............................................42

4.3.3: Dubbing & Additional Sounds........................44

4.3.4: Music..............................................44

4.3.5: Mixing the Sound...................................45

4.3.6: Editing the Trailer................................45

4.3.7: The Poster of La Cura..............................46

4.3.8: Making the DVD.....................................46

CHAPTER 5: ENDING THOUGHTS

5.1: The Movie Premiere

5.1.1: Movie Premiere.....................................52

5.1.2: Premiere's Rundown.................................53

5.1.3: Q&A................................................54

5.2: Ending Thoughts..........................................59

References....................................................60

APPENDIX

1: The Movie Script...........................................61

2: Filming Schedule...........................................73

3: Production Table...........................................73

4: Working Crew List..........................................75

5: Cast List..................................................76

6: Thanks to List.............................................76

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